I Fiori Delle Mille Ed Ottanta Minuti

Edited by Kateri Butler

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--SANDRA ROSS

READY FOR THEIR CLOSE-UPS

"The first time I went to Outfest, back in '87 or '88," says OUTFEST board member SAMANTHA SPRECHER, "somebody from the local press showed up with a video camera. When the lights and camera were turned on, you saw hundreds of people covering their heads and ducking." But times have changed, notes fellow Outfest board member STEPHEN MACIAS: "Now, the people here are jumping in front of the cameras. You can't stop them." Among the photo-ready faces whizzing by on the Ferris wheel or guffawing at Michael Ovitz jokes at Outfest's opening-night after-party behind the ORPHEUM THEATERwere LESLEY ANN WARREN, Six Feet Under's LAUREN AMBROSE, actresses JUDITH LIGHT and JENNY SHIMIZU (best Mohawk or faux-hawk of the evening), Queer as Folk's RANDY HARRISON, Kissing Jessica Stein's HEATHER JUERGENSEN, High Art's RADHA MITCHELL, CAA's BRYAN LOURD, American Beauty producers BRUCE COHEN and DAN JINKS, directors LISA CHOLODENKO and CHERYL DUNYE, and even KYLIE "I Can't Get That Bloody Tune Out of My Head" MINOGUE. In fact, MARGARET CHO and Notorious C.H.O. director-producer LORENE MACHADO brought their own video camera, no doubt getting material for Cho's next concert movie. "It's the only time in Los Angeles," concluded Cho about the 20th anniversary of Southern California's largest film festival, "when being old and large is a good thing."