Bobby Lesser’s Film Role Puts America on Trial
It was the middle of December and raining hard in Santa Barbara when I met up with actor Robert Lesser to hear his story about the film he made in Japan.
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It was the middle of December and raining hard in Santa Barbara when I met up with actor Robert Lesser to hear his story about the film he made in Japan.
A chilly wind is whipping around Chapala Street, and Roger Durling-the well-known and charismatic director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival-is dodging distractions in the office by walking briskly to a nearby coffeehouse while trying to explain the latest twists in the organism he heads. Part of his challenge in this, his fourth year at the helm, was to respond to the twin sisters of huge acclaim and street-level dissonance regarding last year’s festival.
Yes, it’s well and good that the world at large has come to know the name Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose knock-out performance in Capote is rightfully racking up trophies in the awards season (a Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics Award so far, and an Oscar nomination with good odds for winning).