By Michael Musto
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from Tribeca Film Festival l 8 May 2007 By Michael Musto |
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| A man bearing a documentary turned up at the [Tribeca] festival - namely, DIEGO LUNA, whom some call "the other guy from Y Tu Mamá También," though I just call him "the guy from Y Tu Mamá También — and a close personal friend, ba dum pum." He's now the guy who directed the boxing doc Chavez, which non-jocks like me attended mainly to see the dreamy-eyed Luna emerge afterward for a cutely self-deprecating Q&A. "Somebody want to complain about the film?" he said, smiling, as we all melted. No one complained. "Your advice for young filmmakers?" someone asked. "I don't know if you should trust me," Luna replied. "You have to be a good storyteller and scratch the surface. And the toughest thing is to convince everyone around that you can make it." He then told a long, involved, vividly hilarious story that I can't possibly repeat here. Because it was in Spanish. |
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