Chapter 461 Sundance(1/2)
Simon lives in a wooden house on a hill southeast of Parker City, with four buildings in total, one of which is the owner's residence, and the three buildings guarded around are lived by bodyguards and other entourages.
I don’t know when Simon has never left the bodyguard again.
When Simon's current wealth status is destined to pay close attention to his own security issues. This year, the world is definitely not as peaceful as ordinary people imagine.
Arrived at Park City at noon, followed by a series of schedules.
In the evening, he accompanied Catherine to a filmmaker party organized by Robert Redford, and returned to his residence on the hills at around 10 o'clock.
The SUV that is very suitable for driving in Park City quietly stopped in front of the hilly wooden house. Simon and Catherine got off together and were immediately surrounded by the heavy chill of the night.
At the foot of the mountain, Parker City is still a lively scene with brilliant lights and lights due to the popularity brought by the Sundance Film Festival.
In recent years, not only filmmakers, but also every Sundance Film Festival has gradually developed towards a comprehensive gathering in the entertainment industry. Not only filmmakers, music circles, and fashion circles have begun to join in the fun.
Without stopping too much in the cold outdoors, Simon and Catherine entered the wooden house together. This time, the two girls Zoe Parks and Isabel Dunn, who followed him, had already lit the fireplace in advance and prepared hot coffee. The wooden house was warm.
The remaining three ABD girls have received training in baby care in advance and will basically not leave Dumei Point Manor now.
If Simon wants someone to take care of him, he can only choose from the newly brought maid team of the housekeeper.
Speaking of which, after the last spy incident, Simon instructed Janet to conduct a background check on the girls around him again. The result was pretty good. Perhaps because the time was too short, there was nothing wrong with these girls.
As for some people around Simon, they have basically been found out now.
Just because he was worried that he would definitely come again if he sent a group of people away, Simon did not touch these exposed guys.
Catherine did not ask Zoe Parks who came over to help, and took off her thick down jacket and hung it on the clothes hanger next to her. Finally, she glared at Simon gently. She obviously saw the girl with outstanding breasts rubbing her body against the man when she picked up Simon's clothes.
Simon pretended not to notice the woman's gaze. When Isabel hung up the windbreaker, he said, "You guys go and rest. In addition, you don't need to get up too early tomorrow morning. I will prepare breakfast by myself."
The two women noticed the aura emitted from Catherine and knew that they would definitely not have any chance tonight. They responded well and took the initiative to retreat.
Simon brought the coffee prepared by the two maids to the coffee table in front of the fireplace, poured a cup of it and handed it to Catherine who was sitting on the sofa, and smiled and said, "It's not my fault. In fact, Jenny was jealous, so she deliberately sent two light bulbs to disturb us."
Catherine took the coffee and held it in her hand, but she just rolled her eyes to Simon.
In fact, Janet's original words were that Simon's life skills had deteriorated significantly in the past two years, and he might starve to death without anyone taking care of him, so he asked the two women to follow him.
Of course, there must be some jealousy in some women.
Thinking about seeing the child at home, a man goes out to date his best friend. Even if he doesn’t care much, he always needs to express his attitude.
Catherine didn't answer, Simon just smiled, poured a cup of coffee himself, and then came over to sit next to the woman with a thick face.
If you are really angry, Catherine should be sitting on the single sofa next to her.
Just now, the woman took the initiative to sit down on the double sofa facing the fireplace, and such small details were still easy to find.
Simon came over and seemed to feel that his thoughts were being seen through. Some embarrassment flashed across Catherine's face, and she deliberately gave in to the side, as if she wanted to draw a clear line with Simon.
Of course she can't be allowed to 'success'.
The woman stepped back, Simon shyly squeezed at her,
Then he was thrown away again.
After sipping the hot coffee in his hand, Simon took the initiative to find the topic and said, "You know that "Drunk in the Water" is a project of Gaomen Pictures, but this time I didn't give a single award, it's too much."
"The Dog in the Water" is Quentin's famous work.
Although I took away "Pulp Novel" in advance, some things have not changed.
In recent years, Gaomen Pictures has maintained a very close cooperative relationship with Sundance, and Quentin happened to participate in a training class organized by the Sundance Institute.
Therefore, the script of "Dog in the Water" appeared in Simon's hands last year.
Taking the lead, Gaomen Pictures naturally won the project, and also led to the cooperation between Harvey Keitel and Quentin, who had just finished filming "Don't Love in Piano".
Of course, because of the participation of Daenerys Entertainment, the major studio, the budget cost of the film also increased from 1.2 million in Simon's memory to 2.5 million US dollars. "Dogs in the Water" has also become the main feature of Gaomen Pictures' main competition unit at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Although tomorrow is the closing ceremony, the Sundance award results were released two days ago.
The organizer also issued a special notice to the award-winning crew.
Although it was clear that the little man next to him was not really pointing at him, Catherine explained seriously: "No one likes the kind of violence that this video is like."
