Today started with a HOT DOCS panel discussion on "the longitudinal documentary" as Hot Docs Director of Programming Sean Farnel describes it. Titled THE LONG HAUL, our panel discussed the ups and downs of making a doc that takes a long time. I won’t bore you with all the details but I did come out of the discussion really wanting to see my fellow panelist films - 20 SECONDS OF JOY by Jen Hoffman, FLICKER by Nick Sheehan, and BEHIND THE GLASS by Gabriel Rhodes.
Tonight’s screening was again packed and the audience was again incredibly kind and in love with Eddie Vedder. I really don’t know what’s going on, but our two Toronoto audiences put off such a great vibe. There are very serious moments in the film that often elicit a chuckle from some audience members that may be uncomfortable with the moment. Tonight - not a peep. Andrea and I concluded that these audiences were very caring and thoughtful towards Lightning & Thunder’s life.
During the Q&A a gentleman in the audience commented that when he walked into the screening he thought he was going to see a silly expose on futility… he went on to say that instead, he fell in love with Lightning & Thunder.
0 comments:
Post a Comment