tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post6682127151629795205..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: The American New Wave, 1989-2009joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-37171551091867297712012-11-25T06:49:49.667-05:002012-11-25T06:49:49.667-05:00Thаnks for finally wгiting about
> "The A...Thаnks for finally wгiting about <br />> "The American New Wave, 1989-2009" < Loved it<br />Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-69547262648254527682008-11-17T19:08:00.000-05:002008-11-17T19:08:00.000-05:00You said it all. And between you and me, nothing ...You said it all. And between you and me, nothing is more deadly than "a festival film," that kind that gets by only because you are at a festival and high on movies.<BR/><BR/>Two months later, when it opens theatrically and you come to your senses, you say to yourself, "What was I <EM>thinking</EM>?"joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-18357845036575818172008-11-17T17:57:00.000-05:002008-11-17T17:57:00.000-05:00"Maybe this would be a good time for The Sundance ..."Maybe this would be a good time for The Sundance Film Festival to take a break, regroup and retool. It runs the risk of being left behind - I mean, given that the American New Wave appears to be dead, stone cold dead."<BR/><BR/>I agree.<BR/><BR/>Sundance used to be where independent filmmakers went with their films, looking to show them off and maybe get a distributor.<BR/><BR/>Today, the word independent has gotten to become so broad that it is now any film that doesn't have a distributor. It doesn't matter if it was financed by multimillionaires and has name stars in it, it is now just another Festival between Toronto and Cannes.<BR/><BR/>What were the big films that came out of Sundance last year? HAMLET 2 with Steve Coogan (which wasn't bad, but not an indie) and CHOKE. It was a very weak year.<BR/><BR/>They probably should have just canceled it and retooled when Paris Hilton showed up. If she knows about it, it isn't a film festival anymore. It is an event.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.com