Julia, on a whim, opened a gap in the bedroom window when she was sleeping last night, and the heating in the room completely failed.
Although in the cold air, the two of them curled up in the bed like hibernation, which made them feel a little bit different, but the direct result of doing so was that they didn't want to get up in the morning.
Before dawn in Park City, Elizabeth, who was on the east coast, called from New York and said in a sour tone that she had read news from the newspaper that the two had attracted much attention at the opening ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival. Leah held the mobile phone and fought with Elizabeth for a few words, then hung up directly, shrank her body into Eric's arms again, and narrowed her eyes comfortably.
Hugging Julia to sleep, I remembered that the "Run Lola Run" I was planning to watch yesterday seemed to be screened at ten o'clock in the morning. Eric picked up his watch and looked at it. It was already eight fifty , So get up and get dressed and get out of bed.
Close the windows tightly again, and after Eric washed up, the room became warm again, and Julia lazily began to dress.
After breakfast, Eric and Julia didn't take the car, and planned to walk directly to the screening theater of "Run Lola Run".
Park City is the busiest time of the year. Carter Moen, who is in charge of Eric's security, obviously doesn't want the boss to walk on the street on foot, and reminds the two that there are already paparazzi outside the resort.
Eric didn't care too much. The paparazzi who wanted to come and watch should be the temporary "guest appearance" of the reporters last night. There are not many stars in the current Sundance Film Festival. The real professional paparazzi will not treat this kind of How much interest the place generates. As long as the group of reporters don't bother himself and Julia, Eric doesn't mind the other party being around.
The resort at the foot of the mountain is only a few hundred meters away from the urban area, but because Park City is so small, the sparse buildings around it already give people a suburban feel.
Eric and Julia walked leisurely with their arms on the asphalt road leading to the city, followed by an SUV driven by two bodyguards not far behind, and two ordinary cars farther away. The people in the car were obviously not very proficient in this kind of stalking. The car drove a few steps fast and slow, and the reporter in one car simply walked down with a camera. They did the same thing, but a few people tactfully did not come over, and occasionally took a few photos from a distance.
Julia is wearing a light pink short down jacket today, with a fluffy wide hood pulled up, most of her head is covered. Although the two long legs on the high leather boots are still a bit conspicuous, as long as you don't pay special attention , without even being recognized. Eric is no longer the usual windbreaker, he is wearing a simple jacket, baseball cap and sunglasses. The two were walking on the road, they looked like a couple, um, a couple with a slightly higher appearance.
The news of Eric's attendance at the opening ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival has already spread, and he entered the streets of the city, but he was quickly recognized after all. However, the number of movie fans gathered in this small town is not too many after all, and there is no crowd watching phenomenon, but from time to time, movie fans enthusiastically come up to ask for autographs or group photos.
After standing at the corner of the street and taking a photo with a pair of excited couple fans, Julia took Eric's arm again, turned to another street, looked around and said with great interest: "Eric, have you noticed , These houses in Park City, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, are simply the rainbow town in fairy tales.”
Eric smiled and looked around. Although most of the buildings in Park City are wooden houses that he doesn't like very much, the colorful styles are indeed very beautiful: "Fairy tale towns usually have castles around them. How about we build one?"
Julia chuckled and shook her head: "You don't like castles."
Passing by a small booth promoting a movie, Julia saw two young people distributing movie leaflets to passers-by. On a whim, she reached out and asked for two.
Eric noticed that the two young men clearly caught a glimpse of Julia, and they looked unsure if they had recognized the wrong person. He couldn't help but smiled and said, "Hurry up, we're about to start."
"Hmm, let's see what kind of movie this is. Maybe I can find a box office dark horse." Julia held Eric's arm and raised the leaflet with one hand, and read seriously: "1994 In 2009, three film college students disappeared into the woods near Bookersville, Maryland during the filming of a documentary, and were rediscovered a year later. Well, it's clearly a horror film, "The Blair Witch," not a bad title."
Eric couldn't help but change his expression when he heard Julia finished reading the introduction, and almost couldn't help laughing when he heard the last name.
It is really a dark horse at the box office.
After Julia finished reading, she turned her head and looked over: "Eric, how are you doing?"
Eric nodded and said, "That's right, maybe you can set up a film company, buy it, and distribute it yourself, maybe the box office will exceed 100 million."
"Hmph, you're joking with me again," Julia was a little dissatisfied, she hugged Eric's arm tightly, and was about to throw away the two leaflets, but she didn't see the trash can, she could only Hold it in your hand for now.
Eric reached out and took a leaflet and said, "I'm not kidding you, hey, why don't you make a bet, I bet this movie can break through 100 million at the box office."
Julia's head tilted like a little girl, and she stuck to Eric's shoulder, and said, "I also bet that the box office will exceed 100 million."
"Um, this is not fun, you change your position."
"No change," Julia shook her head, and said again: "In this way, let Liz bet that the box office won't break 100 million."
"Okay," Eric also made a decision with Julia in a very unscrupulous manner, and then smiled: "What's the bet?"
"It doesn't matter, we'll talk about it later."
After chatting like this, the two of them had already arrived in front of a theater. There was a poster of "Run Lola Run" on the wall, so it was obvious that it should be here. The screening is about to start, so the entrance of the theater is very lively. Some people are checking tickets to enter the venue, some people are waiting in line at the ticket window, and some people are standing on the side of the road holding a sign asking for extra tickets.
Because of the large number of people, Eric and Julia were recognized as soon as they walked in. First, a few girls who were not sure ran over to test, and after confirming, there was a burst of screaming, so everyone's attention was drawn attracted.
The bodyguards in the car behind Eric realized something was wrong and got out of the car one after another. The four quickly guarded Eric and Julia.
