Sundance 2011—The Return (8)

Sundance Film Festival 2011*

Park City, Utah

Lights come up

Sundance goes on, but for us it’s time to head back to work and families. In all, we took in 10 screenings and Q&As, an opening ceremony party and a trip up Main Street. We had countless conversations with people like us, people who

The Brothers Brown: Marvin (left) and John, caught in flurries at Sundance in Park City. (Credit: John Brown)

seemed like something special, and people who seemed like they were from Mars.

Two things I will take back with me is the memory of the special time I shared with my brother, and the fun of being around so many strangers who, like me, just love the experience of watching films. Good films, bad films, long and short ones. Funny, serious, crazy, romantic and disturbing.

But I’d have to say the most powerful experience of Sundance is that for me it served as a linking tool of my life, tying together the decades between two kids—Marv and Amp—stomping off to the movies like little Siskel and Eberts, and the two married men—Marvin and John—who returned to that era (if only for a few days) and found they’re still a lot like those two kids who loved watching movie magic together.

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Sights and sounds of Sundance

A dance party on opening night at Sundance (Credit: John Brown)

Demi Moore, during the screening for her film Another Happy Day (Credit: Marvin Brown)

The cast of Another Happy Day (from left): Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth, Daniel Yelsky, Ezra Miller and Siobhan Fallon. (Credit: John Brown)

Susan Sarandon at the screening for Another Happy Day (Credit: Marvin Brown)

Marvin Brown in Eccles Theater (Credit: John Brown)

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*Note: Since marvincbrown.com had not been created at the time of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, I decided to go back and repost these reviews and festival  items, which were catalogued elsewhere—mainly because I needed to get these reviews into my archives, but also because it was an enjoyable experience I’d like to share.