Near ten o'clock, James Mangod and his party rushed from the hotel where they lived to Park City Egypt Theater.

I was really shocked to see the crowds outside the theater.

The road outside the Egyptian Theater, which was not spacious outside, was almost completely blocked at this time, and some vehicles could only stop the engine and stop in place. Among the bustling people, the most noticeable thing was probably many signs that raised high to buy tickets.

Seeing Mangod and his men approaching, as if they were about to enter the Egyptian theater, a young man in a black jacket immediately came over, following his girlfriend: "Hey, man, do you have tickets for "This Man from Earth"? How about selling it to us? Two, I will pay $1,500."

When James Mangod heard the offer from the young man, his life was not very affordable, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved. He quickly suppressed his thoughts and refused, grabbed his girlfriend beside him and walked around him and continued: "Sorry, buddy, we won't sell our tickets."

The young man seemed to notice Mangod's intention and did not give up. He immediately said: "$2,000, man, this is the highest price. My girlfriend and I can only stay in Park City for one weekend, so I hope to see Westeros' new film today. With this $2,000, you can wait until other scenes on the weekdays to watch, right?"

James Mangod didn't stop, but still shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, buddy, but I really can't sell it."

Seeing that Mangod was determined, the young man turned to the other three people who were with Mangod, but still had no results and could only find other targets.

Just over ten meters away, he was tangled by other vote seekers, and James Mangod and his party finally entered the Egyptian Theater.

Unlike the screenings a few days ago, today's Egyptian theater has also set up security checks. Audiences who enter with tickets not only have to pass the security door, but will also be strictly examined by the sharp eyes of security personnel who are obviously not ordinary bodyguards. Moreover, audiences with backpacks will be politely invited to the side to store the package, and they are not allowed to bring the package into the package at all.

Perhaps in order to calm the resentment that the audience may have when undergoing security checks, today's audiences can receive a snack and drink for free.

James Mangod and others passed the security check and received free popcorn and coke. Thinking about the $2,000 I just gave up, I still felt a little painful. However, from these security check details, everyone can confirm that Simon Westeros will definitely attend today.

This is even more exciting than today's movies.

James Mangod is not a pure audience, he is a director, and this time he comes with his own work.

Feature film debut.

Before that, Mangod, 31, had been in the film industry for ten years. He graduated from the California Academy of Arts and joined Disney. He participated in the screenwriter of Disney's animation "The Adventures of Oliva". A few years later, he resigned from Disney and moved to New York. While studying at the Columbia University Film School, he continued to look for various opportunities.

In recent years, the film industry has become more and more prosperous. Daenerys Entertainment's continuous use of small profits has also allowed many capitals interested in the entertainment industry to see opportunities, allowing many filmmakers with shallow qualifications to show their skills.

It was in this context that James Mangod was lucky enough to get the investment in his first feature film "The Unspeakable Love Word" and then entered the main competition unit of Sundance.

It seems to be running from the beginning.

James Mangod's movie will not premiere next Wednesday, but a person in charge of Gaomen Pictures, who has watched the film in advance, is already in contact with them and trying to buy the distribution rights of "The Unspeakable Love Word" in advance, and also directly hopes to sign three film contracts with Mangod.

If you like a new filmmaker in the circle, you will often only carefully sign one or two films to try the waters.

Gaomen Film Group tried to sign three film contracts with Mangod at one time, and even those who did not respond could have a premonition of the unusualness.

Not only that, Mangod also received an invitation to the Simon Westeros Peak Villa party tonight.

Although he needed to consider the reply to Gaomen Pictures, James Mangod has decided to agree. Perhaps after the news comes out, other film companies will offer higher prices to win over. However, he knows that no matter from any perspective, cooperating with Daenerys Entertainment, which has the most momentum in recent years, is his best choice.

Because Daenerys Entertainment provides not only treatment, but more importantly, career development prospects. The new directors discovered by Daenerys Entertainment over the years can probably be described as being successful.

Entering the screening hall, the Egyptian theater with more than five hundred seats is almost full.

