If the whole audience has the vision that seems to have nothing, they are gathering on Lan Li's body.
Although his inner thought was a little helpless, on the surface, Lan Li was always calm and did not receive any influence at all. For him, the scene was just the degree of sprinkling water, almost without any influence.
Lanli turns his head calmly and looks at Damien and Simmons around him - he is more worried about the involvement of these two people. Unexpectedly but reasonably, both of them seem to be absent-minded. Their attention has been wandering around, and they have not noticed the focus of the scene at all.
Simmons is lost.
Before the special award of the jury was awarded, Simmons and Langley had the highest voice to win the award. There were even rumors and jokes that the two actors would copy the miracle of "crazy love" in those years, win the award in Sundance, and then march all the way towards the Oscar winners, finally completing the feat of dominating the award season throughout the year.
In his heart, Simmons not only thinks that this work may be the turning point of his whole career, but also thinks that this work may be his peak. An excellent and appropriate work is absolutely available but not desirable.
But now miss the jury special award, although there is no direct contact with the Oscar season, Simmons also inevitably began to think, eyes and expression are slightly stiff. Fall in the eyes of others, it is unable to hide the loss.
Damien is nervous.
Because after the special jury award is awarded, the final jury award comes next, "pop drummer" is undoubtedly one of the popular candidate works, which also makes Damien unable to control his tension and urgency.
No one can really understand the meaning of "pop drummer" to Damien: it's not only because this work is the result of Damien's painstaking efforts for five years, but also because he was at the end of his tether before he met Langley; It is also because this work is a summary of Damien's memories of his high school life and embodies his own obsession with artistic creation.
What's more, Sundance has always been Damien's dream stage - for independent filmmakers, this is the real holy land.
Even Langley couldn't fully understand Damien's feelings, but he knew that Damien, who had been waiting at the door of the Oscar night, would never have done so if he hadn't been desperate. Only those who really stand at the bottom of the valley can understand the worry about gain and loss when they are close to success.
As if aware of the temperature of close sight, Damien subconsciously turned his head and saw lanli at a glance, but the focus and focal length were shifting, revealing an uncontrollable panic; Then Damien pulled a smile at blue, but the stiff corner of his mouth made the radian of smile worse than crying.
Lan Li didn't say much. He also showed a smile, and motioned to Damien, cheering for Damien. Then he whispered, "are you ready?" The results of the awards are about to be announced.
Damien was speechless and moved his neck slightly, but because the neck muscles were too stiff to tell exactly whether he nodded or shook his head, just like a broken nodding doll. That kind of nervous and expectant appearance, let Lan Li's mood also began to jump up.
Persistence and passion for dreams is always the most wonderful part of life.
At this time, Robert Redford has officially stepped on the stage and is ready to announce the final jury award. Sundance is not an Oscar or Golden Globe Award. There is no need to create suspense. Robert announced the result easily.
In the world film unit, the Chilean film "kill a man" topped the plot department, while the Syrian film "homecoming" dominated the documentary department.
In the main competition unit, the documentary department was the first to announce. During the whole film festival, Fu Qiu, who was praised and sought after by countless people, successfully reached the top without any doubt. The "life of music", who won the audience choice award before, unfortunately lost. The whole production team of Fu Qiu hugged and cheered.
Although this is not an Oscar, there is no doubt about the importance of Sundance to independent films.
Then came the plot department.
The jury awards and Audience Choice Awards of the documentary department are not consistent, although Sundance does not have tradition to predict that the winners of the two awards are always the same work; But at this moment, the suspense of the plot department's award is still suddenly obvious. Can the "pop drummer" who has just won the audience choice award reach the top?
Robert watched the whole scene with smile, but he didn't create too much suspense. He deliberately stopped for a while. This made the scene make complaints about low voice and tucking sound. Robert laughed with pride and then announced the answer directly. "The thirtieth Sundance Film Festival Jury Award, the plot Department -" the drummer! "
There is suspense, there is no suspense.
Expected, unexpected.
In any case, the "pop drummer" successfully won the Sundance ultimate award. After the audience choice award, he also won the jury award and became the biggest winner of the 30th anniversary!
This is the second time that lanli has won the highest award of Sundance!
There was a lot of applause.
Damien was a little stunned. Then he clenched his fists heavily. He couldn't help cheering. He couldn't hide his excitement and excitement. Then he jumped up, just like a spring was installed on a chair. Standing in the same place, he kept clenching his fists and gave a big hug to Lan Li, Then he gave Simmons a big hug, and the joy between his actions overflowed, so that others can truly feel his full happiness.
After relaxing Simmons, Damien looked left and right, hugged Langley again, and raised his voice in the applause, "I did it, I finally did it. thank you! Thank you, blue Hard, and then hard to embrace Lan Li, all the strength to express their gratitude.
Lanli laughed and patted Damien on the shoulder. "You deserve it. Come on, Robert is waiting for you. "
Damien then flurried away Lan Li, turned around and trotted onto the stage. He rushed to Robert like stepping on the wheel of wind and fire and gave him a warm hug. The expression of his true feelings made all the guests laugh and the applause became more and more sensational.
After receiving the cup from Robert, Damien stood in front of the microphone and looked at the audience with emotion. Through the halo, he felt the applause quietly, "thank you. I mean, thank you Sundance, thank you Robert Redford. It's my dream. From the first day I started making movies, I've dreamed of standing on the stage in Sundance... "
In the middle of the speech, Damien's tears fell down without warning and interrupted his speech.
Damien raised his hand in embarrassment, wiped his tears in confusion, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "I'm sorry, but I still don't feel very real. I can't control my emotions." He took the lead in laughing himself, and then said, "it's not easy to shoot this work. For this script and for this project, I've been waiting for five years. Now in retrospect, I don't even know how I survived those five years. Thank you, Lan Li... Woo, I mean, thank you..."
Patience and patience, but in the end still can't hold back, tears again burst the dike, words were disrupted to pieces, straight cry.
Damien stood in the same place, drooping his head and crying. He held the cup tightly and tightly in his arms. He tried his best not to be robbed by others. Then he let his emotions collapse and let go. The hot tears could not stop.
That moved and bitter appearance, let a person sad unceasingly.
Many of the artists present felt the same way. They were all waiting for the end of the dark and endless suffering. They were waiting for their own artistic creation to find a display platform and even be recognized. In the process of waiting, how many people chose to give up and how many people were completely defeated, How many people are so mediocre all their lives that they don't even know whether their waiting is meaningful.
Perhaps only to the end of life that day, looking back on their own life, can find the answer.
At this moment, watching Damien crying on the stage, the sad resonance awakens everyone's deep feelings. So, applause again, sweeping the audience, congratulating Damien's winning, but more praise Damien's persistence.
Damien wailed so impolitely, as if trying to vent all the grievances of these years.
Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, and your mood finally calmed down a little. Damien then said, "thank you, Randy. Thank you for listening to my nobody's movie plan. Thank you for believing in my talent and persistence. Without you, there would be no movie. Thank you even more for your wonderful performance in the film. I know that you have paid too much for the film. You should stand here with me. "
Lanli, who was sitting in the audience, was also red in his eyes. Damien's collapse and release had no manners to speak of, but he was so sincere and moving that he recalled the numerous frustrations on the road of his dream. This is also the greatest part of his dream: it makes life beautiful.
In the face of Damien's thanks, lenley raised his hands and gave applause in response——
Pay tribute to every dreamer who works hard on the dream road. No matter success or failure, in the proposition of life, they have won the first chance to prove themselves. No matter what the result is, they are winners!