Here’s
the beginning of what could have been an awkward story. Seated for the world
premiere of “Last I Heard” at the Seattle International Film Festival, I
chatted with a guy in my row before the lights went down. I had my notebook
out, and the pen I stole from work at the ready as a few more people filled out
the row. Others occupied the seats around us, and as I started jotting down the
few facts I knew about the movie—gangsters, Paul Sorvino, prison, to be honest,
I didn’t know much going in—to remind myself of later, it dawned on me, I was
sitting next to stars Renee Props and Andrea Navedo, and had been talking to
writer/director David Rodriguez.
