It's COLD on Monday

It's a crisp 9 degrees today. One can certainly feel the chill on exposed body parts, of which we ensure there are few. Bundled up like the Michelin man, only my nose and cheeks feel the cold. Thankfully we planned well and minimize outside time between theaters and activities.

Finished up our "serious" day of films last night with another documentary, this one called THIN. It followed 4 women in a treatment center for eating disorders, showing us their struggle.

Today we move on to more lighthearted and fun fare. Just saw a terrific film about Leonard Cohen called LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN. Included many fabulous contemporary singers performing his works, it was a tribute to a great poet and songwriter.

Alyssia chatted up the guy sitting next to her this morning. Turns out he's the owner of the Camera Cinemas in San Jose - and he's been coming to Sundance for 20 years!! He told us a fantastic story when sex, lies, and videotapes had it's very first screening at the Egyptian Theater. When Stephen Soderbergh, then a shy, young filmmaker, got up for the Q&A, he asked the audience a question (usually it's the other way around). He wanted to know if he should change the name of the film. Sheila Benson (former LA Times film critic and now a freelance critic from Seattle) apparently jumped up and told Stephen, "Don't you dare change that title." The rest is history, as they say.



More later, as we got to get going to Eccles (the big theater where all the premiers are) for our next flick!