On the big screen, the powerful arrow shot out of the bow happened to shock an old man who had just driven over to see John off.
This is Will, the psychology professor.
Different from the sudden twist in the original version, because many details have been laid out, the audience has realized that compared to other colleagues, Will obviously has some special relationship with John, and a few viewers who are more quick-thinking have even vaguely guessed. to this connection.
After learning what everyone was discussing, Will, who seemed a little depressed, cheered up and analyzed John's 'delusion' of the immortal from a psychological perspective.
When he found that he could not refute John's theory, Will unexpectedly burst out and even pulled out a revolver.
Here becomes another twist in the movie.
After some consolation and comfort, everyone learned that Will's wife died suddenly. The man who had just lost his beloved was already on the verge of collapse. Knowing that John could enjoy endless life, he felt that time was unfair even more.
John also shows unusual concern for Will in this episode.
In the end, Will's mood eased, and he felt that John intended to end the topic, so he took the initiative to bring it up again, hoping that he could continue to tell this seemingly beautiful and fantastic story.
John agreed and continued to respond skillfully to everyone's questions.
Before I knew it, the sky was ending.
By the fire in the fireplace, John played Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
Amidst the distant music and blurry firelight, the story seems to be coming to an end and reaching its final climax.
"I once participated in the erection of the pyramids, and was shocked by the thousands of miles of the Great Wall."
"I witnessed the rise of the Persian Empire and regretted the fall of the Roman Empire."
"I encountered the preaching of Jesus by chance, listened to the words of Buddha, stargazed with Copernicus, painted with Van Gogh, felt the light of Aristotle's wisdom, and experienced the splendor of the Renaissance."
“…”
"And war."
"Endless war."
"I followed Alexander to conquer Europe, faced the Mongols' whip of God, witnessed the fire of Troy, and witnessed the fall of Constantinople."
"The Spartan Revolt, the Crusades, the crushing defeat of the Teutonic Knights, Napoleon's Waterloo."
"as well as."
“Two world wars in which humanity destroyed itself wildly.”
“…”
John's monologue, which lasted for more than three minutes, was like a wonderful speech, slowly unfolding a magnificent historical picture to everyone in the hut.
The music fell unconsciously.
Under the firelight, John glanced at everyone for the last time, suddenly raised his hand, and gave a loud high-five, shattering everyone's dreams.
After everyone came to their senses and faced a group of colleagues who had almost completely lost all suspicion, John suddenly announced that the story would end here.
Everything is just a story.
The night has grown dark.
It's time to part ways.
After seeing everyone off one after another, John finally gave the big bow and Van Gogh's paintings to everyone without any hesitation.
The song ends and everyone disperses.
But there is still a woman who has been secretly in love for ten years who insists on staying.
Lean side by side in front of the car.
Look up.
Above our heads is the empty and lonely starry sky in winter, which has not changed since ancient times.
Linda asked John if he would come back to attend Will's wife's funeral, and received a seemingly unkind negative answer, but not surprisingly, and then suddenly combined some of John and Will's previous words to reveal a certain the truth. A truth that most people have already guessed by the end.
"This planet is 4.6 billion years old, and may be another 4.6 billion years old."
"Um?"
"14,000 years old is actually nothing."
"Um."
"So, we're all just in a moment, aren't we?"
"Yeah, for a moment."
During the final dialogue, the camera began to rise into the sky, zoomed out, and gradually turned into an empty space again, freezing in the endless starry sky and the distant outline of heaven and earth, and then darkened.
The subtitles rise.
Because of Simon's deliberate actions, the film does not explicitly instill any thoughtful words into the audience from beginning to end, but only provides interlocking narration and discussion. However, in the screening room, when the film ended, all the audience fell into an involuntary contemplation.
There was another moment of silence until the lights came on, and then warm applause finally broke out.
The new version of "The Man from Earth" is exactly 90 minutes long, slightly longer than the original version, and is caused by some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder from Simon.
The screening started at 10 o'clock and ended at 11:30 am.
With the applause of the audience, the main creators began to take the stage.
