After Christmas, the last week of 1986 flew by.
In the blink of an eye, it was already 1987.
At the beginning of the new year, the image and sound editing work of "Run Lola Run" was successfully completed. Due to the excellent lens quality, Simon completed the color matching of the samples in just one week.
Subsequently, "Run Lola Run" began the final printing process.
On the other hand, "The Butterfly Effect" was also completed in mid-December and entered the post-production stage.
Simon learned from David Giller and Brian De Palma that Fox has not yet completely finalized the schedule for "The Butterfly Effect" and needs to make a decision based on the quality of the finished film.
However, the two most likely dates are either summer or Easter.
In this era, the Easter schedule in North America was far less popular than it would later be, and the only two schedules that Hollywood valued most were summer and the end of the year.
The box office performance of "The Butterfly Effect" is crucial to Simon's subsequent development in Hollywood. Naturally, he hopes that the film will be scheduled to be released in the popular summer season. However, this is obviously not something he can decide.
Now, the only thing Simon can control his autonomy is "Run Lola Run".
Time was stuck, and on January 13, Simon finally got the final copy of "Lola Run".
January 14th.
Fox Studios, time is afternoon.
In a screening room in the movie theater, David Giller and Brian De Palma walked in together and found that a large group of people had gathered in the screening room. They were basically the crew from the filming of "Run Lola Run" member.
Noticing the arrival of the two men, Simon, who was chatting with everyone, quickly stood up and came over to greet them. Others also nodded.
Since he was also busy with the post-production of "The Butterfly Effect", Simon and the two of them didn't meet much these days. After saying hello and sitting down, David Giller said, "Simon, can we start now?" ?”
"Sorry, David, we have to wait," Simon shook his head and said, "Mr. Sanders also promised to come, but he hasn't arrived yet."
David Giller heard this and nodded in understanding.
Simon invited Fox Film Vice President Peter Sanders, apparently in connection with the release of Run Lola Run. David Giller also pointed out the details of Simon's distribution a few days ago.
After Simon finished speaking, he raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. It was already past the appointed time, so he simply got up and planned to go outside the screening room to have a look.
After waiting for nearly ten minutes, Simon was already hesitating whether to go to the administration building to take a look in person, before Peter Sanders' figure turned out from the nearby corridor. Seeing Simon waiting outside the screening room, Peter Sanders showed an apologetic look on his face, stretched out his hand and said: "I'm so sorry, Simon, I just finished a meeting."
"It's okay," Simon shook hands with the other party without changing his smile and said, "Then, Peter, let's go in."
"Of course, I'm looking forward to your movie."
The two walked into the screening room. Peter Sanders greeted everyone warmly and looked around. There were six rows of seats in the screening room, separated from the left and right. In the first row sat David Giller and Brian De Palma on the left, Janet and Catherine on the right, leaving one empty seat on each side.
After a moment of hesitation, Peter Sanders sat down next to David Giller.
Simon stood next to Peter Sanders, noticing the details of the other person's hesitation, and just smiled slightly.
Although he is smooth, judging from this detail, Peter Sanders is obviously not a very generous person.
As the senior executive directly responsible for the "Butterfly Effect" project at Fox Pictures, he obviously didn't want to sit with David Giller and Brian De Palma at this time because he had been left out by David Giller and Brian De Palma during the film's production. However, Peter Sanders did not dare to express this contradiction publicly.
After Peter Sanders sat down, Simon gave some instructions to the staff in the screening room before sitting down next to Janet.
The lights in the screening room quickly dimmed.
Although he had already seen the sample film in advance, after half a year of work, he was finally about to be officially tested by the audience. Simon was still a little nervous at this time and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
A cold little hand reached out in the darkness and patted the back of Simon's fisted hand.
Simon turned his head, noticed Janet's bright eyes, smiled at her, and in turn held the slightly cold little hand in his big hand.
Since it was the first test screening of "Run Lola Run", Catherine, who was about to go to Arizona to film "Night of the Blood Corpse", also took the time to come over today.
At this time, sitting on the other side of Janet, Catherine noticed Simon holding Janet's little hand in his palm, and a slight loneliness flashed in his eyes. Just after returning to Los Angeles after the New Year, Catherine clearly felt that the relationship between Simon and Janet was getting closer.
