Sundance: “Lucky” and “Mr. Okra”

The midnight screening of “Lucky” in Park City last night was surprisingly full.  Jeffrey Blitz, who brought us the doc “Spellbound,” introduced his new film about lottery winners.  Not as nuanced as “Spellbound,” but still fascinating, “Lucky” explores the motivations and characters of several lucky lottery winners.  One character’s comment sums up the movie best:

Winning the lottery is like throwing Miracle-Gro on your character defects; everything is magnified.

The documentary was preceded by a delightful short doc called “Mr. Okra” about a vegetable salesman in New Orleans.

The whole short is available here at the Austin Film Festival.