The Way We Watch

The last night of the film festival was coming to a close, and it's probably my saddest night of the year. I liken it to Christmas night. You look forward to it all year long and then its over just like that, and you know that you have a whole other year to wait. The film I had been most excited about had been pushed back a few hours, and I had all but given up on seeing it. I wanted to make it to the closing party and see some friends, so I chose to see  Red Headed Woman  and forget my beloved film. Call it luck or even fate, but  Red Headed Woman  ended as  Speedy  was being introduced. Brian and I ran as fast as we could to make it to the intro. Released nearly 89 years ago to the day,  Speedy  stars my favorite actor, Harold Lloyd. I've written several times about my affection for the local actor and how I came to fall in love with him. Harold Lloyd was born in Burchard, Nebraska on April 20, 1893. I’ve read nearly every biography about him and spoken several times

Saturday, April 8, was a day Brian and I were both looking forward to the most. The day’s line-up was going to be amazing, and I was going to be spending most of the day in the famed Gruman’s Chinese Theater. Last year I didn’t see one film there, so I was excited to get the chance to see several movies there this year. Brian and I got up around 6:30 a.m. after about two hours of sleep. We had spent hours trying to get into the theater to find Brian’s phone. We lucked out that morning because our first film was in the same theater that Brian had lost his phone the night before. We went back, and while I got in line, Brian asked if he could search around. He still came up with nothing.  Brian waited at the front desk for them to open and was relieved to have it waiting at the lost and found. We hopped in line and waited for our next film  The China Syndrome.  There were several films that we wanted to see during this block. It was a last-minute decision to attend because Michael