She writes:
It was very sparsely attended, which was good and bad. The people there really wanted to see the films and meet Kevin, though, so that was nice. I had two books signed, and Kevin very politely let me take a picture with him.
I told him that I was the proud owner of the ocelot phone, and he actually sang the line from the host segment about it! I was stunned that he remembered it after all this time. He was great to everyone in line – two people had actual Tom Servos and he signed them, after praising their quality.
The actual screening was a blast – Kevin chose three very interesting films to show. The first was Heart of the World, which he described as very mind-blowing, which it most certainly was. We were then supposed to see Rabbit of Seville, but apparently the film was stolen! So instead we saw Long Haired Hare (“Leopold! Leopold!”); equally enjoyable.
The best was that Kevin somehow managed to get Forgotten Silver, which is the mockumentary that Peter Jackson and Costas Botes did for New Zealand television, about the lost film pioneer Colin McKenzie. It was brilliant.
Prior to the screening, Kevin talked briefly about how the book came to be, which was he had realized that there were no movie books out there taken from the audience’s point of view. Most movie books are from people in the business, who basically say “Hollywood sucks, and we know it, but there’s nothing we can do.”
Kevin said, “Hey! What about us – the moviegoers?” So he sent a treatment to a friend of his at the publishing company, who ended up saying sure.
The best comment he made was, “What a great job! First, I’m on a puppet show for 10 years; then I get to watch movies for a year! My life is charmed!”
We also found out that his favorite Bugs Bunny line is “Of course you know, this means war!”
Thanks for the report, Lynn!