“He was sometimes a producer, more often a distributor and exhibitor. He decided to buy Mr. Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977) after seeing only half of it and made it a cult hit. Before that, he invented the phenomenon of the midnight movie, with El Topo (1970), selling out the Elgin for six months, followed by Pink Flamingos … Now, at 82, [Ben] Barenholtz has directed his first dramatic film. ‘I’ll never be Kubrick,’ he said, smiling. ‘But I wasn’t afraid either.'”
Tag: 07.26.17
Should Serious Dancers Really Go To College?
Although schools like Juilliard and Bennington College have made degrees acceptable for modern dancers for decades, the competitive ballet world (which often follows a philosophy of “the younger the better”) tends to discourage higher education.
Not With A Pop, But With A Hiss, The Higher-Education Price Bubble Is Deflating
Derek Thompson: “Altogether, the numbers paint a clear picture: The higher-education market is not bursting, like a popped soap bubble; but it is leaking, like a pierced balloon. What’s going on? The explanation is a little bit of weak demand, a little bit of over-supply, a big crackdown on for-profit colleges, and, perhaps, a subtle shift in culture.”
Menil Collection’s New Drawing Institute Will Not Be Opening This Fall
“The public opening of the MDI, originally scheduled for Oct. 7, has been postponed until sometime next year. Three planned exhibitions for the space are also being shuffled. Menil Collection director Rebecca Rabinow said the organization’s earlier move-in plan was ‘probably a little too aggressive.'”
What The Hell Does Michael Moore Want Now? To Go On Broadway And Change People’s Minds
“Now Mr. Moore, this willfully disheveled, 63-year-old hybrid of Noam Chomsky and P. T. Barnum, expects theatergoers to pay Broadway ticket prices to watch him in a one-man show, The Terms of My Surrender. After his previous documentaries, books and television shows, does he have anything left to say, and does he really believe it will make a difference?” Dave Itzkoff goes to a rehearsal to find out.
Auschwitz Artifacts To Go On Tour, Very Carefully
“More than 72 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the first traveling exhibition about the Nazi death camp will begin a journey later this year to 14 cities across Europe and North America, taking heartbreaking artifacts to multitudes who have never seen such horror up close.”
Angry Ex-Wife Destroys $1M Worth Of Violins In Luthier’s Workshop
“The alleged victim, Daniel Olsen Chen, 62, a Norwegian national living and working in Japan, is a former violinist who maintained a making and repairing workshop in Nagoya. He posted a video of the destruction on his YouTube channel, AV Daniel Violin, and has claimed that in total 54 instruments and 70 bows were damaged, including his own Amati, the value of which he places around 50m yen ($450,000).” (includes video)
June Foray, Voice Of Rocky And Natasha On ‘Bullwinkle’, Dead At 99
“Foray was also the voice behind Looney Tunes’ Witch Hazel, Nell from Dudley Do-Right, Granny in the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons and Cindy Lou Who in Chuck Jones’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, among hundreds of others.”
Ex-Met Museum Director Philippe De Montebello Goes To Work At A Gallery
“[He] doesn’t exactly need another job. He is chairman of the Hispanic Society of America; a professor at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts; an honorary trustee of the Prado Museum; and a host of the PBS TV program NYC-ARTS. But now Mr. de Montebello has decided to add yet one more, becoming a director of Acquavella Galleries, effective immediately, where he will focus on the curation of special exhibitions and the development of publications.”
Mandy Patinkin To Star In Broadway Musical For First Time In 17 Years
Patinkin will spend three weeks at the end of the summer as Pierre in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. “This marks Patinkin’s first role in a Broadway musical since 2000’s The Wild Party, and his first time on Broadway since his 2011-12 season concert An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin.”