But that didn't have anything to do with the festival." - David Lowery WORST SXSW MOMENT “Emailing Matt Dentler to say how sorry I was to see him go, and having the email automatically routed to Janet Pierson.”– Bob Byington The bats on South Congress live up to the hype as well.” – Todd Sklar “Barton Springs is beyond peaceful and necessary. Not sure what it is but fun seems to have been had there.”– Frank V. “The LBJ Library has a Presidential limo in the Library.”– Bob Byington "Getting on I-35 between the hours of 3 and 6 on weekdays." - David Lowery “Sixth Street, Unless you’re a fan of date rape and watching people soil themselves.” - Bob Byington “Austin Convention center kiosk (highway robbery). Just go for it, we’re in Texas!” - Ry Russo-Young, You Wont Miss Me But it’s crowded and the food gets molested and I don’t like Peroni.” – Frank V. “The official parties seem to be where people go, and I tag along. “The CHURCH! Bela Flek, crazy percussion, people who bonk on tubas, amazing things happen in the church.” - Josephine Decker, Director of Bi The Way, SXSW '08 and Where Are You Going, Elena? SXSW '09 “My plan is to raid Byington's house while he's at screenings.” - Todd Sklar “Whole Foods – Very lax policy on shoplifters and shoplifting.” - Bob Byington And alcohol seems to run like water everywhere that first weekend, so you can wash away your hunger pains with vodka." - David Lowery Sometimes they put little Cliff bars and stuff in the gift bags, but I just picked mine up and no dice. You'll be eating a lot of bagels and chips and salsa, beggars can't be choosers.
#Jade slacker free#
This is important if you're poor and are planning on consisting on free things. “World’s biggest/best Whole Foods right between South Lamar & Downtown. “Locals = Veneer of Entropy” - Bob Byington "If they're on 6th Street during SXSW, they're probably not local." - David Lowery “The Local is already drunk and pronounces it "Gwa-dah-loop" - Frank Ross Beyond that - I'm vegan, so I'd recommend Casa De Luz, which is a macrobiotic buffet, and also Mothers, which has the best veggie burger in Austin, and Bouldin Creek, which is where I like to go for breakfast - and since breakfast is my favorite meal, I sometimes go there for lunch and dinner too." - David Lowery, director St. “The grilled Salami at Foodheads is in my top three sandwiches in the nation” – Todd Sklar what more could you want after all that free beer?” – Joseph Armario, director, Jurassic Technology (Music Video Showcase) the BBQ capital of the world.” Todd Sklar, Box Elder, Range Life Entertainment and SXSW ’09 PanelistīEST NON-BARBECUE FOOD IN AUSTIN“Kirby Queso and Magnolia Café are good Breakfast.” - Frank V. Arthur Bryants BBQ, conveniently located 738 miles away in Kansas City, Missouri. You have to leave town, sorry - it’s in Lockhart.” – Robert Byington, Austin local and director of RSO: Registered Sex Offender and Harmony & Me (Premiering at ND/NF)
“There is no simple answer to that question.” – Mike S.
(The Austin Convention Center Wi-Fi gets overloaded and is notoriously slow.) What follows are the answers we received, but if you’d like to add your own comments to the mix, email us at editor.filmmakermagazine AT Thinking of those of you who are heading to SXSW for the first time, we asked some festival vets about some of the really important stuff - like where to find the best barbecue and where to nab free Wi-Fi. As SXSW was all about mobile apps, Operation Smile had one too, of sorts: if you text "Smile" to 90999 you will be billed $5 on your mobile bill and these funds will go towards the non-profit's work.įor more info on Operation Smile, visit their website.
#Jade slacker full#
By the end of the festival, a wall was full of happy thoughts, a section of which is shown above. The footage then was fed into a video loop that played in one of the lounges. Reps from the organization manned a table on the third floor of the Austin Convention Center and snapped pictures of people smiling while holding signs detailing just what makes them smile. Operation Smile is a non-profit organization that provides cleft-lip and palate repair to children and young adults around the world, many in developing countries. At SXSW this year, however, one group tried to summon up smiles that were a bit more sincere in intent. These moments sure look like happy ones now that a festival premiere has spackled over all the fractures that production wrought. Arms locked together, smiles frozen in place awaiting the digital flash - we all have these photos on our cameras and phones when we return from a film festival.
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