Hollywood Hunter

Early the next morning, Simon and Janet flew to Utah together.

As the plane took off, Janet asked about what happened yesterday: "So, how about talking to Fox?"

Feeling that the plane is no longer bumpy, Simon unfastened his seat belt, and a series of fast-changing facial expressions came to mind when Peter Sanders saw the age information on his driver’s license yesterday afternoon. He smiled and shook his head: "You know, I hope After signing the share contract, Sanders insisted on buying out. So, maybe after Sundance, I hope the situation will turn around then."

Yesterday, although Simon explained to Peter Sanders in detail about the distribution strategy of using his age as a gimmick for publicity, Peter Sanders was obviously a little excited, but the other party did not agree to it in the end, and did not even give another one. New plus size.

Simon also realized that this was probably because Peter Sanders had insufficient authority.

The power structure of the major Hollywood studios is basically determined by the person at the helm. Although Peter Sanders is a vice president and has certain powers in charge, in terms of movies, the power of the decision lies with the president Ronald. Sandberg's hands.

Janet was also obviously just asking casually. Hearing Simon's answer, he was not discouraged at all, and said: "Big deal, we can do the distribution ourselves, maybe we can accumulate some experience."

Simon smiled and nodded in agreement.

Speaking of it, it is not impossible to do the distribution yourself, but it is a waste of time to do so.

It only took four months for Simon to produce "Run Lola", but it would take one or two years to complete the distribution of the film in person. Moreover, the final profit is probably not as good as selling the film directly to the film company, which is totally outweighed by the loss.

After chatting for a few words, Simon opened a copy of the "Hollywood Reporter" he brought on the plane and was about to read it. Suddenly he remembered something and asked Janet next to him: "Hey, I am suddenly a little curious. These days, Why does Catherine look at me so strangely?"

Janet blinked innocently: "Huh?"

Noting what Janet looked like, Simon was even more suspicious, staring at her and said: "Did you say something to Catherine?"

Janet's eyes flickered a few more times, and she became more innocent: "What can I say, I don't bother to say you."

"This must be something," Simon looked at Janet's appearance at this time, more determined, and rolled up the newspaper in his hands, and raised up: "Take it yourself, what's wrong with me?"

Seeing Simon raised the newspaper, Janet shrank into the seat, but raised her thin white neck again. She would rather die than surrender, and yelled in her little dumb voice: "No!"

With this shout, all passengers in the cabin looked over.

Feeling the gaze of everyone fighting against a domestic violence man, Simon had to sit still in a daze, reopened the newspaper, pretending to be nothing.

After a while, Janet leaned over again. She scratched Simon's body with her little paw. Seeing that he didn't respond, he hesitated, and then he leaned to the man's ear: "I, I just bullied you on Christmas Eve I told Kate about the whole night."

Simon looked puzzled: "How did you bully?"

Janet raised her beautiful little hand and shook it in front of Simon, and said, "Yes, yes, five times."

Simon's thoughts circulated several times in his own brain circuit before he understood what the ‘five times’ meant. He suddenly leaned back on the seat with a frustrated expression, with an urge to jump off the plane.

Ugh.

destroyed.

All ruined.

It's not nice to meet people.

He must have become an overly indulgence animal in Catherine's heart.

Although the woman next to her has been identified, no one wants to become this image in the hearts of other women.

Why am I so miserable.

Janet saw Simon's sullen appearance, then put a sticker on him, and said tiredly: "Simon, don't worry, I have already told Kate, I don't mind."

Simon weakly said: "You didn't tell Kate that I suddenly caught a cold in the middle of the night, and I had a severe fever, and I was upset and refused to go to the hospital. You tried your best to stay by my bedside for a day and a night. It was a good example. Girlfriend."

Janet blinked: "Hey, didn't I have a cold?"

Simon raised his hand weakly to the passing flight attendant: "Miss, can you change my position? I need to calm down."

...

It had just snowed in Salt Lake City and the plane landed on a runway surrounded by pure white. Simon and Janet then rented a car and drove east along the mountain road for nearly an hour before reaching the Sundance Film Festival. Held in Park City.

The Sundance Film Festival originated as a film festival in Salt Lake City in the late 1970s and then moved to Park City.

As the founder, Robert Redford's original intention to launch the Sundance Film Festival is not too simple. The Hollywood superstar bought a ski resort in Park City and built a resort, but it didn't manage well. In order to change the status quo, Robert Redford decided to imitate the experience of another ski town in the United States, Aspen, by holding an art festival, while stimulating the local tourism market, while supporting the development of independent films.

After more than two decades of development, the Sundance Film Festival has become more and more influential, and many Hollywood directors who later became famous all over the world have emerged through the Sundance platform.

Of course, these are things to follow.

Now in 1987, Park City still appears to be unknown, and the Sundance Film Festival is far less influential than later.

Utah belongs to the American mountain time zone, one hour earlier than California.

Simon took Janet to Park City, where it was past 12 noon.

Janet booked a place to stay at a resort in advance. The location is located on the east side of Park City. More than a dozen exquisite wooden apartments are scattered among the mountains and forests. They are connected by flat asphalt roads. Each house is beautiful and the transportation is very convenient.

Of course, it is certainly not cheap.

Simon is basically penniless now, and all of his credit cards are overdrawn. However, he still has to pay for the cost of the resort apartment, he just has to put his handprint on Janet's IOU.

Occasionally I thought, if I can't make money as soon as possible, I might really have to use Xier Westero to pay off his debts.

Settling down and having lunch, the two rushed to the Sundance Institute at the foot of the West Ski Resort in Park City to go through some necessary procedures for participating in the film festival and deliver the film copy of "Lola Run" to the organizer. square.

Speaking of which, today is January 15th, Simon is definitely the last participant to submit a film copy.

As early as last December, the Sundance Film Festival announced the shortlist of films for the two major units of feature films and documentaries. If it were not for the personal recommendation of Robert Redford, the chairman of the film festival, and the current Sundance competition is far less fierce than it was later, "Lola Run" would definitely not be eligible for participation.

After completing the registration procedures, Simon had just left the gate of the institute when he happened to ran into Robert Redford and his party coming from the parking lot.

"Hey, Simon, you finally came. David just asked about you."

Greeted Simon enthusiastically, Robert Redford introduced several people around him to him and Janet, all of whom were judges of this film festival.

Simon has asked in advance that the current Sundance has only two units of feature films and documentaries, each unit has five reviewers, a total of ten people. Robert Redford was followed by only four people, obviously incomplete.

And, listen to the names of four people, David Anson, Randa Haynes, Kit Carson, Jane Benix.

These people should be film and television practitioners.

However, Simon didn't know anyone.

In fact, this is not surprising. Even more than ten years later, the judges of the Sundance Film Festival tend to be ‘unpopular’, and far fewer major film festivals have a series of celebrity judges.

Following the introduction of Robert Redford, Simon and Janet shook hands with several people one by one.

Hearing that the judge named David Anson had just mentioned himself, during the greeting process, Simon also looked at the opponent specially and found that David Anson was also looking at him curiously.

"We are going to watch the shortlisted film. Since you sent the copy, you can just take a look at it first. Everyone is very curious about your film."

With that said, after introducing each other, Robert Redford patted Simon on the shoulder again, and after a few words, he took the other four people into the institute.