One graphic novelist raised $600,000 on Kickstarter. Another team raised their money – and then promptly fell apart. What happens then?
Tag: 02.10.12
Without Books, Can Cinema Survive?
No. In making movies, “the key factors are ideas and money – and both are currently in short supply.”
The Necessary Persistence Of Christo
“Christo sits stone-faced as they call him a liar, a cheater, a con man, a killer, as they politely suggest he is a fool, as they angrily denounce him as an enemy of nature.
He is the world’s most famous artist and this is what he must endure for these odd projects he dreams up.”
An Off-Off-Broadway Revival? Is That Done? Yes, For ‘The Navigator’
The director: The “process includes readings, staged readings, the opportunity for a small production, and finally for a main stage production. I don’t see this sort of development happening enough in these days of limited finances.”
Oh, Let’s Just Move Outside – The Bristol Old Vic Renovates And Innovates
“The Bristol Old Vic is finally getting a much-needed £19.28m refurbishment and refit. With the main auditorium out of action, the team at BOV had to come up with ingenious ways of keeping the theatre alive during the works.”
Kodak’s Glorious History, And Sad End
“If any company should have recognized what 2012 would be like in, say, 1988, Kodak should have. After all, it pretty much invented 2012 in 1888. That was the year that company founder George Eastman introduced the Kodak No. 1, catalyzing a new way of looking at the world, a new mode of existence.”
Pirate Bay Founder Tells Content Companies ‘Innovate Or Die’
Peter Sunde: “We all know how evolution works, except one industry that refuses to evolve: the entertainment industry. Instead of looking at evolution as something inevitable, the industry has made it their business to refuse and/or sue change, by any necessary means.”
Can The Movies Save The Performing Arts?
“More performing arts are finding their way into movie theaters. Ballet and opera, theater and orchestra performances are part of a burgeoning new field that the movie theater industry refers to as ‘alternative content.’ Yet it may be a little too alternative.”
Not Fade Away: Genius Older Artists Persist In Being Geniuses
David Hockney’s big Royal Academy show, Leonard Cohen’s new hit album, Woody Allen’s big success with Midnight in Paris – turns out that many artists, if they get to live that long, don’t let age wither their talents.
The Dinosaurs And Music: Spotify’s Exec Meets Music Biz Laywers
“The 28-year-old Swedish entrepreneur with a boyish face … addressed a ballroom full of power attorneys in Brooks Brothers and Armani suits — essentially schooling them on the brave new world of digital music. Ek boldly predicted that revenue from streaming services such as Spotify will in two years return as much revenue to the industry as iTunes does today.”