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This year's Sundance Film Festival opens on January 15.

Robert Redford personally called and invited Simon to the opening ceremony of the film festival, which happened to be Friday again, and planned to take Janet to Park City for the weekend.

The Westeros system is too huge, and if Simon wants to work now, there will always be something he can't finish. Therefore, although I will try to arrange as many work schedules as possible on weekdays, I will no longer fully devote myself to it, but reserve enough time for rest.

The opening ceremony, as usual, was held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, still at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City.

However, compared to Simon's first appearance in Park City, Sundance is not what it used to be.

In the past six years, the Sundance Film Festival has successively produced "Lola Run", "Sex, Lies and Videotape", "Some Girls", "Metropolis", "Reservoir Dogs" and so on. , Even the original super-selling classic love film "Pretty Woman" was originally written by Sundance. At the same time, the festival has also cultivated a large number of cutting-edge filmmakers, including Simon.

All of these have increased the attention of the Sundance Film Festival, and thus formed a virtuous circle, attracting more and more filmmakers to participate.

Simon and Janet arrived at the Egyptian Theater ten minutes earlier. Compared with the deserted and sparse show of "Lola Run" in memory, this time the Egyptian Theater was bustling. Although there is still no red carpet, it does not prevent media reporters and a large number of fans from gathering.

Amid the frenzied screaming of the media and fans, he walked through the crowd, and as soon as he entered the theater, Robert Redford himself greeted him, as well as Robert Redford, who also came to the festival.

When he called to invite, Redford had no expectations at all.

Simon's current status is not what it used to be. Even if the Sundance Film Festival is developing rapidly, it is difficult to have too much confidence in front of this young man.

Unexpectedly, Simon agreed.

Naturally overjoyed.

In Simon's current capacity, as long as he shows up in Park City, even if he does nothing, it can bring a very powerful advertising effect, which not only means that the style of Sundance will be greatly improved, the film festival wants to promote many things will become easier.

After all, Westeros has appeared, what else is impossible?

After a simple hug and hello, everyone moved backstage temporarily.

Then came a series of greetings.

Robert De Niro appeared this time mainly because he starred in a film that will serve as the opening film of the film festival, the film name is "The Boy's Life".

This is a biographical drama about a mother and son who depend on each other after they move to Seattle.

Simon, who played Toby the boy in the film, is also very familiar, Leonardo DiCaprio. The actress who plays the boy's mother is Ellen Barkin, whom Simon also knows, and Goldman Pictures last year bought the rights to "In the Name of the Father" from Barkin's husband Gabriel Byrne.

The opening ceremony will begin soon.

Everyone entered the screening hall and sat down, and Redford was in charge of hosting it himself as usual.

Simon has read the relevant materials for this year's Sundance Film Festival in advance.

In this year's competition, there are two films belonging to Gaomen Pictures.

The first was invested and produced by Gaomen Pictures, called "Youth on Fire". The film stars Tim Roth, Phoebe Cates, Brigitte Fonda and other stars, telling the story of several young people in small towns in Arizona. love, desire, promise and life.

The production cost of "Youth on Fire" was $2.5 million, and it was not a key project for Gaomen Pictures in 1993.

Simon has seen the finished film, it is not bad or excellent, but it fits the atmosphere of Sundance very well.

Of course, the possibility of wanting to win is not too great.

Because there are several other very good movies this year.

The other one is called "The Elegy of the Killer".

This is a new Mexican director Robert Rodriguez self-raised $7,000 to complete the work.

Because of the close partnership between Daenerys Entertainment and Gaomen Pictures, when the film was just submitted for selection, it was noticed by Gaomen Pictures and bought it for $100,000 in advance. Not only that, Daenerys Entertainment also signed Rodriguez ahead of schedule for the next film.

In addition to the two Daenerys Entertainment films, Simon is also concerned about a "Beauty in a Box" and another new director Brian Singer's feature debut "The Media".

"Beauty in a Box," starring Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn, tells the story of a surgeon who amputated her limbs and kept her in a box in order to get the woman she fell in love with.

