Chapter 36: A Few Families Rejoice and a Few Families Grieve
Soon the screening room dimmed again, and if there were a few empty seats in the front row of the last show, this time it was full, and there were still long queues to buy tickets. Obviously, the word of mouth just now has gradually spread. At this film festival full of filmmakers, there is no publicity, and it can be better than excellent word-of-mouth.
The crowd who had gone to great lengths to hand out hundreds of leaflets came back and were dumbfounded when they saw the fullness.
The most exaggerated Luo fat man can stuff an egg in his mouth: "Oh my God, that's a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, you look at his reporter nameplate." ”
"You can't believe it, I saw the camera of USA Today just now, God, could it be that our flyer is working, and how much media is still paying attention." When he said this, the three people who handed out the leaflets just now were honored.
Looking at the full movie theater, happy suddenly ambitious, "This is my movie!" ”
- Unfortunately, no one knows him yet.
Under Bai Xiaoya's strong advice, several people bought tickets by themselves and watched it once. After all, this is the first time to sit in a movie theater and watch your own movie, how can you miss it.
After the screening, applause and whistles rang out in this screening hall that only accommodated about 100 people, but it was like a heavyweight straight fist, slamming on Xingxing's chest. At this moment, he suddenly felt like he was about to burst into tears. Roque's enemy strangled his happy neck, and he was so excited that he wanted to burn. Bai Xiaoya and Zhang Zhengwu couldn't believe their eyes, and they would spontaneously applaud after watching the movie, which is incredible.
happily pulled his head out of Luo Da's fat meat, and his cheeks hurt when he laughed. At this moment, he felt that there was a bright road ahead, leading to infinite distance, "The road I chose was a road full of freshness and emotion, and he thought he didn't choose the wrong one." ”
"It's so pretty."
"Ah Duo and Tian Tian, who is who redeems whom? I think the little child is the angel who saves an old woman who is in a desperate situation. ”
People walked out of the cinema and kept talking, talking. This argument is more brilliant than any propaganda tactic.
"Hey, ma'am, which movie did you just watch?"
The lady happily informed: "Grand Central Station, you will regret it if you don't watch it." ”
"But it's a foreign language film, won't you get tired of reading subtitles?" Questions were raised.
The lady also froze, "Yes, a foreign language film, I watched the whole movie just by looking at the subtitles, and my eyes didn't get tired......"
"Okay, I know, I'll watch it."
"Young man, are you handing out posters for Grand Central Station, give me one." Suddenly, a white-haired man walked over, smiling and asking for the rest of the poster. The crowd was full of European and American faces, and only a few of them were Asians, which was really easy to recognize.
Bai Xiaoya hurriedly handed over the remaining poster in her hand, and soon someone recognized Happy Happy, a red-haired rather fashionable lady came over and asked, "May I ask you are an actor in "Central Station", did you play it...... That protagonist's brother? ”
Happy grinning, "Yes, I am still the screenwriter and director of this movie." ”
She exclaimed, "Wow, that's incredible...... I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, I mean the movie is good, and you're still so young. Her voice attracted a lot of attention, and as soon as everyone heard that the director was here, they immediately flocked to her.
"Can you sign it, the movie is very good." The red-haired lady quickly took out a pen from her bag and handed it over.
"Of course, of course."
Happy took the pen and wrote his name on the poster. The red-haired fan took the poster and looked at it, and was stunned again, "Is this Chinese, it's very good." ”
"Thank you."
Immediately, there were a few spectators asking for autographs, and people looked at him with amazement, not at all the picture of passing by and not knowing each other.
"Hello, I'm a reporter for Sundance Films, you're the director of Grand Central Station, can I interview you?" A reporter with a microphone walked over, with a camera assistant behind him.
A reporter came to interview?!
Luo Kedi and the others were suddenly a little overwhelmed, happy and calm, and said, "No problem." But we were going to have lunch, and we hadn't eaten in the morning. ”
"It won't bother you too much." The reporter asked a lot of questions, at least not in the absence of ignorance of the film's main creators.
Happy and confused to answer a lot of words, after an interview, after calming down, I forgot what I said, and I was immediately annoyed, "Damn, I forgot if I said anything I shouldn't have said." Roquedi laughed, mocking him to the fullest, but forgetting that he was even more unbearable just now.
In the face of this lively movie-watching scene, even if you are hungry, it is not a problem. The foursome stayed for a while, and finally satisfied, Luo Kedi's face was confused, and he slapped his happy shoulder, "Maybe you're right." ”
Happy smiled: "It's too late to go back now, let's do animation together, but not in Hollywood." You know, with Hollywood salaries, we simply can't do it. ”
Roquedi was silent, "Let me think about it, okay?" ”
Happy didn't rush, patted him on the shoulder to show understanding. Although he is also yellow-skinned and black-haired, after all, he grew up in the United States, and he has no idea what China is like. It is indeed not a trivial matter to make such a decision rashly.
The group decided to have lunch together, and there was still a steady stream of directors in the square enthusiastically promoting their films.
When passing by a simple screening studio, he was suddenly caught by a female director who was not much happier than happy, "Watch a movie, gentlemen." The movie is called "Deliverance", and I am the director of the film, Arsene Wenger. Although it was not nominated, it was a work that I spent half a year and all my savings on. If you don't see the front, I can rewind the film and let you start from the beginning. ”
Bai Xiaoya and others were caught diligently, but the other party was still a young female director, which made people a little at a loss.
Happy and stunned, these days, I can see this female director screening here on time every day, but this enthusiasm can't be exchanged for a few audiences...... I opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn't say it. Sundance exhibited thousands of films, and only a hundred were selected to be valuable, and more than two dozen of them were nominated for awards, so how many were unsuccessful......
-- I suddenly felt panicked.
"Yes, gentlemen, young lady...... Then I'll rewind. My name is Arsene Wenger, this is my business card, if you are interested in film, you can contact me at any time. She quickly handed each her a business card and helped move out the chairs before she happily went to tinker with the projector.
Luo Kedi wondered, "Do we want to see it?" ”
Happy: "......"
This question came to him, obviously asking the wrong person, and it was the first time he had encountered it.
"Or take a look. Just leave, she will be sad. Bai Xiaoya said. This is the key, I can't bear to hurt people's hearts, and the four of them watched it for half an hour.
"Ladies and gentlemen, how do you feel?" Arsene Wenger asked.
Happy hesitated for a moment and said: "The plot of the movie is a little scattered, I have watched it for so long, and I haven't grasped the theme of the story yet." You can see the director's intentions in detail, such as some small movements of the actor, his habitual hands tremble, I don't know if it is the actor's own habits or the director's deliberate arrangement, but this is very good, it can help the audience remember the actor quickly. It's a pity that the whole picture quality is very poor due to too little investment......"
Speaking of this, he suddenly didn't know how to go on.
Wenger was stunned, the longing on his face stiffened, and he smiled reluctantly, "It's okay, thank you, you are the first viewer to watch it for more than thirty minutes." You're here to exhibit too, I seem to have seen you a few days ago, after all, there aren't many Asian faces in the whole of Sundance. In return, I can also go see your films......"
Happy smiled, "Thanks, you can go there and buy tickets." ”
"Come on, Arsene Wenger."
With a wave of his hand, he left with the already hungry crowd.
Arsene Wenger stared blankly in the direction of his finger, where there was only a long line, "Asian faces, the only foreign language film to be shortlisted......"
"Oh my God!" She couldn't keep her mouth shut.
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