Simon asked with a smile, "What about you, what do you think of this movie?"
"The narrative structure is unique, but I don't quite understand what the director wants to express through this story."
Simon changed into a more comfortable position and leaned on the sofa, looked at Catherine wearing a black turtleneck and jeans beside her, and said, "So, you're not a real filmmaker."
Catherine was puzzled, and involuntarily showed some instinctive dissatisfaction from the woman, and glared at the little man beside her.
After all, I have won an Oscar nomination for Best Director.
Not considered a filmmaker.
Well, that's still something?
Simon did not immediately continue the topic, and signaled to the women's leather boots on Catherine's feet, saying, "I'm still wearing this in the room, don't you freeze your feet, take off your warmth."
Catherine looked at the leather boots on her feet, knocked on the floor twice, and her calf came slightly obliquely: "Please take it off for me."
"no problem."
Simon was very straightforward and put the coffee cup on the coffee table, reached out and grabbed the woman's long legs and brought it over.
Catherine carefully protected the coffee in her hand and did not spill it off. She looked at the little man with a angrily look and took off his leather boots and threw them aside, and even took off his socks.
Shoes and socks are new, and Katherine is also a very clean person. She doesn't have any smell on her feet and is not worried about giving a bad impression to the little man.
However, when the shoes and socks were taken off, she immediately pulled the man's feet on her knees back, but did not step on the floor, but sat sideways and buried her feet beside the man. When he got his coffee back, he asked, "Why am I not a filmmaker?"
"My personal opinion, a real filmmaker, should be to express what he wants to express. The director of "Drunk" did this very well. You don't understand what his movie wants to express, but is just bound by traditional thinking. It is a serious misunderstanding that a movie should show some viewpoint value and social significance."
Catherine listened carefully and wanted to refute it, but found that Simon's words actually made sense.
She studies art.
Many outstanding artists' paintings are indeed just purely showing what they think in their hearts, and do not necessarily instill in the intention of some viewpoint in outsiders.
However, doing so has not affected many works becoming classics of the past.
The movie seems to be the case.
Think about yourself again.
The first theater feature film "Blood Corpse Night" tells an alternative vampire love story, which is not a subject she likes too much. But if a woman wants to become a director, she doesn't have much choice in Hollywood.
The subsequent "Pi Li Blue Angel", "Shocking Point" and even the most recent "The End of the Way", she actually instilled her will into the film, but this kind of display is actually not a success.
For example, this time in "The End of the Road", she thought she had made her own style.
However, the feminist awakening concept at the core of the film comes more from the screenwriter of the story than from the director of her.
Thinking of this, Catherine couldn't help but look at the little man beside her.
Not to mention the screenwriter's works, the films he personally directed, "Running Run", "Pulp Novels" and even "Batman: The Moment of War" have different styles and themes, but the film itself has a strong personal will. After watching these videos, it is easy for the audience to remember this movie. Every time they mention it in the future, everyone will say that this is a work by Simon Westeros.
Let’s look back at several other films such as “Blood Corpse Night”.
If it weren't for her, a female director, who was rare in Hollywood, it would be difficult for the audience to remember who the director was after watching the video.
Simon looked at Catherine's enlightened expression and smiled, "Are you very frustrated? I feel that life is undesirable? Come on, lend it to you for a shoulder."
After kicking him decisively, thinking for a moment, Catherine said, "Then, what should I do?"
"Find some subjects you really want to shoot, even if you don't write the script yourself, you can conceive the outline yourself and make something that really belongs to you."
Catherine fell into thought again.
Then she found out with some fear that she didn't know what she wanted to take.
Her age.
In front of the little man, he didn't even want to think about this problem.
However, too much erosion from the real social environment makes it difficult for her to have many innocent and simple ideas like a young man who has just entered society.
Why did you switch from art major to film learning?
It was because she was reminded by a mentor that she felt that movies could show many things more three-dimensionally than paintings.
Then he devoted himself to it with great enthusiasm.
Reality is always unsatisfactory.
Most Hollywood directors often need to be thirty years old before they can direct their first movie, not to mention that she is still a woman.
Ten years ago, before "Blood Corpse Night", she only completed the feature film debut called "Rurious" through funding from some movie funds. The film did not cause much trouble, and then it was wasted all kinds of waste.
How many dreams in this world can withstand the end of time?
How many people can emerge like the little man beside him, and are amazing and amazing.
When many of his peers have not yet clarified their future, he has left the whole world far behind.
Thinking of this, Catherine looked at Simon, couldn't help but shake her head, and said with some frustration in her tone: "I, I don't know what to do."
Simon looked at Catherine's somewhat depressed look, and turned his body to sway the woman's feet, snatched her legs, put her legs on her thighs and hugged her, and said, "No one felt that she should do anything from the beginning. Only after experiencing and seeing the shortcomings of this world and those who are willing to change will work towards the direction they want to change, so you can take a closer look at this world next."
Catherine didn't answer, as if waiting for Simon to continue.
To be continued...