There was less of a pulse prior to yesterday’s 6 pm screening of Meera Menon‘s Equity than I’d felt during Sundance Film Festival screenings over the previous five days. “Everyone goes home on Tuesday,” an entertainment attorney explained. The buyers, she meant, plus much of the talent plus the party/entourage crowd. “Really? I thought they all went home on Wednesday,” I said, “but whatever.” Today things are barely percolating. You can definitely feel the absence of juice. But a downshifted festival has its advantages — more seats, less crowded buses, more of a devoted cineaste atmosphere.
Park City Marriott — Wednesday, 1.27, 11:20 am.
Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation team on Eccles stage following Monday evening’s premiere screening.
Bedroom in HE’s 1-bedroom abode at Park City Regency.
Jim director Brian Oakes (far right) with (l. to r.) John Foley, Diane Foley (parents), French journalist who shared cell with James Foley (can’t pinpoint his name), former Syrian-coverage colleague of Foley’s (her name could be Manu Brabo or Clare Gillis…you tell me). Pic taken following Monday afternoon’s screening at Library.
(l. to r.) Equity screenwriter Amy Fox, costars James Purefoy, Alysia Reiner, Sarah Megan Thomas, director Meera Menon — snapped during yesterday’s post-screening q & a at Library.
I understand why President Obama has said that The Martian is his favorite 2015 film, but how he could have singled it out over Spotlight, The Revenant, Beasts of No Nation and The Big Short is beyond me.
