[Sundance] could have had much more impact than it has now if some of Redford's initiatives ... were better managed, ... He's got the vision; he just seems to shoot himself in the foot when it comes to putting the vision into practice. |
And he has guts, ... Most companies would have pulled the plug on 'Cold Mountain' after MGM pulled out, but he went ahead. |
I've never had a puff of marijuana, ... I've never had cocaine. I've never had speed. I've never had heroin. I've never had a sleeping pill. |
It was a sleepy gathering, not yet the make-or-break event for filmmakers that it would become, The festival was regarded by many distributors as toxic. |
Miramax applied studio-marketing techniques to independent films, |
Miramax applied studio-marketing techniques to independent films. |
The 1990s saw a convergence between traditional independent films and Hollywood, ... Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film. |