Comments on: Sundance Film Festival brings much more than money to Utah — and you may not like it

By: Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn | The Blog of Edmund Mitchell

Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn | The Blog of Edmund Mitchell — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:18:44 +0000

[...] Monson is questioning the morality of State funding going towards a film festival that is notorious for explicit films, regardless of how much money it brings in. Mr. Redford is pointing out how much money the [...]

By: Rex777

Rex777 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:52:00 +0000

Feel free to start your own festival and petition the state for supporting funds. I guarantee you will not bring in $80 million a year

By: State of Utah should end ‘complex relationship’ with Sundance | Sutherland Daily

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:23:02 +0000

[...] the amount of sexual promiscuity that Sundance Film Festival regularly brings to Utah, it seems similarly indecent that Utah’s major economic development agencies basically endorsed [...]

By: Matthew Piccolo

Matthew Piccolo — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Other than the one line about the filmmaker, what parts are anecdotal? What parts are poorly informed?

By: Jason Williams

Jason Williams — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:41:00 +0000

What a ridiculously narrow rendition of the festival. As a Utahn and independent documentary film lover who has attended the festival every year I can say with a bit more actual experience that Piccolo is speaking from a position that is not only anecdotal and poorly informed, but also blind to the societal benefits of independent film making. Bad form, guys. Not your A game.

By: Give Sundance credit where credit is due | Sutherland Daily

Give Sundance credit where credit is due | Sutherland Daily — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:30:21 +0000

[...] few weeks ago in another post on this blog, Sutherland analyst Matthew Piccolo brought to light the vulgar content presented during parts of [...]

By: ella

ella — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:47:00 +0000

Whooo, just noticed TySpace comment- choosing to ignore sundance is the same as accepting it. With so many ignoring it (myself included) we allow our community standard of decency to be compromised.

By: ella

ella — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Have any of the senators been up to festival?