9/11 and TIFF

Here's a re-post of the first thing I put on this site.  The "Rare Birds" film has a sort of cameo in "Easy to Like" as "Silly Goose".  The fact that 9/11 is referenced in a line that begins on line eleven of page nine of the new book is just a coincidence, as is the fact that the official publication date is 10/9/11.

 

Rare Birds played the Toronto Film Festival on September 11, 2001.  The above is a ticket for a screening cancelled after that day's news.  It was given to me by its holder, my good friend Jim Vivian. Roger Ebert saw the film the night before and was partial to it. I did not attend the festival.