Before Catherine could ask, Janet took the initiative to tell her about Christmas Eve.
I don't know how to block it at all.
It wasn't until Catherine couldn't stand it anymore and she covered Janet's little mouth that the girl stopped.
She tried her best to forget Janet's talk, but when she inadvertently glanced at Simon's side face on the other side, Catherine still remembered Janet wagging her five white and tender fingers as she recounted the first time in her life. It was a 'tragic experience' that lasted a whole night.
Her cheeks began to heat up unconsciously, and Catherine quickly focused her attention on the big screen in front of her.
Although based on her understanding of the personalities of the two people around her, she felt that it might be Jenny's taste.
but.
Why do women need to be reasonable
Um.
Who said that
Thinking of this, another word that Janet used when criticizing a certain guy flashed in Catherine's mind.
I muttered something in my heart with some resentment.
Livestock!
A small hand came over unconsciously, trying to pull herself.
Open.
So greedy, it’s not enough to be held on the other side.
Watching a movie.
On the big screen that lights up, wait for a moment, and with the slight sound of the projector running, the movie starts playing.
The first is a line of subtitles.
In the future, the term "butterfly effect" will appear at the beginning of "Butterfly Effect", and Simon will not add such an opening to "Lola Run" again.
However, Simon still made adjustments to the original opening subtitles, retaining only a passage from the British poet T. S. Eliot.
When the subtitles fell, the clicking sound of the second hand began to sound rapidly. As the bright silver pendulum rotated, several lines of subtitles appeared one after another.
Production company: Daenerys Films.
Executive Producers: Brian De Palma, David Giller, Robert Redford.
Director: Simon Westeros.
Since Brian and the others were willing to put their names forward, Simon would naturally not pretend to be modest and cover-up, and directly put the names of the three big guys in the most conspicuous place at the beginning.
As the pendulum stops and the camera pans toward Simon's custom-made metal gear clock, the up-tempo electronic music that will permeate the entire film begins. The infectious music unconsciously guided the emotions of everyone in the screening room.
Then there are the zombie-like crowds, and the narration with the philosophical proposition of 'who am I, where am I, and what am I going to do' as the core.
However, despite having such a philosophical narration, the movie leaves no time for the audience to think.
The dynamic electronic music seemed to urge everyone to run wildly.
then.
In the opening scene of the cartoon, Lola starts running.
Until the beginning of the whole story.
In the shot that zoomed in quickly like inertia, the eye-catching red phone rang.
The young gangster Manny received a trading task entrusted by his boss, and everything went smoothly. When he returned, his promised girlfriend Laura did not come to pick him up on time, so he had to find a way back to the city by himself, and then lost the money for the transaction.
100,000.
Enough to make the boss burn him to ashes and scatter him into the sea.
In panic, Manny complained to Laura on the phone in tears.
In order to save her boyfriend's life, Lola had to raise $100,000 in a short time and deliver it to a phone booth in downtown Santa Monica.
She only has 20 minutes.
But he didn't hesitate and rushed out of the house without any hesitation.
Running all the way.
When I came to the office of my father, who was a bank manager, not only did I not get help, but my background was revealed.
Even though I couldn’t get the money, I still ran to the finish line without giving up.
The boyfriend had entered the supermarket with a gun.
Well, you stick to being Clyde and I'll be your Bonnie.
The robbery was successful.
Escape failed.
Shot by mistake by a stupid rookie cop.
Not willing to give in.
Then start over.
The red phone fell and it was the starting point again.
This time, I'm Bonnie, you don't have to be Clyde.
It seems to have worked.
Until the last minute.
God didn't seem to like people who got something for nothing, so he took him away.
Keep doing it again.
In the corridor, he jumped over the neighbors and vicious dogs who were trying to block the way. Maybe he saved a second, or maybe he wasted a second.
Who knows.
Anyway, I missed my father, but met the casino.
Then.
Everything seemed to be going well.
I made $100,000 and successfully arrived at my destination.
The beggar who accidentally picked up the $100,000 got the thief's bicycle and rushed to his boyfriend in advance to return the money.
Perfect ending.