On the big screen, the powerful arrows that collapsed from the hard bow happened to shock an old man who had just driven to see John off.

This is Will, a professor of psychology.

Unlike the abrupt turning point of the original version, because there are already many details in preparation, the audience realizes that compared to other colleagues, Will obviously has some special relationship with John, and a few viewers with more agile thinking have even vaguely guessed this relationship.

When Will, who knew the topic of discussion, seemed to be a little depressed, cheered up and analyzed John's "delusion" from a psychological perspective.

When he found that he could not refute John's theory, Will burst out unexpectedly and even took out a revolver.

This is another turning point in the movie.

Everyone comforted and comforted each other, and then learned that Will's wife suddenly passed away. The man who had just lost his beloved was already wandering on the verge of collapse. When he learned that John could enjoy endless life, he felt that time was unfair.

John also once again showed unusual concerns about Will in this episode.

Finally, Will's mood eased, felt that John intended to end the topic, and took the initiative to mention it, hoping that he could continue to tell this seemingly beautiful and fantasy story.

John agreed and continued to respond skillfully to everyone's various questions.

Before we knew it, the sky ended.

By the campfire of the fireplace, John played Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

In the distant music and the blurred firelight, the story seems to begin to end and also reaches its final climax.

"I once participated in the rise of the pyramids and was shocked by the stretch of the Great Wall for thousands of miles."

"I witnessed the prosperity of the Persian Empire and regretted the demise of the Roman Empire."

"I met Jesus' preaching, listened to the Buddha's sayings, watched stars with Copernicus, painted with Van Gogh, felt the light of Aristotle's wisdom, and experienced the glory and splendor of the Renaissance."

“…”

"There is war."

"An endless war."

"I followed Alexander to conquer Europe, welcomed the Mongols' Whip of God, witnessed the fire in Troy, and witnessed the fall of Constantinople."

"The Spartan uprising, the Crusades, the Teutonic Knights' Miserable defeat, Napoleon's Waterloo."

"as well as."

"Two world wars of crazy self-destruction by humans."

“…”

John's monologue, which lasted for more than three minutes, slowly unfolded a magnificent historical picture to everyone in the hut.

The music fell unknowingly.

As the firelight shone, John finally glanced at everyone, suddenly raised his hand, and a loud high-flash broke everyone's dream.

When everyone came to their senses, facing a colleague who had almost completely lost doubt, John suddenly announced that the story would end here.

It's just a story.

The night is already dark.

It's time to part.

He sent everyone away one after another, and John finally presented the painting of the big bow and Van Gogh to everyone without any nostalgia.

The song ends and people part.

But there is still a woman who has been in love with her for ten years and insists on staying.

Reach side by side in front of the car.

Looking up.

Above my head is the empty and lonely starry sky in winter, unchanged forever.

Linda asked John if he would come back to attend Will's wife's funeral, and got a seemingly inhumane negative answer, but was not surprised. Then she suddenly combined some of John and Will's previous words to reveal a certain truth. A truth that most people had guessed at the end.

"This planet is already 4.6 billion years old, and maybe another 4.6 billion years old."

"Um?"

"14,000 years old is nothing."

"Um."

"So, we're all just for a moment, aren't we?"

"Yes, for a moment."

In the final conversation, the camera began to rise and drift away, gradually turning into an empty realm again, frozen in the endless starry sky and the distant outline of the world, and then went dark.

Subtitles rise.

Because of Simon's deliberate behavior, the film did not clearly instill any thoughtful words into the audience from beginning to end, but only narrated and discussed them indirectly. However, in the screening room, when the film ended, all the audience fell into an involuntary meditation.

Until the lights came on, there was another moment of silence, and the warm applause finally burst out.

The new version of "This Man from Earth" is exactly 90 minutes long, slightly longer than the original version, and Simon's obsessive-compulsive disorder is caused by some obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The screening starts at 10 o'clock, the movie ends, and it is 11:30 am.

Accompanied by the audience's applause, a group of creators began to take the stage.

There were a whole row of chairs lined up on the stage, Simon and Redford sat on both sides, posing as leaving the opportunity to several core members. The four of them in the middle are the four main creators of the film, director Bright Ratner, the male and female protagonists George Clooney and Elizabeth Perkins, and Qusi Goff, who relied on the support of the big guys behind him to increase popularity, was useless for you, Little Bichi, to be jealous. The girl's position happened to be next to Simon.

The six people sat down and waited for the reporters who were allowed to enter the venue with their cameras to press the shutter for a while. Then Redford raised the microphone and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this movie?"

The response from the audience was another burst of warm applause.

After a while, Redford raised his hand and pressed it down, then said, "So, if you have any questions you are interested in, you can ask questions freely."

After the words came, his arms were raised from the audience.

Redford looked at it and steadily selected a reporter from Variety Show magazine who happened to have some impression on him.

