Hollywood Hunter

For Hollywood, in the last week of January 1987, the most attention is no longer the upcoming Golden Globe Awards, but a teenager and the first film directed by the teenager.

"The third session of Sundance closed successfully, "Laura Run" came back with full load."

This is the title of an article published on the front page of "The Hollywood Reporter" on January 27th.

On January 26, at the closing ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival founded by Hollywood superstar Robert Redford, "Rola Run" won two awards, the "Jury Award" and the "Photography Award".

In the ten days before this, due to its popularity, the organizing committee of Sundance Film Festival had to temporarily double the number of screenings of "Laura Run", but tickets for the screenings were still in short supply.

At the award ceremony that day, it was obviously influenced by "Roller Run", and the Egyptian theater in Park City was also packed.

only.

In any case, Sundance is only a fledgling film festival after all.

People with a discerning eye can see that during this time, instead of the Sundance Film Festival increasing the reputation of "Rola Run", it is better to say that the media coverage of "Rola Run" has in turn improved the Sundance Film Festival. Attention.

Normally, after attending a film festival that is not so influential, everyone has been lively for a short time and the scenery has passed, and everything will quickly return to calm.

however.

For Simon.

For "Rola Run".

Many things are just beginning.

January 28.

on Wednesday.

An article in the "Los Angeles Times" completely lights up a name that always appears in the afterglow of many people's eyes these days, so dazzling.

"18 years old"

The title is so concise as to even suspense.

The picture is a set shot during the filming of the "Roller Run" casino scene.The young man with his hands at the gambling table stared slightly at the roulette in front of him, obviously thinking about something.Dozens of men and women around, standing or sitting or leaning against the wall or chatting freely, obviously put a little attention on the teenagers at the table.

The perfect snapshot shows a kind of wonderful strong dominance.People who see photos can almost instantly determine who is the center of the photo world.

Peter Butler is obviously also a very good photographer.

And an excellent writer.

"First, think back, what were you doing when you were 18?"

"Then look at another person. His 18-year-old started in a public mental hospital in the small town of Watsonville in San Francisco. It was rundown, cold, and deep. This was the most profound feeling when the author specifically visited. However, he was in There was another Nirvana in his life. Why did he say it again, because his life seemed to be filled with countless unknown Nirvanas. The author visited many people around him, everyone said that he is a very hard working person."

"However, I only said his 18-year-old today."

"In the first 4 months of 18 years, he recovered from a mental illness that fell from the sky, so he changed himself to a surname, Westeros. Simon Westeros."

"I asked him what he meant by "Westeros"? He said he couldn't say it, and he didn't want to make up a reason to lie to me. Then I asked him where you came from, but he kept it out, not even concealing his mental hospital experience. Obviously,'Westero' is more important, but we may never know."

"In the fifth month of 18 years old, he came to Los Angeles with two scripts and successfully persuaded the WMA vice president to sign himself as the only scriptwriter client in the other party's name."

"In the 6th month of 18 years old, he worked in a convenience store with an hourly wage of $3.50 and a weekly rate of $140

"In the 7th month of 18 years, he successfully sold his first script, 200,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to most of the screenwriter's ten years."

"In the eighth month of 18 years old, he began to shoot the first film in his life."

"So, he became producer, director, screenwriter, photography, editing, lighting, soundtrack... Finally, the stunning "Roller Run". Amazing, this is the most appropriate word I can think of."

"The first time I saw him was in the banquet hall of a hotel in Santa Monica. It was a casino scene. Santa Monica had no casino. I asked the producer of the film, Mr. Ron McMillan. Isn’t this a BUG? Ron has some slurs and gestures that seem to imitate someone’s tone and tell me: The director said that if there is a casino, then there is a casino."

"This sentence is similar to a joke, but I remember it deeply. Now, I feel more that it seems to be some kind of wonderful metaphor."

"Then I spent a whole afternoon in his studio, watching him control the entire crew in a way that was completely different from the work of other film directors. He would not yell or patiently explain, he even Like commands. It seems that the entire movie is firmly in his mind, he just needs to re-copy it to the film. As for the others, they are just props."

"Even him."

"The lighting engineer couldn't stand his harshness. He resigned and left after only three days of work. He personally served as a lighting engineer. Before that, he was already a producer, a writer, and a director. After that, he again It’s the soundtrack, the editor, and the colorist. When I was in Park City, I asked him: Isn’t it tiring to do so much work? He said he’s not tired and can save money.”

"Of course, he really saves money making movies. With a budget of $650,000, he ended up spending only $597,000. Obviously, in Hollywood where cost control is always out of order, all film company owners will definitely be very Looking forward to this type of director."

"However, I feel that this is because he is too proud and feels that other people's work is not as good as his own, so I like to come by myself."

"Although everyone I asked thought he should be proud, including myself, at the same time, it is difficult for everyone to feel any arrogance from him. He always seems to be a very ordinary and peaceful young man. For this, some words of his girlfriend Jenny seem to explain the film: He is a guy who is proud to have disdained pride, like a god in another world, suddenly came to the world to conquer the world."

"We were in a small restaurant in Park City at the time. Everyone had just finished the premiere of "Roller Run". I was shocked by his movie so much that I doubted countless times that it was really an 18-year-old boy who could shoot it Movie?"

"Lunch was nearing its end, and I still couldn't hold it back, so I asked him: Simon, are you a god?"

"He said no, he is a man. A man likes women."