“‘Nobody would make it,’ Soderbergh tells The Post. ‘We went to everybody in town. They all said it was too gay. … And this is after Brokeback Mountain, by the way, which is not as funny as this movie. I was stunned. It made no sense to any of us.'”
Month: January 2013
The Kitchen, Drying Out From Sandy, Tries To Move On To Reinvention
“What I’m trying to figure out here is, how do you create a special place where artists will want to come and hang out, and where they will happen to see things that aren’t immediately related to their own medium.”
Daphne Oxenford, Voice of ‘Listen With Mother,’ 93
“Oxenford narrated the programme from 1950 to 1971, and her meticulously modulated opening phrase was eventually included in the Oxford dictionary of quotations. But regular listeners also recall the words that would precede her arrival: ‘And when the music stops Daphne Oxenford will be here to tell you a story.'”
The Foreign-Film Oscars: Perennially Flawed?
“I think ultimately it’s a bit unfair. … The category is called best foreign language film, not best foreign language film as selected by an overly politicized committee in every nation of the world.”
The Internet Gives Us Our Music Now (Duh?)
“With CDs suffering double-digit declines in sales and digital albums seeing double-digit increases in 2012, the inevitable has happened. Downloads for the first time accounted for the majority of albums sold.”
True, Album Sales Are Down, But Look At Vinyl
“Spencer Hickman, formerly of Rough Trade Record Stores and co-ordinator of Record Store Day, says many still like the ‘ritual’ of buying and playing physical formats.”
Nuryev’s Legacy In The Spotlight, 20 Years After His Death
“‘He redefined the role of the male dancer,’ said ballet historian Helene Ciolkovitch. ‘He took it beyond that of simple support, creating a more balanced partnership with the ballerina.'”
So How Do You Write A Memoir To Correct A Family Member’s Memoir About Family?
“My wife said this funny thing: ‘Now I understand that in your family you have to write a book in order to be taken seriously as a human being.’ And that is sad, and true. And we probably could do a better job as a family not having to write books in order to consider each other as human beings.”
Printed Book Sales Slump In The UK
“The rate of decline slowed slightly, principally because of EL James’ Fifty Shades trilogy, which accounted for one in every 20 books bought last year.”
Adult Storytime, At The Gallery
“There was little chance for adults to engage in group reading without some sort of self-improving literary discussion at the end of it, or a nagging sense that one should really be buying the author’s newest work as part of an unspoken commercial transaction.”