As Predicted…Dupieux’s Wrong Cops and Silva’s Magic Magic Among Final Add-ons to Sundance 2013

Not sure why these films weren’t part of the original announcements, but as originally predicted (here and here), 2013 Sundance Film Festival has added Quentin Dupieux’s wacko film project Wrong Cops to the New Frontier program and Sebastián Silva will be at Sundance with not one (Crystal Fairy), but two projects (Magic Magic gets added to the Park City at Midnight line-up) featuring Michael Cera. Robert Rodriguez will return with the credit card charged debut film that made a huge impact in his career and in the indie sphere (El Mariachi as ‘From the Collection’ Screening) and the year’s edition is certainly slanted on musical aspect in film as Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier presents Muscle Shoals in the Documentary premieres section which is perhaps a cousin of the David Grohl film about famed music studios. Here are the last films to be added to a fest which we will be providing full coverage on in about one month’s time from now.

PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT

Magic Magic / U.S.A., Chile (Director and screenwriter: Sebastián Silva) — An American girl vacationing in remote Chile mentally unravels, putting herself and those around her in danger. Cast: Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Augustín Silva. World Premiere

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES

Muscle Shoals / U.S.A. (Director: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier) — Down in Alabama Rick Hall founded FAME Studios and gave birth to the Muscle Shoals sound. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Gregg Allman, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Bono and others bear witness to the greatest untold American music story. World Premiere

NEW FRONTIER (Film)

Wrong Cops / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Quentin Dupieux) — Imagine a Los Angeles where crime is so low that a bored cop sells drugs and harasses a teenager to pass the time. Shot in standalone chapters, as it is being financed, screened and released, watch the 45 minutes of crazy. Cast: Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim.

FROM THE COLLECTION

El Mariachi / U.S.A. (Director: Robert Rodriguez, Screenwriters: Carlos Gallardo, Robert Rodriguez) — A mariachi musician arrives in a Mexican border town at the same time as a hit man. Each carries a guitar case, but the mariachi’s contains his beloved instrument, while the hit man’s is full of gadgets and weapons. Cast: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Jaime De Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez.

El Mariachi premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. A newly struck preservation print of El Mariachi, created by Sony Pictures Entertainment to commemorate the film’s 20th anniversary, will screen on Saturday, January 19 at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Director Robert Rodriguez is expected to introduce the film and participate in the Q&A.