OUR DAILY CINEVEGAS UPDATE
Day 5: Last night’s (MON) double one night only screening of the rarely seen animation gem Planting the Seeds by renowned international artist Takashi Murakami was held at the Wynn and the film was projected onto the back water wall of the Lake of Dreams.
Before the film Takashi unveiled his new collaboration with the Louis Vuitton leather luggage and handbag house. Titled Monogramouflage its now on sale at the Louis Vuitton store in the Wynn.
Day 6: Film festival chairman Dennis Hopper is featured in Chelsea on the Rocks with Ethan Hawke and Grace Jones, which screens at 1 p.m. today it’s the documentary of the famed artist and rockers Chelsea Hotel in New York. Dennis also turns up in the Jeff Bridges narrated The Cool School movie at 2:30 p.m. providing insight in the legendary West Coast Ferus Gallery. The crazy comedy of two Easter Bunnies comes to light in Hank & Mike when the company that employs them fires them in a downsizing. The laughter starts at 5 p.m. this evening. Tao nightclub at The Venetian throws tonight’s In Film We Trust CineVegas party but it’s the midnight bash hosted by Sapphire’s topless adult club dancers that’s raising eyebrows. CineVegas is the only film festival in the world having a xxx-rated stripper spot as a sponsor, but as festival artistic director Trevor Groth explains, “In Vegas you just have to embrace all aspects of the city life-scape.”
CineVegas Film Festival patrons Robin and Danny Greenspun got to pose for legendary photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders after the world premiere of his new Black List movie.
Yesterday Luxe Life was the first to exclusively show you the portraits of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Steve Wynn that Timothy shot earlier. My pal, Scott Richman who is executive producer of the Black List started their new production company Freemind Ventures with Timothy and Elvis Mitchell. He told me Black List was the first project under the umbrella brand One Million Stories. He said, “Vegas is an important component of our plans moving forward as we celebrate diversity. Vegas will be a great source of subject matter while serving as the promotional and marketing platform for our various projects.” You can check out their site blacklistproject.com.