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Monday, January 23, 2006
 
“LOSING LUSK” DEBUTS AT SUNDANCE: Filmmaker Vance Malone grew up in Glenrock, Wyoming, and now lives in Portland, Ore. His newest film, “Losing Lusk,” is based on the life of Lusk native Ty Baker and debuted last Friday at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Vance and Ty didn’t discover their WYO roots until after they’d been friends for awhile. Vance tells it this way: “When I heard Ty was headed home for his 10-year high school reunion, I couldn’t resist trailing along with my camera to document the event. We arrived in Lusk, and I was acutely struck by the pervasive feeling that the town was eroding — discarded storefronts and neglected homes stood as a fading reminder of the vibrant childhood Ty was there to celebrate.” He describes the film as a “short, experimental documentary with a personal, impressionistic narrative that comments on the notion of big box retailers, globalization, and the death of rural communities.” Sundance will host two more screenings of “Losing Lusk” this week: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 11:30 a.m. at the Prospector Square Theatre, and Friday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m., at the Holiday Village Cinema II, both in Park City.
- posted by Michael Shay @ 3:02 PM
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