Hotshot Columnist Panel in S.B.
Scott Feinberg (Scottfeinberg.com), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Steve Pond (The Wrap), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Anne Thompson (IndieWIRE), and yours truly will participate in a first-ever Blogger’s Panel at the Santa Barbara Film Festival next Sunday, 1.30m from 4 to 5:30 pm, at the Santa Barbara Museum.
Attendance by any festival-attending and/or Santa Barbara-residing HE readers would be greatly appreciated. There’s nothing worse than when the panelists outnumber those in the audience. And if you come, please ask slightly challenging and/or rude questions.
Moderated by Peter Rainer, film critic for the Christian Science Monitor and KPCC/NPR host, the panel “will engage in a unique discussion about the dynamics of this year’s awards race and speak on the differing reactions to blogging had by film critics, publicists, movie stars and readers,” the release says. “The ever-expanding reach of new media and its influence on the film industry makes this discussion both interesting to audiences and essential for aspiring and established filmmakers.”
For those who can’t make it I’m told the festival will be videotaping the whole thing and providing all the panelists with a postable embed code later that day. Cool.
I love your obsession with embed codes.
Great news Jeff, will be good to see you and Sasha sparring with Anne, and cool to see you all discussing in person, insteading of only hearing you.
I love Santa Barbara…and UCSB and HE but many thousand miles still separate us. If I still lived in any part of California or anywhere on the west coast I would be there.
with questions that would require the little gray cells.
“And if you come, please ask slightly challenging and/or rude questions.”
This is why I will read Jeff Wells as long as he’s drawing breaths
Who wants to pitch in to hire some big Hispanic guy to hold up a boom box Lloyd Dobler-style during one of Jeff’s turns at the mic? Perhaps playing “Low Rider” by War?
Great news Jeff, will be good to see you and Sasha sparring with Anne, and cool to see you all discussing in person, insteading of only hearing you.
What if only steak eaters show up?
Can’t wait to see this. If I was there, my question to Jeff would be about the two positions he goes back and forth on.
Sometimes Jeff is of the mindset that the right thing to do is to not go with your gut but to be a pro and come up with predictions based on objective factors. (ie poking fun at Dave Poland for sticking to his guns regardless of how many signs point to Social Network)
While other times he looks down on that position and believes that the right and admirable thing to do is to look inward for your choice and stick to your position. (ie calling out bloggers who change their best picture picks)
We all make contradictory statements at times but I’d love to hear Jeff discuss that specifically.
Jeff, just FYI – your SBFF banner ads aren’t linking to anything at the moment. Click on them and you get a “Not Found” message.
Awesome, this should be good. I wish Poland were there too, though. Or Tom O’Neill.
will be there
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