The scene was not as chaotic as last night. Eric and Julia patiently signed some autographs for the crowd before entering the theater.
"Run Lola Run" producer Stephen Arndt was ecstatic to hear that Eric Williams had come to see his film. "Run Lola Run" has been screened successively in Europe since last year. Not only has it achieved a very good response in the independent film circle, it has even been nominated for a Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Coming to Park City this time, the main purpose of the "Run Lola Run" team is to sell the film. Because of the reputation accumulated in Europe, many Hollywood film companies have already contacted them and made offers, and some of the offers have even made Stephen. Arndt was quite moved. If he didn't want to wait until the end of the Sundance Film Festival and win an award before making a decision, Stephen Arndt would have almost sold the film.
However, although "Run Lola Run" has gained fame in the independent film circle, its influence is limited after all. Some Hollywood studios bought this film and even planned to release it directly on DVD. Well now, Eric Williams came to see this movie in person, which can have more impact than the president of the United States came to see it. As long as the next incident appears in the media, the popularity of "Run Lola Run" will definitely increase several times. It is impossible for Hollywood filmmakers to get this film without offering a generous enough price. up.
Thinking about how much "Run Lola Run" will eventually bring to his company, Stephen Arndt did not hesitate at all, and brought several other enlightened creators of the film to the screening hall to meet with Eric William James greeted.
This auditorium is not big, about a hundred seats.
The movie screening hadn't started yet, and the movie fans who had already entered the venue heard Eric Williams appearing, and they all came over to ask for autographs. After a while, everyone returned to their seats. At the same time, although he smiled wryly in his heart, some representatives of Hollywood purchases who entered the theater had to come over to say hello to Eric.
"Murray, come and find me later, I have something for you." After greeting everyone, Eric casually gave instructions to Murray Bradow, the manager of the purchasing department sent by New Line Films, and then Turn your attention to the crew of "Run Lola Run."
"Mr. Williams, hello, I'm Stephen Arndt, producer of Run Lola Run, and this is Tom Tykwer, director of the film, and this is our Lola, Franka Potain Te, and…”
After greeting the few people in front of him, Eric said with a smile: "Stephen, I think we should start quickly, everyone is waiting anxiously."
"Oh, of course," Stephen Arndt nodded quickly, leading Tom Tyweck and the others directly to the stage.
The auditorium gradually calmed down, and Eric and Julia sat down in the two vacant seats in the corner of the back row. The auditorium is small, so sitting here will not affect the visual experience.
After a brief interaction between the creators of "Run Lola Run" on stage, the film screening began soon.
The version at this time is still the original German soundtrack, only with English letters, but Eric prefers this mode of original sound with subtitles. Because of some bad experiences in his memory, Eric even hates the dubbed version of the movie. The original sound with subtitles can not only understand the meaning of the movie, but also more intuitively feel the various expressions of the protagonist's dialogue. This is the best way to watch foreign language movies.
After a very psychedelic opening, the scene cuts directly to Lola's room on the phone.
There is nothing special about the plot of the film. As a gangster's boyfriend Manny, Lola accidentally loses a large sum of money from the boss. If the money cannot be paid before twelve o'clock at noon, Manny will be killed by the boss. . So I called Laura for help.
After appeasing her boyfriend, Laura ran out of the house and started a 'challenge' of raising 100,000 marks within 20 minutes.
The first time, Lola didn't get the money, and Manny had to rob the supermarket. Lola chose to help her boyfriend, but was accidentally shot and killed by the police.
The second time, Lola held her father at gunpoint and got the money, but at the last moment, Manny was killed by an ambulance.
For the third time, Lola won 100,000 marks in a casino, and Manny accidentally got back the lost money from the homeless man, so the "task" was overfulfilled and the film ended.
The whole movie is completely a live-action version of a video game, and Lola, who has red hair and wears a blue vest and green trousers, is also completely a character who jumped out of an arcade game. Three consecutive retracements, during which the protagonist can even accumulate 'experience', acquire 'skills' and avoid repeating some 'mistakes'. Lola's subtle influence on the lives of several passers-by during the three runs reminded Eric of the previous "Butterfly Effect" series.
After watching the movie, Eric's first feeling was that the young director who seemed restrained just now was definitely a crazy video game fan.
As for this movie, Eric has only one word for it: cool.
When the end credits came up, Julia came over and whispered, "It's a great movie."
Eric nodded, and waited politely for the lights in the projection hall to turn on, then took Julia's hand and got up together, and walked out of the theater.
Unsurprisingly, more reporters and movie fans had gathered outside the theater at this time. When the two appeared, the scene was boiling again. Eric and Julia did not stop this time, and directly got into the car under the protection of the bodyguards. and go.
The Land Rover SUV was walking smoothly on the streets of Park City. Julia looked at the crowd that was gradually receding behind her, and then pulled down the hood on her head. Now that they have become public figures, both of them are used to this kind of life, but Julia didn't complain, but said happily, "Eric, where should we have lunch?"
Eric glanced outside the car. Today is a sunny day. The temperature has risen a little at noon. There are more people on the streets of Park City. It is definitely not appropriate to eat outside: "Go back to the resort."
Julia nodded, thinking about the next arrangement, there was a rooftop party to attend in the afternoon, and Robert Redford privately invited the two of them to have dinner at home in the evening, there were no special arrangements for two days on the weekend, so it was a little He said expectantly: "Eric, shall we go skiing tomorrow?"
"No, there are more people in the ski resort now than at the entrance of the movie theater just now." Eric shook his head, remembering something, and said, "Well, where are the two movie flyers?"
"What?" Julia was confused, then remembered, blinking her innocent eyes, and said, "That, "The Blair Witch"? I threw it away."