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At Sundance: Are You Optimistic or Pessimistic about the Future of Movies?

As we say goodbye to Park City this week, we can look back to the 1995 documentary At Sundance to shed light on how the future of cinema is ever evolving, and ever elusive.

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In 1995, Nadja — an eccentric vampire movie written and directed by Michael Almereyda, produced by me and Mary Sweeney, and executive produced by David Lynch — screened in competition at Sundance. (The 4K restoration opens at BAM next month, Feb. 6th, and other cities.) Michael brought his Pixelvision camera to Park City and we arranged to talk to fello…

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