New York Film Festival By The Numbers: 9/17 to 9/23
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So, I'm out here at the New York Film Festival and things are starting to get a bit more interesting. Well, as interesting as they can on the Upper East Side where my main lunch destination is the Gourmet Garage.
Some days, there are only two films! My mind wanders and then my natural OCD kicks in as I begin counting the things around me. Join me, won't you dear reader, as I explore some of the more interesting things I've counted at the Fest this year!
Number of people in attendance for free bagels, coffee: more than 20
Number of people who walked out of The Red Detachment of Women: 2. (30 min. in)
Number of people who walked out of The Rape of Pasolini: 6 (during 2nd segment)
Number of people visibly under the age of 35: 9
Number of people visibly over the age of 35: 20+
Number of people who talked about Obama: 4
Number of people who talked about Obama who were in their 60s: 4
Number of women wearing a school marm dress: 1
Number of people using a walker: 1
Number of people who said re: Pasolini, “He sure isn’t like Soderbergh:” 2.
Number of People in The Front Row for Sweet Grass Q&A: 4
Number of Goat’s Milk Consumed in the U.S.: 0
Number of Goat’s Milk Consumed in SweetGrass: 6 or so teats
Number of Movies Featuring Grass: 2 Number of “Whatdafuckisup?!” : 1
Number of Wi-Fi Spots: 6
Number of Successful Attempts to use Wi-Fi: 0
Number of Beards: 6
Number of EPIC Beards: 1
Number of Nose Blows During Kanikosen: 4
Number of Nose Blows During Ghost Town: 14
Number of Clearly Sick People Who Should Not Come To An Enclosed Theater: 1
Number of Vitamins I ingest Daily: 9
Number of Cigarettes Lit during the “present” sequences of A Room and a Half: 12
Number of “whatdafuckisup!?“‘s: 2
Number of times reminded that being inside Michael Tully’s hall in 2010 will be wonderful:1
9/23:
# of long and super-involved questions for Lars Von Trier from a Huffington Post intern: 2
# of hats at Antichrist screening: 2
# of Crying Donkeys that represent Israel/Palestine: 1
Check back for more numbers throughout the week!
-John Lichman
[/caption]So, I'm out here at the New York Film Festival and things are starting to get a bit more interesting. Well, as interesting as they can on the Upper East Side where my main lunch destination is the Gourmet Garage.
Some days, there are only two films! My mind wanders and then my natural OCD kicks in as I begin counting the things around me. Join me, won't you dear reader, as I explore some of the more interesting things I've counted at the Fest this year!
New York Film Festival 09 By the Numbers: 9/16
Number of people in attendance for free bagels, coffee: more than 20
Number of people who walked out of The Red Detachment of Women: 2. (30 min. in)
Number of people who walked out of The Rape of Pasolini: 6 (during 2nd segment)
Number of people visibly under the age of 35: 9
Number of people visibly over the age of 35: 20+
Number of people who talked about Obama: 4
Number of people who talked about Obama who were in their 60s: 4
Number of women wearing a school marm dress: 1
Number of people using a walker: 1
Number of people who said re: Pasolini, “He sure isn’t like Soderbergh:” 2.
New York Film Festival By The Numbers: 9/17-18
Number of People in The Front Row for Sweet Grass Q&A: 4
Number of Goat’s Milk Consumed in the U.S.: 0
Number of Goat’s Milk Consumed in SweetGrass: 6 or so teats
Number of Movies Featuring Grass: 2 Number of “Whatdafuckisup?!” : 1
Number of Wi-Fi Spots: 6
Number of Successful Attempts to use Wi-Fi: 0
Number of Beards: 6
Number of EPIC Beards: 1
Number of Nose Blows During Kanikosen: 4
Number of Nose Blows During Ghost Town: 14
Number of Clearly Sick People Who Should Not Come To An Enclosed Theater: 1
Number of Vitamins I ingest Daily: 9
New York Film Festival 09 By the Numbers: 9/21
Number of Cigarettes Lit during the “present” sequences of A Room and a Half: 12
Number of “whatdafuckisup!?“‘s: 2
Number of times reminded that being inside Michael Tully’s hall in 2010 will be wonderful:1
9/23:
# of long and super-involved questions for Lars Von Trier from a Huffington Post intern: 2
# of hats at Antichrist screening: 2
# of Crying Donkeys that represent Israel/Palestine: 1
Check back for more numbers throughout the week!
-John Lichman
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