Pordenone Diary - Day One Saturday October 5, 2024
Teatro Verdi Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone is now a regular must-attend festival for me. I love traveling to Italy to be among some of the most knowledgeable, wonderful people and watching some of the most amazing films. Going to Pordenone is like returning home. Jay Weissberg and the entire crew of amazing people that run the festival feel like family. My friends who attend are also like family. The one good thing to come out of the pandemic that pushed me to finally make the trip in 2020. Arriving and making my donation at the festival office, I received my bag of swag and catalogue for the festival. Scanning the pocket daily schedule, I learned we were in for a very full festival, indeed. In addition to the early morning programs, e had late night screenings to consider. One must pick and choose, mistakes will be made and sometimes thanks to jet-lag and other maladies, decisions are made for you. Saturday: October 5th Starting off we had our first set of newly res