“ A scuffle apparently broke out after a Holiday Village screening of Bill Benenson “Dirt! The Movie” this morning at the Sundance Film Festival, giving industry insiders and bloggers something to buzz about on a relatively quiet Wednesday morning. The simmering tension over documentary aesthetics versus issue advocacy apparently stoked the battle. indieWIRE began getting text messages a little while ago about a fight that turned physical today between film rep Jeff “The Dude” Dowd and Variety film critic John Anderson. The incident apparently went down at the restaurant at the Yarrow Hotel after Dowd approached Anderson to talk about the film. The Critic told The Dude that he didn’t like the film, who apparently then tried to make a case for his ecologically-oriented movie. Prodding the writer to talk about the doc, insiders said that Anderson felt besieged by Dowd and, after warning him to back off, The Critic let loose and slugged The Dude twice in the face.
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Sundance Live VII: Punches Thrown Post-“Dirt”
12:38pm MST
