coffee and pie: the one with Rian Johnson

the story of Rian Johnson is the story of one Christopher stolzman
see at one point on the same day I got araki's signature me and stolzman were huffing it from the aero theater to the nuart so we could see Gregg Araki after we went to a showing of "brick" (after Sundance before wide release) being a noir fan I was captivated.

on 09/19/2008 I and stolzman huffed it from downtown (where they were showing blade runner) to see a midnight showing of "brick" (where we met Rian and we mentioned being at the aero showing and he told us "that was the first time he realized he had something" it was my bday and I couldn't think of a more awesome time...plus he drew a symbol on my arm from "brick" and I got it inked
then 09/28/11 happened...the greatest cinematic experience ever.
we often go to the "new Beverly"cinema because they always have the best revival bills ever (trainspotting/run Lola run, clerks /clerks 2 etc). So...Rian Johnson had a programming thingie and they showed"f is for fake" and (my favorite movie) "8 1/2" in celebration of the release of his second movie brother's bloom.
so we're sitting there waiting for stuff to start when I see Noah seagan ...

now at that point I start getting excited ..not solely due to my crush being there but also because Rian Johnson is supposed to do an introduction. So we're sitting there, Rian plays some"radiolab" and then he announces Joseph Gordon Levitt..is going to sing...so JGL, Rian and Noah all take the stage in true religious revival fashion perform "step right up" ..i sit there mouth open. Stolzman goes out and has a cigarette next to jgl...it's that sort of night.
this would be considered one of my most awesome cinematic experiences ever. Now this was a specific time in my life. It was this period
where I would ride my bike all over town with stolzman and we would go to del taco and the new Beverly (projection guy started calling us "first fans").
when I first started my tattoo signature project in an effort to not go nilly Willy
stolzman made this rule of three...if I like three movies by the filmmaker they qualified for a tattoo. Rian by that point only had the two...
then I read his newest movie the aformentioned "brothers bloom" was opening at the arclight...and this one I did solo
I fell in love with the film and after Rian did a q and a and stuck around to sign stuff. Originally I wanted him to write"midnight" under my brick tattoo but I then asked him to sign my arm...sure it defied the rules of three but I realized how important he was...this one chunk of time was stolzman and my therapy with PTSD and my name change..it seemed like I had matured in this chunk of time that me and stolzman had seen him and his flicks. I got his signature, went out and met up with stolzman..the next day I got a tattoo. Stolzman went with me to see his next movie "looper." where Rian came out in an arclight usher uniform to introduce the flick.