Dallas and Hollywood

At the Angelika roundtable discussion I learned two new factoids about Dallas’ contributions to American movies. The shocking one is that Blade Runner screened at the North Park theater before its release. Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott were present. This Dallas audience is the one responsible for the studio changes to the movie as it was originally released. Oh the horror, this is probably the real reason Redford put Sundance in Utah instead of Fort Worth (One of the cities he looked at for hosting the festival).

Of course, the DFW area gave us Elvis Mitchell, the lead reviewer for the New York Times and host of Independent Focus. He worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram before NYT.

I’ve forgotten the other thing since last night. I’m such a tard.