1.20.2011

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Park City: Sundance tones it down
Amid the frenzy of cineastes elbow to elbow in a very small Utah town, the 2011 edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off tonight. Quality matters, but this year’s model is about tweaking expectations of big payouts for indie films. In a phrase: Downsize Me. Buyers are looking for quality with a cold eye on the bottom line. Says one producer: “The $3-million-budgeted movies of five years ago are the under-$1-million movies of today.” Brooks Barnes of The New York Times explains.
You gotta have faith: A small but potent number of films to be screened at Sundance will explore religion and spirituality. Piet Levy of Religion News Service checks in.
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Photo: Eric Tsou/Sundance Film Festival

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