(ok - I have been so busy working, seeing movies and trying to make contacts at the parties I have been to, I haven't had much time to update this and I am sorry... this entry is incomplete but I am going to post the first part today and I hope that I can post more later today about the rest of the fest. It has been a blast - thank you to those who have txt or call'd or emailed or send carrier midgets - it has been well needed. This trip, as fun as it has been, has also been very hard, because I have never really been out in the big world all by myself (tho don't start cryin or anything, I am fine) but it has been hard and I thank you for the love and support. So onto "On my way to Rivendale: Part one)
~ GCC W/ PF to you Sam - thank you for the late night talks and making me feel like this was the right thing to do. ILUMTA! CWM...~
well I haven't updated since monday and the fest has gotten underway... It is crazy up here. Since the 17th to today, the 25rd... I have gotten to see 7 movies (12 when the fest ends) and go to a bunch of cool parties-
The 18th:
Murderball: A doc about the Quad Rugby Team which was so moving and so wonderful. To see these men do such amazing things with their lives, they were more whole and had fuller lives then people I know who are physically whole people.
The 19th: This night I went to the staff opening party... it was very boring and I went home early... no movies...
The 20th:
This was the opening night of the fest and the opening movie was "Happy Ending" starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (who I saw on the street with a pizza)... Robert Redford was here to give his opening speech and my roommate Sean said he say Brad Pitt at the opening party... oh, did I mention that we were not invited to this event... Instead they had a volunteer screening... to kinda keep us away from the opening party... that is thanks for ya =P So I went to the movies instead of the party...
Mysterious Skin: this movie was so strange... and very hard to watch, but I thought that it was really a great film, though I don't think that I am going to ever see it again. It is about these two boys that were sexually assult'd by their little league coach when they were small and how is changes their lives and the paths that they take to find one and other again and how they deal with the understanding of their lives... I felt dirty, but at the same time empower'd and happy when the movie was over... it was a good film, though not my fav...
Old Boy: This is a great Korean movie about a man who is kidnap'd and imprisoned for 15 years... then let out with no answer as to the why or the who and he has to find out what happened in his life and what he did that someone would want to do something this horrid to him... and the twists that this movie takes are so intense and this was just a great, fast-paced, fun and mentally interesting film.
The 21st:
This was a day of hardcore film watching... saw 3 movies this night - lots of fun!
Layer Cake: This was an English Gangster film, which was super and I don't want to say to much about it because it is going to go wide release (If you want to know about it, just ask) which has Daniel Craig in it - and I got to meet him after the movie and get a photo... and (on the 23rd) i got him to sign the ticket I had from the movie - very cool guy... he was also in a movie that I saw later on that night... but up next was...
The Matador: This movie had Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear... It was a wonderful twist on the buddy film, mixed with Pierce playing a hitman with a potbelly... there is one very funny scene where he walks across this packed hotel in nothing but a speedo and cowboy boots! the movie was just wonderful! (Got picked up by Miramax yesterday)
The Jacket: this was a volunteer screening, late-night, but was wonderful! Adrien Brody was amazing in this film and Daniel Craig was in it too! The movie is about a military vet who goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves. It was one of the best that I have seen at this point!
The 22nd:
I saw no movies this day... I work'd and then went to a party on Main Street, at this bar called O'Shucks, which was a ton of fun. I walked around downtown and saw a bunch of great actors!
The 23rd:
After work (where I saw Daniel Craig again) I went to mty first private party. It was at the Snow Park Lodge, where there was tons of free bree, music, free massages and manicures (and yes, I got one of each, which was very cool) and tons of free food (Lots of cookies!) I meet a bunch of great people and Tasha's buddy Chris and his friends from Vegas, Linda, were at the party. Chris was there doing music and promoting his film and they needed a place to crash for the night (well, two nights) and so they slept up on the couch in the front room.
The 24th:
The Squid and The Whale: This movie is one of my favorites from the fest so far - this and Layer Cake (which I got some really cool hats from, Layer Cake that is...) Jeff Daniels was wonderful! This is a movie about a family that is broken in two and how they still live as a family, come to terms with who they are and why they are. Very funny and simple....Laura Linney stole the film and I thought that she was so amazing with her scenes that were just her and Jeff (Who I got to meet and took a photo with... though I think he wasn't very happy to either be at the fest, or at the least to have our photo taken... but it was still wonderful to meet him, as he is one of my favorite actors) - the getting into this film was kind of a pain, but thanks to "an angel in green" at the theatre, we managed to get seats that were left after the film began - thanks to you for that! This theatre only had 15 volunteer tickets...and the waitlist line was HUGE! so I am thankful that we got in to see the film...
