Smoke Signals

Um- Yes.

Smoke- Smoke Signals, that's like one of my favorite movies, so I was happy-

He-

... that he got a big role.

I just, uh...

That's the celluloid origin story.

And if you're still awake, watch Smoke Signals, the 1998 film written by Sherman Alexie with Adam Beach.

Uh, it's one of my all-time favorite movies.

This story really resonates with me because as a boy, I also had to tell my dad what movie we would want him to pick up when he was coming home from work.

And I said, can you please pick up GoldenEye? And he brought home Smoke Signals, which is a drama about two Native American young men trying to find their father.

That was not GoldenEye.

It wasn't close.

it.

So what you're saying, Mike, is this is your dad's Hunt's Ketchup.

yeah it's it's definitely his hood sketchup he will never live it down and my brother to this day he got a letter boxed and the first review he gave was the smoke signals and it gave it one star is still still talked about

man

And I took an English class there that I had to take, and I read Sherman Alexie for the first time.

And it was that first contemporary native, uh, author that I read and, and finding out that he wrote Smoke Signals, you know, all of that sort of really hit me when I read it, um, because the story also hit me.

And you know, it really sparked and I started reading all his books, and I think that's when I got really into sort of reading for the first time, uh, an au- an author that I loved.

I got s- I went to the Naval Academy, and in my freshman year, I was put actually in the remedial English [laughs] class, even though-

Um, I was gonna ask you because, uh, I was wondering what your...

Uh, how often are you out and see movies? And I was asking you off air.

I was gonna ask you about that on air because, uh, I was talking about, I went and saw Smoke Signals at the Academy Museum, I think maybe a year ago, maybe less than a year ago, and it was just so cool to see on the big screen.

'Cause when that came out, I was, like, a kid, and I didn't get to see it on a big screen, and just to see it celebrated that way.

So, yeah, very much enjoyed.

And I wasn't familiar with the director of the movie, Cody Lightning, but he was a guy that like made his name when he was in Smoke Signals back in the day.

I don't know if you've ever seen that movie.

I remember.

So she's coming to the festival.

We will have Smoke Signals, a classic by Chris Eyre.

And we will screen it in Bend and also in Warm Springs this year.

And she will be present for Q&As in both screens.

There's something about them worth mentioning.

No, they are very, very cool.

So I already mentioned Rory's films and Tantu's Smoke Signals.

Paralyzed by Hope, the Maria Bamford story is our opening night film.