Chapter 1090: Missing
After dinner, Judi, who had already promised to accompany Eric to the sharp corner manor, suddenly repented. He felt the heart of the woman under the sea, and Eric had to send the woman back to his place of residence.
On the 21st of January, the opening day of the 15th Sundance Film Festival.
Eric took Julia to Salt Lake City in Utah that afternoon. It took only one hour from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Park City, the site of the Sundance Film Festival, was more than 20 east of Salt Lake City. Kilometers between the valleys. From Salt Lake City to Park City, the time is less than four o'clock in the afternoon, the opening ceremony is at 7 o'clock in the evening, Eric and Julia first rushed to the scheduled resort apartment.
Next to the foothills of the Park City Ski Resort, Julia had just walked into the resort's apartment and couldn't wait to take off her heavy white long down jacket, not forgetting to complain: "It's so cold, I know it is coming. ""
Compared to the warmth of Los Angeles, Park City, which has just had a snow, has a temperature below zero.
The apartment has been preheated in advance, and Eric sent the manager of the film department of the new line of film to the other side of the film and the festival party information on the living room coffee table. Reaching out to help Julia take off her clothes and smiled: "Have you been there before?"
"No," Julia shook her head and said, "If it wasn't for Robert's personal invitation, and "Secret Legacy" would be the opening film, I wouldn't come over."
"Secret Legacy" is a new film by Hollywood director Robert Altman. The veteran director who is good at shooting all kinds of satirical movies appeals to Hollywood stars as much as Woody Allen, and because of Robert Altman. Extremely good at shooting group games, he can often see a group of Hollywood stars in his film. In addition to shooting mainstream commercial films, in order to improve the style and qualifications, Julia also rolled the role in several films of Robert Altman, so this time will come to join.
"If you don't like it, then we can go straight back tomorrow," Eric put Julia's down jacket on the hanger, and took off his windbreaker. He went to the sofa by the fireplace and sat down again. The stack of information turned over.
Julia came over and got tired of Eric. She said, "Don't you, Eric, can you spend the weekend with me here?"
It’s always too busy on weekdays, and the rare two get along with each other. Eric has not refused. “Well, I have a look at any good movies.”
Julia gathered her head and watched the exhibition's exhibits. She only lost a lot of interest after reading a few copies. She took out another piece of information and said: "These movies are not very interesting, or join the party."
Although it has attracted more and more attention, the Sundance Film Festival is still far from reaching its peak. The most obvious gap is that there are dozens of participating films in the hands, none of them are from the hands of well-known directors, and there are no famous Hollywood actors. However, this also reflects the essence of the Sundance Film Festival. After more than a decade, although it has attracted more and more Oscar-level filmmakers, the Sundance Film Festival has become more and more commercial.
The film in the handle was flipped over, and Eric accidentally saw a German film called "Lola Run" directed by Tom Tikwe, a nomination for a world film unit.
Eric has not seen this movie, but he has heard it. Moreover, he also knows that in the past, this film had a great influence on Doug Lieman’s filming of "Bourne", and Doug Lieman also invited the heroine of "Lola Run" Lankan Poantante starred in the actress Mary of "Bourne".
I looked at the screening time of "Lola Run", which happened to be tomorrow morning, so I folded it on this page.
Park City's party and Los Angeles nature are completely incomparable. Julia looked at the Yuxing party of a series of unknown films in her hands and was completely uninterested. However, as long as she was able to quietly and alone stay with Eric for a few days, she would be willing to do nothing, so she dropped the party information and reached out to hold Eric's arm.
"Hey, let's go see this movie tomorrow morning," Eric yelled at the "Lola Run" information to Julia. He looked at the time and said: "What clothes do you plan to wear? get ready?"
"It doesn't matter, there is no red carpet," Julia shook her head and said, "I wear my clothes."
Although the winter is very short, the entire park city is covered in snow. In the evening, the sky is still very bright, but the temperature is getting colder.
In front of the theater where the opening ceremony was held, the reporters holding the camera and the fans who came to participate in the film festival gathered around in threes and threes. Although they were full of curiosity and expectation, they did not have the excitement of those large-scale awards ceremonies. .
In fact, this is normal, except for the founder of Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival. So far, the biggest star that everyone can see is the "secret legacy" crew that just entered the theater, but this The big names are only relative to those who are obscured by the independent filmmakers.
The director of "Secret Legacy" is Robert Altman, and several starring roles are Julian Moore, Chris O'Donnell and Liv Tyler. These are currently only familiar in Hollywood, although still There are some old Hollywood actors playing a supporting role, but they can't make the young fans on the crowd excited.
Raised the camera and took a few photos of the "Col's Adventures" crew who just entered the scene. Tony Gerson, a reporter from "Hollywood Reporter", squinted and sneaked around and started to come from Los Angeles. A media colleague talked about how to get tickets for the weekend of the North American Composers' Association in Park City. Although it is not a film circle, many first-line singers will attend this party, and will definitely get a lot of useful news. .
A black Land Rover slowly stopped at the entrance of the theater. Tony didn't care too much. Anyway, there were many opportunities to shoot from the roadside to the theater. However, his peers were behind, and his eyes suddenly widened. Stretched his hand and poked on Tony, saying: "Tony, look, God."
