I've been back from Austin TX and the SXSW Film & Music Festival for 24 hours. I think it's one of the best festivals on the planet. The staff is courteous, knowledgeable and friendly. The panels are informative, interesting and fun. Austin is mellow, eclectic and eccentric.
I screened; True Adolescents; Humpday; The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle; Best Worst Movie; Observe and Report and the Music Video block.
My favorite of all the above is Best Worst Movie. My least favorite is Observe and Report. Totally sucked.
I wish I could have seen Alexander the Last, but I was at the premiere party for True Adolescents taking photos and excessively drinking.
The Seattle films are all amazing. I worked on True Adolescents as the production coordinator and feel very proud of the work I did and the final product. I have to admit that David Russo took me to extremely cool places while watching Little Dizzle. His cast is amazing and I'm highly impressed with the lead actor, Marshall Allman.
I wish I could have seen Alexander the Last, but I was at the premiere party for True Adolescents taking photos and excessively drinking.
The Seattle films are all amazing. I worked on True Adolescents as the production coordinator and feel very proud of the work I did and the final product. I have to admit that David Russo took me to extremely cool places while watching Little Dizzle. His cast is amazing and I'm highly impressed with the lead actor, Marshall Allman.
My favorite place to eat in Austin is El Camino on 6th st. on the 500 block. The best cheeseburgers ever. Try the LA burger when you stop in. My favorite movie theater is the Alamo Ritz which has the best grilled cheese to boot. The best Guacamole is at the Iron Cactus.
My favorite place to cocktail is anywhere on 6th street. Mostly Maggie Mae's. My favorite coffee is the Hideout on Congress close to the Paramount theater.
The weather in Austin is unpredictable and extreme, which made for some wardrobe misery.
My friends Stefan and Noel of That-go.net won the Grand Jury prize for best music video for Thunderheist, Jerk It. Our friend Sean won Special Jury prize for his music video for the Fleet Foxes, White Winter Hymnal.
It felt as if Seattle had taken over Austin. Everyone I knew was from Seattle and everyone I met was affiliated with a Seattle film or music video. Seattle is kicking ass, people. Check it.
I was laid off while in Austin, which was awesome because I was able to stay 3 days longer and I found another job while I was there. I met Paul Rudd, Catherine Hardwicke and John Sloss while out and about. I'm a hustler, baby.
The SXSW Film Festival was life changing for me. It will go down as the best festival ever in my book.
The only bummer about being in Austin for SXSW was not bumping into Taylor Kitsch or Aimee Teegarden of Friday Night Lights. Boo.
xoxoj
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You might not have met Taylor Kitsch while in A-Town, but he was waiting for you when you came home!
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