When she went to bed last night, a whimsical Julia opened a gap in the bedroom window, and the heating in the room was completely ineffective. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although in the cold air, the two of them shrunk in the quilt like hibernation, but there was a little more warmth, but the direct consequence of this was that they didn't want to get up in the morning.

Before it was dark in Park City, Elizabeth, who was on the East Coast, called from New York, and said in a sour tone that she had seen the news from the newspaper that the two had attracted a lot of attention at the opening ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival.

Hugging Julia to sleep, remembering that the "Lola Run" that he was going to watch yesterday seemed to be showing at ten o'clock in the morning, Eric picked up his watch and looked at it, it was already 8:50, so he got dressed and got out of bed.

After the window was closed again, and after Eric washed up, the room was warm again, and Julia began to lazily get dressed.

After breakfast, Eric and Julia didn't get in the car, and planned to walk straight to the screening theater of "Lola Run".

Park City is the busiest time of the year, and Carter Moen, who is in charge of Eric's security, apparently doesn't want his boss to walk down the streets, and reminds the two that there are already paparazzi squatting outside the resort.

Eric didn't care too much, the paparazzi who wanted to come to squat should be the group of reporters who made a temporary 'cameo' last night, and there are not many stars at the Sundance Film Festival now, and the real professional paparazzi will not be much interested in this kind of place. As long as the reporters didn't bother him and Julia, Eric didn't mind having them around.

The resort at the foot of the hill is only a few hundred meters from the city, but because Park City is so small, the surrounding sparse buildings already have a suburban feel.

Eric and Julia walked leisurely along the asphalt road leading to the city, not far behind them were followed by an SUV driven by two bodyguards, and further away were two ordinary sedans. The people in the car were obviously not very skilled in this kind of stalking, the car drove a few steps quickly and slowly, the reporter in one car simply walked down with a camera, and the people in the other car saw their peers doing the same, and did the same, but several people were very interested in not coming over, and occasionally took a few photos from a distance.

Julia is wearing a light pink short down jacket today, with a wide furry hood pulled on, and most of her head is covered, although the two long legs of the high leather boots are still a little conspicuous, but as long as you don't pay special attention, you won't even be recognized. Eric is no longer his usual trench coat, wearing a simple jacket, a baseball cap and sunglasses. The two walked on the road and looked like a couple, well, a couple with a slightly higher appearance.

The news of Eric's attendance at the opening ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival has spread, and he is quickly recognized when he enters the streets of the city. It's just that the number of fans gathered in this small city is not too many after all, but there is no onlooker, but from time to time fans will enthusiastically come up to ask for autographs or group photos.

After standing at the corner of the street and taking a photo with an excited couple of fans, Julia grabbed Eric's arm again, turned to another street, looked around and said with great interest: "Eric, have you noticed that these houses in Park City, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, are simply rainbow towns in fairy tales." ”

Eric smiled and looked around, although most of the buildings in Park City were wooden houses that he didn't like very much, the colorful style was indeed very beautiful: "There are usually castles around fairy tale towns, why don't we build one?"

Julia chuckled and shook her head, "You don't like castles. ”

Passing by a small booth promoting movies, Julia saw two young men handing out movie leaflets to passers-by, and on a whim she reached over and asked for two.

Eric noticed that the two young men clearly caught a glimpse of Julia's appearance, and they looked unsure if they had recognized the wrong person, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Hurry up, it's about to start." ”

"Mm-hmm, I'll see what kind of film this is, maybe I'll find a box office dark horse too," Julia said, holding Eric by the arm in one hand and holding up the flyer in the other, "In 1994, three film college students disappeared into the forest near Boxshville, Maryland, while filming a documentary, and a year later, they were found again." Well, it's obviously a horror movie, "Blair the Witch", a good name. ”

Eric's expression changed when he heard Julia finish reading the introduction, and he almost couldn't help but laugh when he heard the last name.

It's really a box office dark horse.

Julia finished reading and turned her head to look, "Eric, how's it going?"

Eric nodded and said, "Yes, maybe you can set up a film company, buy it, and then distribute it yourself, maybe it can break 100 million at the box office." ”

"Hmph, you're kidding me again," Julia was a little dissatisfied, and hugged Eric's arm tightly, and was about to throw away the two leaflets, but she didn't see the trash can left and right, so she could only hold it in her hand for the time being.

Eric reached out and grabbed a flyer and said, "I'm not kidding you, na, if you don't make a bet, I'll bet that this movie will break 100 million at the box office." ”

Julia's little girl-like head tilted, pressed it on Eric's shoulder, and said, "I also bet on breaking 100 million at the box office." ”

"Well, that's not fun, you change your position. ”

"No," Julia shook her head and said, "In this way, it would be good for Leeds to gamble that the box office would not break 100 million." ”

"Okay," Eric also made a decision with Julia in a careless manner, and laughed again, "So what's the stake?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll talk about it then. ”

After chatting like this, the two had already arrived in front of a theater, and there was a poster of "Lola Run" on the wall, which was obviously supposed to be here. The screening is about to begin, so the entrance to the theater is very lively, with people checking in to enter the theater, people waiting in line at the ticket window, and people standing on the side of the road with signs asking for extra tickets.

Because of the large number of people, Eric and Julia were recognized as soon as they walked in, and first a few girls who were not sure ran over to test them, and then immediately screamed, so they attracted everyone's attention.

The bodyguards in the car following Eric realized that something was wrong and got out of the car one after another, and the four of them quickly escorted Eric and Julia.

