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  • Postcard from Edinburgh

    June 17th, 2010

    Mr. Hayes is not only the ALMT publicist and lead editor,
    but also contributes film journalism and reviews to Critic’s Notebook and Cinemattraction.

    Tim Hayes on Theatrical Thursdays

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled film column for a quick party, since the entire ALM Talkies Theatrical Thursdays crew – hello there – has decamped to Scotland for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Covering EIFF is a regular gig for me, and I can confidently make a few predictions.

    1. At some point I will lie on the grass in Princes Street Gardens, look up at the castle and ponder some miraculous movie that has left me moved, or provoked, or thrilled, and on a good day all three at once. It will probably not have involved things exploding, but you never know.


    2. At some point I will lie there and curse some miserable piece of dross that should never have seen the light of day.

    3. I will watch horror films first thing in the morning, possibly with a hangover.

    4. I will bump into celebrities. It happens here, it’s a very friendly festival. I was once in the middle of a conversation about a Danny Huston film, when Danny Huston walked over and shook my hand. He was very nice.

    5. I will embarrass myself in front of celebrities. This also happens. Two years ago Elisabeth Rohm, star of “Angel” and “Law & Order”, wore a dramatically shoulderless dress to the premiere of her film, proceeded to shiver through the screening, and probably didn’t need me stepping on her train on the way out. She was very nice too.

    6. I will remember that Bennets Bar with its stained glass windows and vast selection of whiskys is on my daily route back home. (See 3. above.) (And 2.) (And 5.)

    7. I will miss a lot of the World Cup.

    8. I will believe I have mastered the art of making written notes in the dark, but still need an Enigma machine to decode what I have scrawled on the page.

    9. I will catch up with Zach Clark, whose film “Modern Love Is Automatic” I loved last year and which then played at the Fetisch Film Festival alongside “Catwoman: Resolution”. His new film is called “Vacation!”. This is it. I have many questions.



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