Kanye West's 'Confessional' Film Premiere

11:34 AM PDT 10/19/2010 by Shirley Halperin

With the first West Coast showing of "Runaway," the rap superstar offers a revealing look at life beyond the headlines.

Considering his reputation for being the ultimate showman, Kanye West’s west coast premiere of “Runaway,” a short film he conceived, wrote and directed, was a surprisingly low-key L.A. affair, even for a Monday night. Held at the Harmony Gold Theater, the event, intended as a visual accompaniment to his forthcoming album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (due November 22), boasted little more than a stark black bar and a grey carpet long enough to hold only a handful of photographers. Inside the theater, all manner of electronic devices were forbidden as Kanye wanted his guests focused on the screen with ears tuned into the crystal clear sound surrounding them.