“Breaking an unspoken rule never to discuss eating disorders among Italy’s elite dance corps, Mariafrancesca Garritano told the Observer that one in five ballerinas that she knew was anorexic and, as a result, many were now unable to have children.”
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Why David Cronenberg Doesn’t Worry About Not Writing His Own Screenplays
“As a director you’re literally making 2,000 decisions a day, and no one else is going to make those same decisions. So it’s definitely going to be your movie, in the sense that everything filters through your nervous system and your sensibility, and you don’t have to worry about it beyond that. Whether it’s obviously what people think of as a Cronenberg movie or not is irrelevant.”
How Pauline Kael Became Pauline Kael
“Pauline had a very tough time getting her plane off the ground. She began her writing life thinking she was going to be a creative writer — a playwright, and perhaps a screenwriter. She made several attempts in that direction, and I think she just discovered early on that she wasn’t very good at it.”
Rome’s Oldest Theatre Is Occupied (For The Past Five Months)
“This is the Teatro Valle, Rome’s oldest theatre. And right now the place itself is playing a central role in its own, very political drama. For the past five months, the theatre has been occupied in the name of the people.”
Out Of Work? Read Shakespeare Aloud, And All May End Well
“Shakespeare no longer seemed impenetrable. And I had a sneaky feeling there was nothing going on in my life that he didn’t have an angle on. If I showed up every month, I’d discover them all.”
Cities Make Everything Uncertain – And Probably Better
“Yes, there may be hellish poverty, slums that almost defy description, conditions which should not be allowed in this century but they should be upgraded, improved, rebuilt and hence disappear. What is observable in the slums of Dhaka, Rio de Janeiro, Shenzhen and Tehran is history in the making.”
Which Cells Move Fastest? To Find Out, A Race In The Lab
“In a tongue-in-cheek contest of microscopic mobility, a line of bone marrow stem cells from Singapore beat out dozens of competitors to claim the title of the world’s fastest cells.”
A Screenwriter With A Name And A Vision, And A Kid
Diablo Cody made a splash by writing “Juno.” Now the screenwriter spends her time trying to stay calm on the superhighway of fame.
The State Of The Arts On Television: Cultural Wasteland? (Not In Britain)
“In some art forms if not others, the coverage is no weaker than, say, 20 years ago. Because there are more channels it just looks as if there’s less. Obviously if you want ballet or opera on the telly, you can forget it, but classical music is in fitfully good nick.” And the South Bank Show is back!
Diner At 30: It’s Aging Well
Barry Levinson’s first film as a writer-director, the one that put him, and modern Baltimore, on the movie map, turns 30 this year. How’s it holding up? “Viewers still respond to all the people in it, not as old friends but as fresh discoveries.”