“He said 2013’s Her — which tells the story of a man (Joaquin Phoenix) who forms a relationship with his OS, Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) — gave him and co-editor Jeff Buchanan plenty of opportunity to ‘rewrite’ in the cutting room since the audience never sees Samantha. ‘It was like getting to re-shoot a character in a movie as many times as you’d like,’ he said.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Why Can’t You See That Famous Painting? Your Museum Rented It
“The practice has seen such MFA masterpieces as Monet’s ‘Grainstack,’ Van Gogh’s ‘Postman Joseph Roulin,’ and Degas’s ‘Edmondo and Therese Morbilli’ sent to fee-paying museums in Japan, to the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, and to shows in northern Italy organized by Linea d’Ombra, a profit-making company that organizes blockbuster exhibitions.”
Is Apple Gearing Up To Become An Ebook Subscription Service?
“Serving up relevant recommendations (and sometimes that means genre fiction rather than literary fiction) is critical to keeping subscribers engaged. Thus the acquisition of BookLamp by Apple could possibly herald Apple’s entry into ebook subscription services.”
Publishers: We’ve Got A Wonderful New Site, And You’ll Provide Most Of The Content
“The new meaning of ‘to platform’ is something akin to: Take a traditional media company and add technology that allows readers to upload digital content as varied as links, text, video and other media.”
What’s The Hold-up With The Eisenhower Memorial, Congress Wants To Know
“The congressional salvo is only the latest hurdle for a project that has been plagued by delays, even as the servicemen and women who served under Eisenhower during World War II are rapidly dying.”
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony
“Beethoven really liberated the cello. In most classical symphonies the cellos are just sawing along with the basses, and Beethoven, more and more, gave them independent parts.”
That Time Werner Herzog Got Punk’d By Mel Brooks
“If you gaze into Werner Herzog talking about Werner Herzog for long enough, does Werner Herzog gaze back into you?”
A Dance Festival In Thin Air Provides Extra Delights
“During the performance, skies cleared completely. On the return afterward, hundreds of dancegoers took the same softly lighted river path as I did back to town; we could look up through the pines to thousands of stars, unusually large. No urban opera house can match such accompanying marvels.”
If You Owned A Strad, You’d Totally Loan It To A Gifted Teenager, Right?
“To me, the Strad is not just a violin, but is an extension of myself, allowing me to communicate all my musical ideas.”
The Liberal Arts Desperately Need A Defense – And Are Worth Defending
“If left to our own devices we academics might become more and more out of touch with what the society really needs. That tradition of criticizing elitists, criticizing the kind of snobbery that often goes with elite education, that’s I think a very healthy American tradition for good, democratic reasons.”