Sundance Film Festival Award Winners on DVD
Getting your independent feature shown at the annual
Sundance Film Festival is the Holy Grail of aspiring filmmakers, and with
thousands of submissions every year the odds against getting your film selected
are staggering. For now at least, it appears that the odds are even greater
that your Sundance hit will then be released on DVD, as the following list
will attest. Still, it's a tribute to rising talent that these movies--all
of which made their debuts at Sundance, in or out of competition--have appeared
on DVD. They confirm the early promise of filmmakers like Tom DiCillo, Neil
LaBute, and Steven Soderbergh, who have since proven that their debuts were
not merely one-hit wonders. In addition, all of these films reflect the
spirit of Sundance as originally conceived by its founder and champion,
Robert Redford: they're all fiercely independent in style and substance,
rising to prominence by virtue of their originality and cinematic vitality.
What's more, several of the following DVDs offer scintillating commentaries
by the filmmakers, whose enthusiasm and intelligence may very well inspire
the Sundance winners of the future.
Sundance Film Festival Winners on DVD
