'Juliet, Naked' director Jesse Peretz returns to Sundance with one of the year's buzziest titles
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2018
3 minutes
It was more than 20 years ago, but Jesse Peretz has no trouble remembering his first film at Sundance.
"The title was 'First Love, Last Rites,' and it was in a super art section," the director recalls, thinking back. "The theater was tiny; 40 people came, four walked out, maybe more. It did not have a big plot."
Peretz is back in Park City, Utah, with a new film, and the circumstances could not be more different. "Juliet, Naked" premiered in a key Friday night slot at
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