Film Why CineVegas Matters?

June 11, 2009 - 4:52 pm

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The CineVegas Film Festival calls itself the “Most Dangerous Film Festival in the World.”  Having attended more than 100 festivals worldwide where I’ve heard the hype and seen the promotions and the marketing, I will say that CineVegas is not fucking kidding.  Not one damn bit.  I’ve been coming to CineVegas more than five years if memory serves and it probably doesn’t because, well, it’s Vegas and drinking is involved, so it might be seven years.  Anyway, that doesn’t matter, what really matters is that no other film festival can provide the kind of danger… the kind of bad that is so good… like gambling and strippers and clubs and parties and depravity.  You’ll find some of those elements in the films and the ones you miss can be found anywhere in Vegas.

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