Robert Redford and Sundance Cinemas' new Kabuki

It’s a premiere night at the new Sundance Kabuki, and a lot of people — publicists, reporters, and lobby loiterers — are looking for Robert Redford. After driving into the city from a stay in Carmel, he’s here … but a few seconds later he’s down the hall, and then he’s disappeared around the corner. Before speaking with the 71-year-old Redford, I’m already struck by his lightning-quick ability to move in and out of social situations in order to allow himself some necessary space and time. After a TV interview in one of the Sundance Kabuki’s renovated and restyled theaters (where I have a chance to place my notebook and recorder on one of the tables that rest between every pair of seats), the man who kickstarted the ever-spreading world or word that is Sundance is ready for a quick Q&A.

topics: environmental films, kabuki cinemas, native american film festival, sundance, sundance kabuki