1731 Closing Ceremony

When Hope Baez read this article from The New Yorker, she was waiting for a traffic light at the intersection.

Wearing a rose red short skirt suit, a long black tweed trench coat on the outside, and a pair of peacock blue ten-centimeter stiletto heels on the soles of her feet completely opened the aura of the whole body, she has completed the rebirth of the change after only half a year of work, and the youth and liveliness of the student period are tightly wrapped under the work suit, showing a completely different capable style.

In his left hand, he holds a coffee tray with four cups of coffee on it, and on his elbow he carries his work bag, which is stuffed with work materials, and looks like it should weigh more than 30 pounds.

The crowd at the intersection is bustling and crowding, black suits on the phone, white shirts replying to text messages, yellow dresses reading newspapers, gray suits looking at watches, and red ties cursing traffic jams...... A small traffic light intersection condenses the life of the whole world, and Hope is also one of them, an insignificant and insignificant member, in the noise and noise, hurriedly chasing the pace of life, but it is not clear whether it is busy to numbness or exhaustion to numbness.

It was then that she saw her name.

Caught off guard, Hope was stunned.

But before he could react, the red light turned green, and then the crowd surged like a torrent, leaving no breathing room, pushing Hope's footsteps forward, and Hope could only take a step, crossing the zebra crossing of the pedestrian crossing with the crowd.

When she came to the middle of the street, in the midst of the surging and boiling crowd, Hope's footsteps stopped abruptly, and the crowd of people still kept hitting her shoulders, but she stood firmly in place, motionless, and then her emotions completely collapsed, standing in place and crying, even she couldn't tell whether the emotions on the tip of her tongue were bitter or sweet, just crying out happily, like a lost child.

People came and went, and countless eyes noticed Hope's embarrassment, but no one wanted to stop for her, everyone was immersed in their own world, too busy to have time, or too indifferent to have no time.

The green light turned red again, and the crowd at the crosswalk had disappeared, but Hope still stood in place, as if he had lost all his strength, and squatted down, surrounded by the roar of the horn, and hugged his knees firmly, crying bitterly, and all the coffee spilled on the ground, flowing slowly, and the steaming smoke was swirling, but it more and more outlined the lonely and lonely thin shoulders.

She misses Lan Li, she really, really misses Lan Li.

"So here we are, a lonely place where I can't go back, and you are the face that made me go to the soup, and this is the name that the children will inherit, and the charm and crown. ”

The familiar melody echoed in the depths of his mind, and Hope himself didn't know what was going on, and the inexplicable sadness rushed unscrupulously.

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For Don Quixote, this is a call of youth, and the concert of "Dream Back to the Gas Lamp Bar" is only a month ago, but it seems like a world away.

But for others, it doesn't make any sense.

On social networks, many netizens have complained about Lan Li's "coy posture", they think that such behavior and remarks are just Lan Li doing image engineering, jerky and stiff, ugly and shameless, completely treating fans as fools and teasing, that false appearance is really disgusting.

This also validates the saying that when you like someone, everything is right, but when you dislike someone, everything is wrong.

Don Quixote only gave the simplest response to this, "You are not one of them", and the meaning of the words is really simple: those sunspots are not real fans or music fans at all, let alone Don Quixote, they don't understand what is going on, they just follow the crowd.

The label "you are not one of them" is an unwavering expression of the attitude of Don Quixote in the overwhelming condemnation of social networks.

That's enough.

In fact, even the news media are not interested in the slightest, the "New Yorker" is the only media that has reported such news, and the other media do not think that this is worth paying attention to, and all the topics are limited to social networks, which seem to be lively and vigorous, but even the popularity of netizens is very limited.

If Lan Li is really going to open up the situation of the college's public relations in this way, then this is a major mistake.

Those haters and netizens all gloated and said, "The eyes of the masses are bright, no one cares about Lan Li's false performance at all", it didn't last long, those discussions and complaints were like bubbles, quickly drowned in the ocean of information on the Internet, and most netizens didn't even have time to realize the "incident", the matter had already disappeared without making any waves.

On the contrary, the label of "you are not one of them" continues on social networks, and every Don Quixote is silently adding hashtags, telling their fate and stories with Lan Li, sharing their current lives, just like old friends, although the physical distance separates each other, but the spiritual bond allows the friendship to continue.

That's another story.

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The Sundance Film Festival's Closing Ceremony & Awards Ceremony is still underway.

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Robert Redford continues to work hard to make the festival a party and further promote the independent film industry.

Unfortunately, in recent years, the living space of independent films has been seriously compressed, and after four consecutive years of blowouts, Sundance has faced a gradual decline for two consecutive years, which can be felt from the number and quality of works in the main competition unit, and even the level of works in the registration stage.

At this year's festival, Robert made frequent moves, breaking the fixed pattern of Sundance in succession, making different attempts, hoping to gain more changes in the future, but these efforts are not visible for the time being, at least from the perspective of this year's main competition unit, the noisy competition pattern of previous years is gone, which also makes the awards ceremony lack the spark of competition, and the whole scene is a little dull.

The first to be announced was the audience awards.

In the World Film Section, "Kidnapping Marriage" and "Son of Hamas" stood out in the drama and documentary categories respectively, while in the main competition unit, "Burst Drummer" and "Music Student" topped the drama and documentary categories respectively. This is an award voted for entirely by the audience, and you can refer to the People's Choice Awards in Toronto.

The second announcement is the director's award.

In the World Cinema section, "52 Tuesdays" won in the drama category, "20,000 Days on Earth" won in the documentary category, and in the main competition unit, the Somali film "Netless Fishing" topped the drama category, and the documentary "Trial Proposition 8" won more social relevance, and this work was also considered to have a potential impact during the awards season.

Then came the Special Jury Prize.

At that time, Lan Li won the Special Jury Award for his outstanding performance in the film with "Love is Crazy", and tonight's award also received a lot of attention, because Lan Li's wonderful performance in "Burst Drummer" is also widely regarded as the best moment of the entire film festival, especially the rivalry between Lan Li and Simmons, which is even more impressive, which also means that Lan Li is very likely to win the Special Jury Award again.

However, the final award was a little surprising - it was not a shocking surprise for the Special Jury Prize, but because many details and events of this year's festival pointed to the Blue Ceremony, it seems that the unique place of the Blue Gift in Sundance had been determined early on, and the results were not as expected when the results were announced, which was a surprise.

In the World Cinema section, "God Helped That Girl" was honored in the drama category, while "We Are Friends" was praised in the documentary category.

In the main competition section, in the drama category, the soundtrack team of "Kumiko the Treasure Hunter" and the director of "Dear Caucasian People" Justin-Simien (Justin-Simien) received the award, while in the documentary category, the film intuition of "Nightsleeper" and the lighting team of "Sky Watch" received the award.

Obviously, the soundtrack, the lighting team, the selection of materials and the director's talent, this is the selection of the special jury prize, which once again proves that this is a very, very special award, almost all aspects of the entry can be judged, and if you just limit your eyes to the performance of Lan Li, it seems too narrow.

The truth is reasonable, but the specific situation is not so simple.

After the award was announced, the audience's gaze was still sparse and projected towards Lan Li, and the meaning in the afterglow of the sight was really difficult to describe in words, but it reminded Lan Li all the time like a man's back: his every move is now in the spotlight, if his current performance is a little inappropriate, it is estimated that he will not have to wait long, and the relevant rumors will spread to Hollywood.

The spotlight mode that follows you like a shadow extends from the stage to life, Lan Li can't help but feel a little helpless, Park City is still like this, so what will happen to Los Angeles?