September 27, 2006
Dito Montiel, Author and Filmmaker
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On Philadelphia: “I played here at a club called JC Dobbs with a band called Gutterboy. I just remember hanging out there and doing all the corny things everybody does here, like eating cheesesteaks till I was gonna die. JC Dobbs was cool. Oh, it’s gone? It was like CBGB in a way. I loved that place. I was here in 1993 or something like that. Nirvana had just been here because someone was telling me about it. That’s the last time. Before it was just for a school trip to the Liberty Bell and Hershey, to eat the chocolate. We took a bus trip from Queens. I was so excited. I wanted to hit the Liberty Bell, but you know, they don’t let you.”
Dito Montiel, the author of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, also directed the film adaptation opening Sept. 29. The film won the Dramatic Directing Award and a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Posted by jfusco on September 27, 2006 08:49 AM
