![]() ![]() The festival’s programming was an embarrassment of riches, yet also a source of frustration knowing that one would have to choose between many once-in-a-lifetime presentations. Who says you need a car in Los Angeles? In fact, one might even subway it to the fest directly from the airport, with Metro’s pink line terminus depositing you directly out front of the Kodak theater, amongst the costumed Marilyn imitators, the busloads of gawking tourists, and maybe even Tony Curtis looking dapper in his wheelchair and Stetson hat! The four-day festival was held in the nexus of old Hollywood, encompassing the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and Grauman’s Egyptian – all within a short walk of each other on increasingly surreal Hollywood Blvd. ROBERT OSBORNE MOUSTERPIECE THEATRE MOVIEWith so many of filmdom’s glitterati in attendance, it was nice to be reminded that being a cinephile and a starstruck movie fan are not necessarily mutually exclusive. In what will hopefully become a longstanding tradition (a 2011 follow-up festival has already been announced), the festival blended old Hollywood glamour with insightful discussions by the craftsmen and women who created the many great classics on display. ![]() Earlier this spring Turner Classic Movies launched their first ever “TCM Classic Film Festival” in the heart of old Hollywood, dubbed by indefatigable and omnipresent master of ceremonies Robert Osborne as “four days of … classic Cinemania.” Indeed at times it was a delightfully surreal circus, but one grounded in the appreciation of the best of Hollywood’s past – a mutual admiration society where filmmakers from Hollywood’s golden era (and beyond) could see their pristine works presented in the ideal environment to the most appreciative of audiences. ![]()
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