[IMG:L]With a range of films from blockbuster action flicks to small independents, the Los Angeles Film Festival didn’t disappoint this year as fans headed to festival headquarters in Westwood Village. Hollywood.com joined festival goers for a series of speaking engagements and previews for a chance to get up close and personal with some of our favorite filmmakers.
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[IMG:L] Photo Gallery: Los Angeles Film Festival: Closing Night Gala
Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Paul Haggis and others attend the closing night gala at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, California.
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[IMG:L] Photo Gallery: ‘Hellboy II’ World Premiere
Selma Blair, Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro and others attend the world premiere of Hellboy II: The Golden Army at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.
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[IMG:L] A Conversation with Festival Co-Chair Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas: [Acting] is a complex profession, which [requires you to] play with yourself. Like if you have an instrument…but you are you. And then you start questioning things about yourself. So it is a very introspective and not everybody is prepared for that. People lose their minds.”
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[IMG:L] Exclusive Interview with ‘HottieBoombaLottie’ Filmmaker and Star Seth Packard
Seth Packard: “I play a kid who is in high school and he is really obsessed with Madison Sweet, the hottest girl in the world to him. He spends like every waking minute trying to get close to her. He’s kind of awkward and he has a way cooler older brother who ends up hooking up with her instead.’”
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[IMG:L] Director Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Hobbit’ and ‘Hellboy II’
Guillermo del Toro: “There is a lot of interest in the acting community to be in the [Hobbit] and there’s a lot of speculation from fans and professionals. But the reality is right now, whatever name is brought forth, it’s a speculation.”
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[IMG:L] The Right Men: Ivan and Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman: “I was writing my next screenplay when a buddy of mine called me and says I’ve got a great script for you to read. It’s a teen comedy written by a former stripper… Usually most screenplays aren’t very good, but 10 pages in I was like, ‘This is good, I’m actually going to enjoy this.’”
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[IMG:L] ‘X-Files: I Want to Believe’: Movie Preview with David Duchovny, Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
Chris Carter: “I Want to Believe, if you remember the poster on Mulder’s wall in his office from the pilot episode said, ‘I want to believe’ on it. So it drew from the very beginning. It really also I think sums up, I’d call it the nature of Mulder’s quest which is he struggles with his faith and the things unseen and the unknown and the mysterious.” (Read story)
[IMG:L] Exclusive Interview with Artist in Residence and ‘Wanted’ Star Common
Common: “Morgan [Freeman] was so cool [on the set of Wanted]…First of all, his energy was right on the film. He was singing songs and dancing around and having fun and we’re all in admiration of him. It’s Morgan Freeman. But I got chills when he came around to me and gave me some advice, just whispered some things in my ear when I was doing the scene and it made me feel like he really cared.
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[IMG:L] Photo Gallery: ‘Wanted’ World Premiere
Photos from the world premiere of ‘Wanted’ at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, Calif. (View gallery)
