Chapter 60: Mobilizing Emotions

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The theater was silent, and when the eyes of less than twenty spectators were focused on the screen, the door of the screening hall was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a man with fluffy hair and glasses walked in.

The film is about to start screening, and similar to Jones Butler in the middle, this man also took out a pen and notebook, his name is Tony Guzman, also a professional filmmaker, from Fox Searchlight.

Unlike the previous three, who were invited by Bill Rossies, Tony Guzman came here occasionally, saw a movie about to be shown, and came in on an impromptu basis.

In fact, before the start of each film festival, most of the films with quality assurance will basically be screened out by the organizing committee and put to a relatively conspicuous theater and time screening.

However, among the overlooked films, there are not no high-profit films, such as "Blair the Witch" was originally discovered by Lionsgate on the side of the road.

We all know that it is easier to find good films in the Park City theater concentration area, and there are many companies and buyers who go there to see films, so the competition is naturally more fierce, and there are not a few people like Tony Guzmán who go around in circles and look for projects in remote locations.

Before the screening began, Tony Guzmán deliberately looked ahead and confirmed that there were not many peers, and such a remote theater would show films that would not cost more than $300,000, and it was unlikely to attract too many people.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the film, it is only marked with dry subtitles that the production company is from Stanton Film Studios, and there is not even the opening image......

Stanton Studios? Tony Guzmán has a lot of knowledge, but he has never heard of such a film company.

It seems that it is the kind of inconspicuous sparrow company at the bottom of Los Angeles, and the subsequent appearance of the director's name also confirms this, Murphy Stanton, who the ghost knows......

Tony Guzmán couldn't help but be a little disappointed, leaning back completely on the back of the seat, intending to just look at the beginning, and if the opening was not attractive, there was no need to continue wasting time.

More than ten seconds of subtitles flashed quickly, black and white pictures appeared on the screen, the camera seemed to be a little shaky, and a female audience member sitting in front of Murphy suddenly cursed in a low voice, "Damn, it's this kind of ghost again." ”

"Shhh......hhhhh ”

The young girl named Daisy still complained, "Since "Blair the Witch", there have been a lot of inexplicable films, hand-shots, camera shaking, first-person, and tiresome want to vomit!" ”

"Can you still make a good movie?" She didn't stop, "Can you make people watch the movie well!" ”

Murphy tilted his head to look at her, understanding that this was the negative effect of "Blair the Witch", the marketing more than a year ago was a stroke of genius, but it also overdrew the market in a short period of time, and the audience who had just been fooled once inevitably complained and disgusted with the same type of film, but the North American film industry followed the trend, and many people wanted to imitate this success, but it backfired, not to mention that it was difficult to succeed, and it further overdrew the market for the same type of film.

However, the girl was persuaded by her male companion and quickly quieted down.

The moment she saw the black-and-white images and the shaky camera, Jones Butler secretly shook her head, thinking that this was another imitation of the type of film "Blair the Witch", and as a professional buyer from Miramax, she knew enough about the market to know that such films were of little value these days.

But the camera only shook a few times, and then it stabilized, a big hand covered the lens, as if someone had placed the camera on the shelf, and at the same time the screams of a woman sounded, not high, but very miserable, as if experiencing inhuman torture.

"Uh......" the girl named Daisy opened her mouth slightly, "what's going on?" ”

The big hand turned the camera, and Daisy immediately covered her mouth and secretly shouted, "OH, MY......"

In the black-and-white picture, a girl is lying on the ground, her face covered in scars, her eyebrows bursting, her mouth swollen, her skin cracked, her long hair scattered, and drops of blood running down the grass......

Although the picture is black and white, this appearance is still unstoppable, especially the girl looks thirteen or fourteen years old, which is the age of youth and beauty, why did she become like this?

The answer then appeared, the big hand appeared in the frame, clenched into a fist and fell down, and a gray back appeared, but it cleverly did not completely block the camera, and the scene of the fist landing on the girl's nose clearly appeared on the screen.

The juice splashed, and the girl's head jerked backwards as if it had been hit by a car, which showed the strength of the punch.

Violent...... The violence of Chiguoguo! Jones Butler made a note in his notebook.

"You are very proud, and you think you are great......

A crazy man's voice sounded, and the gray body turned around and faced the camera lens, "I just like a girl of your age, I use a qiē method to please you, but you don't accept my pursuit, this is punishment!" ”

In just one sentence, he confessed his identity and personality - perverted, extreme and love. Childishness!

His words are fierce and violent, but his bespectacled face looks gentle and kind, forming a strange contrast on the picture.

"The actors' performances are good, and the makeup is ......good," Tony Guzmán said, puffing his chin, "The director's camera is also very good, expressing this contrast between the outside and the inside, and the camera can't make any mistakes." ”

The fierce adult man and the miserable little girl, one wants to be punished, and the other begs bitterly, forming a strong contrast, which also drives the contradictions and conflicts in the opening scene.

Watching the film, Daisy unconsciously stood in the position of the little girl, hoping that at this time, a savior could fall from the sky and save the girl who was shrouded in death.

However, a sharp wallpaper knife shattered her illusions, and the man walked up to the girl and grabbed her long hair, placing the blade in the white-looking throat.

"Please......" The girl's pleading voice made it unbearable to continue watching.

The man made a knife slashing motion, and the screen went black......

Murphy exhaled, and the throat cut shot in the back, during the fine cut, was cut by him and Griffith, although it was a black and white shot, but such a scene, it is difficult to say that the MPAA will not give an NC-17.

The screen comes back on, the picture turns into color, and it's the same man as he sits in front of the computer, and the camera moves up step by step, and finally shows the screen in a close-up, with an online chat on it.

Seeing the chat history, Daisy couldn't help but feel guilty, is there another girl who is going to be murdered?

Jones Butler turned his head to look at Murphy, this guy obviously knows how to control the rhythm and arouse the viewer's emotions.