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August 19, 2006
Fellini, etc.
James called me yesterday to remind me that I picked the worst time to go back to Los Angeles, because there's a pretty unprecedented cinematic event going on in Fort Worth this week. The Modern, in concert with Cinecitta International, is presenting a complete two week retrospective of every single one of Federico Fellini's films. Shorts, features, the works. On the big screen, in pristine 35mm. This is the sort of thing that you always read about happening in New York. It if it happens in Texas, it's in Austin. But here it is, in Fort Worth, and there are still six days of screenings left. I'll be going to most of the remaining shows once I get back; but if you're already in the neighborhood, you should make haste to the Modern and see as many as you can.
Speaking of Fort Worth, Amy and James need your support: their restaurant, Spiral Diner (which catered such films as The Outlaw Son and GDMF), is up for a pretty big award: Best Vegetarian Restaurant In The Nation. They're up against some pretty stiff competition, but really, it's no contest. So go to VegNews and vote for them. It's the right thing to do.
And while I'm on the subject of friends getting accolades: the new album from The Theater Fire (heard on the soundtrack to such films as The Outlaw Son) was reviewed on NPR's All Things Considered the other week. It's pretty significant for them, although I think we all wish critics would stop stretching to make connections to the Arcade Fire. Still, a positive review on NPR is nothing to complain about.
7:30 AM call time for the test shoot tomorrow. Luckily, the location is the room next to my bedroom.
Posted by David Lowery at August 19, 2006 09:18 PM