The main subject of conversation at the press conference that kicked of the Sundance Film Festival yesterday was supposed to be, as you may have gathered, the Sundance Film Festival itself. But before Sundance-founder Robert Redford could address Sundance-related matters, he first had to acknowledge the elephant in the room—his lack of an Academy Award nomination for All Is Lost.
“I don’t want that to get in the way of why we’re here,” he said. “Let me just speak frankly about how I feel about it. Hollywood is what it is, it’s a business and so when these films go to be voted on, usually they’re heavily dependent on campaigns. In our case I think we suffered from little to no distribution.”;
All Is Lost was distributed in the United States by Roadside Attractions, which is 43% owned by Lionsgate.
Redford continued: “And so as a result, our distributors–I don’t know why–they didn’t want to spend the money, they were afraid, they were just incapable, I don’t know.”
But in the end, Redford claims to not be bothered by the lack of Academy recognition. “I’m not disturbed by it, I’m not upset by it. Like I said, it’s a business.”;
