Fantastic Fest 2008: Opening Night, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."
There's incredible (and welcome) cultural whiplash in sneaking away from the middle of the determinedly highbrow New York Film Festival to head to Austin for Fantastic Fest, an event that's most certainly not. Dedicated to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, cult and general genre fare, Fantastic Fest is the brainchild of Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League with support from Ain't It Cool News' Harry Knowles, with a line-up of international fanboy sprawl that this year includes everything from Icelandic LARPing comedy "Astropia" to Korean Leone homage "The Good, The Bad and The Weird" to a documentary about William Castle and sidebars focused on Ozsploitation and pinku films. Fantastic Fest has become famous for TBD secret screenings that have turned out to be some kickass gets for such a young event -- an unfinished version of "Apocalypto" with Mel Gibson in tow as well as the world premieres of "There Will Be Blood"...
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