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Thursday, April 20, 2006
 
Drunk by Noon

What I went to tonight was not what I thought I was going to tonight.

I thought I was going to see a feature-length movie called Drunk by Noon. It turned out to be the highlighted presentation at an emerging filmmakers local presentation night. It's part sponsored by those culture and science bonds we voted for a year or so back so other people donate too. Breckenridge Brewery kicks in a keg of beer. $5 gets you in the door and then the beer is free as long as it lasts. The beer outlasted the folks tonight. We all had three.

We watched 4 short movies and a trailer. Drunk by Noon was the longest at 21 minutes. There were 13 and 11 and 10 minute ones to go along with the 2 minute trailer. The first one, Watercooler, was the best. Kind of like an entire episode of The Office crammed into 10 minutes. Not great, but best.

My sister's comment on leaving was that it makes you appreciate professional actors. I pointed out how much better the editting and production that I've seen my buddy Stu do is. The film guys were there. They said they were working in Final Cut Pro. Nothing that you're not doing. You should start getting into some short films.

All in all it was a pretty cool deal. They do it at this cool little 90 or so person theater in north Denver called the Bug. I'll do it again, for sure.