Sometimes I forgot how cool where I live actually is. I saw this film today at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at the AFI Fest that’s going on right now. Everyone gets a certain amount of free tickets to screenings which is great (though I did wait in line like an 45 minutes to make sure I got a decent seat). So anyway, I wanted to check this film out because I had the opportunity to read the script a while back for work and it was pretty good, and I love Woody Harrelson, so I figured “what the hey.” It’s one of my favorite things to have read a script, even if we didn’t end up working on it at my job like this one, and then getting to see it come to life on the big screen. It’s happened a few times now and definitely makes me feel like I’m somewhat a part of the action. The director, Oren Moverman, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, and other cast and crew were all at the screening and Moverman did an intro with them before the screening (supercool). I enjoyed the film (particularly Woody’s character), as well as a movie conversation with the guy sitting next to me, who is a film writer for a major South American publication. I got out of the film at like midnight and walked through Hollywood to my car and suddenly felt like, “stuart, what are you doing, you are in los angeles, why are you not doing something more creative/productive/SOMETHING.” I have these mini-freakouts from time to time. While these freak-outs are probably not sooo justified, as I am making progress, I need to re-light the fire within myself. I get to do some pretty cool stuff. No need to get complacent about it. Time to do cooler stuff. What that is or what it all means is beyond on me at this point. I just get that feeling that “something” is coming (anyone see Take Shelter other than me and my new film writer buddy?)

Sometimes I forgot how cool where I live actually is. I saw this film today at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at the AFI Fest that’s going on right now. Everyone gets a certain amount of free tickets to screenings which is great (though I did wait in line like an 45 minutes to make sure I got a decent seat). So anyway, I wanted to check this film out because I had the opportunity to read the script a while back for work and it was pretty good, and I love Woody Harrelson, so I figured “what the hey.” It’s one of my favorite things to have read a script, even if we didn’t end up working on it at my job like this one, and then getting to see it come to life on the big screen. It’s happened a few times now and definitely makes me feel like I’m somewhat a part of the action.

The director, Oren Moverman, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, and other cast and crew were all at the screening and Moverman did an intro with them before the screening (supercool). I enjoyed the film (particularly Woody’s character), as well as a movie conversation with the guy sitting next to me, who is a film writer for a major South American publication.

I got out of the film at like midnight and walked through Hollywood to my car and suddenly felt like, “stuart, what are you doing, you are in los angeles, why are you not doing something more creative/productive/SOMETHING.” I have these mini-freakouts from time to time. While these freak-outs are probably not sooo justified, as I am making progress, I need to re-light the fire within myself. I get to do some pretty cool stuff. No need to get complacent about it. Time to do cooler stuff. What that is or what it all means is beyond on me at this point. I just get that feeling that “something” is coming (anyone see Take Shelter other than me and my new film writer buddy?)

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