AFTERWARD, SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT AMY IRVING WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM
Alan Jones, co-director of the London FrightFest Film Festival, tweeted a fun story earlier this month:
Today in 1978 I saw a favourite Brian De Palma, THE FURY, at the Century Preview Theatre. It was at this screening I sat behind Amy Irving, didn't know, raved about her performance, and she turned to me to say thanks. Classic!
In response, Neil Irving tweeted, "Played at the Time Out Film Festival on 22 Sep 1978, before opening at the Leicester Sq Theatre a week later. Here are some Ads..." Irving's tweet included the ads seen above and below in this post. In response to that tweet, this brief exchange followed:
Perpetual room tone: Gate Notting Hill IIRC. Pipe-smoking lunatic in the audience challenged De Palma.Neil Irving: Yes, it was an 11.15pm screening. That must have been a very late-night Q&A?!
Perpetual room tone: De Palma was ultra-patient with dumb/fawning/rambling "questions" (mine included)
