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| Snowy night in Park City |
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| Me & my friend Clayton at the Sundance resort |
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| Park City ski lift |
I came back from
Cayamo, rested for a couple of days, and then headed out to Park City, UT for the
Sundance Film Festival. It was, as expected, an amazing experience. I met my friends Eric and Clayton out there, and because things had been so hectic at the end of last year, I'd allowed them to pick the films we were going to see. In retrospect, I should've looked at the catalog myself because there were a few more I wished I'd managed. But I also realized that I'm not the type of person that can see 3-4 art movies in a day without my head exploding. So the average of 1-2 per day was fine with me. Highlights for me were:
Gideon's Army,
The Look of Love, &
Jiseul.
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| Awards night party! |
Park City is a beautiful ski town, and we enjoyed walking around it. There are quaint shops and restaurants. We found a couple of great coffee shops and bonded over them. It was surprising to me that all the theaters are spread out the way they are. Some venues are in downtown Salt Lake City while others are about an hour's drive away in the mountain towns. They had a great, FREE public transport system set up to shuffle visitors from one place to another, but it was easier many times to get in Eric's car and drive to the next place.
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| Yep, the biggest one is the one I ordered. |
My favorite venue was the Sundance resort itself. It was so funny just to walk in there for a film while people were actually skiing. It was the first place we went for a viewing after I arrived, so I was pretty mesmerized going in. It wasn't too cold, but there was a lot of snow. It is really beautiful out in Utah in general, and I'd love to go back sometime to just enjoy the resort areas. One nice lady from Atlanta who was in line with us mentioned that the summers are quite fun there. The resorts bring in live bands to drum up business, so it's quite relaxing and happening at the same time. Hopefully my overwhelming sensory overload will be less next time, so I can actually enjoy more of what's happening around me.
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| My friends Eric & Clayton enjoying a pre-film caffeine fix |
