Let it snow (just not too much, please)

Heading to Sundance for a screening this morning got me thinking about what I love about Sundance. For the most part, it’s not celebrities (they’re usually boring and cause traffic jams) or the parties (they can be fun, but just as often they’re not).

My list of favorites for now, in no particular order:

1. Publicists: They’re the ones who connect the events and movies with us press people, and they make the world go ’round. No one works harder, or for longer hours. They’re sending off press releases, making phone calls, arranging interviews, manning guest lists, and just generally doing a lot to make my life easier.

2. Sundance audiences: They watch the movie! They turn off their cell phones! They don’t talk during the film! They laugh and even cry at the right times! They’re actually here to watch the movies, not chatter at their friends or babysit their kids.

3. Shuttle bus drivers: They’re heroes. They drive in all kinds of weather, on slick roads, all the while directing frantic patrons and calmly answering questions. And they’re damned nice while they’re at it.

More soon…