Nick Fraser: Bob, Robert or Mr. Redford?
Nick Fraser, commissioning editor at BBC’s Storyville, wrote an article for The Observer (February 5), constructed as a diary from and about the Sundance Film Festival, where ” I have two films in the American competition. I am also judging films for the world documentary jury.”
Among many observations about being a juror, and about the worry of whether ”his” film ”The House I live in” (photo) by Eugene Jarecki – read the whole article – would get an award or not, it did win, Fraser, in a for him very unusual situation, writes about being nervous before sitting in a panel with the founder of Sundance:
”There are lots of ways of celebrating one’s birthday. This year I’m spending mine with Robert Redford – on a panel to discuss documentaries – and I am distinctly nervous. But I notice similar symptoms in the other guest – the redoubtable Sheila Nevins , head of documentaries at HBO and acknowledged queen of the genre in the US. We exchange anxieties. How will we behave in the presence of cinema royalty? Do we call him Bob, Robert or Mr Redford? We cannot decide. Stuck in ski resort traffic, he arrives late, and it is reassuring to find that near-deities are subject to the same vicissitudes as the rest of us.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/05/sundance-diary-nick-fraser-storyville
