Does Twilight Belong at L.A. Film Fest?
For film festivals, it’s a calculated risk: Book one or two major-studio, commercial films and you can attract stars and get attention. However, you also run the risk of alienating the fans of smaller, independent films who are, after all, your main customers. The Los Angeles Film Festival faced that conundrum on Tuesday, when it announced “The Twlight Saga: Eclipse” would screen at this year’s festival – or, at least, that it would screen in what artistic director David Ansen joked was a slot “adjacent” to the festival, an invitation-only premiere available to guests of Summit Entertainment and holders of the LAFF’s $1,000 “Fast Pass” and $600 “Industry Pass.” No sooner had the announcement been made than the sniping began. “Twilight? Are they serious?” wrote “Scytherius,” commenting on theWrap’s LAFF story. “Not a soul (well, outside of young teen girls) doesn’t think that series isn’t the personification of drek.” “Jim” added, “Gee, what an amazing independent film festival. Surpris
