The SIFF Red Carpet Becomes the Center of the Whedonverse (Photo Gallery)
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SIFF’s Opening Night Gala landed at McCaw Hall last night, and its customary mini-sprinkling of glitz and glamour was rendered a little glitzier and glammier by the presence of Joss Whedon and several cast members from Whedon’s SIFF-debuting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Guess what? The movie, which sees formal release June 21, is pretty damned swell, even for folks who aren’t regular visitors to the Whedonverse. Shot in clean black-and-white and executed with a light touch for much of its run time (no surprise to Whedon fans), there’s an offhanded, almost European quality to its look–California imbued with a pinch of La Dolce Vita–and it proves that the considerable charm of the Whedon actors that make up the cast isn’t just reserved to the cult TV shows and films they’re associated with.
But you’re not hear to read me yakking on about Much Ado About Nothing. You want pictures of movie people, and I’m happy to deliver.
There weren’t quite as many different celebrity red-carpet walkers last night as there were at last year’s SIFF Opening Night Gala, but those that were there, as Spencer Tracy once said, were cherse. Enjoy.
