Film Festivals Are Neat
Well it’s hard to believe it’s been a year already, but sure enough it’s time once again for our hometown Nashville Film Festival. True to form, artistic director of the festival Brian Gordon has packed the roster with a number of killer non-fiction films. In attendance at this year’s fest will be doc makers Steve James, whose “Hoop Dreams” stands as one of the recent undisputed classics of the doc medium. And on a personal note I’m, pretty excited to have the opportunity to catch a screening of “Dig” filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s new film “Join Us” with Ondi in attendance for a post film Q&A session. Throw in a new doc by Werner Herzog and a closing night doc on Phil Spector go-to guys “The Wrecking Crew,” and I think it’s safe to go ahead and call ’08 a pretty successful year. And hey, on an even nerdier and more personal note, I’m chomping at the bit to get a look at “Searchers 2.0,” which reunites filmmaker Alex Cox with a number of the staples of his “Repo Man” cast. That and a screening of the whimsically titled “Trailer Park of Terror” should keep me in smiles at least until next year’s fest. So there you have it folks, should you happen to be a resident of the city we at DOC proudly call home, maybe we’ll see you at the movies.