The white young man, who seemed less than thirty, took the microphone handed over by the staff and unexpectedly aimed directly at Simon: "Mr. Westeros, it's an honor to see your screenwriter's work on the big screen again. I want to ask, how did you come up with the idea of ​​this movie, or is it that the protagonist John of this movie is yourself in some way?"

The question came out, and hundreds of viewers in the screening hall opened their eyes slightly, waiting for Simon's answer.

At a certain position in a corner of the front row of the screening room, when Grace heard this question, she couldn't help but remember the experience she had in San Francisco in October last year. There were not many opportunities to get along with the little man alone, and every time it made Grace remember deeply. When she noticed that a guy on the stage glanced at this side, Grace quickly lowered her eyes, her cheeks were slightly hot, and she didn't know how he would answer.

Simon was not surprised by this question. He glanced at a place below the stage without a trace, with a smile on his lips, and said, "It was just an interesting idea that arises when chatting with a friend by chance, and then he did it. It has nothing to do with myself. If I were John in the movie, I would definitely try my best to hide myself as much as possible instead of sitting in front of everyone at this moment. I am still afraid of being caught and going to the institute to do an anatomical experiment."

In the laughter from the audience, Simon added: "Bright and George have put in a lot of effort for this movie. I hope everyone's questions will revolve around the movie as much as possible. If I go off topic, I won't answer it."

After Simon reminded this, although there were more problems to turn to Bright Ratner and others, the gossip in the screening room was still difficult to suppress.

However, when it comes to relatively private topics, Simon really no longer answers.

The audience who were clicked only had one chance to ask questions, and if they hit a few times, no one would waste it easily.

The interaction lasted for more than half an hour, and at around 12:00, the premiere of "This Man from Earth" ended successfully.

When movies premiered in previous years, they often had to wait until the next day to see the 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 reviews for "This Man from Earth" appeared on online forums and social platforms.

"I can't wait to see the genius creativity for a second time."

"Oh, I can't describe the shock this movie has brought to me. It also lets me know that movies never require all kinds of big stars and special effects, but are ultimate creativity. As long as your imagination is rich enough, you can make a top science fiction movie even without using any technical means. Yes, "This Man from Earth" is a science fiction movie, but there are no common special effects techniques in traditional science fiction in the movie. Well, I can't reveal more, but I swear to God that it is definitely one of the best movies I've ever seen."

"Simon Westeros, who owns $500 billion, is also Simon Westeros who produced "Rolla Run" back then."

“A stunning alternative science fiction movie.”

“…”

In almost one-sided praise, of course there is no shortage of opposition.

A film critic on Facebook, who is certified as a Seattle Times columnist, criticized "This Man from Earth" as "a disappointing movie filled with Simon Westeros' crazy imagination."

Another free film critic who also has more than 800,000 fans on Facebook is even more straightforward: "I can be sure that this movie, which is personally written by Simon Westeros, is said to be a big hit again, because it will once again remind the public of various special features about Simon Westeros. However, from a movie perspective alone, it really lacks sincerity. I think someone will definitely compare it to "Twelve Angry Man" in the future, but compared with the depth of thought of "Twelve Angry Man", this movie has no connotation and the story logic is very far-fetched."

The original version of "This Man from Earth" is very popular, and there are also many people who don't like it.

Simon's original intention of producing "This Man from Earth" was for fun, and perhaps there was a little further blurring and confusing the public's intention to speculate on him. For media comments, he was prepared for them, and any controversy in any movie is inevitable, and these comments will not actually have much impact on Simon.

Since you have done your best to do your best, you will leave it to the audience in the future.

After the morning premiere, after lunch with Redford and others, Simon returned to his mountaintop villa south of Parker City in the afternoon.

Simon was not free of time. Celia Miller and Ken Dixon, who had returned from Ukraine, came to Park City intently. He needed to take advantage of the situation to deal with some related matters.

So until evening.

Since last year has started, Simon held another mountaintop villa party in Park City as usual, inviting many filmmakers to come.

The total number of movies participating and screened in Park City this year exceeded 200, and the overall quality is very good.

In addition to "This Man from Earth", Daenerys Entertainment also has a new director Edward Burns film "The MacMurren Brothers" directed by the drama film. This is a project recommended by Ang Lee's producer partner James Shams, who signed with Gaomen Pictures, and the production cost is only 500,000 US dollars.

In history, "The McMurlen Brothers" was the winner of this Sundance jury award and achieved very good business results.

In the past few years, Daenerys Entertainment did not interfere with the results of the Sundance review. This time, Simon took the initiative to breathe out Redford. "This Man from Earth" does not require any honor, and hopes that the jury will leave the opportunity to other films. This is actually a hint that "This Man from Earth" makes way for "The McMurlen Brothers".

After all, whether "This Man from Earth" won the award has little impact on the commercial performance of this movie that is destined to have attracted too much attention. "The McMurlen Brothers" won the award can once again win a new filmmaker.
To be continued...