Critic's notebook: Behind a lens, the actors range
4:00 AM PST 1/25/2007 by Kirk Honeycutt,
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PARK CITY -- At Sundance this year, it has been the Good, the Bad and the Ugly when it comes to the festival's experience in programming films made by actors. Not that there is anything unusual about actors moving behind the camera; Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford and this week's Oscar nominee Clint Eastwood long ago demonstrated that the class, precision and restraint they bring to their acting careers transition exceptionally well to their work as film directors.
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