September 12, 2004
My brother and I went to Harry Knowles's big Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow premiere in Austin yesterday. It was a lot of fun, and the movie was everything I had hoped it would be -- a visually beautiful, narratively thrilling almost-masterpiece of retro wonder. The most interesting fact learned in the Q&A with Kerry Conran and his brother Kevin (art director on the film) was that the entire movie was made in black and white; when the studio balked at the idea of a black and white tentpole, they digitally recolored it, which is a big reason why it looks so unique (and seriously, the trailers barely do the look of the film justice).
I overheard a fellow behind me in the theater talking about how he flew in from Michigan just so that his seven year old son could see the movie and have an experience as exciting as seeing Star Wars was for him at that age. If I ever have kids, someone hit me if I'm not that cool.
I saw Robert Rodriguez in the bathroom, giving me hope that perhaps a trailer for Sin City would premiere before the film -- no such luck, though. As I was leaving the after party, I walked past Angela Bettis, but was too shy to say hi.
There was a guy driving in circles around the red carpet outside the theaters with a big Kerry/Edwards placard in the back of his truck, and he had a table set up nearby where you could register to vote. I was excited to see this; I realized recently that I am not, in fact, registered to vote, although I thought I had been when I renewed my driver's license earlier this year-- so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to get it taken care of. Unfortunately, my Dallas residency prevented me from doing so. I need to get on the ball with that...I've had the forms all filled out on my desk at home for two weeks now.
The night before last, I went to see the Theater Fire play a show, and got in for free by claiming to be their vibraphone player. I've never so successfully managed to lie before.
P.S. happy birthday to Esoteric Rabbit.
Posted by David Lowery at September 12, 2004 01:17 PM