Premiere or 40 Year Old Virgin

Last night was the illustrious premiere of my short film at The Graffiti gallery. Well, gallery is not the best word, because the place was a shit hole. Situated on Higgins and Gomez, deep in the heart of whore country (we saw two on the opposite street corner!) the gallery was basically a congregation of all the refuse and old chairs that the organizers could find. The films were projected on a wall (which actually worked fairly well) and the crowd was a mixture of the participants in the class and their friends. Most of the films had SOMETHING that could be salvaged, but a great deal were ponderous pretentious nothings, sort of what I expected. I don't think that there was really any understanding of the fact that you should not overstay your welcome. I think you need to get in, say it, and get the hell out as fast as possible. I'd say 99% of all student films do not understand this and tend to run WAY too long. My film was definitely the shortest of the bunch, and not to toot my own horn or anything, the most solid. Was it the most "artistic" or "thoughtful" no. But I was trying to make fun of that whole genre by creating something better through sheer randomness and "accident." There was a slight hiccup as the CD player kept restarting the song I had chosen ("Baby please don't go" by AC/DC) but on the whole, the thing went well. I'm actually going to get the thing professionally transferred onto Mini DV this week, so I shall soon be able to show other people exactly what I spent $260 on.
Friday night, I checked out "The 40 year old Virgin" with a large congregation of peeps, which included: Erin, Lee, Tyler, Kari, Brad, and Ashleigh. I'd have to say that it was a damn good little movie, with laughs and heart. It was probably a better "film" then "Wedding Crashers" if only due to its attempt to flesh out the characters a little more. Steve Correl has a bright future in features if he can star in films that show his strengths as well as this one. A definite recommendation!
Oh yeah, before I forget, I was a tad put off when I bumped into my cousin at the screening. Apparently there has been a falling out between my aunt and my mom, and there might not be much contact anymore. Coming as a bit of a shock to me, I had to ask my mom about it this morning. As it turns out, it has to do with my aunt's lack of contact with us over the years and her sudden snapping at my mom's phone messages (which tend to be long and drawn out... like a student film!). In most cases I would say that my mom was somewhat at fault, (and I thought that from what my cousin said) but after hearing my mom's side of the whole thing, I'd have to actually take her side on this one. We haven't really seen our cousins all that much over our lives, maybe 2 or 3 times a year tops, sometimes less and I just assumed that was mutual. It turns out that it was more one sided, as my parents and brother call and invite them to many things, they just don't return phone calls. My dad is going to have to be the one to solve this one, as my aunt is his younger sister and she seems to only really listen/talk to him. Yay for family feuds!