Film gems stand out at Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival

By Don Marshall

For the Deseret News

Published: Sunday, Feb. 14 2010 12:00 a.m. MST

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Since it started as the Utah and then the U.S. Film Festival nearly 30 years ago, I've been attending what eventually became the now world-famous Sundance Film, held annually in picturesque but usually cold and snowy Park City, Utah.

Very off-beat and very unlike any American romantic film is "Nothing Personal," from Ireland, featuring two definite odd balls who link up far out in the Irish countryside. Still one more highly original film at Palm Springs deserves mention: Although the Canadian film "I Killed My Mother" was ultimately not one of my favorites, it nevertheless just may herald the arrival of a new "Orson Welles." Only 17 years old when he wrote it, the now 21-year-old Xavier Dolan both stars in and directs it. Though definitely not for all tastes, this impressive debut film leaves us wondering where this young "wunderkind" will go from here.

Don Marshall is the retired director of the BYU International Cinema Program.

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MFLUDER

Actually, the gay marriage doc you mentioned is called "8: The Mormon Proposition". A reference to Proposition "8" obviously, but still, the title should be corrected...

1:29 p.m. Feb. 16, 2010
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Waste Land

I just want to plug Wasteland as well. I saw it and got to attend a Q & A with one of the Producers. This film is fantastic and eye-opening. One of the lines that has stuck with me is, "I never knew someone could see me so big and so beautiful." This More..

10:13 a.m. Feb. 16, 2010
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