Rango is the story of a lonely house lizard finding in search of his identity. Suddenly, he is thrust from his cage into a big fatal world where he finds the chance at a fresh start.

I am going to be updating my coverage of SXSW 2011 as frequently as possible all week, hopefully every day.

 

What that will look like will be a brief synopsis of my day and mini-reviews of the films that I see daily.

 

I will be conducting several interviews but it will take me a little while to get those posted. 

 

Friday, March 11, 2011

 

Friday was the first official day of the festival but the films did not begin until roughly 5pm.  One thing I didn't really understand about South By Southwest is that there are panels and trade show events on top of the 300 or so film offerings.  So I did attend a panel for SXSW first-timers to get oriented.  So after getting my bearings a little, I headed over to the 1300 seat Paramount Theater in downtown Austin for the world premier of Duncan Jones' new film:  Source Code.  It was the only film of my first day, but it delivered.

 

Source Code

 

I was excited about this film right from the start when I heard that Duncan Jones was attached.  Jones made a small sci-fi film called Moon with Sam Rockwell that just blew my mind a few years back.  So I was eagerly awaiting his sophomore project...

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