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mark

12/20/07 06:10PM

Filed to: Sundance

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Has Sundance "gone Hollywood"? Of course it has! But for those clinging to the belief that Park City is anything other than a weeklong gifting suite that screens independent films to kill time in between agency parties, and who are looking for a fresh excuse to get outraged about the festival's commercialism, have a look at their shiny new online store—where people can—gasp!—buy things bearing the Sundance brand: "'They can't really claim to be 'art house' if they're basically operating a Disney Store online,' said one top film critic who asked to remain anonymous, fearing reprisals.'" [Page Six]

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raincoaster mark 12/20/07 08:03PM

@katewrath: I love that. Buy Canadian! They might as well move it to Whistler.

raincoaster mark 12/20/07 09:54PM

Yep, exactly what I was thinking. The place is just plastic enough for this to be a perfect segue.

katewrath mark 12/20/07 07:31PM

Pffft. There's been a Sundance Gift Shop at every festival for the last four years, minimum, and I have the hoodie to prove it. (Made by Roots, official maker of stuff for events that happen in Utah. I.e. Sundance, and that one Winter Olympics where everyone wore fleece beenies.)

impalpable observer mark 12/20/07 08:37PM

@raincoaster: Remember, Park City used to be a sleepy little town with a couple second tier ski hills. Whistler has got all the commercialism it can handle at the moment with the Olympics coming and that tight little fake village to contain it all. Adding Sundance on top of that would be like Britney Spears marrying Casey Aldridge.