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Re: A quick summary of what I s ...
By akdennis in Telluride
"Hi Tom. As you mentioned at the end of your comments, there was a signifcant problem this year with passholders being turned away; i was one of them. I've been going to the Telluride fest for about 10 years now and it was significantly different this year. I had a Festival Pass and was turned away from 3 films in a row on Saturday. That has never happened to me before. There were quite a few rumours running around as to why this happened. One was they they sold more Festival passes this year. The other was that there was an unanticipated surge in sales of Patron passes this year and they filled up all the seats. I got into the Sunday morning showing of "Into the Wild," the Q and A session, but just barely. I actually sat in the very first row (tough to see the film, but good for seeing Sean Penn). I chatted with one of the staffers later and she said that normally they would expect 20-30 Patron passes at the Chuck for a major, popular fiilm. But for this shiow, she said they ha ... " [More]

Re: Films I saw at Telluride
By akdennis in Telluride
"Here's my list: Jindabyne (Q & A showing) Infamous Civic Life Fur Little Children Severance Don't Move Signs Don't Move Calling Cards (Shorts) Sunday Seminar One of my favorites this year was one of the shorts. "Dead Letters" from New Zealand was wonderful. It had me in tears at the end (I love it when a movie does this) and as I was exiting the theatre and thinking about it, I realized that the film makers had gotten to me in 13 minutes. They developed the story, the characters and pulled at my emotions in 13 min. Bravo. The Q and A session after "Jindabyne" with Laura Linney (one of my favorites) was terrific. The movie is dark (this was the year for heavy, dark dramas and violence, wasn't it?) but very well done and I thought Laura was terrific opposite Gabriel Byrne. "Civic Life" was terrible, just like their short was last year. How did they get back in this year? People were leaving half-way through, including myself. "Little Children" and "Infamous" were ... " [More]

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