“If everything is traceable, that means that we’ll be more aware of the entire life cycle of our stuff — even once we’ve given it up willingly.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Makes A Film Satisfying? It’s All In The Relationships
Lindsey Doran, producer of “The Firm” and “Sense and Sensibility,” and former president of United Artists Pictures, knows what audiences want. That’s because she measures it. (Least shocking discovery: “Male and female viewers differ in how they define a character’s accomplishments.”)
Status Update: “Watching A Play From Berlin On Facebook. WIN!!”
This week, a Berlin theatre company performed a play live, with real-time feedback, on Facebook. “Viewers were encouraged to vote on their favorite wedding dress, contribute to a crowd-sourced love letter between characters and three small parts were cast with audience members.”
The Novel May Be Dying (And Not Because Of E-books, Either)
“The central question driving literary aesthetics in the age of the iPad is no longer ‘How should novels be?’ but ‘Why write novels at all?'”
Rereading The Plays Of A Playwright Turned Politician; Finding Their Humor – And Power
“There is more to Václav Havel’s legacy than the shining example of brave commitment or the historical curiosity of a political artist being drafted by his fellow citizens to peacefully lead them into an emancipated era. Revivals here will be few and far between, but just knowing the plays exist, bearing creative witness to all too real political depravity, should be a comfort to us all.”
Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, Scriptwriter For Silent Movies
“Mrs. Maas was one of the last living links to cinema’s silent era. She wrote dozens of stories, adaptations and scripts, sat with Greta Garbo at the famed long table in MGM’s commissary, and adapted to sound in the movies, and then to color. Perhaps most satisfying, Mrs. Maas outlived pretty much anybody who might have disagreed with her version of things.”
Don’t Call Him Britain’s Greatest Living Artist – David Hockney Can’t Hear You
Hockney, who moved to Yorkshire after years of living in California, won’t take the title seriously. He’s too busy painting on his iPad.
The White House Says No To Terrible Internet Privacy Bills
After weeks of a huge internet-based protest about the SOPA and PIPA bills (complete with threats from Google and others to shut down for a day), the administration said, “We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”
On Architecture, Time And Choreography: An Interview With Sasha Waltz
“The body is our cathedral, a bundle or a cocoon, drum or ringing bell. The title noBody means both ‘no body’ and ‘nobody’. And nobody is completely alone in this dance work where the dancers move in magically, smoothly flowing formations and complex patterns.”
What Do The Critics Like? ‘The Artist’ (And George Clooney)
While Harry Potter was cleaning up at the People’s Choice Awards, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards tipped different movies and actors – and helped them speed farther down the road to the Oscars.