BIFF Director Kathy Beeck and Greg Kinnear outside the Sheraton Bar in Telluride

BIFF Director Kathy Beeck and Greg Kinnear outside the Sheridan Bar in Telluride

It rained all day, so good film-viewing weather. I do mean ALL day….
 
We finally found Jeff Goldblum! “Adam Resurrected” is one of the highlight films at Telluride this year. The film stars  Goldblum, (”The Fly”), who was at the screening along with director Peter Schrader.
 
As usual, Goldblum delivered an over-the-top, Oscar-worthy performance in a film about a mental institution that focuses on Holocaust survivors. And like Jack Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest,” is it unclear in the film who is actually in charge, the staff or the patient.
 
And, like Nicholson, Goldblum has sexy, humorous eyes that have dangerous…and possibly insane…inflections. (Really attractive to women!) The film has great buzz here. How do you spot Jeff Goldblum in Telluride?  Look for the really tall Jewish guy with the funky hat.
 
Stopped by the Sheridan Hotel Bar – the main hang-out for trendy, important film – types during the Festival. Over a delicious cold beer, we met one of our favorite actors, Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as it Gets) who was hanging out at the end of the bar. His most recent film, which is screening in Telluride, is “Flash of Genius”,  about the man who invented the intermittent windshield wiper and then fought with GM for years over the patent, (”Tucker,” on a more modest scale with a happier ending…and way funnier…hey, this was just a windshield wiper, not a whole car!).
 
Greg said he’d love to come to BIFF some time, though “Flash of Genius” is being released in theaters October 3rd, well before BIFF which is February 12-15. . He likes to ski, so we might be able to hook him with that. He’s not exactly as complex as Salman Rushdie, but is a genuinely nice guy and having a great time here.

 

 

All good things must come to an end, and so we took one last midnight trip to Baked in Telluride to pick up something sweet, tucked ourselves into bed (with dreams of Greg Kinnear and Jeff Goldblum dancing in our heads), and woke up this morning with a fresh attitude about life.   We’ve got a lot of great leads on films, and we’ll be going to the Toronto International Film Festival next week to scout more films (over 300 to choose from!).  Although, we would just rather stay here for another week, sitting on the porch with our coffee and watching the world go by below us.

And so we say farewell until next year!  We are looking forward to hanging out with you again!

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