– but he had some very particular ideas how he wanted his “Cider House” treated on the big screen. National Post (Canada)
- And: Interview with the director Seattle Times 12/12/99
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ART IN EXILE
Kosovar artists say living in exile is killing their work. The Observer
NOW THAT WAS A PARTY
Paris’ celebration of the dawn of 1900 attracted 50 million people in seven months and helped shape the present day city. The Royal Academy’s new show will look again at the state of art 100 years ago, and to look at it in the same way that contemporaries saw it at the Exposition Universelle. That is, not yet sorted, winnowed and neatly docketed by generations of art historians. London Telegraph
“EXPLAINING IN A MEANINGFUL WAY”
It’s been two years since the Getty opened its hilltop acropolis. The crowds have thinned a bit, the museum has acquired some astonishing pieces, and all eyes are fixed on the future. Washington Post
HYPE GOETH BEFORE A FALL
The reviews are in: “Talk” magazine is Exhibit A. – Chicago Tribune
HEMMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD
A most improbable relationship, chronicled in new book. – Boston Globe
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
Just who are these people who sit at card tables on the streets of Manhattan trying to sell books to passersby? And what does this micro-industry say about the reshaping of the city? – Village Voice
REINVIGORATING OPERA
Chicago Lyric Opera takes the initiative on renewing American opera with an ambitious multi-year plan of new work. The company’s leadership sits down for a conversation with the Chicago Tribune. – Chicago Tribune
WHERE POP MEETS CLASSICAL
An evolving relationship gets a jolt of imagination. – Los Angeles Times
- And: Another take on the subject – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12/12/99
THE EARTH MOVED
Seven years after its “official” groundbreaking, construction finally begins on Los Angeles’ new $200+ million Disney concert hall. – Orange County Register