Off to the Telluride Film Festival (student symposium)
Holy crap, I leave for Telluride tomorrow morning at quarter to 4am!! I haven't packed yet! I can't believe that all of the sudden it's here... my first film festival (hopefully not the last!)!!!
A pre-festival look at what will be going on Thursday (too bad I won't be there for tonight's screening of "Return to Oz"!):
http://www.telluridegateway.com/articles/2006/08/30/news/news01.txt
And a quote I like:
"Because it's a holiday weekend, and because it's virtually impossible to get to - it's easier to get to Cannes than it is to Telluride - the people who go to Telluride are truly die-hard movie fans," says Michael Barker, co-president of Sony's specialized film unit. "Everyone is there to see movies. There is no other agenda, there are no deals. It's a place to discover movies."
From this article (which also has predictions of what might premiere there):
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/cl-et-telluride30aug30,0,2837947.story?coll=la-home-entertainment