The horror of the Great War consumed the lives of soldiers and civilians alike; it sought them out in their sleep, their imagination, and, bizarrely, in their entertainments. The “horror film” had existed almost from the time of the invention of the motion picture itself in the late 19th century. But a new kind of terror film manifested in the years following the Great War.
Tag: 10.31.18
Kids In The UK Are More Interested In Ukuleles (And Guitars) Than Orchestral Instruments
Is orchestral music doomed? Will school recorders never blossom again? Yikes: “The evidence we have here is that instruments such as the French horn and double bass are becoming endangered.”
A Professional Fact-Checker Checks Broadway’s ‘Lifespan Of A Fact’
Christopher Swetala, the fact-checker for This American Life:”I just never have dealt with a writer so outlandish as the one played by Bobby Cannavale. … I don’t know any serious long-form literary editor who would tolerate a writer like this, even with the fancy professor of creative writing pedigree. … It drove me nuts that the audience was going to leave the theater believing [that character’s] existential grandstanding about numbers was worth sincere thought.”
Two Joan Miró Works Damaged In Venice’s Record-Breaking Flood
Ironically, the tapestries — together worth about €1 million — weren’t even damaged by the floodwaters. They had been stored for safekeeping on the second floor of the Palazzo Zaguri (where they were to be shown in the new exhibition “From Kandinsky to Botero”), only to be half submerged because of a plumbing leak in a nearby bathroom.
Toronto’s Tafelmusik Posts 18th Balanced Budget
Announced at Tafelmusik’s Annual General Meeting yesterday, Canada’s largest period orchestra and choir have reported a consecutive operating surplus of $51,000. Tafelmusik also achieved their highest subscription revenue in five years, and the second-highest number of single tickets sold in the orchestra’s history. The results represent overall concert revenues of almost $1.9 million and an increase of 12% over the 2017 fiscal year.
How Calder Became Calder
“Most architects and city planners,” Calder told a friend, “want to put my objects in front of trees or greenery. They make a huge error. My mobiles and stabiles ought to be placed in free spaces, like public squares, or in front of modern buildings, and that is true of all contemporary sculpture.”
Kimerly Rorschach To Step Down As Head Of Seattle Art Museum
SAM is the final stop in her 25-year museum career, which also included directorships at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago.
In Which Elena Ferrante Once Again Foils A Journalist’s Attempt To Profile Her
Merve Emre: “Over the course of a two-month correspondence, … the distance between us seemed only to expand. She answered questions I had not asked and ignored the ones I had. She got irritated, apologized, misinterpreted my phrasing — willfully, I suspected.”
Los Angeles Film Festival To Shut Down After 18 Years
The surprise announcement landed via a press release on Wednesday, a little over a month after the completion of this year’s festival. That event, which concluded Sept. 28, was the first to occupy a fall calendar slot after a longtime home in the summer. The shift put the event into more direct competition with other festivals in an already crowded fall space, including the established AFI Fest in Los Angeles.
NYT Dance Critic Alastair Macaulay Gives His First Exit Interview
“Q: Did you ever write something that you later regretted or reconsidered?
A: I’m not complacent. I regret commas, adjectives, clumsy turns of phrase, even if nobody else is bothered by them. Worse, I’m dismayed by the factual inaccuracies I’ve committed. Opinions I regret less. So what if you hated the world premiere of The Rite of Spring or Waiting for Godot? Those are tough pieces that are easy to misunderstand even now.”