“About 100 anti-Japan films and nearly 70 TV programs were produced in 2013, according to Reuters, which estimates that the genre holds as much as 70 percent of the market.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Should Theatre Deal With Works In Translation?
“Good surtitles are a real art. One issue with surtitles is positioning. Poorly sited surtitles are like trying to hold a conversation in a room where a TV is on. However much you try not to look at them, your eye is constantly drawn towards them, even if you speak the language.”
If You’re A Music Hoarder, The News About The Original iPod Is Not Good At All
“Less of this stuff is on Spotify than its boosters would have me believe, and there’s only so much I’m willing to spend on a ‘cloud.'”
If Books Can Change Your Life, Can They Also Make It Far Worse?
“Novels might not make us worse, but they can unlock parts of us that were already there, already dark, already violent or ruthless or self-destructive.”
The Artist Walks 12 Miles To Make Each Artwork – And Then It Washes Away
“‘It’s a race against the tide, it’s nine hours of furious work,’ says the artist who is best known for making huge geometric snow designs in the Alps with his feet.”
There’s No Such Thing As A Generation, And This Is How They Were Invented
“People do not react to their particular historical conundrums as a monolithic group. This is often where trend pieces get into trouble, when they start attributing one possible reaction to the group as whole.”
Writers Paying Homage To Other Writers Deal With Pitfalls In Their Own Work
“Should you explain the referenced work so that those unfamiliar with it can enjoy your book? Or should you simply accept that some readers will fall behind and end up befuddled? It’s a tricky enterprise.”
People Can’t Finish Things Because We Actually Have A Damned Hard Time Starting
Set your deadlines now. That “doesn’t mean right this second, but it does mean now, as in this month, this year, or whatever time-frame feels most like the present rather than the future.”
Ursula LeGuin, That Sharp-Tongued Writer Of Science Fiction And Fantasy, Gets A Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Book Foundation: “She has shown how great writing will obliterate the antiquated — and never really valid — line between popular and literary art.”
Another Lawsuit Against Hollywood Studios’ Anti-Poaching Pacts
“Robert Nitsch Jr, a former visual effects worker at DreamWorks Animation, has became the latest to go to court over an alleged conspiracy to deny workers in the visual effects community better work opportunities.”