There is no seat limit for the tickets for the old-fashioned theater. There are some empty seats in the front row, but the important guest who obviously belongs to today. Mangod and his group can only find the last few seats, but they have not been connected yet. Only Mangod and his girlfriend Cathy Conrad sat together, and the other three friends can only go to other scattered locations.

After sitting down, James Mangod felt a little excited while feeling the hot atmosphere in the theater.

It is hard to expect to be on par with Simon Westeros, but at least, he hopes that one day his movie premieres will have such a highly sought-after grand occasion.

Just as he was a little distracted, his girlfriend Cathy patted him and reminded him: "Look, Westeros."

In the sudden quiet atmosphere in the theater, James Mangod quickly looked up.

Simon Westeros and Robert Redford laughed and walked out of the backstage side by side, following other familiar celebrities. The empty space left in the front row was soon occupied by these big names.

My girlfriend Cathy still whispered in his ear: "That's Nicholas Cage, so handsome. And Quentin, so ugly. Quintreux doesn't seem to be that tall, obviously suppressed by Cindy Crawford. Hey, Jim, look, they seem to be competing for favor by Westeros. The Coen brothers are here, and they lost so much money last year's "The Empire of Money" and didn't expect to collaborate with Daenerys Entertainment immediately. The new film should return to the type they are good at. Whit Stillman, his "Metropolitan" is very interesting.

Si, last year's "Barcelona" was a lot worse. Nicole Kidman, wow, I didn't expect she would come here too. Last year, this woman was so glorious, and she made three consecutive big movies. I heard that she recently joined Gus Van Sant's new film. She is very smart. She knows to take the initiative to participate in art films to maintain her style, but she didn't sit next to Westeros. It seems that she was out of favor. Hello, Jim, look, is that Steven Soderbergh, the director of "Sex, Lies and Video Tapes", he won't join Daenerys, too?"

James Mangod was actually looking at a series of big names in the front row. When he heard his girlfriend asking me, he followed her guidance. He and Soderbergh were not familiar with each other, so he could only make a rough judgment and nodded: "It should be."

Cathy Conrad fell back to his position and suddenly lowered his voice: "So many big names are under Daenerys, Jim, do you think it's a good idea to join this company?"

James Mangod has actually considered this issue.

Daenerys Entertainment is almost equivalent to most of Hollywood now, and has also produced many good movies in recent years. However, correspondingly, with the addition of a large number of top filmmakers, the competition for internal resources will also be very fierce.

However, just a little loosened, James Mangod made up his attention again and said to his girlfriend: "If Daenerys only signed a film contract with me, maybe I would hesitate. Now there are three movies at one time, which means that there are people in Daenerys Entertainment who are very optimistic about me, and it would be stupid to miss this opportunity."

When Cathy Conrad heard his boyfriend say this, he thought about it, and nodded, and said, "You think Simon Westeros himself is optimistic about you, otherwise he would not have signed three movies at once."

Of course, James Mangod thought about this, but he didn't dare to expect it too much: "There's probably the answer tonight."

At the night's Simon Westeros Villa Party, if a young tycoon treats him differently, some things will probably be sure. However, even if not, James Mangod will not change his mind.

After Simon and his group sat down, it was soon ten o'clock in the morning.

Robert Redford personally walked onto the stage with a microphone, glanced at the people in the screening hall, and smiled: "This is a very interesting movie. I just asked Simon why he had such an idea. It is a small movie with a production cost of only $1.5 million. This is really insignificant for him now. He said that he hopes everyone can see a possibility that a movie has infinite creativity. As long as everyone exerts their creativity, any other external factors will be insignificant. So, let's enjoy this "This Man from Earth" together."

Amid the applause of everyone, Robert Redford stepped down and the lights in the screening room were dimmed.

Since the film was launched, Simon Westeros' new film has been the focus of many media attention. However, before this premiere, no other information was released except for the various speculations caused by the name of a movie, and the curiosity of the media and fans was also mentioned to the highest level.

On the big screen, after the opening of Gaomen Pictures, the picture lit up.

