Great Rich..!! sounds like a fantastic adventure! best,Tom Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
> Hey Folks.. this is the final report on the Cine-Vegas Film Festival that > ended saturday night. > > I have to say that it was the most exciting & enjoyable 10 days I have ever > experienced. > > There was a long list of films & shorts for the entire 9 days of the > festival itself and 10 of the most incredible parties that I have ever > attended. > > The festival is sponsored by Robin Greenspun, wife of Dan Greenspun who > owns Greenspun Media, Cox Cable and much more and Chaired by the great > Dennis Hopper. I was lucky enough to meet all three of them and found them > all to be some of the nicest people I ever met. Dennis was incredibly > gracious and made it a point to compliment the poster exhibit. I had wanted > to meet him.. and when I did I was on cloud 9. I also met Rob Zombie, Steve > Mahone who directed a film called Radiant and all of his actors (they > listened to my comments & even applauded my suggestions of certain changes > to the film, which they said mostly made sense & they were going to do a > re-edit & look at it). I became friends with child actor George Foghorn > Winslow, who had intro'd me to Dennis Hopper and even had a poster lifted > from the exhibit by actor Ethan Embry (no, he has not returned it. Thank > heaven he didnt have good taste as he only took Vegas Vacation ((Kevin, I'm > glad you sold me duplicates!)), Johnny Brenden, Rhonda fleming and others. > > Of the many films I saw.... > > Devil's Rejects which had it's 2nd premiere at the festival was hands down > the best movie shown and I recommend it to everyone on this list. This film > will be a big hit. If Natural Born Killers was an acid trip, Devil's > Rejects is a heroin overdose. > > Oh My God.. a 10 minute short by John Bryant. ..a guy comes home to find > his wife stabbed & son shot, proceeds to contaminate the evidence, stab his > wife again, shoot his son's corpse by accident and be seen from outside by > a neighbor holding the bloody butcher knife after removing it from his > wife's chest, gets sent to the electric chair & burns like a roman candle > while the viewer's look on in horror and all through the film the dialogue > is "oh my god.oh my god.oh my god.oh my god......" By the way, it is > totally a comedy & for 9 of the films 10 minutes the entire audience was > rolling in the aisles .. http://www.johnbryantproductions.com/ > > I also saw Viva Las Vegas on the big screen & enoyed it more than ever. > > Saturday night, being the final night was headlined by the world premiere > of George Romero's 4th "dead" film with Land of the Dead. Well, I'm sorry > to be the bringer of bad news folks, but it is far from a blockbuster > movie, however it will make lots of money. The 93 minute story here could > have easily been done in 15 as just one part of a better film and though it > was at least enjoyable, it might only rank 5-6 on a scale of ten while > Devil's Rejects would easily rank 9+ > > Devil's Rejects was in my opinion, the film of the festival > > the parties..... I can't tell you what it's like to see movies, hang with > movie stars & then go party with them also. I have no doubt the 10 parties > cost the Greenspuns 500K-1mil. Probably closer to the top. Sushi bars, > cutting boards, huge pastry setups, hors deurves, caviar. Pedestal dancers, > performers, liquor flowing like streams... each night the parties were at > one of the hot night clubs in town. Whiskey Beach at Green Valley Ranch, > Light at the Bellagio, Tangerine at Treasure Island, Skin at the Palms, > Rain at the Venetian, VooDoo Lounge atop the Rio, a roped off section of > the Fremont Street Experience downtoan where Rhonda Fleming was awarded > Tiffany earrings and a huge trophy while surrounded by 100 Folies Begere > dancers (Rhonda opened the Tropicana back in 1959 and is also the > grandmother of Johnny Brenden, owner of Brenden theatres) and the closing > party saturday night was at Curve at the Alladin. These are the hottest > spots in town. > > All in all.. this was such great fun all week it was bitter sweet to see > the show close. Bitter because I want more.. Sweet because now I can sleep > & get back to work > > I can't wait until next year when they want me to expand the exhibit.. so > watch here for other related news during the year. > > Rich================ > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