And then I treid to get to another film I was invited to the night before by one of the film's producers, but the bus was running late and I couldn't quite make it in time, but I did run into Chris and Linda on Main Street and they took me to dinner as a thank you for my letting them sleep at the condo I am staying at... very nice of them. It was nice to get to talk to them some more about what they do, what they want to do, myself and Bree and our plans, and just wonderful conversations overall - very fun. We almost got into the Snoop Dogg party, but the "in" we had fell through and we ended up going to the Queer Lounge instead (which was "the" hot party of the night I found out the next day)
Next Up: The 25th thru the 29th and my prep for LA, my baby's house sells and much more! Stay tuned!
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Monday, January 17, 2005
After Weathtop Part Two
So I didn't have a short day... but now I am back to fill you in on what has been up here in the wonderful world of Pre-Sundance.
Jan 13th - Jan 17th: Moved into my condo, which is a sweet little place. I have seven roomies, but only two do I hang out with on a regular basis or anything like that. Their names are Mike Hoke and Chris Greene. Mike is from the DC area and Chris is from Seatle, Washington. Mike works of Fox News our of DC and Chris has been looking for some kind of marketing job or something. Both love film and Mike wants to get into filmmaking, either behind the camera or even a little infront of the camera. And chris has done all kinds of PR for tons of films that have come through his neck of the woods. They are both really cool guys and a blast to hang out and work with. Both of them work with me in HQ of Sundance and we have been setting the fest up for days... We have been unloading trucks, getting the ballrooms set-up, unloading more trucks, hanging signs up all over the hotel... going out for a bite to eat every once in a while and for the most part just hanging around our condo. We are working for Al and Tina, who are both super nice and we have one other member to our HQ team ~ Anegret Eckl, who is from Germany. I found out while talking to her today that she has worked at a bunch of other film festivals (the Toronto Film Fest and the Munic Film fest)
No one but the locals are really here yet, but they are going to begin to arrive tonight and tomorrow afternoon - so things are going to get crazy in a huge hurry! I have a ton of movies that I am looking forward to checking out and I cannot wait for the fest to get going. Thank you guys for all of the nice email and wonderful comments - I miss you guys alot. I am trying to get some good footage of the fest, but has been hard, we have been really busy working most of the time. Right now I am waiting for two trucks to come in before we go home for an hour and then to training... though I have no idea what kinda training we are going to have or go through... wither way it should be fun and I cannot wait - the Fest needs to get started now! It will be good... and I have been sick for the first few days, I think trying to get use to being here was hard on my body, but now I am fine and ready to go out and have a good time.
Hey neil - "Stranger with Candy" is playing here and I am going to try and see it! I thought you would think that was cool!
Well, the trucks should be here soon and I will come back and update some more in a day or so when something new and cool has happened - only 3 days and fest is under way!
Much love ~
J.
Jan 13th - Jan 17th: Moved into my condo, which is a sweet little place. I have seven roomies, but only two do I hang out with on a regular basis or anything like that. Their names are Mike Hoke and Chris Greene. Mike is from the DC area and Chris is from Seatle, Washington. Mike works of Fox News our of DC and Chris has been looking for some kind of marketing job or something. Both love film and Mike wants to get into filmmaking, either behind the camera or even a little infront of the camera. And chris has done all kinds of PR for tons of films that have come through his neck of the woods. They are both really cool guys and a blast to hang out and work with. Both of them work with me in HQ of Sundance and we have been setting the fest up for days... We have been unloading trucks, getting the ballrooms set-up, unloading more trucks, hanging signs up all over the hotel... going out for a bite to eat every once in a while and for the most part just hanging around our condo. We are working for Al and Tina, who are both super nice and we have one other member to our HQ team ~ Anegret Eckl, who is from Germany. I found out while talking to her today that she has worked at a bunch of other film festivals (the Toronto Film Fest and the Munic Film fest)
No one but the locals are really here yet, but they are going to begin to arrive tonight and tomorrow afternoon - so things are going to get crazy in a huge hurry! I have a ton of movies that I am looking forward to checking out and I cannot wait for the fest to get going. Thank you guys for all of the nice email and wonderful comments - I miss you guys alot. I am trying to get some good footage of the fest, but has been hard, we have been really busy working most of the time. Right now I am waiting for two trucks to come in before we go home for an hour and then to training... though I have no idea what kinda training we are going to have or go through... wither way it should be fun and I cannot wait - the Fest needs to get started now! It will be good... and I have been sick for the first few days, I think trying to get use to being here was hard on my body, but now I am fine and ready to go out and have a good time.
Hey neil - "Stranger with Candy" is playing here and I am going to try and see it! I thought you would think that was cool!
Well, the trucks should be here soon and I will come back and update some more in a day or so when something new and cool has happened - only 3 days and fest is under way!
Much love ~
J.
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