Immersion

Ann Arbor Film Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:28:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:06:00 +0000

Appreciating the staff ...

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Richard with Slamdance chief programmer Sam Roberts.

Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:54:00 +0000

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

Celebrity interactions Tuesday ...

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:14:00 +0000

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:08:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Slamdance's Annual Sled-Off

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:38:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:36:00 +0000

Gerardo's family hanging out with us in Park City

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:34:00 +0000

Univision interviews Luis, Gerardo and Zareen!

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:30:00 +0000

Luis and his uncle who lives in Salt Lake City

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:40:00 +0000

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

Luis and Zareen jumping on the trampoline

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:36:00 +0000

Trampoline at our place in Park City!

Networking

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:29:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:53:00 +0000

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:42:00 +0000

First Day of Slamdance

noreply@blogger.com (Zareen) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:55:00 +0000

Gerardo surfs the web at sfo

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:02:00 +0000

Luis plays super mario at sfo

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Before Slamdance ...

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:06:00 +0000

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

Up too late creating a blog ...

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Levien) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:57:00 +0000

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