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Sundance Screenings of ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘Go Fish’ and ‘The Babadook’ Spotlight the Festival’s 40-Year Legacy
Sundance Screenings of 'Napoleon Dynamite,' 'Go Fish,' 'The Babadook' and more spotlight the festival's 40-year legacy.
Programmers faced an unenviable task in choosing which films to celebrate, and, in settling on only eight features across its 40 years and thousands of submissions, they acknowledged they wouldn’t be able to encapsulate the full history, or legacy, of the festival. Though Hess has decidedly leveled up since then — he’s set to direct an adaptation of the popular video game “Minecraft” with Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks and Jack Black starring — he continues to champion Sundance as a platform par excellence for writers and directors trying to get their work seen. Festival veterans Miguel Arteta (“Chuck & Buck”), Richard Linklater (“Slacker”), Dawn Porter (“Gideon’s Army”) and Christine Vachon (producer of Todd Haynes’ 1991 Grand Jury winner “Poison,” Troche’s “Go Fish” and many more) will look back on their careers while discussing the importance of risk-taking and creative freedom.
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