Novelist Murakami says of conductor Ozawa: “We both maintain the same ‘hungry heart’ we possessed in our youth, that persistent feeling that ‘this is not good enough,’ that we must dig deeper, forge farther ahead. This is the major motif of our work and our lives.”
Tag: 11.05.16
An Actor Who Was Ready To Quit Sexist Hollywood, Returning In Triumph
Amy Adams might have gotten paid peanuts to her male co-stars’ big bucks in “American Hustle,” but she’s on fire in Hollywood right now: “She is a 42-year-old woman whose name can get a movie made – and pretty much any kind of movie. … In terms of sheer variety, to find her equal you’d have to look towards Meryl Streep.”
Are Americans Just Not Funny Anymore, Or Has U.S. Comedy Lost Its Clout?
“Independent U.S. comedy — especially the out-and-out gut-busters that skew toward the male audience that flocks to Baron Cohen — is having a trickier time generating global laughs (the less said about The Brothers Grimsby, the better).”
Why Does New Music Need Defenders?
The New York Times’ Anthony Tommasini says we pretty much have to blame it all on Schoenberg.
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre Invites Participation, And Works On Breathing Into What Comes
Audience members pick their own music as dancers dance to the music that works for them.
The Writer Who Collaborated With David Bowie On The New Musical ‘Lazarus’ Says Bowie Had Much More To Write
“Anyone who worked with David will tell you he was an incredibly positive man. He was very, very funny and had no ego. So although last summer I knew David was going for treatment, there was so much going on that it really didn’t loom large – however crazy it seems to say that now.”
John Berger Changed Everyone’s ‘Ways Of Seeing’ (And He’s Not Stopping Yet)
The man who wrote the now-classic “Ways of Seeing” (and hosted the TV series of the same name) has turned 90. Filmmaker Sally Potter says the book changed her life – and Tilda Swinton’s as well.