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Word spread. By the last
day of Slumdance, everyone wanted a piece of us. We had
filmmakers in all week (including some from Slam and Sun)
who were so in love with the Slum that they just
had to show their movies here. We accepted some
Sundance films, but Sundance, the friend of the independent
filmmaker, refused to allow any of the films it "owns" to
play at the Slum.
Slamdance, our friends
from across the street, were a different matter. We played
three films we liked that were also in Slamdance, all of
them to a packed Slum. As a gesture of gratitude, Slamdance
sent over a case of watermelons.
By late afternoon, the
vibe was so tingly in the Slum that the Slammers and
Vagrants headed outside to perform "Hands Across Main
Street" to symbolically unite the Slamdance and Slumdance
headquarters.
All day long, the media
were a bother. While the print press and a few TV crews had
been around all week, somehow the majority of TV hounds
didn't hear about us until Friday. The Vagrants were
beseiged by interview requests from journalists as far away
as Italy and Brazil.
"Good Morning America"
showed up and took over the entire graffiti room at the
Slum. We think they said something about "street cred." They
fitted us with special microphones--a nice touch.
Dana, the on-camera
personality, drank a Pabst Blue Ribbon in a paper bag (the
Official Drink of Slumdance) before the interview, but her
producer would not let her hold it on camera. For some
reason, the Vagrant was allowed to hold his.
Dana was very nice at
first, but soon she revealed her real agenda: to get nasty
quotes from us about Sundance. She was tireless in her
baiting, but the Vagrant refused to budge. Eventually Dana
realized that Slumdance really does love Robert Redford, and
she gave up on her muckraking quest.
Dana wasn't pleased, but
afterwards she submitted to a Slumdance
interview.
SLUMDANCE INTERVIEWS
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA"
SLUMDANCE: First off, will you say your name and spell
it for us?
DANA:
No, ha, ha, ha, no! No, dammit, I won't! Ha, ha,
ha!
SLUMDANCE: So, what's wrong with Slumdance?
DANA:
Nothing that I can tell. The toilet's kind of loud.
to the "Awards" Ceremony
to the
News Reports menu
To the Slum
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