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Sometimes impromptu screenings become institutions themselves. In 1997, New York City filmmaker Mark Elijah Rosenberg set up a 16-mm projector and a white sheet on the roof of his East Village apartment building and began screening short films. A decade later, RoofTop Films has evolved into a full-scale, summer-long festival, with submissions from around the world. This year the event will screen 48 independent films at various locations--all of them under the stars...
...course, Jackson mostly wants to entertain himself. So he will make sure to get to a Snakes screening on opening weekend--"I'm looking for a full theater, hopefully where people will shout at the screen," he says--and he remains in the hunt for his personal filmic holy grail. Not an Oscar-winning role ("Uh, have you seen some of the people who have Academy Awards?" he asks, laughing) but a genuine old-fashioned western. "I want horses," he says. "I want to stand in the middle of the street and see if I'm faster than somebody...
...West can play The Son of the Sheik's score-which he arranged himself-in perfect sync with the action with hardly a glance at the screen. "It's like a comfortable old sweater," he says. "You just slip into it and drift off." He doesn't mind if his audience (which on this rainy night numbers 10) does the same. If he thinks anyone's getting too dozy, he says, "I'll embellish the score, put in some funny improvised bits...
...SCREEN TEST...
...remarkable thing, the Potter phenomenon. In introducing Rowling, actress Kathy Bates gave the impression that the distinguishing thing about the Potter books is that they have made readers of those who would otherwise have their nose buried in a screen of some kind. But that doesn't seem quite right. Harry Potter appeals to plenty of children - and adults - who love reading books of all kinds. The stories have that crucial ability to be fantastic and believable at the same time, the characters are flesh and blood, and the plotting rich and unexpected. Rowling deserves her fame and wealth...