Got back from seeing Loving Annabelle. Think I might've been the only heterosexual male in the room. But hey. It was a good movie and in a city like New York City you should be open minded enough to see anything interesting that comes your way regardless of whether you identify with the sponsors. (Newfest is a gay and lesbian film festival).
Movie itself was pretty good and centered around the relationship between a rebellious student and a rather tightly wound teacher at an all girl's catholic boarding school. Laura had a smaller role than I expected. Being third billed I kinda expected her to be a sort of third wheel like say Mischa Barton in Lost and Delirious. Course even though the subject matter is similar it is unfair to even compare those two movies since Lost and Delirious was a rather disjointed mess.
Laura Breckenridge of course was there. Why do I say of course when the director said this was Laura's first film festival? When I was on the train and realized I forgot my camera I instantly knew Laura would be there. And lo and behold. There she was.
She sat in the far back row of the theatre and didn't come down for the Q&A. Which I guess made sense since the movie really only focused on the two leads. But was a little bit surprised especially since she sat so far away that she really couldn't answer any questions even if someone did decide to ask her something.
She of course was excellent in the film. Her character was both tragic and comic relief at the same time. She apparently tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrist in the past and wore outfits or wrist bands to hide it. She's weird, shy, and somewhat innocent and except for the title character everyone else picks on her mercilessly. I found her having a pet porcupine in the movie cute as hell. The girl in the pool with "Annabelle" in the trailer was another brunette student and not Laura. Laura's character could be described as being rather Rose like though in a far less supportive environment.
I talked with Laura afterwards. She was really friendly and seemed rather enthusiastic to talk with me which I found surprising. Especially since I rushed out of the house and hadn't shaved since Thursday and looked rather dingy. Told her I enjoyed her tv show and was sorry to see it go. Also asked her what other projects she was pursuing. She mentioned she was just in a play (for a young playwrights festival which unfortunately is over. she should've told me about it earlier
). She also mentioned a movie she filmed during weekends while doing Related should be hitting the film festival circuit shortly. (I assumed Beautiful Loser). After that hectic schedule (making a tv show is pretty grueling by itself) she said she's happy to have a little time off. Overall she seemed really cool and normal.
She also says she plans on going back to Princeton in the Fall. Whether it's something she'll do because she's unable to find meaningful projects (like Larisa Oleynik) or whether it's something akin to Anne Hathaway putting a promising career on hold to attend Vassar I don't know. My guess is unless something really big comes along she'll be back at Prineton and dabble on the side.
Laura herself of course looked pretty and wore a turquoise top and black pants. Looks younger and a lot smaller than she appears on screen.