Parker Posey in a Film Soc. Talk at Elinor Munroe Theater

Free tickets were being given out on a 1st come basis yesterday starting at 5:30PM to hear Parker Posey in dialogue as part of the Film Soc. Talk series.  The talk was scheduled from 6:30PM -7:30PM.  I got in line at 5:15PM and had no problem gaining a ticket (1 per person) which were handed out at 5:30PM.  Once inside the movie theater, there seemed to be plenty of seats available but by 6:30PM the small theater was filled.  Parker Posey has a lead role in the new Woody Allen movie, An Irrational Man. Hopes ran high that we would be privy to a sneak peek.  Not seeing the film was marginally  disappointing but the talk itself was insipid and self-indulgent.  The moderator who never introduced himself showed us the same trailer in theaters now for the movie and then asked Parker to join him.  A blonde Parker walk down the steps in a long black caftan wearing large gold bracelets.  She sat coquettishly in her directors chair and drone on for 20 minutes about her new hairdo which was blah blah boring.  Parker even asked the audience is this boring, can I leave?  Rhetorical questions that should have met with a yes.   She told us of her southern Catholic upbringing and her lackluster, probationary time at SUNY-Purchase.  She left before the end of he senior year for a part on a soap opera.  Known for her roles in smaller independent films she told us how emotional she became when offered the role by Woody after a 3 minute meeting.  Questions were opened to the audience which were all fawning.   The 45 minute interview had me yawning.