Filmmaker/ photographer James Marcus Haney reckons he's bluffed his way into just about every festival imaginable.
But has he conned festival organisers out of their bucks, or is he conning a gullible gen-whatever with a ripping yarn? The way the trailer tells it, he's got more front than Myer, a cheeky way with himself and a huge story to tell. But as with an early Richard Branson autobiography, he'll also allow himself the odd setback — but not so many to detract from the aura of being a total ... winner.
Haney says it all started when "In 2010 I jumped the fence at music festival and posed as a press photographer". His film, 'No Cameras Allowed' — yep, ironically you're gonna have to pay to see his remarkable story — was launched in Los Angeles this week. Web-sites and blogs are relating this tale which is growing with each telling.
There's undoubtedly some truth to some early fence-jumping; but a serial winner at the gates and buffoon-maker of security around the world — we'll have to see the film. Or in my case not. Blair Witch Project, anyone?
