Redford Voices Internet Fears

Certain seminars at Sundance are giving Robert Redford the heebeejeebees, as the actor fears that excessive Internet activity could destroy conventional Hollywood. Talksentitled 'Using the Internet to Market and Promote Your Film' and 'EXCITE - Future of Video on the Web' are unnerving the actor / director, as he explains: "It's like a gold rush, with everyone leaving their positions and what they've been doing and heading for the California gold." Redford continues, "It's an American trait to jump before we know what we're doing, because we don't want to miss out. But I suspect that we aren't too far away from the turn, and where are we going to be if we're committed to air and hype? If we're too unprepared for it, it truly will be Rome when the Barbarians came down from across the borders and the empire really fell." Tell us this then Robert - if the Internet marks the coming of the Barbarians, what does an independent film festival that champions nonconformist movie making do?