Only a few months into the 21st Century, all manner of contemporary classical music for the new millennium is bursting out in Ireland. – Irish Times
Tag: 03.07.00
THE HOTTEST THING IN MOVIES?
Family movies, especially children’s movies. The last four months have been winners for the family fare. – New York Times 03/07/00
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Digital technology is transforming the movie industry before our eyes. The Sundance Film Festival presented a record 17 digital films this year, and filmmakers George Lucas and Spike Lee plan to shoot and produce their next features digitally. Images are clearer. Editing is easier. Shooting can be done on cheap $4,000 cameras. And the dramatic decline in costs gives filmmakers greater freedom. – San Francisco Chronicle 03/07/00
CHINA’S JUST SITTING THERE
American film distributors are eager to push into China, Russia and other largely untapped markets. But first the distributors want a better deal from studios. – Variety 03/07/00
LATEST MERCHANT IVORY FILM —
— draws protests from Indian community for the movie’s depiction of an Anglo-Indian character. – BBC 03/07/00
BEGINNING OF THE CORPORATE END
So American Airlines supported the arts by giving New York’s Roundabout Theater $850,000 a year for 10 years. In return the airline gets its name on the theater. But “American Airlines isn’t supporting the arts, bless them. They are paying a tax-deductible fee in order to advertise and sell their corporate logo on Broadway. Philanthropy has sweet zilch to do with it.” – New York Observer