Chapter Seventy-Three: The Wasteland

George, who had just recovered from his illness, stretched.

At the age of 16, George finally got his own car. Just when George was obsessed with racing, a car accident changed his outlook on life. A few days before his high school graduation, George's lungs were crushed but unexpectedly came back from the brink of death.

After recovering from his illness, George was ready to devote himself to learning to write. At this time, a teenager urged him to go to the film department of the University of Southern California, where he could not only continue to learn to write, but also continue to "play" with the professional photography he had already played in racing. George went to refer to it, and was unexpectedly accepted into the school.

Photography?

Sounds good.

Next summer, he's going to Los Angeles.

And now, he is deciding to go to the movies, Christmas is the time for "blockbusters", and the movies are very good at this time.

He bought a movie ticket.

It's "Wasteland".

The initial investment of $20 million scared a group of people. In particular, these investments are made by a little girl.

It's just that when the $40 million "Cleopatra" came out, everyone turned their attention.

"Cleopatra" is very good, it can even be said to be a classic, but it is a bit out of place, and the taste of literary films is too strong, and there are too few "cool points". It can only be an artistic "classic", not a commercial one.

Because of the failure of "Cleopatra", many investors were frightened, and many blockbuster plans were canceled.

At this time, this "Wasteland" is about to be released.

That young lady, Katherine Edson, was really amazing.

Regardless of the film, George decided it would be better to watch it. And as a three-hour film, it is really rare in history.

In fact, many people are also looking forward to "Wasteland".

After all, the failure of "Cleopatra" is simply terrible, and if "Wasteland" fails again, it can be said that the blockbuster plan for the next ten years should be canceled.

He bought a movie ticket and walked into the Panorama Cinema.

Soon, the movie began.

"War, war has never changed."

An old narration, that voice, is so long, but so heavy.

But it's still pitch black.

And at this time, the melodious guitar sounded.

“Free-at-last,free-at-last

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Free-at-last,free-at-last

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Way-down-yonder-in-the-graveyard-walk

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Me-and-my-Jesus-going-to-meet-and-talk

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

On-my-knees-when-the-light-pass‘d-by

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Tho‘t-my-soul-would-rise-and-fly

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Some-of-these-mornings,bright-and-fair

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last

Goin‘-meet-King-Jesus-in-the-air

I-thank-God-I‘m-free-at-last……”

《Free-at-last》。

As the song sounds, the picture begins to brighten gradually.

George vaguely remembered where he should have heard the song.

George's location isn't great, close to the aisle and across from the black seat. In many places, blacks and whites are now separated. Therefore, the seats of blacks are all "special seats" with bad places.

When they heard the song, they were at first a little dazed, then they burst into an uproar, and finally they quickly fell silent, leaving George scratching his head.

Then, he suddenly remembered.

In his speech at Martin Luther King Jr. on August 23, he ended with this song.

In the distance, it seemed to be the newborn rising sun.

Then the camera zooms in and down.

A hat appears on the screen. Then the screen continues downward.

The whole person appeared.

A man playing a song.

He sat on top of a scrapped blue car, with the endless wilderness behind him.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up gusts of yellow sand.

Sean Connery.

He turned his back to the morning sun and played with the guitar in his hand, his eyes so focused and deep.

Free, finally free.

When the old black spirituals played on the guitar ended, Sean Connery's eyes suddenly became sharp, and at the same time, he removed the rifle from his back.

He then crouched down to the side of the car and used it as cover.

He quickly put the bullet into his rifle, then abruptly got up. ,

At this point, the camera is on the muzzle of the gun.

The whole time, at this time, also slowed down.

"Bang!"

Bullets followed the fire and then erupted from the muzzle.

However, the incredible thing is that at this time, the camera surrounds the bullet in 360 degrees, and then follows it, piercing the head of a monster in the distance!

The bright red liquid spilled down, but this picture did not make people feel disgusting. It's like a work of art made of nature.

There is no soundtrack in the whole film, but it just uses a narrator to present the story in front of everyone.

Caucasians, blacks, and yellows all appear in the film.

The scenes of the film are unusually realistic, and even those monsters don't make people see any flaws.

It seems that this is the true material of the future of mankind, but it has traveled through time and space, and then came here.

Everyone is deeply attracted by the movie.

George was also immersed in the film. Although the angle is not good, although there is a black man next to him, he has also been attracted to the movie.

In this world, there seems to be nothing more wonderful than this.

The whole world, as if it no longer exists, only this picture in front of me remains.

But suddenly, the screen was still gone, and the lights were on.

"Hey, what's wrong?!"

According to the rules of the cinema, if the film is too long, there should be 15 minutes on the way, which is an "intermission", for people to go to the toilet.

"Hey! Hurry up and get on with me! ”

"You can't do that! Feed! Keep it on me! ”

There are more and more people clamoring, and they can't seem to bear to be pulled back from that world to reality.

George shouted along.

It's too much, such a visual feast, such an addictive film, how can there be an intermission all of a sudden?

A film like this should be played in one go, so as to give people the most complete enjoyment!

The theater side was also at a loss, and in the end, they decided to "obey the public opinion" and immediately continued to broadcast the second half.

At the end of the film, Sean Connery leaves an intriguing "A-man" and then leaves the crowd.

George thought the film was supposed to end there, but it wasn't.

At the end, Sean Connery walks on the wilderness for a full 90 seconds, and then he walks onto a broken bridge and looks into the distance.

At this time, the camera followed his gaze, and quickly advanced on the wilderness, and then, facing the rising sun......

And then, that's it.

There are no songs, no producers, and when the picture is frozen on the newborn sun, it's all over as soon as it happens.

There is no name of the film at the beginning, no logo, and the end is so crisp, but this film seems to be like this.

At this time, George realized that many people had already gotten up and lined up in front of the toilet, and he also realized that he was also in urgent need of urine. After all, it has been done for three hours.

Finally, it was his turn, and he was finally much more comfortable, strangely, when watching the film, he didn't feel this way at all......

He washed his face and looked at himself in the mirror.

"George...... George Lucas, this is the movie you're going to make, this is the way you're going to go......"

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