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Silverdocs Day 1
Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Film Festival opened Tuesday, June 13, 2006, with the East Coast premiere of BOFFO! TINSELTOWN’S BOMBS AND BLOCKBUSTERS by Bill Couturie and a gala at the Discovery Channel’s Silver Spring Headquarters.
Many of the documentarians in the audience lamented the ironic fact that Silverdocs had to open with a film about big blockbuster movies, featuring mainstream stars such as Danny Devito, George Clooney, and Jody Foster. Still, the film offers some words of wisdom for aspiring filmmakers of all stripes. Made in honor of the 100th anniversary of Variety Magazine, BOFFO! TINSELTOWN”S BOMBS AND BLOCKBUSTERS takes a humorous look at big studio movies and why some succeed while others flop. Why Jaws? Why The Godfather? And why not so many other films that we no longer remember? “When an airline crashes, they usually say it was a series of failures” Morgan Freeman explains in a deep, deadpan voice. But the general conclusion seems to be that no one really knows.
The screening was followed by a reception in the lobby of Discovery Headquarters, attended by filmmakers, journalists, and other guests of the festival, and complete with a welcoming band, hors d’oeuvres, and free-flowing cocktails.
Wednesday’s schedule lists 10 feature films, including the DC premieres of JESUS CAMP by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, directors of the highly acclaimed BOYS OF BARAKA, and AMERICAN BLACKOUT, by Ian Anaba, with Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, the film’s main character, in attendance.
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