So, here we have a film about an independent, risk taking artist, made by an independent, risk- taking director, developed by an independent risk-taking film company, backed by an independent, risk-taking broadcaster; how great, how rare, and how British is that?
The latter, which took director Christopher Quinn four years to make, chronicles the lives of three Sudanese refugees after they emigrate to the US.
Another Sundance premiere, "Boyhood," is the much talked about film that took director Richard Linklater and his cast 12 years to film.
It took director Tim Ruse and his team three years of research, development and funding (including a grant from Film Victoria) to launch Zero Latency.
Take director Paul Verhoeven's recent Oscar-nominated Elle in contrast: yesterday's rape-revenge exploitation fare is today's thoughtfully feminist festival film.
It took director Chazelle, 32, six years to get "La La Land" off the ground, fusing a 1950s musical sensibility with a contemporary love story.
Take director Sam Mendes, who said he wasn't going to direct the next film, only to relent two months later.
He added that he had taken directors, including Peter Sellars and Robert Wilson, to the State Theater, and "they liked the space and saw real possibilities".
Worley H. Clark, Jr, previously Millennium's lead director, takes over as chairman of the board.
It's as if she's taking the director's seat away from the putative director.
T.C.I. declared defeat and sold its position, taking its directors off the board.