A whole row of chairs was lined up on the stage. Simon and Redford sat on both sides, posing as if they were leaving the opportunity to a few core actors. The four people in the middle were the four main creators of the film, director Brett Ratner, male and female. The girls happen to be sitting next to the protagonists George Clooney and Elizabeth Perkins, as well as Tracy Gauff, who said, "It's no use having a big boss behind her to boost her popularity and you guys are jealous." Simon.
The six people sat down, and the reporters who were waiting for permission to bring their cameras into the venue clicked the shutter frantically for a while before Redford raised the microphone and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this movie?"
The audience responded with another burst of warm applause.
After a moment, Redford raised his hand and pressed it, and then said: "Then, if you have any questions you are interested in, you are free to ask them."
After the words fell, the audience raised their arms.
Redford looked it over and carefully selected a reporter from Variety magazine who happened to have some impressions in the audience.
The white young man who looked less than thirty years old took the microphone handed over by the staff and, as expected, looked directly at Simon: "Mr. Westeros, it's an honor to see you screenwriter on the big screen again. I want to ask, how did you come up with the idea for this movie, or is John, the male protagonist of this movie, yourself to some extent?"
When this question came out, the eyes of hundreds of viewers in the screening room widened slightly, waiting for Simon's answer.
Somewhere in the corner of the front row of the screening room, Grace heard this question, but she couldn't help but think of the experience in San Francisco last October. There were not many opportunities to be alone with little men, but every time they happened, Grace would remember them deeply. Sensing that a certain guy on the stage had obviously glanced here, Grace quickly lowered her gaze, her cheeks felt slightly warm, not knowing how he would answer.
Simon was not surprised by this question. He glanced at somewhere in the audience without any trace, and said with a smile: "It was just an interesting idea that came up when I was chatting with a friend by chance, and then I made it, which is as good as my own. It doesn’t matter. If I were John in the movie, I would definitely try to hide myself as much as possible instead of sitting in front of everyone at this moment. I am still very afraid of being caught and taken to the institute for anatomy experiments.”
Amid laughter from the audience, Simon added: "Brett and George have put in a lot of effort on this film. I hope everyone's questions will be centered around the film as much as possible. If they go off topic again, I won't answer."
After Simon reminded them like this, although the people who turned to Brett Ratner had more questions, the atmosphere of gossip in the screening room was still hard to suppress.
However, when it came to relatively personal topics, Simon no longer answered.
The selected audience only has one chance to ask questions. After hitting the wall several times, no one will waste it easily.
The interaction lasted for more than half an hour, and around 12:15, the premiere of "This Man is from the Earth" ended successfully.
In previous years, movie premieres often had to wait until the next day to read reviews.
With the popularity of the Internet in the United States, the speed of information transmission has also increased significantly. Less than ten minutes after the premiere, the first batch of film reviews for "The Man from Earth" appeared on online forums and social platforms.
"What a genius idea, I can't wait to watch it a second time."
"Oh, I simply can't describe the shock this movie brought to me. It also let me know that movies never need all kinds of big stars and special effects, but the ultimate creativity. As long as your imagination is rich enough, even if You can make a top-notch science fiction movie without using any technical means. Yes, "The Man from Earth" is a science fiction film. However, there are no special effects techniques that are common in traditional science fiction. Well, I I can’t say much more, but I swear to God, it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.”
"Simon Westeros, who has $500 billion, is still the same Simon Westeros who produced "Lola Run"."
"A stunning alternative science fiction film."
“…”
Among the almost overwhelming praise, there is certainly no shortage of objections.
A film critic on the Facebook platform who is certified as a columnist for the "Seattle Times" criticized "This Man from Earth" as "a disappointing movie, full of Simon Westeros's crazy imagination."
Another freelance film critic who also has more than 800,000 fans on Facebook is even more straightforward: "I am sure that this movie, written by Simon Westeros himself and said to have a production cost of only more than one million US dollars, will be a hit again. Because it will once again remind the public of all the peculiarities about Simon Westeros. However, from a purely cinematic perspective, it is really lacking in sincerity. I think some people will definitely compare it with "12 Angry Men" in the future. " is compared to "12 Angry Men", but compared to the depth of thought in "12 Angry Men", this movie really has no connotation, and the story logic is also very far-fetched."
