Chapter 709

Tessa briden's steps stopped for a moment, looked left and right, and was quite sure that this was Lincoln Center, and this was the world-famous Julia college. How could she find this landmark building wrong? However, after the location was determined, the question marks were not answered. On the contrary, they became even more confused. After walking two steps further, looking at the bustling crowd on the square, I suddenly had the illusion of going to the wrong venue.

Every corner of the line of sight is full of people. Even the sea of people is not enough to describe the visual shock. It seems that there are not only 2000 or 3000 people here, but also tens of thousands of people gathered here. Tessa is willing to believe that the whole square is packed with people, and people are gathered in twos and threes, beaming and talking excitedly, The excitement in his expression was so hard to hide that the air began to boil.

It's December now, and the freezing weather in New York has begun to take off. Standing on the square without tall buildings on all sides, the cold wind, the haze sky and the sub zero temperature, even the down coat can't stop the invasion of the cold wave. It seems that it's hard to stay outside for a second.

However, on the square at the gate of Lincoln Center, the cold seems to have lost its meaning. The heat in the mouth, the excitement between the eyebrows, and the excitement hidden in the dancing make the low temperature bearable. Even the rice and snow in the sky add a little romance to this afternoon.

Tessa, with her eyes wide open, still couldn't believe it was happening.

Today is the premiere of "cancer fighting me.". Lion Gate did not plan a grand premiere, but arranged a small premiere according to the style of New York City.

The premiere was arranged in Alice Talley hall at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center is one of the most important art coordinates in New York. There are more than 70 art museums here, as well as the most important classical music hall in New York. It is the largest art venue in the world, and even known as "the world center of classical music" by people in the industry.

At the same time, the Juilliard Conservatory of music is also located here. Alice Tali hall is the internal performance hall of the college. It is not only the official venue for the Lincoln Center's indoor concert, but also the venue for the annual New York Film Festival, where students from the college perform all the year round.

Alice Tully Hall is a small concert space with only 1095 seats. It is the smallest Concert Hall in the whole Lincoln Center. However, for the New York Film Festival, this is the main venue of every year. Fans from all over the world are welcome to come here to join the film festival.

On the whole, the artistic atmosphere, classical atmosphere and academic quality of Alice Tali hall are unique. Compared with Hollywood's famous Chinese theater, Kodak Theater and other popular premiere venues, the audience seats here have no advantage, and the degree of commercial attention is far less; Coupled with Lincoln Center's strict control over the premiere - for example, no large booths; For another example, multiple controls are needed for media access, which makes Alice Talley hall a very special premiere venue.

First of all, movies with premieres are all commercial works, which is the premise; Secondly, the works selected here for premiere are often more artistic and more critical.

Although there is no definite news, it is said that lion gate released only 500 tickets for the premiere. It's another message: it's a small premiere.

But the picture in front of Tessa's eyes is not like this. She walks through the crowd, looking for the gathering place of fans. The premiere ceremony officially started at 5 p.m. and they made an appointment to meet at 12 p.m. Tessa arrived at the scene at 11:20, but she was a little confused when she saw such a scene.

After wandering in the crowd and getting lost for about 30 minutes, Tessa was almost dizzy - there were so many people here! Finally, Talon Johnson, who met in Toronto Film Festival before, saw her figure and called her several times, which made her find the organization.

William Taylor, Graham Hughes, hope Bates, Chanel Laurent... These strange or familiar friends, because of the same man, gathered in New York's Lincoln Center. It's December. It's the most tense time at the end of the semester. We can't leave at all. However, everyone is worried that the premiere of "anti cancer me" is not popular. So we invited everyone to come to New York one after another for a weekend. This is not only cheering for blue Li, but also looking forward to watching the film for the first time.

"Jesus Christ, who was the first to say that no one might come to the premiere?" This is Tessa's first reaction.

