French Exit Opening Night Gala
Director: Daphna Kastner A screwball comedy about the impossibility of finding true romance, let alone a normal life in modern-day Los Angeles, French Exit presents us with two screenwriters whose paths cross - quite literally - on a Hollywood freeway, and soon afterward find themselves "bumping into" each other at every turn. The love/hate relationship they share soon heats up when they find themselves vying for the same screenwriting job for an all-powerful producer. French Exit takes place against a backdrop of the L.A. we've come to know and love/hate in recent years: it's seems like there's constant earthquakes, brush fires, torrential rains and mudslides in the background of every shot. This running saga is just a metaphor, of course, for the havoc wreaked upon mortal souls when mixing business (Hollywood-style) with pleasure (life-style). What emerges from this delightful and modern comedy is a story that anyone who's tried to juggle the simultaneous demands of a career and a love life will relate to.
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead Closing Night Gala USA 1995
Director: Gary Fleder A tart, comic thriller with a surprisingly romantic hero, Things To Do... revolves around sweet natured, philosophical mob hit man Jimmy the Saint (Andy Garcia), who has retired from the life, but is talked into bringing his old gang back together for one more job by his former boss (Walken). The job seems quite simple at the outset: Put a scare into the new boyfriend of the mob boss' son's ex-girlfriend and make it clear that he's not to enter Denver. Bringing his old partners back together proves to be easy; pulling off the job in a smooth, simple way turns out to be anything but. When things go badly awry, Jimmy has 48 hours to try and set things right for the pals he's jeopardized by involving them, and the woman who he's convinced could have been the love of his life. |
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