Glimpsing Friday and Saturday (content)

Catching sight of people and things Friday and Saturday... Dominic Monaghan answers questions on the Slamdance red carpet after the preem of I Sell The Dead.
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It took me half an hour of working in this corner of the headquarters hospitality suite before I realized Big Brother was looming over me.

Swag is dead, long live tchotch. Mints or candy or something promoting something or other: chapstick and candy and toques line up alongside clever postcards.

At the Filmmakers' Lodge in the old Elks Lodge on Main Street, Asian Pacific Film Experience is offering shrimp crackers and noodle bowls as "Famous Blue Raincoat" plays quietly.

Wildposting is against Park City rules: there are a few hoardings here and there stapled and taped and wheat-pasted with layers of imagery. Plus, posters for The Informers stand out for being the only ones up.

The insomniac discovers directional signs alight at 1 in the morning under the waning moon.

And mounds of dirty snow in the Albertson's parking lot next to the Yarrow, surely to sluice away if the unseasonal temperatures continue on Saturday.

The provisional black box theater for press screenings in the Yarrow hides behind a tall black curtain in the 24-hour lobby of the hotel.

On the walk home, a suggestion of an Albertson's food run gone very wrong.

At Filmmakers' Lodge, filmmaker Jesse Epstein demonstrates the work ethic that you can find in the corner of most rooms, even at parties: crouching over a laptop while downloading and editing photos and blogging and taking another, another call.
