I am from L.A., but I am by no means from the L.A. that is home to the movie industry. I mean, I’ve never been in film, on film, written for film, known people who are in film, or even really seen that many people who are in “the industry.” Part of it is that industry types don’t really come to my neighborhood looking for stars (or even extras) and part of it is that I really hate going to the westside for anything.
Today, however, I had to go to the Beverly Hilton for a conference on air quality regulation. While I was listening to a presentation titled “Dairy Air” (really, the conference was more interesting than that would indicate), several designers were hard at work outside my conference room putting together towers of “gold” ingots. Some of the towers were 10-feet high and flanking the entrance to a different conference room. Others were four-feet high and surrounded cocktail tables.
After a little bit of snooping, I found out that the faux gold bars were for the Godiva-sponsored Golden Globes afterparty being held at the hotel on Monday night.
The signs on the “gold” towers said that the boxes were empty, but tomorrow when I go back, I’m going to check and make sure. While I’m at it, maybe I’ll figure out the ballroom where the award dinner is actually being held and slip notes plugging “Pan’s Labyrinth” (haven’t seen it yet, but anyone whose previously done a movie named “El Espinazo del Diablo” gets my vote) into napkins, or bathroom stalls, or anything else those industry people might see.
© Laura Genao 2007
I saw Pan’s Labyrinth an it is indeed an incredible film, a mixture of fantasy and reality that works very well. You should see it in a theatre if you can, surely the dvd will not do it justice. My favorite movie of year, no doubt about it.