Thank you to everyone who attended the private screening of the film
Saturday afternoon. We had a packed theater--maybe the free hot
popcorn and drinks helped with that! Is there any interest in
screening another radio-related film at next year's SWLfest? Perhaps
it could become a new 'fest tradition: a Saturday matinee radio movie
before dinner. (Sorry the sound and acoustics weren't better; we can
do better if there's a next time.)
The film makers told me they really enjoyed screening their film for
us, and they appreciated all your feedback. Any additional film
feedback posted to this list will be forwarded to them, so if you
didn't get a chance to talk with film makers, please feel free to
make comments here and I'll pass them along. Just a reminder, please
don't post the name of the film online in connection with this
private screening. The director told me that could hurt the film's
success in the film festival circuit and in later wider distribution.
I thought it was great fun seeing the SWLfest and its denizens
entertainingly portrayed on the silver screen ably helping complete
strangers solve a decades-old mystery. It's really a testament to
our relatively small group's knowledgeability and resourcefulness,
and the power of our radio community. If it wasn't so well
documented in the film, how everything played out would seem like
implausible fiction!
As this film gets wider distribution (in theaters soon and on Netflix
and DVD this summer) a relatively large number of people will be
exposed to our obscure radio community and its annual gathering. So
we might have a bigger attendance for our 25th SWLfest, as well as
having more people interested in SWL'ing and (gasp!) pirate
broadcasting. Stranger things have happened!
Cheers,
-Ed Cummings
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