Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sedona Internationl Film Festivel 2008
Back from the Sedona Film Festival. A little trip that Sarah and I take each year. It is getting more and more popular. Highlights this year included Sarah meeting Dan Harkins, owner of the Harkins Theatre chain. She was very excited because she is employed by him! Her first job is at the beautiful and brand new Park West. I have occasionally met wealthy and successful people and am usually not impressed. This time I was. WHAT A NICE GUY! He was a very busy person that night, and we spotted him out side. I charged over and butted in on his socializing with other successful and wealthy people, and introduced us both. He was great, wanted to know all about Sarah's job and seemed very impressed that the film festival is a father and daughter tradition for us . Dan (as I now call him) even insisted on Sarah having her picture taken with him and his wife. What really impressed me was that his wife knew how to
operate my $8:00 cardboard camera.
We also got to see the old Classic Film, Sunset Boulevard ,on the big screen as it was meant to be seen. The film was hosted by Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies who regaled the audience with great trivia just like on his TV show.
Sarah and I usually share the same movie tastes ( Johnny Darko being the most notable exception) and we both loved a film from Belgium called Ben X, about a teen age autistic boy who is mistreated by the "normal" kids he encounters. To Ben his life is a video game and he is the hero. A very touching film and there is talk of an American version being made. I feel that is unnecessary, they should just distribute this film world wide as is.
We both liked D.O.P.E. as well, a documentary about four generations of professional skateboarders from San Diego who rose to fame and then were sank by drugs. It contains a hopeful message and
I am sure will get a wide release. The best part was, I sat by a woman slightly younger than myself and we sort of bonded when we caught each other crying towards the end of the movie, after the film she won a awesome skate board in a raffle and I helped arrange for Dennis Martinez to sign it. Oh did I mention this women (Lori as I like to call her now) is fine? I mean F-I-N-E! And Sarah thought her son was hot, but who cares about that. This woman was something else, and we both come from a era when we saw first hand how young lives can and usually are , ruined by Drugs. The movies title? It stands for Death Or Prison Eventually, and should be shown in ev
ery High School in the country.
We enjoyed a film called Crooked Earth that was filmed in New Zealand. What a beautiful country! I would love to go there someday but I may not come home. Sedona is beautiful as well and we did manage to get a short hike in.
Dan Harkins stated almost wistfully, that he hopes his kids will still want to do things with him when they are Sarah's age. I know how he feels. I worry about the day coming when Sarah will not have time for her old dad. And I get a little teary eyed thinking about it. Which is a waste of time if there is not a gorgeous women around to hand me a tissue.
operate my $8:00 cardboard camera.We also got to see the old Classic Film, Sunset Boulevard ,on the big screen as it was meant to be seen. The film was hosted by Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies who regaled the audience with great trivia just like on his TV show.
Sarah and I usually share the same movie tastes ( Johnny Darko being the most notable exception) and we both loved a film from Belgium called Ben X, about a teen age autistic boy who is mistreated by the "normal" kids he encounters. To Ben his life is a video game and he is the hero. A very touching film and there is talk of an American version being made. I feel that is unnecessary, they should just distribute this film world wide as is.
We both liked D.O.P.E. as well, a documentary about four generations of professional skateboarders from San Diego who rose to fame and then were sank by drugs. It contains a hopeful message and
I am sure will get a wide release. The best part was, I sat by a woman slightly younger than myself and we sort of bonded when we caught each other crying towards the end of the movie, after the film she won a awesome skate board in a raffle and I helped arrange for Dennis Martinez to sign it. Oh did I mention this women (Lori as I like to call her now) is fine? I mean F-I-N-E! And Sarah thought her son was hot, but who cares about that. This woman was something else, and we both come from a era when we saw first hand how young lives can and usually are , ruined by Drugs. The movies title? It stands for Death Or Prison Eventually, and should be shown in ev
ery High School in the country.We enjoyed a film called Crooked Earth that was filmed in New Zealand. What a beautiful country! I would love to go there someday but I may not come home. Sedona is beautiful as well and we did manage to get a short hike in.
Dan Harkins stated almost wistfully, that he hopes his kids will still want to do things with him when they are Sarah's age. I know how he feels. I worry about the day coming when Sarah will not have time for her old dad. And I get a little teary eyed thinking about it. Which is a waste of time if there is not a gorgeous women around to hand me a tissue.
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