Rosebud / World premiere

Baraboo

  • Mary Sweeney /
  • USA /
  • 2009 /
  • 105 mins

Brenda DeVita, Harry Loeffler-Bell, Peter Morse, Ruth Schudson, Margaret Ingraham, Michael Herald

A touching, quirky and beautifully-shot directorial debut by David Lynch's long-time editor.

Mary Sweeney

With Baraboo, Mary Sweeney adds directing to her body of work as a writer, producer and editor. A long time collaborator with David Lynch, beginning with Blue Velvet (1986), she edited Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1990), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (2000), and Mulholland Drive (2001), which earned her a British Academy Award in 2001 for Best Editing. Baraboo, based on her original screenplay and which she also produced and edited, is her directorial debut.

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Image from Baraboo

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  • #1 John Miller / Sunday 28 June, 2009 / 23:08 GMT

    On the last day of the festival my wife & I saw 3 films, Stella and Adam either side of this.
    I thought this was a wonderfully thought provoking film. Emotionally inteligent, subtle and clever. It is also beautifully shot. While I enjoyed the other two films, I thought this is quite special. It is quite slow burning but ultimately rewarding and (I hate using the term) heart warming. I hope it gets the attention it deserves and I look forward to buying it on DVD. In the meantime, i'm going to watch Straight Story again.

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