It's already two o'clock in the middle of the night, which should be a quiet time for a town like Park City, but during the Sundance Film Festival, the noise of midnight is one of the wonders of the festival, not only for the fans, but also for the movies. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Eli raised his head and looked at the bustling crowd around him, I don't know when the audience gathered around him, and gradually, thirty or forty people gathered around the bench, and expressed their opinions in a loud voice, and the energetic appearance did not seem to be tired in the slightest.

It's hard to imagine that all these people stayed because of the movie "Love is Crazy", and they rushed to participate in the discussion, just for such a small pattern of love movies, which is really incredible.

"Love Goes Crazy" is not a flattering movie, strictly speaking, even more unlikable than "Buried Alive".

At least, as a thriller and suspense movie, "Buried Alive" can make people watch it heartily and enjoy the excitement and pleasure/feeling brought by genre movies, but "Love Crazy" can't do this, that kind of bitter emotions and realistic difficulties, holding in the chest, unable to breathe.

However, the turbulent thoughts after watching the movie always linger, making people always want to ask, want to discuss, want to argue, want to vent, and want to protest.

This is true of every viewer in sight, who loves movies so purely and avidly. Rejoice because of the movie, and also grieve because of the movie. On the one hand, they gritted their teeth, hated it, and even scolded "love is crazy", but on the other hand, they were reluctant to let go, standing in the cold wind and shivering, but they were unwilling to go back to sleep.

This is a movie that people can't like, but they can't extricate themselves.

"No, no, I think Ranley Hall is much better than Ryan Gosling! Most of Ryan's performances are based on the influence of light and color, and what he gives to the characters is limited to the director's framework, but Ranley's performances have a lot more depth, more of his own, and more importantly, he interprets a completely different story!"

"I think so too. I've been wondering how to describe it. Now I finally understand!"

"He has a story in his eyes!"

I don't know how he did it, he's only twenty-one years old, but he looks like he's fifty-one years old, and the charm of the story between his eyebrows and eyes is really amazing!"

"My favorite shot is the look in Jacob and Anna's eyes on their first date, oh my god!

"That's, that's it, have you noticed the change in Lan Li's eyes? That kind of emotional gradual process, my God, I really want to eat him!

"You should go and see 'Pacific War', I mean really, the young master's performance in episode 9, I really experienced what it means to be heartbroken. ”

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Unconsciously, the focus of the discussion was on Lan Li.

Eli thought it was a very interesting thing, and the audience, who were still gritting their teeth because of "love is crazy" one second, were unanimous because of Lan Li the next second.

Moreover, in the movie "Love is Crazy", in fact, Jacob and Anna are not so likable characters, especially Jacob, standing in the position of women/audiences, it is easy to be repulsed, but Lan Li still easily won the hearts of the audience.

Looking at the arguing audience in front of him, Eli suddenly fell in love with the movie "Love Crazy", not only because it built a bridge between them and befriended a group of strangers, but also because it left a unique memory of this snowy night in Park City, and years later, he could never find the passion and frenzy of this night again.

"Personally, I still think Lan Li's performance in 'Buried Alive' is the best, do you see his eyes?" Eli joined the argument, and he even had to raise his voice to avoid being drowned out in the middle of the argument.

His throat was still aching, the cold wind was getting colder, the temperature was dropping, and the soreness in his muscles was getting more and more obvious, but Eli didn't care, even if he would have a cold and fever when he woke up tomorrow, he was happy with it.

This year's Sundance Film Festival ushered in a real high/climax, "Love Crazy" set a record of 12 consecutive ticket sales in a single theater, this is the second time after 2009's "Cherish" that a film can reach such heights, and even more incredible is that "Cherish" 12 shows are all matinees, and "Love Crazy" also includes two midnight shows.

The difficulty of selling matinee and midnight shows is not the same, and even if it is "cherished", the sale of midnight shows has never been sold out.

The record for 13 consecutive ticket sales for "Love Crazy" was broken on the third night of the midnight show, which had an 80 percent attendance rate, but it still didn't sell out.

However, the record of consecutive matinee sales of this popular game continues, and the latest data, "Love Crazy" has sold out all tickets for 14 consecutive matinee games, and it is still in short supply, and the momentum of breaking the record has not slowed down in the slightest.