The scene wasn't as chaotic as last night, and Eric and Julia patiently signed some names to the crowd before entering the theater.

Stephen Arndt, the producer of "Lola Run", was ecstatic to hear that Eric Williams had come to watch his movie. "Lola Run" has been released in Europe since last year, and not only has a very good response in the solo film circle, but even won a nomination for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

This time in Park City, the main purpose of the "Lola Run" team is to sell the film, because of the reputation accumulated in Europe, many Hollywood studios have contacted them and made offers, some of which have even made Stephen Arndt quite excited, if it weren't for the Sundance Film Festival to end and get an award before making a decision, Stephen Arndt would have almost sold the film.

However, although "Lola Run" has made a name for itself in the film circle, its influence is limited after all, and some Hollywood studios buy the film and even plan to release it directly on DVD. Well, now Eric Williams came to see the film himself, and it was even more impactful than the president of the United States. As long as this matter appears in the media, the public popularity of "Lola Run" will definitely increase several times, and it is impossible for Hollywood studios to get this film without offering a generous enough price.

Thinking about how much revenue "Lola Run" will bring to his company in the end, Stephen Arndt did not hesitate at all, and pulled several of the film's main creators who were also a little enlightened to the screening room to greet Eric Williams.

This screening room is not very large, about 100 places.

Before the screening began, fans who had already entered the theater heard Eric Williams appear, and they also came over to ask for autographs, and there was a lot of excitement before everyone returned to their seats. At the same time, although he smiled bitterly in his heart, some Hollywood film buying representatives who entered the theater also had to come over to say hello to Eric.

"Murray, come to me later, I have something for you," Eric casually instructed Murray Bredo, the purchasing manager sent by New Line Pictures, before turning his attention to the crew of "Lola Run".

"Hi Mr. Williams, I'm Stephen Arndt, the producer of Lola Run, this is Tom Tikwe, the director of the film, and this is our Lola, Franke Potant, and ......"

Eric greeted the few people in front of him and smiled: "Stephen, I think we better start quickly, everyone is in a hurry." ”

"Oh, of course," Stephen Arndt nodded quickly, and walked straight to the stage with Tom Tivek and the others.

As the screening room calmed down, Eric and Julia sat down in two empty seats in the back corner, a small auditorium that didn't affect the visual experience.

After a brief interaction between the creators of "Lola Run" on stage, the film screening began quickly.

At this time, the version is still the original German soundtrack, but with English letters, but Eric prefers this mode of original sound with subtitles, because of some not-so-good experiences in his memory, Eric even has some deep hatred for the dubbed version of the movie. The original sound with subtitles can not only understand the meaning of the movie, but also more intuitively feel the expression of various situations when the protagonist is in dialogue, which is the best way to watch foreign language films.

After a very psychedelic opening, the scene cuts directly to Lola's room while she is on the phone.

There is nothing special about the plot of the film at all, Lola's boyfriend Manny, who is a gangster, accidentally loses a large sum of money from the boss, and if he can't come up with this money before 12 o'clock at noon, Manny will be killed by the boss. So he called Lola for help.

After reassuring her boyfriend, Laura rushed out of the house and began a 'challenge' to raise 100,000 marks in twenty minutes.

The first time, Lola didn't get the money, Manny was forced to rob the supermarket, Lola chose to help her boyfriend, and was accidentally shot and killed by the police.

The second time, Laura holds her father hostage at gunpoint and gets the money, but at the last moment, Manny is killed by an ambulance.

The third time, Lola wins 100,000 marks in a casino, and Manny unexpectedly gets the lost money back from the homeless man, so the 'mission' is overfulfilled and the film ends.

The whole movie is a live-action version of a video game, and the red-haired and brightly colored Lola in a blue vest and green trousers is completely a character from an arcade game. Three rollbacks in a row, in the process, the protagonist can even accumulate 'experience', gain 'skills' and avoid repeating some 'mistakes'. The subtle impact that Lola has on the lives of several passers-by during her three runs reminds Eric of the "Butterfly Effect" series.

After watching the movie, Eric's first feeling was that the young director, who had just seemed very restrained, was definitely a crazy video game fan.

As for the fact that this is a film, Eric has only one word for it: cool.

When the end credits went up, Julia leaned over and whispered, "What a great movie." ”

Eric nodded, politely waiting for the lights to come on in the screening room before taking Julia's hand and getting up and walking out of the theater.

As expected, more reporters and fans had gathered outside the theater at this time, and when the two appeared, the scene was boiling again, but Eric and Julia did not stop this time, and directly got into the car under the escort of bodyguards and drove away.

As the Land Rover SUV glides gently through the streets of Park City, Julia looks at the crowd behind her before pulling down the hood on her head. Now that they have become public figures, both of them have become accustomed to this kind of life, Julia did not complain about anything, but said with great interest: "Eric, where are we going to have lunch?"

Eric glanced out of the car, it was a sunny day, the temperature had warmed up a little at noon, and there were more people on the streets of Park City, and it was definitely not appropriate to eat out: "Let's go back to the resort." ”

Julia nodded, thinking about the next arrangement, there was a rooftop party to attend in the afternoon, and in the evening, Robert Redford privately invited the two to have dinner at home, and there were no special arrangements for the two days of the weekend, so she said with some anticipation: "Eric, shall we go skiing tomorrow?"

"Oh no, there are more people at the ski resort now than there were at the entrance of the movie theater just now," Eric shook his head, remembering something, and said, "Well, what about the two movie flyers?"

"What?" Julia was confused, then remembered, blinked innocently, and said, "That, Blair the Witch?" I threw it. ”