Vail concluded.

Well hello kittes!

Its been a minute since the adventures in Vail Colorado. I must say, my friends, Sean and Scott Cross put on a fantastic show. With names like; Zach Braff, Jane Seymour among a handful of other ‘famous stars’ brought many’ah folk to this exclusively chill mountain town. I met so many great people while frolicking deep and high in these mountains.The hospitality counteracted my ears constantly popping.

When I arrived in DIA, I took’a buncha pictures. The whole complex gave off weird vibes. It’s fabled that there lies an ‘“underground city”‘ beneath the airfields. I found a great breakdown of the freaky-ass murals.

No doubt there is ‘something going on here Mr Jones, but you don’t know what it is’.

I totally was not about to spend 100+ a night on a mediocre room is some flea bag five. Instead, I found a fantastic soul on craiglist.org that let me crash at her flat for 50 bucks a night! Thank you again Ruth. Much love. I hope your friends hasn’t fallen into any tables lately.

The second I got to the lavish hotel venue for the opening party all my senses were engaged. Talk about being in the right place at the right time, I was just entering the mile high zone. After a few wonderfully strong sidecars, I went to mingle. It was the opening PARTY!!! Yeeeah!! Joey Ryan and Hotel Cafe were smoking the stage. Making small talk is always easy when you’re in line waiting for free drinks. I had the pleasure to meet Minnesotain-turned-Coloradoite Jon Miller. Jon only runs one of the biggest niche courier services in the Vail, Beaver Creekand Aspen area. His buddy Ryan Iguchi runs a sweet photography / community calendar site, Good kids. More to come the niche courier excitement in the future…

I’ve gotta cut myself off from all these I’s and Me’s. I’m going to include a teeny list of notable hotlinks, worthy of the click.

Befriended:
Rory Bain. Check out the trailer to his brainchild The Whirling Dervish

Richie Adams, Jarred Coates and Alyshia Oches. They had a super great piece in the festival, Inventing Adam.

Met the lovley Laura Jansen. She made me dance to this sweet little ditty, I totally agreed to.

Drove an Audi crazy fast down the mountain.

and not to mention; Digital Bacon Productions had an official selection in the festival Evil Green

Such a fulfilling trip! Thank you Bobby & Carrie Willis, Steve, Jon Millier, Ruth Stanley, Delmar Fralick, Rory Bain and of course the Brothers Cross!

I’m coming in ’11 with a few directors and a couple of entries.

10 must see film of VFF2010

I’m in Vail Colorado!! I worked on a short film that made it in the VFF! I’ll do my best to keep the updates coming.

This are the picks of Vaildaily.com I will posting my review of the following films. I’ll be doing my best to hit up all these gems.

Article written by Charlie Owen

VAIL, Colorado — In seven short years the Vail Film Festival has come a long way. It’s attracted major stars every year and for the first time this year, has expanded to Beaver Creek. This year’s festival will include more than 90 films. That’s a big jump from last year when festival producers scaled back screenings to almost half that number.

Once again, the promoters of the Vail Film Festival have been kind enough to give us a sneak peek at many of the films being presented this year. The following is our top recommendations. Basically, they’re the must-see movies — from our point of view, of course. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

“Race Walkers”

If you’re a fan of films like “This Is Spinal Tap,” “A Mighty Wind” or “Best In Show” then “Race Walkers” should be right up your alley. It’s a mockumentary about brothers Jeb and Joel Callahan who strive to become the best in the sport of race walking. Never heard of it? Neither has the rest of the world. The brothers live with their mother in her trailer in Golden, Colo. where the film was almost entirely shot. Led by their wheelchair-bound coach Chuck Kuel, the trio tries to work their way to the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. to preserve the legend of their deceased father, an accomplished race walker himself. The brother’s on-screen dynamic keeps the movie moving along briskly and the supporting cast helps carry it over the finish line with no shortage of punch lines and dry humor.

See it: 2:45 p.m. Friday (with a Q&A) at Vail Plaza Hotel or 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Vail Plaza Hotel.

“The Hungry Ghosts”

Although Michael Imperioli is probably best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos,” his directorial debut comes with the feature film “The Hungry Ghosts.” The film follows five interlocking characters and the demons that keep clawing at their souls. In Tibetan Buddhism, a hungry ghost is a person who tries to satisfy their spiritual needs by physical means. Imperioli does a brilliant job presenting sympathetic characters who struggle to overcome their own flaws and find peace. The five characters story lines intersect on the dark streets of New York in this superbly acted look at what makes us all human, even if we’re not happy.

See it: 2 p.m. Sunday at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek.

“Inventing Adam”

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they must decide which path to follow: the easy one that offers little personal reward or the hard one that’s full of obstacles but will lead to happiness and peace of mind. In the feature film “Inventing Adam” that is exactly the choice facing Adam, a patent lawyer living in California who’s about to turn 30 and get married to the wrong girl.

But before his birthday, Adam has a chance to get away to his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana to catch up with his old friends who he feels have all become nobodys. He soon realizes they might just have it all figured out. Adam finds out that sometimes it takes going home to realize what you’ve been missing your whole life. Featuring comedic elements similar to “Garden State,” “American Pie” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Inventing Adam” has something for everyone including solid humor, relationships, beautiful scenery and great acting.

See it: 1:30 p.m. Friday (with a Q&A) at Vail Plaza Hotel and 1:15 p.m. Sunday (with a Q&A) at Vail Plaza Hotel.

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The Reformed Man – A Short

This project has been in the making since March 2009. My writing partner, Erik Lundin and I meet through a Google film group. This group had quite the potential the first time we all met. We were 12 strong, until the second meeting when 3 people showed up. So Erik and I agree to focus on our own works. Behold: The Reformed Man. We could not have done it without some very talented people.

Paul Cram played the role of our killer. He was very gracious to lend his skills as a crazed maniac. We were crazy-excited to get Mr Cram signed on to this project. For such a popular local actor he’s such a humble guy. What a pleasure to work with.

Tiffany Seymour was the wife of the killer. Tiffany’s one of the nicest people is the entire world. Seriously, if you’ve met here, you might even say it’s an understatement. She involved in cabaret acts, opera, classical dance, etc, etc within the Minneapolis scene.

Lawrence Levesque graced us with the role on Ringo. The Reformed Man’s cell mate. There’s not much to be said about Ringo – except that ‘he seemed to understand’. But Lawrence is a prolific actor around the cities. Whether hes lending his talents to voice overs or if he’s scaring the crap out of patrons on the Trail of Terror, his talents are robust.

Michael Irei directed this short. His talents have been sharpened at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design acquiring a BFA in Filmmaking and specialize in creative editing. Michael has 7 years of experience with FCP and also knows AVID.

Erik Lundin The Writer and Producer of the project. Erik has BA in Video Production and BS in video communication from Liberty University in Virginia. Check out his Youtube page

And lets not forget the real star of The Reformed Man: The Van Duesen mansion. This location was recently used in the Coen Brothers film A Serious Man.

Many special thanks to my boy Adam Edenborg.