As for "Media Situation", it is the Sundance Jury Prize-winning work in my memory.

Simon actually noticed in advance the film produced by an independent film company, but did not instruct Gaomen Pictures to buy the copyright.

Mainly because I don't like Bryan Singer.

It's not because of Bryan Singer's private affairs, there are too many people in the circle who are worse than him.

At the end of the day, Hollywood is largely a hunting ground, with a brutal top-down food chain. If you can't climb up the food chain to become a hunter, and you don't want to leave the circle, you can only accept your fate.

Simon just didn't like that Bryan Singer put so much personal preference in the film he was in charge of.

For example, in the "X-Men" series, not to mention the starring roles, the supporting roles in the film are full of elusive and beautiful guys, and they are simply overflowing.

Because there were no other arrangements, Simon did not leave after the opening ceremony, and continued to stay in the Egyptian Theater to watch the opening film.

In the evening, I left the Egyptian Theater and had dinner with Redford and others. Everyone rushed to the Sundance Institute at the foot of the ski slopes on the west side of Park City to attend the opening party.

"About 'Behind the Scenes,' Simon, it's a pity this time, of course I'm more inclined to do it with Daenerys. However, Michael is in charge of the project, and you know his relationship with Eisner."

At the crowded party scene, Redford and Simon chatted about his next movie with a little apologetic tone.

"Behind the Scenes Lies" is adapted from a TV contest scandal when the TV industry was just emerging in the 1950s. It tells the story of the producer of a puzzle quiz TV game who cheated and revealed the answer to the contestants in advance for the sake of ratings.

Robert Redford collaborated with Daenerys Entertainment on two films last year, "Peachy Deal" and "River Love."

The two movies, "Peachy Deal" sold well, needless to say. After "Big River Love" was released in September last year, it finally achieved a box office of more than 40 million US dollars, which also brought good income to Daenerys Entertainment. , and also initially won the popularity of the new superman actor Brad Pitt.

In recent years, Redford's brokerage contract has been in caa, and two consecutive works have been sold well, making Redford's next work "Behind the Scenes Lies" also highly sought after.

After news of the project came to light, Daenerys Entertainment immediately showed interest.

Then, naturally, other studios were not to be outdone.

After some competition, because of the personal relationship between caa president Michael Ovitz and Disney head Michael Eisner, plus the offer, "Behind the Scenes Lies" was eventually won by Disney.

The film has also started shooting in the near future and is expected to be released in the popular schedule by the end of the year.

After all, movies are business after all.

If Daenerys Entertainment is willing to raise the price a little bit, it is not impossible to get this project.

It's just that Simon actually had no interest in this movie that was doomed to fail in his memory from the beginning, and showing interest on purpose was just a strategy.

In the final quotation stage, Simon himself stopped the possibility of continuing to increase the bid.

Although Disney snatched the film, it was also scrambled by everyone, increasing the production cost of the film from the original $30 million to $40 million.

The production cost of 40 million US dollars, considering the announcement, the film must obtain at least a box office equivalent to the production budget in the North American market, in order to ensure that all investment can be recovered within the scope of all channels.

In Simon's fragmented memory, the box office of "The Lie" was probably only more than 20 million US dollars.

Now that the project is in the hands of Disney, the studio will not only lose money, but also the hit schedule at the end of the year.

This is actually something that Simon is promoting consciously or unintentionally.

At the beginning, the idea of ​​suppressing Disney step by step occurred, and Simon has never forgotten this.

This time, "Behind the Scenes Lies" is just a chess piece that was dropped at will.

Of course, on the surface, Simon would not show any flaws, and he also showed a regretful expression on his face, saying: ""Behind the Scenes Lies" is a very exciting project, and I also feel it is a pity, but there will definitely be opportunities for everyone to cooperate in the future. ."

The two sides chatted for a while, Redford left to socialize with others, and Simon also walked up to De Niro, wanting to talk to him about another project.

Janet took Simon's arm, and when Redford walked away, she smiled and said, "You don't really think about that project, do you?"