Feeling a bit of a fuss, Tony turned to look at the past. The first thing I noticed was Julia, who was wearing the white down jacket. He just had to raise the camera to shoot, but immediately found out that the young Julia was holding, like, It seems that Eric Williams? !
How could Eric Williams come to this broken place?
However, it is clear that Julia Roberts is not likely to hold other men so intimately.
Tony was still a bit stunned, but the door of the small theater had already boiled up. The media reporters swarmed up and began to frantically press the shutter around. The fans around them also gathered around, screaming and trying to cross the bodyguard and hand the signature book to Ai. In front of Rick.
The scene was a bit confusing at a time, and Eric could only hold Julia tightly in her arms and hurried into the theater under the protection of several bodyguards.
Seeing the disappearance of Eric Williams's figure, the unwilling media and fans almost rushed into the theater, but Eric's bodyguards and theater security responded promptly.
Robert Redford, who heard the commotion outside, soon greeted him, greeted Eric with enthusiasm and made a few jokes before introducing a spirited white-haired old man next to him: "Eric This is Robert Altman."
"Hello, Mr. Altman," Eric politely shook hands with the other person, smiling and chilling a few words. Robert Redford introduced several other young directors to Eric, and everyone walked together. Enter the auditorium.
At this time, the auditorium as the opening venue also appeared to be a bit turbulent. I heard the news that Eric Williams will be present tonight. Many people responded first. This is a joke, when Eric and Robert · Redford and others came in together, and many talents finally believed.
Feeling countless pairs of different emotions staring at the body, Eric himself feels a little uncomfortable, Robert Redford personally arranged Eric to sit down, the opening ceremony will take a few minutes to start, he will also be together Sitting down, I couldn't help but jokingly said: "Eric, I suddenly regretted inviting you to come over and see the situation. Sundance will definitely be very busy in the next few days."
Eric shrugged and smiled. "Sorry, Bob, I definitely haven't meant to grab you."
"Haha," Robert Redford quickly smiled. "Speak, if you come over every year, I am even willing to give you the identity of the film festival host. Everyone needs a chance too. You It just happens to give many people the opportunity that they will not necessarily encounter in this life."
When he heard that Robert Redford said that Eric was just laughing, he didn't feel that he was an angel, and he never had this kind of consciousness. If the film has a dark horse in memory, Eric doesn't mind shooting. Otherwise, he will only be a passerby and stand on the sidelines.
Speaking of it, it may be possible to let people buy the "Lola Run", which is a leak.
But if you think about it, there is no need to explain it. Since it can be selected into the world film unit, and it is very popular, the film is naturally in the list of major Hollywood film companies.
After all, although not many Hollywood big names are interested in the Sundance Film Festival, the film buying departments of the seven major Hollywood studios have sent teams in Sundance, Firefly, MGM, Fox, Columbia. There are a lot of family members. If these four companies did not take down the "Lola Run", Eric should not question the eyes of these people afterwards.
The riots brought by Eric quickly subsided and the opening ceremony soon began.
Just as there was no opening ceremony for the red carpet ceremony, the opening ceremony was also simple and simple. After Robert Altman and several other directors from Sundance took the stage to deliver a speech, the opening of the film "Secret Legacy" officially began. .
Like many film festival opening ceremonies, after the end of the meaning, there are usually many guests who give up watching the opening film and leave early. But today, the speech is over, the opening film is ready to play, but no one in the screening hall gets up. Everyone seems to have become a fan of Robert Altman instantly.
Eric has watched several of Robert Altman's films. The most impressive and even stunning of Eric is that the Big Player has only a super long shot in eight minutes.
Eric is making Gravity, the length of the two long shots will reach 18 minutes, but if you compare them carefully, the long shot of Gravity will test the director's creativity more and more. Special effects assistance, the technical difficulty of this long lens is not too big, and the shooting process is not really in one go, but only through post-production.
But the "Big Player"'s opening eight-minute long shot is a real mirror. Robert Altman's master-level scene scheduling with a long shot of dozens of characters is even more impressive.
In comparison, this "secret legacy" as the opening film of the Sundance Film Festival is much more mediocre.
This is a suspense film about the resentment between generations of women in the Mississippi town.
Robert Altman loves to use death as a plot of the film, and Secret History is no exception. The sudden suicide of an old woman in the town completely detonated the accumulated grievances between the two women. Although the plot seems a bit absurd and ironic, the plot of the film is interlocking. Finally, when The answer is solved, and everyone can only make a sigh.
Speaking of it, Robert Altman seems to be very similar to Woody Allen, both of whom are very productive directors, and the level of work is also uneven.
However, the difference between the two masters is also obvious, Robert Altman is better at narrative, Woody Allen is better at writing, and therefore, Woody Allen is not only nominated for Oscar himself, but also his film. A series of Oscar performance nominations were created, but Robert Altman's films are more of a technical award related to scripts and directors. His film actor's space is not too big.
The opening ceremony was completed and the time was already more than nine o'clock.
The night of Park City became colder. After the ceremony, Robert Altman returned to his place to rest early. Eric and Julia were invited by Robert Redford to rush to the next Yuxing party.
However, after all, there are two world-wide barriers. Eric and Julia simply ate some food at the party and left before they left.