When we walked down the outer aisle, the audience was laughing and clapping as the film was just over & rolling credits. Then we walked to the front of the stage and when the audience saw us they actually STOOD and clapped - A Standing Ovation! I was shocked almost speechless and Frank went wild... in rare form... since this time he drank his four bottles of zinfandel before the event (the last Q&A he decided to go sober because I told him he should get drunk first).

The Silverdocs Festival audience was much different from the Florida Festival audience - they were kind of show bizzy even - and they weren't as sympathetic with me as the Fla. audience was. This was a Frank crowd all the way. He was sitting drunk on the stage and answering "yeah, still there" to "Frank are you still in the basement?"
"But Frank, you don't have a bathroom"
Then plain, "Don't need one." etc.

But somehow, everything he said brought down the house. As for me, well I could tell they weren't as sure. They were dead quiet when I said the IRS was after me, so I saw a little something in that. I even wondered for a minute if I disappointed them this time - but I knew Frank made up for it.

They all were into it when someone asked where I bought my clothes, so I stopped and started to think up stores but then Frank, drunk, yelled "TELL THE TRUTH!" So I just said "thrift stores" and they all clapped at that for some reason.

I saw they liked me all right but clearly they LOVED Frank, he was the man of the hour at Silverdocs, along with GJ naturally, which goes without saying. Which reminds me how at the end of the Q&A the audience was alluding to wanting me and GJ to hug or show some affection maybe?... and so we finally stood there clinging and huddling over each other because he is so tall and they liked seeing that.

Before we left the theatre, we shook lines of hands, and also signed lots of autographs and shoes - and had many pictures taken with fans of the film. Then Frank stopped at one of the many lovely and festive outdoor bar/restauants on the walk back to the hotel - and sure enough - another F&C fan and more Silverdocs people were there and so sat with us til the bar threw us out at 3:00 AM.

And I can't forget to mention the Siverdocs gift bags! All the fab goodies and professional items they gave us were quite impressive, That was my first clue to what a huge affair it was... If only I'd known in advance it was such an event... with Siverdocs parties and special events going on all over the city what seemed like every few hours, there was something festive planned wherever we went that entire weekend. I can say that was most surreal (incredible) weekend of my life in that city... and Frank's too, says he. But even better than OXO finally...? I forgot to ask that though.

Anyway all in all we had a unparalleled blast and I wanted to move there.


(after the screening)