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Writing with substance

Is it really true that “the question is no longer what the writer has written but rather who the writer is?” Jonathan Yardley writes about the pressures of writing literate. – Washington Post

CHINESE DIRECTOR ZHANG ZIMOU WON ANOTHER TOP AWARD AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL –

– for “Not One Less,” the true story of a rural village schoolteacher who risks everything to bring back a tyke sent to the city to work. It was Zhang’s third major prize in Venice, and confirms him as one of the most original film makers working today. – Variety

THE ART NEWSPAPER wonders –

– how much the dollar-value (English pound-value?) of a work of art affects the way we look at it. There’s a little test at the end of the story. –
The ARTNewspaper.com

Only 5 percent of Movies shown in Canada are Canadian made

In Mexico it’s only 2 percent. The two countries got together last week to talk about how to preserve their own cultural identities. CBC

KICKING THE LIFE OUT OF LIVENT

Since being taken over by the giant New York-based SFX company, Livent, the once-proud theater giant, has been undergoing dismantling. More than 100 employees have been fired, and the company’s theater holdings around North America are being evaluated. CBC

THE NEW “LORD OF THE RINGS” MOVIE –

– has a $360 million budget, making it the second-largest production ever. Think that’s scary? Not only is the Tolkien classic one of the most popular books of the century, it’s become an online cult, so the ways to screw up are magnified oh, about a million-fold. – Seattle Weekly

Writing with substance

CHINESE DIRECTOR ZHANG ZIMOU WON ANOTHER TOP AWARD AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL –

THE ART NEWSPAPER wonders –

Only 5 percent of Movies shown in Canada are Canadian made

KICKING THE LIFE OUT OF LIVENT

THE NEW “LORD OF THE RINGS” MOVIE –

AGENT? PUBLISHER? BOOK SELLER?

TALENTED BUT…

JOIN THE CLUB

SURE YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BATHROOM, –