WIP Talk: Sundance: Just For Fun

• Matt Bush and Sean Marquette in HIGH School. Photo by Neil Jacobs, Still Photographer. Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival. •

Every year at Sundance

• Michael Chiklis in HIGH School (note the hair and moustache). Photo by Neil Jacobs, Still Photographer. Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival. •

I try to see one film just for fun. Preferably, a funny, light, and ridiculous movie that I can relax and laugh my way through. I like the experience of watching my guilty pleasure movie with a packed audience of festival goers that are just as up for a good time as I am; this usually involves so much laughing that I miss some of the dialogue. The Park City at Midnight section of films is my favorite festival source for my “just for fun” movie. On Sunday night I saw the premiere of HIGH School. I picked this film because it seemed so silly while boasting a rather star-studded cast: Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis, and Colin Hanks. The cast and director, John Stalberg Jr., were all in attendance for a pre-screening introduction and post-screening Q&A. HIGH School did not disappoint! For a straight 93 minutes I laughed, laughed, and laughed!

Now it’s time to go back to some serious documentaries and dramas…