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Download These NOW: iTunes Offering 10 Free Sundance Short Films Until January 25
Posted on Friday, January 16th, 2009 by David Chen
When I was younger, I recall that during Oscar night, I used to watch the Best Short Film Oscar nominations on television with some level of frustration and confusion. What were these films that I’d never heard of? And how could a layperson like me ever hope to see them? I’m one of the few people I know that have actually gone to watch short films in a theater (Coolidge Corner, Boston). I’m a fan of the format, which, when executed well, always leaves the audience wanting more.
Fortunately, with the growth of broadband technology, all kinds of short films have started becoming available for download for free or for a nominal price. Ninety-six short films were selected to be at Sundance this year and, starting right now, 10 of them are available for download on iTunes for free! Hit the jump for the download link and a plot description of each film:
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Eagle vs. Shark was one of our top 3 favorite movies at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. We called the film “the best indie romantic comedy of all time.” We gushed over the movie so much that Miramax is using our quote on the official website. We called Well now you are finally going to see what we were talking about. The movie trailer is online below.
There were 122 feature length films at the 2007 Sudnance Film Festival (culled from 3,287 submissions). So far 18 of those movies have been picked up, in addition to the 17 films that entered the festival with US distribution (please note that our list might be short, and our math might be off).
Our good friends at FirstShowing aren’t the only ones wondering why The Go-Getter hasn’t been picked up yet. I’m also wondering why John August’s directional debut The Nines and David Gordon Green’s Snow Angels have yet to receive the distribution love. Let’s take a look at the Sundance 2007 films coming to a theater near you.
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My Mom was very sick the years before I entered Middle School. The only times I saw her were in the Hospital. I was young so I was kept out of the loop on how things were really going. But one night at the hospital all the relatives were there. My dad even slept over instead of coming home. I didn’t realize the significance of the situation at the time.
One of our favorite films at Sundance 2007 was Eagle vs. Shark (a film I tell people is Little Miss Sunshine meets Napoleon Dynamite). Well it looks like Eagle vs. Shark loves us back.
So we’ve been on location in the famous little mountain town in Utah for almost two weeks now. We saw over 30 films in a 9-day period, can you even imagine?
But the Sundance Film Festival has come to an end. Our bags are packed are we will be returning to sunny California on Monday afternoon. So for those of you who have been wondering: Are they going to get back to the mainstream news and reviews, fear not. We will return shortly to the relm of comic book movies and romantic comedies. We’re still behind on our Sundance reviews, so also be sure to expect some more indie in the days to come.
Sundance: Starting Out in the Evening Movie Review
Posted on Sunday, January 28th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
Andrew Wagner was at Sundance two years ago with his break-out film The Talent Given to Us. In his emotional introduction to Starting Out, he explained how he sat in the huge Eccles theater wishing to someday have a film of his own on the gigantic big screen. He couldn’t get anymore words out, he just tried to hold the tears back, for like two minutes. It was the most emotional Sundance moment I’ve seen in a while.
I didn’t want to see Snow Angels at first. I was outside the first screening when a busload of people decided to walk out. “Terrible, Depressing” they said. But then in the days that followed I ran into a lot of people on the shuttles and at the theaters that were raving about the flick. But I still refused to believe it was good. I mean, how could a busload of people walk out and it be a great movie? Than one of my Sundance friends expressed the same opinion. And so far I’ve pretty much agreed with her on every movie thus far. But the only screening of Snow Angles that remained was during Grace is Gone, which is probably the biggest hyped film at the fest at this point in. So I had to see that instead.
I got up early, ran to the Library to get in through the wait list. Got my ticket, went inside and sat down. The theater wasn’t full. Sure, it was an early morning screening but this was Grace is Gone. So I had a conversation with the moviegoer next to me about how I expected this to be a full show because of all the hype. He agreed. And than the theater manager got up and introduced the director… David Gordon Green. And that’s when it hit me, Green didn’t direct Grace is Gone. And like fate I became imprisoned in a screening of Snow Angles. A movie I had no interest in seeing. A movie which had walk-outs and very mixed reviews. A movie which I loved.
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“I believe in Holden Caulfield and what he was saying… What he was saying to a lost generation.”
Chapter 27 reenacts the final moments before Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon. The title is a play on J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye, which ends on chapter 26. Chapman related and modeled his life after the book’s main character Holden Caulfield.
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On The Road With Judas is a movie based on a book (of the same name) which stars actors playing characters playing characters from the book and actors playing actors playing characters from the book. Not only does the film timeshift, jumping through the years but it also jumps back and fourth between scenes and a talk show set where the actors and characters are being interviewed about the book which is being filmed as a movie. Confused? You haven’t seen or heard anything yet. Read More »
From Academy Award nominated director Taika Waititi (for his short film Two Cars, One Night) comes the best indie romantic comedy of all time.
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Sundance: It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE. Movie Review
Posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
In 2005, Chrispin Hellon Glover shocked the world with his artistic insanity with What is It? Two years later, Glover has returned to Sundance with part two: It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.
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