New Line // Time Warner //Sundance Hollywood Hypesters

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Sundance Institute and Time Warner Announce New Four-Year Storytelling Advancement Fund

Sundance Institute and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) announce today the Time Warner Storytelling Advancement Fund. The Fund provides substantial support over four years to help fund Sundance Institute's development and celebration of independent artists across the Sundance Institute's core programs.

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Actually, Wall Street destets Truth and thus Story and the
Individual.

And Sundance enjoys movies about child rape:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/sundance-courts-controversy-with-child-rape-film/2007/01/09/1168104980787.html

Good to see time Warner/Hollywood/Sundance in bed together. Once again, they have killed the soul of story--that epic manhood that passes judgement. Time Warner and Sundance are so poor that they can't even afford to pass judgement on this:

If there's a powder keg at this month's Sundance Film Festival, it's the
untitled drama that features 12-year-old Dakota Fanning, whose character is raped by a small-town bully, and co-stars Afemo Omilami, the Atlanta-based actor who plays the soft-spoken mentor who helps her.. http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/sundance-courts-controversy-with-child-rape-film/2007/01/09/1168104980787.html

When indie storytellers have to serve Wall Street's Bottom line, you end up with Wyck Godfreys and cliffybs--with porn and perversions--not Epic Story, poets and prophets--not with Sergio Leones and John Fords.

If you want to know why civilization is declining, the family is breaking up, and video game movies suck, here's your answer--the Godfrey/cliffyb/time warner/sundance sisterhood.