QT FEST - Day 2
Once again for some kind of a real review, check out Ain’t It Cool News (although I disagree with the statement that the beer was "flowing like you wouldn’t believe" unless you thought it would be flowing like crazy).
This screening was out at the Glenn. Getting there was such as hassle as directions were poor, but luckily I called Daniel to figure it out. One of the reasons it was so difficult was because of FREAKING HUGE NEW DEVELOPMENT that was not there before. It really upset me, because I stood there on the property almost 6 years ago and was told by the developer that he bought the land surrounding his master-planned community so the land would never be spoiled with new projects . I should have known when he balked a bit at Roger's blueprints of a house that created more energy than it used because of the unattractiveness of the solar panels that were hidden in the roof. I guess if you are worried about how your house will look to low flying aircraft, then you are not the right kind of person to be building an environmentally friendly green house. Also he didn't like the Big Ass Fan in the living room. Well, enough venting, I'm sure he made plenty of money on the deal and is happy to be on my dead to me list.
Savage Seven
After seeing The Stunt Man, I was really looking forward to seeing another Richard Rush film. Richard Rush claims to have invented the rack focus (when focus goes from one thing in the frame to another), which is ubiquitous in filmmaking today. This biker film was great. Lots of rough and tumble action centering around a town of native americans that a land developer wanted kicked out to make way for a resort. Wait a minute, wtf. I didn't think of the connection until I started to write this. Alright, I'm all pissed again. Well, it's a pretty decent film with a good message. And that message is Bikers will mess things up if you hire them to run off a bunch of people, cause they will turn against you and everyone will end up dead.
QT serenaded the audience with the theme song to this film before hand. Maybe serenaded is the wrong word, more like mocked the living daylights out of the ridiculous lyrics that will be with the audience for the rest of their life. I didn't find this movie nearly as exciting as the 1st, but not every film can be great, especially in QT fest. The best thing about this movie was the lightning on screen and the lightning outside at the same time. It was crazy. This film taught me not to ask the mafia for money unless you are prepared to pay the consequences aka death.
Nick also has a nice rundown. And like him, or his friend really, I was pulled over by UTPD for rolling a stop sign on campus and all I could thing was "Just tell me one thing. Who do you hate the most? Is it me? Or these punks? Or yourself?"