SIFF: The Standbys

[scarlettina]

Saturday's first movie was a documentary called The Standbys. It tells the story of three actors whose job it is to simply stand by--in case the star of a Broadway show can't go on. They learn all the lines, songs, and dances, and then they wait . . . and they never go on unless the star can't. Director Stephanie Riggs, whose training is narrative

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[oldmangrumpus]

We sat next to the director and her friend as it screened,

How do you do that so often??

[scarlettina]

It's a gift. :-)

In all seriousness, some of it simply has to do with circumstances. In this case, the film was shown in the smallest of the Uptown Cinema's three theaters, we chose to sit toward the back, and we found a group of seats next to two that were marked "Reserved." Did we know they were reserved for the director? Nope. But at a festival, in a small venue, the chances were much higher than normal. It just kinda happened.