Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
That’s right. I’m pleased and honored to be a guest at this week’s Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois. I’m flying in for the Wednesday night showing of PATTON, and I’ll be there for everything, just watching and enjoying until Saturday, when they’re showing the silent Fritz Lang METROPOLIS first, then last year’s anime METROPOLIS, followed by Roger and myself onstage, discussing SF and other things.
I’ll be completely honest. I think it’s preposterously cool to be called halfway across the country to watch some great movies (can’t WAIT to see GRAND CANYON and GEORGE WASHINGTON on the bigscreen in particular, and there’s a fair amount of things I’ve never seen) and speak with Roger for the first time. We’ve met face to face once, at Sundance 2001, and that was for maybe ten minutes tops. And to be asked to talk about last year’s METROPOLIS and the original, two films I dearly love, is quite a thrill. I’ve never seen the Lang film with a live orchestra accompanying it, so that prospect pleases me to no end.
If you’re going to be there, look for me and say hello. I love meeting readers, and every time I’ve been to a fest so far, it’s been enormous fun. You should be able to recognize me in my official disguise, designed by Rick Baker, since Moriarty has been sought by Interpol since the time of Sherlock Holmes.
See you soon, Champaign.
"Moriarty" out.