Simon nodded: "Yeah, a pit for Disney."

"Eisner provokes you?"

"No," Simon said, greeted Denzel Washington, who came over, and then continued to whisper: "If Daenerys wants to continue to expand, she can only squeeze as much as possible from other studios. living space."

In the past year, the box office share of the entire film produced by Daenerys Entertainment in the North American market has been close to 40%. For the film industry, this is definitely a ceiling-level existence.

Hollywood is still the coexistence of the seven majors, and has been strongly impacted by Daenerys Entertainment. In the past year, the average market share of the other six studios is less than 10%.

For example, Columbia Pictures, a subsidiary of Sony, last year's best box office film was Coppola's "Four Hundred Years". As of December 31, 1992, the box office was just over $80 million, and 15 films were released throughout the year. The box office of all 15 films is only $330 million, except for "Four Hundred Years of Horror", the box office of all other films is less than $50 million, accounting for only a measly 6.1% of the total box office share of $5.36 billion in North America.

After the annual box office statistics were released, the media once again spread the news that Sony plans to withdraw from Hollywood.

There is also Paramount. Last year's best box office film "Patriot Game" was released in the summer, and the final box office was also only 83.35 million US dollars. It released 16 films throughout the year, except for "Patriot Game" which exceeded 80 million US dollars and box office More than $70 million in Eddie Murphy's comedy "Darts," with other projects tepid, grossing $310 million for the year, with a market share of 5.

7%, more bleak than Columbia Pictures.

Except for Columbia and Paramount, which are at the bottom of the top seven, although the situation of the other four is stronger, it is incomparable with the strength of Daenerys Entertainment.

Outside of the Big Seven, due to Daenerys Entertainment's involvement in niche fields such as horror films and literary films, other second- and third-tier film companies such as New Line and Orion have an overall market share of only 11%. There is no video at all.

Obviously, the seven major Hollywood competitors have been squeezed to a certain limit by Daenerys Entertainment.

In this case, if Daenerys Entertainment wants to continue to expand, it can only take measures to completely eliminate competitors.

In the short term, big studios like Disney cannot be 'killed', but some measures can be taken to make these studios even weaker.

Simon's relatively short-term goal is actually to clean up as much as possible the second- and third-tier film companies that have independent distribution capabilities in Hollywood, such as Miramax, who was completely killed by Simon a few days ago, and the deteriorating Orion and Simon reversed the direction of development. Troubled New Line Cinema.

For second- and third-tier Hollywood film companies, if they want to grow and develop, the key is to have independent distribution capabilities. Otherwise, they can only become vassals of big studios forever.

When Daenerys Entertainment was first established, Simon wanted to break the monopoly of the big studios.

Now, with the change of status and position, the concept has naturally changed. What Simon wants to do is to further strengthen his monopoly on the distribution channels of Hollywood movies.

After completing the planned clean-up, the second- and third-tier small filmmakers can of course continue to exist, but they can only exist as independent production companies attached to the big studios, only participating in the production and providing content supplements for the big studios. Daenerys Entertainment will relentlessly clamp down on these companies if they show ambitions to venture into distribution.

At the party scene, Simon and Janet chatted in a low voice and came to De Niro's side. The two stopped talking, and Simon and De Niro discussed another recent project.

Last year, he worked with Michael Mann on "The Last of the Mohicans", and the director of the transformation of the TV series submitted a new project called "The Wire".

"Pirates of Fire", which happens to be one of Simon's favorite Hollywood movies.

When he first broke into this circle and attended a party at Brian De Palma's house, standing halfway up the hillside in Beverly and overlooking the brilliant lights of Los Angeles, Simon had inexplicably thought of this movie.

A lot of things have changed over the years. The project of "The Wire" has not been fanned out by his big butterfly, because like many films with bumpy fates, this project, Michael Mann had an idea when it came out in the 1980s. It wasn't until "The Last of the Mohicans" was a box office success that the studio-to-studio project received the green light from Daenerys Entertainment.

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