While some of you may have been sipping cocktails on an urban rooftop this weekend, others were gathering in a remote corner of West Texas under a starry desert sky for the Marfa Film Festival. This year, classics like Black Orpheus and The Color of Pomegranates were screened outdoors, as well as the premieres of new films like Mood Indigo, Art and Craft, and Buttercup Bill, directed by first-time, feature-length filmmakers and best friends since they were 16, Émilie Richard-Froozan and Rémy Bennett (yes, as in Tony Bennett's granddaughter).
Part of the adventure is getting there––the festival is at least a three-hour drive from any airport or train station. So, the two directors of Buttercup Bill (which producer Sadie Frost calls "a psychosexual Lynchian Badlands") documented their long, strange trip deep into the heart of the West, where Hollywood ghosts abound. Check out their photo diary to the left, which follows their directorial debut and wild adventures through the stark, stunning landscape.
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Émilie Richard-Froozan and Rémy Bennett, the directors of Buttercup Bill
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"Inspirational reading material for our trip includes Sam Shepard's Motel Chronicles, Dennis Hopper's biography, and film stills and essays from The Misfits with Monty and Marilyn." -Rémy and Émilie
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We pack our lucky The Shining and Bukowski T-shirts––tokens from our DP on Buttercup Bill. Also, the 1940s inspired two-piece courtesy of dear friend Amber Doyle.
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Landing in El Paso, we reunite with the core crew. This day marks the anniversary of production on the film. We're meeting our lead actor Evan Louison and producers Emma Comley and Sadie Frost, then hitting the road to Marfa. We listen to Neil Young and Spandau Ballet.
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We stop at a Mexican restaurant to fill up on fish tacos and then head to a shuttered-up roadside establishment with posters of Marilyn and James Dean on the dusty windows and John Wayne with a red "closed" sign across his face. Alas, no bathroom. The gas station is out of service.
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We go to a working gas station to play a Universal Monsters slot machine with an older gent... then buy a dream catcher and some cigarettes. They're Camels with a red Moroccan motif that remind me of Casablanca.
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Sadie stops at the infamous Prada Marfa to window shop.
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Our producer Sadie lost her luggage, so we make a trip to the Dollar General. We fill up on burritos then check into our hotel.
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The Hotel Paisano where James Dean, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson, and Dennis Hopper lived during the filming of the movie Giant. Evan gets the James De
Part of the adventure is getting there––the festival is at least a three-hour drive from any airport or train station. So, the two directors of Buttercup Bill (which producer Sadie Frost calls "a psychosexual Lynchian Badlands") documented their long, strange trip deep into the heart of the West, where Hollywood ghosts abound. Check out their photo diary to the left, which follows their directorial debut and wild adventures through the stark, stunning landscape.
Émilie Richard-Froozan and Rémy Bennett, the directors of Buttercup Bill
"Inspirational reading material for our trip includes Sam Shepard's Motel Chronicles, Dennis Hopper's biography, and film stills and essays from The Misfits with Monty and Marilyn." -Rémy and Émilie
We pack our lucky The Shining and Bukowski T-shirts––tokens from our DP on Buttercup Bill. Also, the 1940s inspired two-piece courtesy of dear friend Amber Doyle.
Landing in El Paso, we reunite with the core crew. This day marks the anniversary of production on the film. We're meeting our lead actor Evan Louison and producers Emma Comley and Sadie Frost, then hitting the road to Marfa. We listen to Neil Young and Spandau Ballet.
We stop at a Mexican restaurant to fill up on fish tacos and then head to a shuttered-up roadside establishment with posters of Marilyn and James Dean on the dusty windows and John Wayne with a red "closed" sign across his face. Alas, no bathroom. The gas station is out of service.
We go to a working gas station to play a Universal Monsters slot machine with an older gent... then buy a dream catcher and some cigarettes. They're Camels with a red Moroccan motif that remind me of Casablanca.
Sadie stops at the infamous Prada Marfa to window shop.
Our producer Sadie lost her luggage, so we make a trip to the Dollar General. We fill up on burritos then check into our hotel.
The Hotel Paisano where James Dean, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson, and Dennis Hopper lived during the filming of the movie Giant. Evan gets the James De