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When the Real Meets the Reel, and Vice Versa

SBIFF’s schedule triggers age-old questions regarding the odd coupling of real and reel life.

By Josef Woodard
3 min read
When the Real Meets the Reel, and Vice Versa
Robert Downey Jr. — who SBIFF honors at the Arlington on Feb. 9 — as Lewis Strauss in ‘Oppenheimer’| Photo:Melinda Sue Gordon for Universal Pictures

When the Real Meets the Reel,
and Vice Versa

Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s
Schedule Triggers Age-Old Questions
Regarding the Odd Coupling of Real and Reel Life

By Josef Woodard | February 8, 2024