"Yes, yes, we were talking about it just now." Hope, with his eyes wide open, talked excitedly, "we've been terrified since we got here. What happened? Why are so many people here? We just looked at it. There are at least 2500 people. There must be! It's not even 12 o'clock. It's crazy

"I even wonder if we're in the wrong place?" William's exclamation immediately made Tessa jump up. "That's what I just thought!" Everyone around laughed.

"I went to the entrance of the screening hall to confirm. Yes, this is our destination." Graham said in a loud voice and gave confirmation. Everyone in the line of sight was full of excitement and excitement. With Graham's voice raised eight degrees, his gestures increased, and his inexplicable mood began to fly.

Tessa's vision was still inseparable from the dense crowd around her. To be exact, the rest of her vision was full. "Does anyone know what's going on? Why are there so many people at today's premiere? I don't exaggerate when I look at speed and passion. " Tessa is still full of question marks. "Or, what's on at Lincoln Center tonight? The dates overlap. That's why so many people are here? "

If it's the night of an important performance at Lincoln Center, the size of 3000 people and 4000 people can't be more normal.

"I have asked around just now, most of them are because of 'crazy love', and they are very crazy, just like they are really crazy." Chanel is tall and slender. Just standing beside her, she easily attracts her attention. "I found out yesterday when I was browsing the new Yorker that the attendance rate of crazy love is still high in New York. New Yorkers seem to like this work very much."

It's not an unexpected answer, "and then there's a small number of people who came here because of the lenley album. I've heard that Don Quixote seems to have set a record. I'm not sure Chanel said vaguely. He didn't explain clearly. He pointed to the direction. "There's a large group of people there. They didn't come here for the film premiere. They said they just wanted to express their support and thanks to lenley. They have also prepared posters, banners and aid signs. I think they are more comprehensive than us. "

"Really?" Hope's eyes lit up immediately. "Let's go and have a look. William, let's go there together and have a good exchange. See if there can be more cooperation in the future! "

They now have fan groups in the Yahoo community and Facebook. At the beginning, it was just to provide a platform for Lan Li's film lovers to communicate. However, after the negative news of the shooting of "anti cancer me" at the beginning of the year, the positioning of the group has gradually changed a little. Compared with fans, it is more like a fan group, Cheer for lanli.

Hope is one of the administrators of the group. He organized the premiere in New York and invited 500 members of the group to gather at Lincoln Center. However, the actual situation of the scene is far beyond their expectation, and the number of 500 seems to be just a corner.

After hope and William left, Tessa rubbed her hands and said, "come on, what are we going to do later? This is our first formal activity. To be honest, I'm a little excited! " Since they are fans, they can't just watch the show like that. They also have to do something to add bricks and tiles to the premiere.

"Come on, we have prepared some slogans, hoping to surprise lanli!" Graham greets Tessa, turns around and introduces her to other members of the fan group. The atmosphere becomes warm again.

The sun over the city slowly goes down to the west, and the surging crowd on the square at the entrance of Lincoln Center continues to grow. The square, which has been extremely crowded since noon, is already congested when it approaches the premiere. Head to head, body to body, it seems that even a fly can't fly in. The scene is magnificent.

Not to mention the audience, even the well-informed journalists were completely shocked. If the reporters didn't have a special interview area, it would be impossible for them to have a foothold here, because most of the reporters arrived at the scene after four o'clock to prepare for the premiere. At that time, it was already such a scene on the square.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 5000 people gathered at the scene! Even if it's a summer blockbuster, the premiere doesn't have such a scale, unless it's a series of fan movies like "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" that completely ignite the enthusiasm of fans. But now it's on top of a small budget independent movie premiere?

It's absolutely a fantasy, but it's really happening.

Lion Gate's original intention was to hold a small premiere, but it turned out to be the biggest premiere in 2011. Apart from the global simultaneous premieres of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" and "Twilight: Dawn (Part 1)", no one can match it!

But this is just the beginning.