Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Sundance 2013: Underground Filmmaking



Today's post from featured author Jack Truman:





Friday Nite Blog – Park City – Sundance/Slamdance 2013 – 1/18/2013

Opening Night at Slamdance and Sundance 2013


Well, I'm here in Park City. It's Saturday morning. Sitting here at the Sundance Channel Headquarters on Main Street across the street from Slamdance. Just got in town last night. And the routine of the madness is starting out with a bang.

Here's a quick breakdown of what happened yesterday:

Woke up at 5 am in the apartment in Vegas. Got myself woke up with strong coffee on the couch in my underwear. Washed clothes and packed. Drove from Vegas to Salt Lake City. Got our room at the Motel 6. Then drove to Park City. Spent a lot of time finding a parking space. Took the shuttle to Main Street. Walked up to Slamdance at the Treasure Mountain Inn with Opal and got our alumni / programmer passes. Saw a bunch of old film friends right off the bat. Networked for a couple hours. Got some tickets for films over the weekend. Then walked down Main Street last night to check out the scope of the land for the weekend. Hit a couple of spots like the Sundance House and the Sundance Music Cafe before walking over to the big opening night Slamdance party on Heber. Was there for a couple of hours before taking the shuttle to the car at the Snow Park Lodge, then drove back to the Motel 6 in Salt Lake City, getting to the room around 1:30 a.m.

Took it a little easy yesterday. What we did yesterday was light for us during the Park City madness.

I've got Opal with me this time around. The other half of my creative team. Writer and Star of our biggest Slamdance film PHONE SEX GRANDMA. 67 years old, and my Mother is more fired up than ever. The star of Main Street. Opal Dockery has owned this town with her films over the years. She's a little under the weather as we start things off. Need to make sure she doesn't get run down.

A lot of things lined up today during Sundance and Slamdance 2013. Look out, Park City. We're here for our first full day on Main Street.




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