What's even more incredible is that the discussion craze caused by "Love Crazy" among the audience has reached an unprecedented height, and it seems that everyone participates in the discussion, whether they like it or hate it, and they are scrambling to express their opinions, and those who have not seen the movie suddenly become outdated.

The midnight show of three consecutive nights ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, especially on the third night, although the attendance rate did not reach 100%, but after the end of the show, more than half of the audience stayed on the scene, chatting all night, and the scene in full swing was really too long to see.

As a destination for independent films, Sundance also had to make compromises with the market - if they were to rest on their laurels, close themselves off from the country, and just entertain themselves, then those good works would always be circulated among a small number of people, let alone profitable, and even promotion would be impossible, and in the long run, those real artists would only become poorer and poorer, and art films would gradually decline.

Therefore, after entering the 21st century, Sundance opened its doors to Hollywood, especially after 2006, Hollywood forces represented by Paramount and Weinstein Pictures began to enter Sundance, excavate more excellent works, and push to the year-end awards season, which made more and more Sundance works on the international stage, attracted more attention, and won more opportunities for independent filmmakers.

There are gains and losses, and correspondingly, Sundance is also more or less contaminated with some "fireworks", and the commercialization tendency inevitably affects the festival. The most direct manifestation of this is that more and more non-professional movie fans, or even tourists who are not movie fans at all, come here to join in the fun, and the atmosphere of discussion in Park City has begun to become drunk and fascinated.

Staying up all night discussing their favorite movie works, wandering around theaters day and night to watch works, and movie arguments everywhere...... Once upon a time, it was the atmosphere of Sundance's most proud film, but now it only remains in the depths of memory.

Back in 1992, they were arguing over who was better, who deserved the Grand Jury Prize, and who could shine in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino, Gregg-Araki, and Allison-Anders, who came to Park City with their debut films.

But who would have thought that another new director would win the Grand Jury Prize that year with his debut film? Alexandre-Rockwell, a name that has long since been lost in Hollywood history, and not many people have even heard of his existence now.

This time, Sundance is once again in such a grand repetition. Of course, this is not comparable to 1992, but it still gives people a glimpse of the glory of Sundance -

Movies, it's all about movies, and it's only about movies. It's like the work "Love is Crazy", it's all about love.

Such a grand occasion once again made the headlines of the entertainment pages of major news media, and countless eyes were turned to the icy and snowy Park City, in the snow, the bubbling enthusiasm was like magma erupted from a volcano, making the whole town bloom like a thousand rays of light, like the height of summer.

Immediately afterwards, Eli Wallach, a reporter for the "Seattle Post", broke the inside news for the first time: "Focus Pictures won the North American distribution rights of 'Love Crazy' for $5.5 million!"

After the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation throughout North America. The copyright transaction price of 5.5 million, even in Toronto, is considered an upstream level, and in Sundance, Sundance in 2011, this is the top price, and it is also another work with a copyright transaction price higher than 5 million after "Cherish" in 2009, which detonated a bombardment in the industry, and countless follow-up reports came one after another.

"Weinstein Pictures missed out on the North American distribution rights to 'Love Crazy,' and Harvey was furious. ”

"Paramount has a regrettable exit from the race, losing the race in the race for next year's awards season. ”

"Fox Searchlight says it's not interested in 'Love Crazy': but it's an interesting work. ”

"Focus Pictures is aiming for the 2011 awards season, witnessing the strong rise of Lanley Hall. ”

"Another 'cherished'? 'Love is crazy' from Sundance!"

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Generally speaking, the distribution company will be a little more cautious in Sundance's actions, unlike Cannes, Toronto and other places, during the film festival, the news of copyright transactions will fly all over the sky, due to Sundance's special independent film attributes, the distribution company will wait until after the closing ceremony to take a look at the trend of the awards, look at the media comments, and look at the feedback of the audience market.

But this year, Focus Pictures grabbed the front of a group of competitors, made the first move, and bagged "Love Crazy" in one go, just this action can see the determination of Focus Pictures.

Of course, if "Love Crazy" can win the award at the awards ceremony, it will naturally rise all boats, but if it returns empty-handed, the Focus Pictures deal will seem to be in a hurry.

The question is, will Focus Pictures' gambling preemptive behavior be worth the ticket price?