March 10, 2006
I just realized it's been three weeks since I've been to the theater to see a movie. What's wrong with me?
I'm justifying this with the fact that for the next ten days, I'll be seeing between two and five films a day at SXSW. We should be hitting the road in four or five hours, with the first screening (Old Joy) at 6:30 this evening. I've got my iPod loaded up with the schedule (that clickguide is going to be a life saver) and a rough idea of what films I want to see. I'm completely open to improvisation, though, so if anyone has any recommendations, please let me know; the only things that I have set in stone are all of my friends' premieres (two of those friends are featured in the cover story of this week's Austin Chronicle, which is almost as good as the cover itself).
My intake of cinema this year won't be mitigated by the need to promote a film of my own, to schmooze, to make connections. It'll be nice to experience the festival as a filmgoer, rather than a filmmaker.
And when I say that, I am completely and 100% lying.
But it should still be a blast.
Posted by David Lowery at March 10, 2006 03:39 AM
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have fun! i'll be expecting some updates along the way...
Posted by: brad at March 10, 2006 01:02 PM
"And when I say that, I am completely and 100% lying."
And when you say that, do you mean that one of your films got in?
Posted by: Matt at March 10, 2006 05:51 PM
I wish that's what I meant when I said that! Unfortunately, the lie was that I was fine with the circumstances, and not that the circumstances were in fact different.
Brad, first update coming soon...
Posted by: Ghostboy at March 12, 2006 02:15 AM
dude! sorry we didn't hook it up -- i was (a) sick, then (b) crazy busy the whole time. great to see your shaved head though, however briefly. i ran into james on the sidewalk too...
Posted by: chuck at March 14, 2006 08:36 PM