“Television is film – Telegraaf.nl

TV shows are made with increasing skill. Therefore Robert Redford is not to ignore the best series on the Sundance Film Festival, founded by him

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“Television’s film The boundaries between. those two fade and there is a reason for this: the mainstream film is a smaller place, “says Redford during a press conference heralding the film festival. “Television and the independent film go neck and neck in terms of freshness, quality and the talent that they hire.”

Redford’s colleague John Cooper, director of the festival, explains that television therefore have a place on Sundance. “Two years ago we had Top of the Lake and the first episode of Transparent. This year we Animals, an independent television and HBO series The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.”

The festival breaks another tradition: there will be a movie with Robert Redford can be seen in the lead role, A Walk in the Woods. “We made a deal that I’m not interfere with programming. I said to John that he should make sure that there is nothing to see me at the festival should be,” says the 78-year-old actor. “We all agreed with, until recently, John has gone out of line.”.

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