“Documentaries will be the best record of this time in our country’s history. Documentaries aren’t as hopeful as movies. They’re not as pretty either, but they’ll give it to us straight. They’ll give us the cash-poor, or the crazy, or horrifyingly illegal practices of the filthy rich, or racially-infused violence. They’ll deliver subjects that filmmakers have otherwise been avoiding.”
Tag: 02.13.16
Belarus Free Theatre Shows Londoners What It’s Like To See Plays Under A Dictatorship
The company’s “Staging a Revolution” festival aimed to “introduce British audiences to some of the conditions their compatriots have to endure in order to see shows in Belarus. To achieve this, [the program] was divided into two weeks: during the first seven days, audiences attended shows held in secret, and in the second installment, got the chance to experience shows in a public venue in freer circumstances.”
What Will Happen To The 100 Million Tracks On SoundCloud If The Site Goes Bust?
“It wouldn’t be the first time a massive trove of digital music disappeared. In 2003, CNET shut down the original version of music publishing service mp3.com, which once hosted 750,000 song files. Three years later, the Internet Underground Music Archive, consisting of over 680,000 songs, went offline as well.”
Despite Constant Phones And Cameras, Celebrities Are Wielding The Power Of Secrets
“The stars have gained an extra advantage lately because the financially challenged tabloids have less money these days to pay sources. Meanwhile, the stars get to both circumvent the media and to float an image of utter transparency through their promiscuous use of social media. In fact, that may only obscure them further.”
Guess What Other Film Awards Aren’t Exactly Diverse? The BAFTAs
“Ms. Berry told the Telegraph: ‘Not enough films are being made with diverse talent in front of the camera. Our industry isn’t diverse enough, so the pool of people to draw award winners from isn’t diverse enough. I want the awards to be as diverse as they possibly can be. But people can only vote on what they’ve seen.'”
The Sanders Campaign Has A House DJ? Yes It Does
“‘The Internet went a little crazy last week,’ Mr. Sandico said, referring to the Iowa party. ‘I was just like, ‘I’m going to play Rob Base,’ and everyone was like ‘Oh, my God, I’m hearing Rob Base at a political event.’'”
James Levine And The Met Trying To Figure Out The Timing Of Retirement
“The question of Mr. Levine’s status has exposed tensions at the Met, dividing supporters who would like to see him stay on and members of the company and board who believe it is time for him to relinquish his role. They fear that the lack of a strong musical hand could leave the house adrift as opera struggles for relevance and the Met’s finances remain precarious.”
How Do You Design The Architecture For A Holocaust Movie?
“Long takes — some of which were three and four minutes long, and executed with a hand-held camera — meant that many of the sets would need to be complete rooms that could accommodate 360 degrees worth of shooting. This required Rajk to recreate a Nazi crematorium in an abandoned 1912 warehouse on the outskirts of Budapest.”
What Happens To A Literary Author Who Has A Successful First Book
“My ambition is personal. I don’t think I need to succeed so that the race can succeed. We’ve seen that. We’ve been succeeding since we were sneaking to learn how to read. We’ve been showing ourselves to be exceptional, and it doesn’t change anything. I understand that burden; I do not feel that burden. I feel the burden on the page when writing a story to do justice to the black people I am rendering, but I don’t necessarily believe that my successes or failure will have some greater impact on the way that people view black people.”
The British Newspaper ‘The Independent’ Is Ceasing To Exist In Print Form
“At its peak sales hit around 428,000 copies a day. Twenty-five years later, the number of copies being sold on a weekday in newsagents is rather closer to 28,000.”