Sundance: More DJs than directors

If I had to sum up this year's film festival, I would probably quote DJ Spooky or DJ Whoo Kid or even DJ Vice. Sundance 2008 was more about the guy spinning vinyl at a party or club than any one director. How else to explain the fact that I counted 12 DJs mentioned in press releases and see 23 pictures of celeb-u-spinner Samantha Ronson posted on WireImage.com? Compare that to 20 shots of Daniel Barnz, director of "Phoebe in Wonderland."

Never mind the fact that no movies--except for the Roman Polanski docu--sold in the first weekend. (Other films sold later, but it was by no means a spree.) The buyers market may have been icy, but the scene inside Hyde and Marquee and Teddy's was hot. Um, that's DJ Ruckus to the left. He probably flew first class to Park City and got VIP treatment at Sundance. I have heard that a famous DJ can make up to $25,000 working a few nights at Sundance.

Hey, they don't call it "Sunwatch" now, do they?

photo credit: WireImage.

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