Blockbusters as recent as Suicide Squad and Pets 2 had 18 months to two-year marketing campaigns, but now? People don’t want to wait that long, and they actually get annoyed. Now, four to five months is all we can take. – The New York Times
Tag: 07.19.19
A Ballerina Tries To Dislocate All Of Her Body Parts, Including Her Eyes [VIDEO]
Maria Kachetkova is classically trained, and danced with American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet before striking out on her own – and learning some new techniques. “I thought it would be nice to show what ballet is today,” she says. – The New York Times
Netflix Is Trying To Solve Dubbing In The United States
USians, unlike Europeans and many others around the world, historically do not like dubbed movies. But Netflix wants to change that with newly dubbed movies and high-quality actors. Will it work? – The New York Times
As The US Moved Into Germany At The End Of WWII, Residents Looted Hitler’s Looted Art Collections
The government of Germany is now – yes, many years after the 1945 looting of art in Munich – making some attempts to recover the stolen and re-stolen art. “It is belatedly reporting the 1945 thefts, painting by painting, to Interpol and to the German Federal Criminal Police Office, and is also listing them on the Art Loss Register and lostart.de, two databases of missing art.” – The New York Times
Unfinished (again) at the Met
A lone loan of Jerome for Leonardo’s 500th anniversary. – Lee Rosenbaum
The Mother Of All Opera Roles
Sure, there are a lot of mothers (or, as The Guardian has it, mums) in opera, but Rosa Mamai in L’arlesiana has a command and power that’s all too rare. – The Guardian (UK)
A Fidelio For Yesterday
“All I managed to say was: ‘It’s over.’ … There will never again be a Fidelio like this.” – Joe Horowitz
Ida Wyman, Flaneuse And Photographer Of Life In The City, Has Died At 93
Wyman wandered New York & Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s “to capture compelling images of everyday people working, playing, idling, dancing or selling newspapers.” Her work for Life, Business Week, Look and other magazines “went largely unheralded for decades” but was recognized later in her life. – The New York Times
The Comics Fans Who Reshaped The World 50 Years Ago
San Diego Comic Con, like the moon walk, turns 50 this year. And, wow, things have changed. “More than 130,000 people are expected to attend this year; they’re here for comics, yes, but also for their favorite movies, TV shows, books and toys. It’s a far cry from the 300 people who gathered in the basement of San Diego’s U.S. Grant Hotel in the summer of 1970, to see Kirby and the equally legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury.” – NPR
Elliot Golub, Who As Concertmaster Shaped Chicago’s Music Of The Baroque, Has Died At 85
Golub was concertmaster at the group’s founding in 1972, and he shaped the sound and direction of the group through choosing the musicians, until he retired from Music of the Baroque in 2006. A critic wrote, “Golub was an inspiring musician to hear and see. … Technically, he was virtuosic. Interpretively, he was consistently passionate. In concert, that was a powerful and irresistible combination.” – Chicago Tribune