Opening Night: Finishing the Game

Check out my film review of American Pastime here at this link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071011/news_lz1w11passtim.html

What a night. I am so fortunate to have won the all-access pass to the film festival, because without that I would have never had an experience quite like tonight. Professor Llora, who would rather be called Miguel, my friend Chris, and I attended the festival opening film Finishing the Game. Some of my friends thought that this would be a serious movie, but it is far from it. Finishing the Game was a hilarious and yet interesting take on how Asians are portrayed in cinema. Even though we all got many good laughs in the movie, at the same time, it made me think.

I learned tonight that photography is definitely not my forte. Most of my pictures are dark, so bear with me.

Yay! You can never get tired of seeing your name in print!

This is what you will see once you enter the Hazard Center. I felt like I walked into a mini-Hollywood movie premiere, although I have never actually been to one before.

SDAFF 2007!

Free food is always a plus. =)

Because I turned 21 only the day before, I was legally allowed to sample the sake! I had the sake mixed with ginger ale [the one where the finger is pointing], and it was absolutely delicious!

My pal Chris and I finally settle down into our seats. Like I have already said, my strength definitely does not lie in photography, which is why I only captured half of Chris' face. But he said, "Well, it's my good side."

The lighting in the theater did not work to my advantage, so I apologize for the fact that you see more of the head of the person sitting in front of me than of the actual cast and crew of Finishing the Game. In case you haven't realized, they're the dark figures lined up in the front.

I was lucky to have caught a picture with a flash of another photographer's. Here you can clearly see [from the left] Dustin Nguyen, Sung Kang, MC Hammer, and Roger Fan.

And what better way to end the night than with taking a picture with MC Hammer himself!

Normally, I am a very talkative person and sometimes it could drive people up the wall. However, tonight I have discovered the secret to my rare moments of being completely speechless. Stick a bunch of celebrities in front of me, and I will not be able to talk! I could barely ask MC Hammer for a picture!

Until my next blog, goodnight!