Tonight, I attended the San Francisco premiere party for The Puffy Chair. I am a huge fan of the film, and it was a pleasure to finally meet Mark Duplass, who is not only a preternaturally gifted actor, but also an exceptionally warm and charming person.
Also in attendance was J.T. Leroy (a.k.a. Laura Albert). I had my camera with me, so I walked up to her and started filming. She immediately stopped me and asked me to erase the footage. I turned the camera off, switched to VCR mode, and rewound the tape to show her what I had shot. Once she saw the footage, she changed her mind, and said that I could keep it.
I then told her that I had recently been given two t-shirts that say "I Am JT Leroy," and that my wife and I had worn them last weekend, along with floppy hats and sunglasses, when we ran Bay To Breakers, San Francisco's annual cross city race. This seemed to tickle her, and we got into a long discussion about faith and God.
Here is the footage I shot:
posted by Caveh Zahedi at
11:59 PM
