Charloween

I don't have any pictures from the con.

But I did meet Malcolm McDowell, which was super-fantastic. He's a very sweet man who didn't just sign his name and turn to the next person in line. After getting him to sign a picture and shaking his hand, I told him that I was excited to meet him because I'd written a paper on If...., his very first film. The sequel to that, he told me, was his favourite film (and he was quite excited to tell me the Criterion of that film is coming out in October). I didn't mention A Clockwork Orange (amusing, but fetishized by creepy, creepy fans) or anything he's done since then (which is mostly stunt casting) and I'd like to think he liked to be able to talk about work he was proud of. Plus, I actually do enjoy those early Lindsey Anderson films.

Because I'd said I'd watched If.... for class, he asked me if I wanted to be a director or actress. A fair question, 'cause most of the kids who study film have that goal. When I said I'd actually want to be a professor of film theory, he made an O_o face, asked me if I was ill and reached across the table to feel my forehead. *squee* I explained to him that watching movies and television for work and then talking/writing about them seemed like an awesome job. He agreed I had a point. *happydances*

firstgold and I could see the signing area from our table. We could see that for all three days McDowell was the last guy there, still meeting his fans and signing autographs after the convention had closed. He's the sweetest celebrity I've ever met.

Also, there was a guy with a FTW belt buckle and some really neat art. I snagged a gorgeous watercolour of Dream of the Endless and a cute-as-buttons "Batman and Catwoman in luff" stylized cartoon. I will have to obtain frames. I also grabbed a Batman t-shirt that says "Don't make me go KA-POW on you!". (This con I discovered I'm tired of pirates and that Doctor Who is severely underrepresented; I already knew that Batman was far superior to any other superhero.)