By Iain Blair

Over the years Sundance has become bigger and bigger and glitzier and glitzier and not everyone has liked the change. Going by the word on the street, this year will definitely not be business as usual. For a start, Motorola is not a sponsor this year. The result? Sundance 09 will have a new leaner profile in every sense. As one friend put it, “It’s not going to be Harvey Weinstein strolling down Main Street in a fur coat, puffing a cigar – instead, he’ll be holding a cardboard sign that says ‘WILL WORK FOR DISTRIBUTION.’ ” There seems no doubt that the festival will be heading back to its earlier low-key roots, however busy it stays – “back to the good old days, before Paris Hilton and all the other non-actresses showed up for the paparazzi,” as another friend put it. Whatever happens, it seems that Sundance 2009 will be closer to Redford’s original vision.

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