Well, day 1 is in the books. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way: the weatherman is a dirty, dirty liar and can not be trusted. Ever. We are already plotting a heinous, gruesome murder for him in our next film. Now on to the goods.
-We can't say it enough: we LOVE Paducah. It's just a cool town with the "old part" having it's cobble stone streets and the greatest deli known to man, plus it's beautiful by the river, and the "new" part with all the fancies like Wal-Mart and Rafferty's.
-Kirchhoff's deli never disappoints. If it were a woman, I'd kiss it on the mouth.
-We also love how the film makers are treated here at River's Edge FF. Free lodging, free food, free passes to all the films. They know how to make a guy feel special.
-They are pairing all the short films this year into "categories" like "sacrifice", "deception", and "faith". Bizarnival is in "fruition", and we got lucky because we are paired up with the local boys, so our first showing had a good crowd and great response. "Clown Douche" may be the catch phrase of the weekend. You're welcome, Paducah.
-The first film we took in when we got here was "Fully Loaded", and no, it is not in the "Naked Gun" franchise. Pretty good dark comedy with some big names, and interestingly enough, it was directed by "Entourage"'s Jeremy Piven's sister, and starred his mom. So of course we had to chat them up. That's just what we do. So, yeah, we are rubbing elbows with the relatives of the stars!
-We have seen some good and bad films, as is usually the case, but I have to say overall, it is best overall group of films that we've seen, quality-wise. More good than bad, and that's rarely the case.
More to come this afternoon/tonight, as one of us will bring you the recap of what is sure to be an epic day 2!