The economic crisis has been hard for everybody. Some of us have lost their homes; others have lost their savings or their retirement money. John McCain has probably lost the presidency. But, as usual, it's the film geeks who suffer the most, as word comes from Wyoming that the Jackson Hole Film Festival is no more.
We know what you're saying: "I didn't even know that there was a Jackson Hole Film Festival". Possibly you were also saying "I didn't know that there was such a place as Jackson Hole, Wyoming." A few of you were probably saying "Which one is Wyoming again? Is that the one that's totally square, or is that Utah?" I also think I heard a "Seriously? Jackson Hole? There's a place called Jackson Hole and they expected people to go see movies in it?" Okay, okay, settle down. That's enough jokes. The fact is, with the economy bad and getting worse, film festivals -- which once were sprouting like mushrooms -- are likely to become increasingly scarce, and that's not a good thing for movies in generally, and for independent film in particular.
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