UK culture minister Tessa Jowell has made a case of art for art’s sake, for supporting the arts because it’s a good thing to do. “Too often politicians have been forced to debate culture in terms only of its instrumental benefits to other agendas – education, the reduction of crime, improvements in wellbeing…”
Tag: 05.29.04
Weinsteins Buy Distribution Rights To Moore Film
Miramax might have been barred from distributing Michael Moore’s new movie, but the company’s owners aren’t. “The studio’s founders, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, personally bought back the rights from parent company Disney, which had refused to distribute it.”
NY Phil Tests Handheld Concert PDA
The New York Philharmonic tests a new handheld device that beams information to audience members while the orchestra performs. “The device, nicknamed CoCo by its creators, also features program notes and video images, all delivered in real time from a computer backstage. Think of Cliff Notes for the musically challenged.”