LA Film Festival

We went to the Film Festival in LA last weekend and had a blast! We went with Jen and Jeff (my sister and brother in law). One of Jeff's best friends from college had a documentary made about him looking for buried treasure hidden by World War 2 veterans right after the war. The documentary made it into the LA Film Festival and actually ended up winning 1st place!

The movie is called "Loot". It hasn't been picked up by a production company, but I am sure it will. When it does, I highly recommend seeing it! It is the best movie I have seen all year! It takes you such a range of emotions and really makes you think. We couldn't stop talking about it all weekend! We went to the Friday night showing, but it had been shown a few times earlier in the week. By Friday, people around town were recognizing Lance, Jeff's friend, and stopping him to ask questions about the film. It was pretty funny.

After the film, we sat outside talking with the director, Darius Marder, and Lance and a few other people for over an hour. It was so cool to be able to get inside the head of the director! Very cool people! I felt like we were in college again when we all piled into the same car to get something to eat! A couple at the restaurant recognized Lance and came over to talk to him. At first I thought they must know him, but then I realized these were just people who saw his movie. They said they were just talking about it when they saw him and they had to come ask him about it. We talked to them for about 45 min! It is just that kind of movie where you want all of your friends to see it because you want to be able to talk to them about it.

We got to our hotel around 3am! I don't remember the last time I was out that late! We slept in the next morning until 10am! How cool is that? We went to Santa Monica and had lunch at The Ivy. It was a great place to people watch, but we didn't see any celebrities. We wandered down the Pier and then headed home. It was a great weekend!