Slackery News Tidbits are Fannntastic
By Jette Kernion on June 29, 2009 - 9:00am
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It's Monday morning and time to wake up, smell the coffee, and find out what's going on in Austin film right now. Here's what I've got so far:
- Fantastic Fest and website HorrorSquad are co-hosting a special screening of the horror thriller The Collector on July 22. Writer/director Marcus Dunstan and co-writer Patrick Melton will be in attendance. Click the link above to find out how to RSVP if you have a Fantastic Fest badge. If you haven't heard of The Collector, the movie toured the fest circuit under the title Midnight Man. [Full disclosure: I write for HorrorSquad's sister site, Cinematical.]
- Speaking of Fantastic Fest, a preview of the poster and t-shirt art is now available on the Mondo Tees blog for you to admire. "Yes, but when do we find out what's actually playing at Fantastic Fest this year?" The first batch of fest films will be announced on July 13.
- Decider Austin (the local online Onion site) has a fun interview with Austin Film Festival programming director Kelly Williams called "How not to enter the Austin Film Festival." Don't forget that the deadline for AFF film submissions is this Friday, July 3.
- Austin360.com has a nice article about the other Alamo Village -- the set/ranch where John Wayne's The Alamo was shot -- and what may happen now that its original owners have died.
- More from Austin360: Photos from the Michael Jackson sing-along at Alamo Drafthouse on Thursday night.
- Finally, you may be tired of hearing about celebrities who are no longer with us. I am, too. But I liked Out and About's column about Farrah Fawcett, which focuses on her time and relationships in Austin. For example. I didn't know that while studying art at UT, her mentor was sculptor Charles Umlauf.