LA Film Festival Recap
Nothing like a long 4th of July weekend and some good flicks to see when it is hot hot hot outside and you don’t have air conditioning in your pad at home. Thanks goodness for the LA Film Festival.
I saw four films this year (Beyond Conviction, The Foot Fist Way, Chalk and Our Daily Bread), not bad since the festival is a straight shot across central Hollywood from my house…which made it tough (ok, impossible) to catch any of the mid-week viewings. In fact, I tried to see one film last Tuesday night…and after an hour in traffic going over the Hollywood Hills from work, I was 30 minutes late and my seats were gone-zo. I was able to get a voucher for the show and cash it in for a later screening of the same film, so all ended up ok though the Film Fest volunteer at the theater — the Tuesday night screening of Chalk — was on a real power trip and was not very friendly to Molly (ah, the power of personal publishing).
Even though it seemed that many of the films had screened at Sundance earlier this year, and the gala films were soon to be opening in theaters nationwide (The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine were the opening and closing night films, respectively), the festival was overall very enjoyable. Westwood is a charming area for filmgoing, with its many classic single screen theaters, and by shutting down Broxton street for the festival they manage to create a true film village feel.
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