Lotsa Festivals
Sam Crutsinger
turn out considering the freakishly cold weather. I popped out yesterday for
a corn dog, but it was so cold that my eyes were watering, and watery eyes
and art perusing don't mix very well.
Today was good though. It was good to see the Adam Hats clan out there
during Spoonfed Tribe. Dude, those guys beat some mean drums! Are those guys
out of UNT? I've heard a few bands with similar ingredients in the stew and
they usually seem to come from UNT. (Especially when he whipped out the jazz
flute. =)
I worked my butt off at the AFI Film Festival, so much so that I had to take
a week of hibernation with a stack of DVDs just to get my head back on
straight. Luckily I popped my head out in time to catch the festival. ;-) I
know it sounds ironic to relax with a week of watching movies after working
at a film festival, but the truth is that I didn't get to actually see ANY
of the movies all week. I got to meet Lou Diamond Phillips, Jason Mews, Ron
Livingston, and Steve Burns (Mr Blues Clues himself! LOL!). I got to edit
interviews with David Lynch and Morgan Freeman. I got to show off my edit RV
to hundreds of filmmakers from locals here in Texas, to London, Scotland,
Japan, Germany, and pretty much everywhere else. I developed a severe
addiction to sarsaparilla. And I got to see the old Deep Ellum Film Festival
gang put on a festival that NOBODY thought would be anywhere nearly as
successful as it turned out.
Word is that the American Film Institute had committed to a 3 year contract
before this started just to test out if Dallas could pull it off, but half
way through the week, it was going so incredibly well, that they opened up
that 3 year contract to an unlimited run!
I pointed a few of the film makers down to Deep Ellum for some Pepe's and
Mito's enchiladas or an Angry Dog burger. Even some Metro Diner action.
Incidentally, when these events are coming up, feel free to post the notices
to this list. I got emails about events sent to me last week when I was
staying offline and now that I'm back, it's too late to post them. If you
want to tell the neighborhood about stuff, just send it along. If this list
has to rely on ME to post everything, then it's gonna wither and die. I
can't even keep up with my own voicemail, much less be responsible for
forwarding notes about movie screenings, festivals, and gallery parties.
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Sam Crutsinger
Media Kingpin / CTO
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Gianna Madrini
April 27 - 28, 2007. Friday 27, 6-9pm and Saturday, April 28,
2-8pm. Located at 3309 Elm Street.
They've created a new logo and mailer to promote the building and its
artists. There are plans for new signage on Elm Street as well as in
the building for better traffic flow. Oh yeah, a website is in the
works too. To learn more visit: www.continentalginbuilding.com/
For the Spring Open Studios they are selling T-Shirts to spread the
awareness of the Cotton Gin building and this unique community of
over 80 artists studios. They hope to generate some of income to
help pay for improvements. The "SAVE DEEP ELLUM" fist painting will
be printed on the back of the t-shirt. Our ultimate goal is to
promote Deep Ellum and the wonderful community of artists we have
here. Please contact: Lily Smith+Kirkley, 3309 Elm Street, #2E2
Dallas, TX 75226 214-213-8013 or 214-749-4767 Studio