deadCENTER is Coming!!!
Four more days.
The deadCENTER Film Festival is truly the highlight of my year. I eagerly anticipate it each time it rolls around (this will be my 6th to attend). I have a blast throughout the long weekend but verge on tears when it’s over. Actually when I think about it, deadCENTER surrounds me virtually every day of the year. My old deadCENTER t-shirts are more often than not my t-shirt of choice (the brown one from 2005 is my all-time favorite…holes and all). My employee ID card hangs from a Sundance Channel lanyard. And my gym bag is the canvas bag from last year’s festival.
Some new venues, some returning venues. All pretty much within walking distance (check out the full schedule and venues here). According to Steve Lackmeyer’s OKC Central blog, Chesapeake is going to provide enviro-friendly shuttles this year. Not sure how this is going to work, but this is an interesting and welcome addition.
Besides the tons of films, there are the always entertaining deadCENTER promos to look forward to. It looks like they’re going with a Sabotage-ish 70′s cop show thing this year:
Can’t wait to see the rest of them…although I don’t know if anything can top Estaban Don Von McDonaldson.
Throughout the festival, I’ll be blogging here at The Filmcake. In the coming days, I’ll try to preview some of the films I’m looking forward to catching. During the festival, I’ll throw in some recaps and reviews as time permits. You can also follow me on Twitter. And be sure to check out Sarah’s posts over at Two-Headed Blog.
Previous deadCENTER coverage: 2008 – My Take & Sarah’s Take, 2007, 2006, and 3 posts from 2005.
1. Chesapeake will be providing enviro-friendly shuttles?!?!?! BWAHAHAHA!!!!! There is so much hilarity contained within that statement that I don’t even know where to begin. Um, at least they’re trying… I guess? (and by “trying,” I mean, they have to at least appear to be making an effort to care about anything other than their balance sheet… in order to maximize their balance sheet).
2. Mark Potts is great. I was telling Sarah about him the other day. He used to write for SIN, then HUB (the OU online student websites), a few years ago. His stuff was Onion-quality. He did the Hard Justice shorts, and his film Hit Boys II Men is screening with Okie shorts on Fri. I haven’t seen many of his films, but his comedy writing is top-notch.