The beginning was a very beautiful set of empty mirrors. The cold and cold atmosphere in the mountains in winter was accompanied by a light and ethereal soundtrack, which directly led the audience to some inexplicable emotions.

Soon, the camera freezes on a white male carrying a box onto a pickup truck.

Everyone recognized this at a glance that the male lead George Clooney was the protagonist.

This male star who has been living in Hollywood for many years is also here in the past year. He first became famous in the popular "The Story of the Emergency Room". Recently, he became famous because he served as the male lead in Westeros himself, and his popularity has increased significantly again, and he has already shown signs of entering the first-tier position.

After a moment, other characters appeared soon.

After a simple conversation, the audience quickly understood the whole story.

A university professor named John Oldman suddenly resigned and planned to leave, and a group of colleagues came to see him off.

At the same time, foreshadowing and suspense appeared soon.

Everyone was surprised by John's sudden resignation.

There is a clear spark between John and Sandy, a female colleague played by Elizabeth Perkins.

Another colleague Edith noticed a painting that John was planning to load into the car, thinking that it might be the original work of Van Gogh, and recommended him to do an appraisal.

John seemed to be very concerned about the movements of another colleague Will, and seemed a little disappointed that Will did not appear. He heard that the other party arrived later and showed a relief expression.

Everyone chatted and entered John's hut together.

The topic continues.

Everyone couldn't bear to leave John, and they asked questions.

And once again leads to a suspense.

John's appearance has never changed in the past ten years. This is a talent that many female colleagues around him envied so much that they went crazy.

While asking questions, Linda, another colleague played by Ait and Qusi Goff, who was a beautiful female student who talked about a teacher-student relationship with the teacher, also appeared one after another.

Faced with everyone's relentless pursuit, John finally started a certain topic very cautiously.

Is it possible for humans to live forever?

All the professors in college were here. When they heard this question, they began to analyze the possibility of this matter from their professional perspectives.

Until John accidentally said that he almost had a chance to sail with Columbus.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

In the screening hall of the Egyptian Theater, the plot has ended here, and 20 minutes have passed without realizing it.

Simon has always believed that the highest standard for a good movie is to make the audience feel the passage of time completely. Although this movie does not have any collision and explosion CG special effects, it is just a slowly unfolding plot and a group of actors who cooperate with tacit performances, which have also achieved this smoothly.

In 20 minutes, the first plot climax appeared, and the audience's attention in the screening hall was once again concentrated.

At the same time, I also vaguely realize the core theme of this movie.

A story of an immortal.

On the big screen, when everyone was silent for a moment, their first reaction was that John was joking.

John also took advantage of the situation and asked everyone to discuss this topic in depth with a joking mentality. As the topic continued, John's argument for his own immortality was becoming more and more solid, and you also began to feel more and more shocked and suspicious.

As we all began to know, John was about an immortal who had lived 14,000 years old.

I knew that John's body had strong recovery ability and was safe and sound when he experienced various diseases, and he didn't even have scars.

At the same time, I also learned the reason why John was different from ordinary people, which was the accumulation of endless time.

In 50 minutes, the plot reached its second climax.

In everyone's shock, John easily pulled out a quaint large bow and accurately shot the arrow on a tree trunk outside the hut.

The recurve bow that appeared in the original video was just a pure prop. My colleagues failed to pull it away, and John did not get started either. Simon made changes to this detail, gave up the original recurve bow, and specially found a strong bow from China that was about three stones according to ancient standards.

To pull this bow, according to Western standards, 300 pounds of arm strength is required.

At that time, no one in the crew could get away, and many of the substitutes he found could not be completed smoothly. Therefore, this shot was actually done by Simon as a substitute during the last visit.

Because of good exercise habits, Simon's physical fitness has not subsided because of his generous life over the years.

Although the strong bow that required 300 pounds of arm strength was a bit difficult for Simon, after only five attempts at that time, he accurately shot the arrow on the target tree trunk.

Because of Simon's special guest appearance this time, the main creators who participated in the filming of "This Man from Earth" privately felt that this movie is probably Simon Westeros's "personal biography".
Chapter completed!