The punchline on all this is that last month, before I had even entered Flakes into the festival, I rented Idiocracy. Half way through, I turned to my wife and said “You know… I would seriously love the chance to sit down and just talk to Mike Judge for about a half an hour about this film…”
Ask and ye shall receive? Surreal.
The bad news is that Mike’s wife suddenly began giving birth just as I was scheduled to meet the man for dinner. The good news is that mother and baby are evidently doing fine, and the good folks at The Animation Show have generously offered to fly my wife and me back out to meet with Mike at a later date.
“Stop laughing… you’ll only encourage him.” That’s what I’ve been hearing my whole life, and I’ve been making stupid jokes the whole time. Laughter would have been all the encouragement I needed. Giving me a prize on top of the laughter for a film built on an admittedly stupid joke… very encouraging, indeed.
LA was great, and I enjoyed winning. Now, I’m hooked. Gotta go make more films.
