One of the films in this year’s Lone Star International Film Festival is going to be quite a treat for Fort Worthians. They Came to Play is a documentary filmed here in Fort Worth covering the events of The 2007 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs.
Even better, there will be a preview showing of the film hosted by LSIFF this Thursday at The Modern (tickets available here), including live performances by some of the contestants featured in the film, a cocktail reception, and a question and answer session with the filmmakers.
Clark Griffith, third place winner of the competition in the film, just happens to be my next door neighbor, so I wanted to share my own experience getting to know the man in the movie…
In case you missed the ad that’s been running in our sidebar for the last few days, there’s a new independent film series starting up at The Modern tonight.
If you listened to the West and Clear podcast about Friday Night at Modern back last fall, you already know that our art criticism skills rank somewhere between Bob Ross and Larry the Cable Guy. But God love the people at The Modern … they invited us to the press preview for the Martin Puryear exhibit anyway. Take a look … if you can’t stand the commentary, just turn down the volume and watch the pretty pictures.
I don't want to give away all our secrets, but the West and Clear team uses just about every Google product available, including a few not even on that list.
