Twilight Eclipse Premiere – famous faces and fans

On Thursday evening I willing subjected myself to the realm of screaming tween “Twi-hards” at the world premiere of Eclipse at the LA Film Festival.  As we drove downtown to the Nokia Theatre, throngs of screaming fans lined the streets, waiting for the stars to arrive.  Mingling in the theater foyer with the Kardashian sisters, Jennifer Love Hewitt, that guy from that show etc, we finally found seats on balcony level, right above where the stars entered.  A general high-pitched screaming signaled the arrival of Kristen Stewart in a white, backless gown.  Moments later, a much louder wave of screams heralded Robert Pattinson in his burgundy suit.  And finally, Taylor Lautner entered with his posse of body guards and friends.  He was surprisingly wearing a shirt.

The movie was enjoyable and didn’t take itself too seriously – with a few jokes that landed well.  The enthusiastic audience made the atmosphere electric and it was fun to see the stars below us, watching their own sensationally popular movie.  The after party was a big event.  A giant tent with a glowing “moon” globe hanging above arrangements of fake trees, rocks and “snow” with couches and a long ice bar.  We chatted with various famous faces and an interesting Danish director named William Stahl.  William explained that Danes do not claim to be anything like a “director” or “producer” or “musician” until they do it full time, professionally.  He was surprised with the fact that Hollywood often operates differently – there are hoards of “directors” and “producers” and “actors” in this town, that in reality do not earn their living as such.  His music video is great:

And that was that.