The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

THE ART OF
KEVIN BLYTHE SAMPSON

4/21/10

Tribeca Film Festival in New York 2010 - Salon.com


Eric Elmosnino and Deborah Grall in "Gainsbourg, Je t'Aime ... Moi Non Plus," and Joan Rivers in "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work."

When the Tribeca Film Festival was launched in 2002, co-founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff talked a good game about rebuilding downtown Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. As has been documented here and elsewhere, they clearly had a business objective in mind as well. Their initial goal -- to build a New York spring film festival on a global par with Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and Venice -- has clearly not been reached. On balance, I don't think that's a bad thing.

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