As the largest art theater chain in the United States, Landmark Cinema has 51 theaters in 21 regions across the United States, with a total of 228 screens, but the development of 36 years is only such a scale, which can glimpse the embarrassing situation of art films from the side. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At a time when commercial films are popular, Landmark Cinemas insists on screening independent art films, as well as classic old films, providing a platform for loyal, senior and professional film lovers to appreciate art.

Los Angeles' landmark cinema line is located in the downtown/downtown, just a few blocks from City Hall, surrounded by bustling business districts and dilapidated slums, where heaven and hell intersect, rich and poor, giving this area a unique style, with a faint glimpse of New York's Greenwich Village, but lacking the cultural and historical precipitation.

Walking out of the parking lot, Hope Baez couldn't wait to trot all the way, and when he looked up, he saw the bulletin board above the theater.

This landmark cinema still uses the retro method of the 30s of the last century, in a black frame, using 26 English letter modules to display the films released on the day, and every time the theater changes the release list, the staff will carry the stairs, climb up, and manually change.

Today, there are four rows of characters written in red letters, the first row is "buried alive", and the remaining three rows are "Howl", "Escape into Nothingness", and "Sunset Boulevard".

It can be seen that the old movie shown in landmark theaters this week is the classic movie produced in 1950, "Sunset Boulevard".

The rich retro literary atmosphere came to his face, which made Hope can't help but start screaming, "I like it, I like it, I like it!"

William Taylor and Graham Hughes, who followed behind, also couldn't help but laugh, they missed Toronto and Telluride before, and still feel regretful, and now they are finally waiting for the release of "Buried Alive", and the three loyal fans of Lanli are naturally unwilling to miss it, so on the first day of the screening, they can't wait to come to watch the midnight show at twelve o'clock.

"I told you, the movie must be wonderful! Before I even entered the cinema, I knew that I would love it!" Hope walked very briskly, ran over with a smoke, shouted at the two men, and then ran happily to the door of the cinema, looked around curiously, and found his target on the wall without difficulty, "Look! He's so handsome!

William walked forward quickly, and when he saw the "buried alive" propaganda poster, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The whole poster is surrounded by darkness, a person lying flat in the dark, holding a lighter in his left hand, the faint light of the fire dispels the surrounding darkness, supporting a small space, his white T-shirt shirt can be vaguely seen, and his face is blurred, he can't see the specific facial features at all, and can only outline a facial line.

"Are you sure? I can't even tell if it's him. Graham's spit came from behind him, which made William laugh too.

Hope, however, turned around unconcernedly, pointed to the poster, and said confidently, "I know it's him, and that's enough." Hope couldn't help but start stomping his feet like a bunny, "Ahhh

This time, William did not refute.

Nearly half a year has passed since the broadcast of "War in the Pacific", and almost two months have passed since the street encounter after the Emmy Awards.

For the thousandth and first time, William regretted not going straight to Toronto.

Finally, today has finally arrived.

"One of the most anticipated movies of 2010!" Hope reads word by word, "'Vanity Fair!'" and then laughs brightly, "Look, this is a more exciting movie than 'Harry Potter'!"

Before she could finish speaking, Hope's voice faded into her throat as she walked into the lobby of the landmark cinema and saw a bustling crowd inside, at least two hundred people.

200 people is nothing for a commercial theater, a large screening hall can accommodate 300 people, but for an art theater such as the landmark theater, 200 people is almost equivalent to one-fifth of their daily traffic.

Two hundred people clogged up the entire hall, making it look like a flea market. It's worth noting that it's midnight at 12 a.m.

The concept of midnight shows that the midnight show is generally only applicable to commercial films, and the frenzy of this scene at twelve o'clock can be seen that fans have super expectations for the movie, and they can't wait to watch the movie for the first time, and the midnight show of the "Star Wars" series of movies has an incredibly powerful explosive power.

Most of the time the midnight show of art theaters is to play old black and white movies, even if it is a brand new movie that is screened, the midnight show will not be too lively, firstly, because art films are not in a hurry at all, and professional fans are more willing to find a quiet time of their own to watch slowly; secondly, because the discussion of art films is limited, it is completely unnecessary to watch at midnight first, it is better to wait for everyone to watch it during the day, and then discuss it together.

