Christmas is here, and many industries are closed. LV Films and bars under Duca are also closed one after another. Employees have a 10-day holiday and will not open until after the New Year.

Before the holiday, he gave year-end bonuses to all his employees, ranging from tens of thousands to as little as 1,000 US dollars. Quentin, Lawrence, Gloria, Monica, Jasmine, Andrew, as well as film companies and bars

All employees receive year-end bonuses.

Some people who got the money said they didn't want to take a vacation and wanted to continue working, such as Tony, Cardoso and several waiters. They still had things to do when they were at work. If they didn't work, they would be bored and have nowhere to go.

Jasmine also suggested opening the door after Christmas, as the business in the bar street is best during the New Year's Eve days.

Duca agreed to their proposal and adjusted the holiday to five days, opening the door on the 27th. Those who are willing to come to work can work overtime in advance, and those who don't have time can come back after the New Year.

After the holiday, everyone went their separate ways. Andrew went home to wait for the money, Shania went back to Toronto to spend Christmas with her brothers and sisters, and Jasmine was also planning to go home.

After seeing everyone off, Duca drove Monica back to Villa No. 108 in the Bellaire Villa area.

"Monica, what do you think of this place?"

After arriving at the villa, Duca drove Monica around the manor in his car.

"It looks pretty good. Since you have a villa, why are you still living in that shabby apartment? Can't let go of Quentin, or who can't let go?"

Monica asked with a smile. She wore sunglasses and her long hair was flying in the wind.

"I don't want to leave anyone. The villa here is too big and it's too deserted to live alone. Now that you're here, it's pretty much the same for the two of us."

Duca stopped the car and asked.

"Two people? I'm just here for Christmas, I didn't say I wanted to stay here."

"Haha, you've come here and you still want to leave?"

"What are you doing? Kidnapping me?!"

"It's not kidnapping, it's legal imprisonment. Come on, I'll take you in and take a look."

Duka pushed her shoulders and walked into the villa.

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After a happy Christmas, January 1991 came in a blink of an eye.

On January 9, U.S. Secretary of State Baker and Foreign Minister Aziz held the last meeting before the war in Geneva. However, the United States asked Yinlac to withdraw from Kuwait, ensure the stability of international oil prices, and not cause trouble. Yinlac consciously strengthened its troops.

, not too seriously.

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On January 17, forces from forty-three countries led by the United States bombed Baghdad, and the Gulf War broke out.

It was a mess outside, but nothing major happened here in the United States. On January 10, the Sundance International Film Festival opened smoothly.

The Sundance Film Festival was founded in 1984 by the famous director and actor Robert Redford. It is specially established for independent filmmakers and films. This year is the 7th edition. It will be held in Park City, Utah for a period of

About 10 days.

Since the third year after the film festival was launched, more than 9,000 excellent films from all over the world have been exhibited every year, including feature films, documentaries, and all are small-investment films.

The organizers will select 200 more outstanding films from many independent films and screen them during the film festival. Every year, more than 100,000 people come from all over the world to participate in the film festival, including movie fans, film dealers, filmmakers, etc.

Good films will receive positive reviews from filmmakers and audiences during the exhibition, thereby becoming an instant hit and having the opportunity to be screened on a large scale in major cinemas.

Directors and actors of independent films also have the opportunity to shine. In this way, they can gain attention from the media and film companies, and thus get the opportunity to direct large-scale productions.

This method is similar to the talent show for independent filmmakers. Directors such as the Coen brothers, Quentin, and Christopher Nolan all started here and gradually became international directors.

Before the start of the film festival, "Reservoir Dogs" also participated in the selection, and was finally recognized by eight professional judges and selected as the opening film of this film festival.

On January 10, the opening day of the film festival, a simple premiere ceremony of "Reservoir Dogs" was held in the main exhibition hall. All the main and creative crew were present and took the stage to explain the creation process. More than 3,000 viewers came to the scene, and it was a crowded place.

After the movie started, the high-definition and high-quality pictures were quickly recognized by the audience.

Independent films mean low investment, and many films lack funds. They usually choose high-sensitivity films to save lighting costs.

"Reservoir Dogs" used Kodak 50 ASA film, which has the lowest sensitivity and very high picture quality.

Then I saw several characters chatting and spanking, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time. The response was very good.

When it came to the first chapter, the non-linear narrative style aroused discussion among the audience, and they all speculated about who was the undercover agent.

Quentin prefers to play with imagination, and the clues he gives are relatively secretive, making people confused in the first half.

In the chapter about Mr. Orange, everyone realized that he was the undercover agent.

At the same time, the scene where Mr. Jin tortured and killed the policeman aroused strong reactions. Some people shouted loudly, saying that the film of the perverted Mr. Jin was cool, while others said that it was too bloody and violent, and did not meet the connotation of an independent film.

Regardless of whether it is a mainstream movie or a non-mainstream movie, everyone has a consensus that violence is okay, but it cannot be without a bottom line and cannot be too abnormal. For example, killing police officers in the movie is not a big problem.

But in "Reservoir Dogs", there are five or six minutes of Mr. Jin's murder of a police officer, and the details of the wounds are also filmed, which can easily cause everyone's discomfort.

After the movie was screened, the audience began to discuss it. Most of them believed that this was a rare film that concentrated on the aesthetics of black humor and violence, comparable to the 1984 Coen brothers' "Blood Labyrinth."

There are also many people who think that the director used too many violent elements in the movie, which also resulted in other artistic elements being relatively weak and not having much positive significance. These people said that "Reservoir Dogs" is a good violent movie, but not as good as "Reservoir Dogs".

"Blood Maze".

Both sides discussed and argued endlessly.

"Fake, how can anyone not like violent movies? Violent movies are the greatest and most romantic movies, okay?"

After leaving the screening room, Quentin said dissatisfiedly that he just heard someone criticizing the movie for being too violent at the scene, and he felt very unhappy.

"Don't worry about it. Movies that are controversial are good movies, and movies without controversy are depressing."

Duca smiled.

In fact, he is also a little confused about the evaluation of filmmakers. For example, animals cannot be tortured and killed in movies, and such scenes cannot appear. However, many movies generally include scenes of killing people, with blood everywhere, but not many people care about it, making it look like human beings.

Not as good as animals.

"Duka, do you think we have a chance to win a prize?"

Quentin asked expectantly.

"I don't know, wait and see."

Duca looked at the sign on the roadside next to him and walked into the screening room next to him to see who this year's competitors were.
Chapter completed!