7 mins 50, mini-HDV, 2024

 

OFFICIAL SELECTION - UNTHINKABLE 2024

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"We share the same feelings about the same people"

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Some time spent in the company of star-crossed superfans in London's Leicester Square (shot years before I returned to live back in my native North East) at the premiere of Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts. There we meet some of those who've come along early, or even camped overnight, for the event - a diverse group of misfits and megafans. With some contributors disguised using animated filters to protect their identities, we get a glimpse of the dark side of movie star fandom, as they reveal the extreme lengths they'll go to for a fleeting interaction with one of their idols. After the build-up, we're thrust onto the barriers alongside the screaming fans, all craving a moment's attention from the Hollywood royalty parading in front of them.

 

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