Is Indie’s Weakness Exposed At Sundance?
By TheWrap.com
Published: January 31, 2010
According to TheWrap.com “with no Sundance breakout, indie’s weakness is exposed.”
“With nothing close to a breakout favorite like last year’s unconventional hit, ‘Precious,’ this year’s Sundance Film Festival laid bare an independent film landscape more fragmented and confused than ever.
Plenty of films sold, but none commanded premium prices. An experiment using YouTube went nowhere. The themes were familiar and so was the execution, from audience favorites like ‘happythankyoumoreplease’ to the thriller-in-a-coffin, ‘Buried.’”
