The Ft Lauderdale International Film Festival is the world's longest film festival - meaning the festival itself lasts longer than any other -- almost an entire month. Are these people insane?
Seriously, this fact can be attested to by the Guiness Book of World Records seal on the cover of the catalog.
In addition to this fun fact, FLIFF is a great time. THE AUTEUR enjoyed a raucous screening at the cutest theater called Cinema Paradiso. It used to be a church, this theater, and it gave us a perverse sort of thrill to be showing this particular movie there.
Crowd was wildly enthusiastic, laughing and gagging in equal measure.
Met lots of cool filmmakers. One of the best parts of any festival experience is co-mingling w/ the locals and being in a stranger's car on strange roads-- a person whom you who neither know nor trust-- and getting that feeling of both "I'm gonna have fun and get drunk with the locals," and "this person is gonna thrill-kill me."
To Chicago now.
No comments:
Post a Comment