January 2012
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please...”
– Bill Cosby (via bitchville)
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Sundance Days 5 & 6: Then We Came To The End
It’s hard to believe that our time here at Sundance is almost over. I’ll get all sentimental whenever we actually leave, though, because there’s no room for that right now. I have too much to catch you guys up on.
Yesterday, I decided to take a break from Sundancing and check out the Slamdance Film Festival - Sundance’s younger, defiant brother, which takes place in Park...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Meh: The Comedy
Well, it finally happened. I saw my first bad movie, and it was Rick Alverson’s The Comedy - a shame, really, considering how high my hopes were when I read the summary and saw that it was starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (of a movie I actually did like, the previously-blogged Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie). It was bound to happen, I just wish it wasn’t with this...
My first celebrity spotting at Sundance: Danny...
He looked like he was too old for this shit.
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Sundance Day 4: Snowstorms Got Nothin' On Me
Greetings, friends! I blog at you today in the depths of a ridiculous snowstorm that has been raging on and off all day. It’s made walking around incredibly difficult - especially considering I forgot to Scotchgard my boots - but it’s been such an interesting day that I don’t mind at all.
I started off after breakfast with a trip to the furthest theatre in Park City - the Temple...
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All I'll say here about T&EB$M is the following:
I really, really, really, really liked it. So glad I was able to make it into the premiere and be amongst hundreds of diehard Tim and Eric fans. Also, I made Tim Heidecker laugh, which is enough validation to keep me going for a while.
If you want to see my full rundown post for class, you can check it out here.
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Sundance Day 2: "My film's a little experimental,...
I’ll keep this brief because I feel like it. Sorry if you wanted another wall of text like my last couple posts.
First on the list for today was Your Sister’s Sister, Lynn Shelton’s second feature after 2009’s Humpday. Starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Mark Duplass, the film - a story about people trying to find themselves in a cabin off the coast of Seattle -...
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On Beasts of the Southern Wild
I’ve lived in the South for most of my life. I was born in New Orleans, lived in Texas for 11 years (yes, it is part of the South, don’t sass me), and attend school in North Carolina. My mom is from Louisiana, my dad is from Arkansas, and nearly my entire extended family is scattered somewhere along the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, there’s something about the standard Southern identity...
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Sundance Day 1: "Is that your real name?"
The first day is far from over - I’m catching a screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild in a couple hours, because what good is the first day if I don’t even get to see a movie? - but it’s already been packed with great times. Let’s run things down:
Volunteer training was pretty straightforward, and I got a bunch of swag, including a sweet jacket, a scarf, a water bottle,...
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The Sundance Trip: Day 0
Well, here we go again.
Yes, friends and viewing public, I am off to another film festival. This time, instead of enjoying sunny beaches at Cannes, I’ll be stuck in snowdrifts at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
This time, the trip’s a little different: I’m going with a group from my school, so I have actual assignments. But they’re cool - video interviews...
“Stay drunk.”
– Dean Martin
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"Your Dog Dies" by Raymond Carver →
favoritepoems:
It gets run over by a van. you find it at the side of the road and bury it. you feel bad about it. you feel bad personally, but you feel bad for your daughter because it was her pet, and she loved it so. she used to croon to it and let it sleep in her bed. you write a poem about it. you…
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“A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are...”
– Dave Barry
“Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your...”
– George Meyer
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Watchtoewsbrows:
chicaglolblackhawks:
omg was not expecting that
This is fucked up but hilarious.
sweet genius.
“You can’t keep bitch-slapping your creativity, or it’ll run away and...”
– George Meyer