What I Did this Weekend
Busy weekend. Let's recap.
Friday Night:
Watched tv and ate potato chips. Okay - so the WHOLE weekend wasn't busy.
Saturday Afternoon:
Went to the DGA Theatre on Sunset for a screening of Woody Allen's new movie, Match Point - followed by a Q&A with Woody Allen. I'm a huge Woody Allen fan - he's one of my heroes. In college, I went through my Woody Allen phase - that phase basically ended with me discovering that I could write humor at a fairly non-unfunny level. So to see him in person in addition to a free screening of his new movie? I gave up my hockey tickets to the Kings/Panthers game to go see it.
At the screening, lots of people from various guilds and organizations. Saw fellow writers Clifford Green, Stephanie Liss, Bart Gold, Dani Wolff, Lucy Wang, Ron Zwang - along with actors Jeffrey Ross and Jeff Garlin - and some fellow who looked exactly like Albert Einstein. The movie itself was excellent. The comparisons to Crimes and Misdemeanors are apt ones. A good movie throughout elevated by an amazing ending that's unexpected but logical, and ties into all the themes of the film.
After the film, they introduce the moderator - who asks when Woody will be here. They say that he's already there. Everyone turns around - and we don't see him. Then someone calls out, "He's tying his shoe!" Sure enough, a moment later, Woody rises up out of the back and walks down to the stage to a nice standing ovation. I had a nice aisle seat so he walked past me. Let me just say what everyone else said - he looks just like he does in his movies. Button up shirt, dark brown pants, gray socks, brown shoes. And he certainly didn't look like a guy who just turned 70 years-old. Then again, when he was 30 years-old, he didn't look like a guy who just turned 70 years-old. The Q&A seemed short, but I probably just wanted it to go on longer. Woody Allen was everything I'd expected - funny, deep, and very self-effacing.
Now if only I could be half as good a writer as he is...
Saturday Night:
First went with my friend Charlotte Fullerton to a party thrown by Kent & Amy Redeker. Met several of the people who work on the Playhouse Disney show, Higglytown Heroes - and hung out with writers including Holly Huckins, Mike Kramer, and Laura McCreary. Then later in the evening, went to the birthday party for my friend Doug Eboch at the Formosa Cafe.
Sunday Night:
Went to the WGA Holiday Party at the House of Blues on Sunset. Lots of writers there - including Anne Toole, Arthur Tiersky, Bob Skir, Brooks Wachtel, Charlotte Fullerton, Clifford Green, Dani Wolff, David Benullo, Doug Eboch, Doug Molitor, Drew Landis, Gordon Briesak, Hunter Phillips, Joelle Sellner, Lucy Wang, Mark Seidenberg, Marv Wolfman, Mike Kramer, Ron Zwang, Scott Murphy, Stan Berkowitz, Steven D'Ambrose, Thom Zahler. And several whose last names I don't remember, like Steve, Harp, John, Billy.
If I have to go to another holiday get together, it'll be TOO SOON. Now if you'll excuse me, my managers are throwing a party this afternoon that I have to go to. No rest for the Eugene...
Friday Night:
Watched tv and ate potato chips. Okay - so the WHOLE weekend wasn't busy.
Saturday Afternoon:
Went to the DGA Theatre on Sunset for a screening of Woody Allen's new movie, Match Point - followed by a Q&A with Woody Allen. I'm a huge Woody Allen fan - he's one of my heroes. In college, I went through my Woody Allen phase - that phase basically ended with me discovering that I could write humor at a fairly non-unfunny level. So to see him in person in addition to a free screening of his new movie? I gave up my hockey tickets to the Kings/Panthers game to go see it.
At the screening, lots of people from various guilds and organizations. Saw fellow writers Clifford Green, Stephanie Liss, Bart Gold, Dani Wolff, Lucy Wang, Ron Zwang - along with actors Jeffrey Ross and Jeff Garlin - and some fellow who looked exactly like Albert Einstein. The movie itself was excellent. The comparisons to Crimes and Misdemeanors are apt ones. A good movie throughout elevated by an amazing ending that's unexpected but logical, and ties into all the themes of the film.
After the film, they introduce the moderator - who asks when Woody will be here. They say that he's already there. Everyone turns around - and we don't see him. Then someone calls out, "He's tying his shoe!" Sure enough, a moment later, Woody rises up out of the back and walks down to the stage to a nice standing ovation. I had a nice aisle seat so he walked past me. Let me just say what everyone else said - he looks just like he does in his movies. Button up shirt, dark brown pants, gray socks, brown shoes. And he certainly didn't look like a guy who just turned 70 years-old. Then again, when he was 30 years-old, he didn't look like a guy who just turned 70 years-old. The Q&A seemed short, but I probably just wanted it to go on longer. Woody Allen was everything I'd expected - funny, deep, and very self-effacing.
Now if only I could be half as good a writer as he is...
Saturday Night:
First went with my friend Charlotte Fullerton to a party thrown by Kent & Amy Redeker. Met several of the people who work on the Playhouse Disney show, Higglytown Heroes - and hung out with writers including Holly Huckins, Mike Kramer, and Laura McCreary. Then later in the evening, went to the birthday party for my friend Doug Eboch at the Formosa Cafe.
Sunday Night:
Went to the WGA Holiday Party at the House of Blues on Sunset. Lots of writers there - including Anne Toole, Arthur Tiersky, Bob Skir, Brooks Wachtel, Charlotte Fullerton, Clifford Green, Dani Wolff, David Benullo, Doug Eboch, Doug Molitor, Drew Landis, Gordon Briesak, Hunter Phillips, Joelle Sellner, Lucy Wang, Mark Seidenberg, Marv Wolfman, Mike Kramer, Ron Zwang, Scott Murphy, Stan Berkowitz, Steven D'Ambrose, Thom Zahler. And several whose last names I don't remember, like Steve, Harp, John, Billy.
If I have to go to another holiday get together, it'll be TOO SOON. Now if you'll excuse me, my managers are throwing a party this afternoon that I have to go to. No rest for the Eugene...
posted by Eugene at 11:30 AM
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