Edward K. Crawford, film producer
RR: What keeps you coming to the festival?
ECK: Just the nature and the quality of the films…. Even with the internet, we’re not always able to see shorts, 15-minute films…. Some of the shorts here are phenomenal. We just watched one here with an altar boy who was very into football.
RR: “Pentecost,” right? What does that mean?
ECK: It’s a—a Christian feast. Not quite up on my Catholic [traditions]…. The other thing, as well, “Pentecost” has so many big names. Just shows you the health of the industry in Ireland, you know? You got to pay five, ten thousand dollars a day for big names. Burt Reynolds, fifty thousand, I hear. It’s great just to see actors of that caliber just working for something that doesn’t offer immediate remuneration, but doing it for the pleasure…. To see quality work that’s pleasing to not just an Irish audience but those outside it too—it’s a real source of pride.
RR: So what are you going to do now?
ECK: We’re going to get a pint, of course.