Fun at the Austin Film Festival
by Michael B. Druxman on 10/26/13
October 28, 2013
Last Thursday and Friday, I headed two Roundtables at the Austin Film Festival, and I also journeyed over to UT where students in the Radio-TV-Cinema Department pitched their story ideas at me.
As was the case with the previous two film festivals, I had a terrific time and look forward to participating in the event again next year.
A couple of interesting things happened at the Thursday Roundtable.
Sitting next to me at one of the tables was actor Robert Walden (LOU GRANT, BROTHERS), who has recently moved to Austin. I'd never met Robert before, but we do have several friends and colleagues in common, so we will be getting together soon for lunch.
Also that day, I was approached by a gentleman who informed me that, when he was a teenager (almost 40 years ago) living in Agoura Hills, he used to come to my house there to watch movies that I showed regularly on 16mm. He says that that experience is what prompted him to go to film school. Ultimately, he became a psychotherapist, but he was always interested in screenwriting, which is why he was at the festival.
Truthfully, I didn't remember him. He was, apparently, one of the teens who ran with my kids back then. Small world, right?
On Friday (1), I will be recording a radio interview with Gregg Hunter, promoting my new book, LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HOLLYWOOD: More of My Wacky Adventures in Tinseltown. It is available now on Amazon.com.
Finally, I will be writing/posting a review of WHITE HOUSE DOWN on the Best Bets on DVD site soon, accessible via the link in the Introduction section of this page. Please take a look.
You have a creative week.
Michael