There are many people who like the original version of "The Man from Earth", and there are also many people who don't like it.
Simon made "The Man from Earth" just for fun, and perhaps a little more to further obscure the public's speculation about him. He is also prepared for media reviews, whether positive or negative. Controversy is inevitable for any movie, and these reviews will not actually have much impact on Simon.
Now that we have tried our best to do our best, the follow-up is left to the audience.
After the morning premiere, and having lunch with Redford and others, Simon returned to his hilltop villa south of Park City in the afternoon.
Simon's time was not free. Celia Miller and Ken Dixon, who had returned from Ukraine, came to Park City specially. He needed to deal with some related matters wherever possible.
So until evening.
Now that last year has started, this time in Park City, Simon held another mountaintop villa party as usual, inviting many filmmakers to come.
The total number of films participating and screening in Park City this year exceeded 200, and the overall quality was very good.
On the Daenerys Entertainment side, in addition to "The Man from Earth", there is also "The Brothers McMullen" directed by newcomer director Edward Burns, which has entered the feature film main competition. This is signed with Gaomen Films A project recommended by Ang Lee's producer partner James Schamus cost only $500,000 to produce.
Historically, "The Brothers McMullen" was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year and achieved very good commercial results.
In the past few years, Daenerys Entertainment has not had any public relations interference with the Sundance review results. This time, Simon took the initiative to let Redford know that "The Man from Earth" does not need any honors and hopes that the jury will leave the opportunity to Other videos. This is actually a hint that "The Man from Earth" made way for "The Brothers McMullen".
After all, whether "The Man from Earth" wins an award will have little impact on the commercial performance of this film that is destined to attract too much attention. "The Brothers McMullen" wins, but it can once again support a new filmmaker.
In addition to the two feature films, there is also a fashion documentary "Zip Down" that entered the main documentary competition.
This is a video record of Isaac Mizrahi, the creative director of the American fashion brand Ritz Carbon, in the process of preparing for the new season of clothing last year, because Ritz Carbon is an affordable fashion brand that competes with many of Melisandre's luxury brands. There is no competitive relationship, so Gomen Pictures accepted this cooperation. The documentary was jointly invested by Lizzie Carbon and Gomen Pictures, and Gomen Pictures was solely responsible for the operation and distribution.
Lizzie Carbon has spent a lot of money on this brand promotion. During the filming of the documentary, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Nadja Allman, Yasmin Gary , Tyra Banks, Qu Si Gauff and other A-list supermodels have appeared. This time Park City is participating in the exhibition, and several supermodels such as Cindy Crawford have been invited to help out. The premiere of the film is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Many supermodels appeared in Park City, so you won't want to miss the mountaintop party in the evening, which added a bit of excitement to the party where filmmakers gathered.
I called back to Miami in the morning and learned that things had turned around. After relaxing, Bryce Levison stayed in the mountaintop villa like a canary throughout the day.
In the evening, I felt the excitement of the party downstairs. At first I was worried about being recognized and embarrassed, so I wanted to stay upstairs, but I couldn't hold it back in the end. In addition, Grace Si was picked up by Simon in the afternoon. Pulte had joined the party, and not wanting to fall behind, she quietly went downstairs.
Then I realized that among these familiar faces to the public, I really couldn’t attract much attention. Those tall and beautiful supermodels who shuttled through the party gave Bryce Levison a rare inferiority complex. No matter how well she takes care of herself, she, whose son is already 17 years old, cannot compare with these great fairies in their prime.
However, thinking about what was about to happen tonight, Bryce Levison's mentality changed again.
These big goblins were all ostentatious, not just to attract the attention of a young man at this party, but she had already achieved this.
No matter how seductive a woman is, she can't stop a man who just doesn't like that type, right
Thinking about this, Bryce Levison walked through the party crowd and found Westeros in an indoor bar booth.
The other person was chatting with a few other people, and he was flanked by two models with obviously flattering expressions. They looked like they were named Tricia Schiffer and Patricia Velasquez. , are all Victoria’s Secret Angels. After a little hesitation, Bryce Levison took the initiative to step forward.