Hi, here's one I wrote during the LPFF a few weeks ago.
6/11/10 Lake Placid, NY
A small but enthusiastic croud turned out for the late night screening of an independant documentary at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid. The film was Skatopia:48 Acres of Anarchy, and it chronicled a year in the life of a self-proclaimed cult-leader and his quest to build the ultimate no-rules skateboarding utopia on his property in rural Ohio. The film was part of the Lake Placid Film Forum and was advertised in skate parks and hipster hang-outs throughout the region. Based on the audience's appearance and enthusiasm the target audience was definitely reached. Applause erupted at the title and end credits, and spontanious laughter, cheers and jeers accomponied every scene. The bone crunching skateboard wipe-outs were especially well recieved, eliciting sympathetic and loud cries of fau-pain from the croud.
It was almost 2AM when the end-credits rolled, but remarkably almost all of the the audience stayed for the after-show question and answer session with the film's directors, Colin Powers and Laurie House. The audience questions ranged from "What's next for you?"(Answer: "A year of sleep") to "How do I get to Skatopia?". To that question, which elicited much laughter, the filmakers proceeded to give very precise directions and a web address, and several audience members promptly got out their cell phones or PDAs to jot down the info. On this rainy summer evening in Lake Placid, a small film appeared to have made a large impression on this group.
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