"While Sundance is traditionally focused on the importance of looking to the future of American film, a lineup filled with more first-timers than any other major festival, this year has been all about looking back. There are misty eyes over the loss of founder Robert Redford along with host state Utah and also for the many films that have premiered here over the years. Alongside more retrospective screenings than one usually expects, even the new films have a touch of old Sundance to them."
"He's premiered most of his films here, from heterosexual movie The Doom Generation to magnum opus Mysterious Skin to all-time stoner comedy Smiley Face to 2014's misbegotten drama White Bird in a Blizzard, his last film until now. It's certainly a return to what many know him for vibrant colours, unfettered sex, madcap plotting but it's also missing that same sense of infectiously boisterous energy."
Sundance this year leaned toward retrospection, marked by misty reactions to the loss of founder Robert Redford and to the festival's host state, Utah. The lineup included more retrospectives and sentimental nods than usual alongside new films that carried a touch of old Sundance sensibility. Rachel Lambert's debut Carousel evoked quiet, character-driven indies of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Gregg Araki returned with I Want Your Sex, recalling his earlier provocative, outsider energy through vibrant colours, unfettered sex and madcap plotting. The new Araki film contains familiar parts but lacks the infectiously boisterous animation of his best work, relying at times on nostalgia.
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