Immersion

Ann Arbor Film Festival

2009-03-28T15:28:00.001-07:00

Zareen and Richard at the Ann Arbor Film Festival for a screening of
Immersion. It was well-liked and spurred many audience questions!

Peanut butter and jelly

2009-01-23T14:06:00.001-08:00

Appreciating the staff ...

2009-01-23T09:57:00.001-08:00

Richard with Slamdance chief programmer Sam Roberts.

Snow!

2009-01-23T09:54:00.001-08:00

Justin Johnson, co-director of "Zombie Girl: The Movie", enjoys the
snow, which finally arrived today.

Celebrity interactions Tuesday ...

2009-01-21T11:14:00.000-08:00

Richard was asking a theater manager about how early to show up for rush tickets, when the manager said "Oh, that's John Cleese". Richard tore after his comedic hero and caught up with him looking in a shop window. "I'm a huge fan of yours", he panted. Cleese looked down from his towering 6 foot-something height and declared "I wouldn't say huge, you look more like an average-sized fan to me". He asked me if I thought the jacket in the window would be good for his daughter. I said not if she's a vegetarian, since it was leather. And immediately felt like a jerk for imposing my beliefs on someone I'd just met. Cleese replied, "Well you know I only eat animals which died of fatal diseases". He then asked me for directions to a place very far away, and set of at a brisk walking pace.

We ran into him later at Java Cow cafe, and asked him for a photograph, but he said he didn't see what a photo was supposed to commemorate, given that we hadn't worked together or had much of a conversation. This seemed fair enough, but if I see him a third time I might have to insist!

Meanwhile, Kit shook Paul Giamatti's hand and told him to try to stay warm.

Got irony?

2009-01-19T21:08:00.000-08:00

One of THE films we wanted to see was "La Mission", which also filmed partly at Cesar Chavez Elementary. We had tickets, but messed around at home and got there after our tickets had been given away to the
rush line. &@$(!!!????!!

Immersion World Premiere - Q&A with Cast and Crew

2009-01-18T19:44:00.000-08:00

Slamdance's Annual Sled-Off

2009-01-18T19:38:00.001-08:00

Richard, Zareen and Zareen's cousin EB - also in Park City!

2009-01-18T19:36:00.000-08:00

Gerardo's family hanging out with us in Park City

2009-01-18T19:34:00.000-08:00

Univision interviews Luis, Gerardo and Zareen!

2009-01-18T19:30:00.000-08:00

Luis and his uncle who lives in Salt Lake City

2009-01-17T21:40:00.001-08:00

Luis' uncle came to hang out with us in Park City.

Luis and Zareen jumping on the trampoline

2009-01-17T21:36:00.000-08:00

Trampoline at our place in Park City!

Networking

2009-01-16T23:29:00.000-08:00

Luis has been networking like crazy at the Sundance and Slamdance movies, meeting all the actors and talking up our movie.

The stars of "Zombie Girl" and "Toe to Toe"

Middle school visit

2009-01-16T23:00:00.000-08:00

Luis and Gerardo spoke to Middle School students about the film. They were so popular that everyone was asking for autographs afterwards!!

Celebrity sightings so far in Park City

2009-01-16T22:53:00.001-08:00

So far on the streets in Park City we've spotted Spike Lee, Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical), the cast of Its Always Sunny in Philadephia. to be continued...

On Main St.

2009-01-15T19:42:00.000-08:00

First Day of Slamdance

2009-01-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

Gerardo surfs the web at sfo

2009-01-15T07:02:00.001-08:00

Luis plays super mario at sfo

2009-01-15T06:57:00.000-08:00

Before Slamdance ...

2009-01-15T02:06:00.001-08:00

Luckily film festivals are great places for catching up on sleep!

Up too late creating a blog ...

2009-01-15T01:57:00.000-08:00

Twas the night before Slamdance ... and I'm up trying to get this blog going and looking all nice.