Yesterday went to Egyptian Theater on Pine Street to see Sam Elliott and an advance screening of his new movie: "The Hero".  It was a package deal as part of the Seattle International Film Festival.  This was our first time to go to a SIFF event even though we've been here for 40 years.  It was hot sunny day and we had to stand in line for a while.

The movie was pretty good.  Sam played a dope smoking actor mainly getting by doing voice over work for commercials.  He's divorced and alienated from his daughter.  The action is kicked off by getting a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer which sets of reflections about his relationships, the work he has done,etc.  There's a scene in which Sam is reading lines with his pal for a possible role audition. The situation is a father talking to a daughter he's not seen for years and how he gradually convinces her that he's returned to save her from situation.  Elliott really nails the emotion of this conversation, which of course, has nuance due to the parallel father/daughter situation in his character's personal life.

After movie we walked to 11 & Pike neighborhood to "Chop House Row", a redeveloped older building to find, Marmite a restaurant I'd read about.  It was closed but it shares a space with "Spirit in the Bottle" and they were open for dinner.

We sat outside in a passageway through the middle of this complex of new buildings full of restaurants and crawling with lots of foot traffic.  Dinner was good.