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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Slogdance 2006 - Preparation

Posted by on January 19 at 0:06 AM

My bags are packed and I’m ready to head down to Park City to attend the annual Sundance Film Festival. Yep, it’s that time of year again. It’s time to mingle with the celebrities who have descended on a scenic mountain town to talk (at press conferences) about how they’re making movies “for the love of the art” and not for the publicity and goodie bags.

Of course we all know that celebrities are not the reason to attend a film festival. It’s the movies, stupid. Last year there were some great films buried among some Hollywood wannabe indies, and it was a crapshoot trying to guess which movies would be good. I feel better about this year’s crop, if only because there are fewer films with a Hollywood pedigree and more movies that seem to be taking chances. We shall see.

Actually, it sounds like the skiing is the reason to go to Park City this year, judging from the news reports about how much snow has been falling in the last couple of days. I’m hoping it won’t be too much trouble just getting into town from the airport. You’ll see how my expectations match up with my realities, and hear about all my adventures (both in and out of the snow), as I blog from Sundance. Stay tuned.

-Andy Spletzer