But today, the midnight show of the landmark cinema has completely reversed that thinking. Two hundred, two hundred! And that's just the case of this landmark cinema.

From the Emmy Award, to the buzz of street performances, to the noise of Toronto, then the promotion of two singles, and the popularity of Telluride, and finally the blessing of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5".

There is no doubt that in the past two months, the name of "Lan Li-Hall" has been mentioned more and more often, and at the same time, the work "buried alive" has attracted more and more loyal film lovers, and curiosity - curiosity about this new actor, which has created the grand occasion of tonight's midnight show.

"Oh my God, we can't afford to buy tickets, do we?" cried out Graham's brain as fast as he spun.

Originally, they thought that they had come early enough, and it was a midnight show of the art theater, and they could buy movie tickets 100%, strictly speaking, they were still worried about whether there would be no other people in the screening hall, if the three of them chartered the venue, although it was very happy to have the entire quiet screening hall, it was inevitable to be disappointed, and no one else felt the excellence of Lan Li.

This is a very paradoxical thing. On the one hand, they hope that only they have discovered such a diamond and secretly like it in a small area, as if they share a secret that only a few people know, and on the other hand, they hope that more people can see the excellence of Lanli, so that they can witness the glory of Lanli's road to superstardom and become a part of it.

But now, worrying is obviously superfluous, and what they need to worry about most is not that they are "buried alive" and that no one cares, but whether they can watch the midnight show for the first time!

William acted the fastest, and without saying a word, he stood directly at the back of the line and began to line up, Hope and Graham were stunned, and then followed. This landmark cinema in the Downtown/Downtown is a very small cinema with only five screens in total, so there is only one cashier at the counter, which results in a long queue that coils around like a long line, which is truly spectacular.

"It seems that we missed out on Toronto, and we ended up experiencing Toronto. William's teasing succeeded in making several people around him laugh lowly.

Bradley Adams hurriedly walked into the hall and had to brake suddenly, he was worried that he would be late and miss the midnight show, but the scene in front of him made him stunned, he didn't have time to look at the bulletin board outside the movie theater just now, so he hurriedly walked to the back of the line and asked, "Excuse me, is this a landmark theater?"

Nod.

"Is it 'buried alive' here tonight? I mean, the ......."

Before Bradley could finish speaking, the young people in front of him nodded in unison, expressing their affirmation, and the tall, thin, curly-haired boy added, "It's the movie starring the young master." ”

Bradley thought it was confirmed, but now he was confused, "Who?"

"Young Master. The three young men said in unison, not only that, but the other people in line next to them also replied unevenly, "Young Master." ”

As a veteran reporter for the entertainment section of the "New York Times", Bradley can't be said to know Hollywood well, but it's not far off, but he doesn't have any corresponding actor in his mind, nicknamed "Young Master", "Who is Young Master?"

The petite girl with a bright smile in the middle shouted, "Lan Li-Hall, Young Master Lan Li." Shouldn't this be the consensus of everyone?" and the rest of the people around them echoed and agreed.

“…… Why?" Bradley felt like he was a little out of pace, but the reporter Ben Neng asked, he thought it was really funny, and his eyes lit up with curiosity.

"Because...... Because ......" several people around him were desperate to explain, and the eagerness to speak was really too enthusiastic, and in the end, it was the girl who grabbed the opportunity with her unique sharp female voice, "because he played a rich young master in the 'Pacific War'! Now, the whole Yahoo community calls him that, young master, young master Lanli! And don't you think he has a gentleman's aristocratic temperament? Isn't it?

As she spoke, the girl began to scream a little uncontrollably.

Bradley thought about it seriously, and felt more and more interesting, "Young Master Lanli." He muttered in a low voice, which was an unexpected bonus, "So, is it for the sake of the young master that you have come to watch the 'buried alive' midnight show?" Bradley changed his name as the locals customary.

"Yes!" replied in unison, categorically, and enthusiastically from a large circle of spectators.