Category: media

When the South Korean government relaxed rules controlling what foreign films could enter the country, many thought American movies would flood the market. But surprise – a wave of interesting and innovative Korean movies has been produced. – New York Times 03/14/00

• Internet art is everywhere these days. Is this the beginning of a whole new genre of art?  “In a way, you can say the Internet has fundamentally changed how audiences access art. But I don’t think you’ll ever be able to replace the visceral experience of being in the room with a piece.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03/14/00

Computer animation is great, but the programs are expensive for filmmakers. So some movie makers have turned to the engines that drive computer games to render Hollywood-quality animation at a fraction of the price. – Wired 03/13/00

• Film scores can provide nice background music, enhance the pictures and words on the screen; they can be filled with pop songs that raise the film’s grosses; they can hype the love, the fear, the horror you see unfolding on screen. Can movie music also help us psychologically, by “making the ritual complete, helping us heal through catharsis”? – Ovation 03/12/00 [text and audio]

In the past year the BBC’s arts section has been accused of dumbing down, giving up, cutting back and banishing things so far to the edge of the schedule that they have all but fallen off. What to do? Create a new arts initiative – “Arts Zone” is designed to be “the home of arts on terrestrial television”. – The Sunday Times (UK) 03/12/00

It’s awards season again, and the potential fulfillment of many a childhood dream. Get nominated and everybody loves you. But….what if you lose?  – New York Times 03/12/00

Euro-giants unite, with broadband player United PanEurope Communications (UPC) acquiring all of the assets of the pan-Euro station group SBS Broadcasting. – Variety 03/10/00

The future, that is. The digital film revolution promises some big improvements in the way movie theaters do business. All well and good. But can they afford the new toys in the first place? For many exhibitors, the issue in front of them is survival. They’re struggling to climb out of the red after a financial squeeze caused in part by growing competition from other media and an ambitious period of new theater construction and refurbishment designed to lure customers. – Los Angeles Times 03/10/00

In Britain, fears that the country may be “over-museumed” after a rash of building. So some of the latest museum editions aren’t calling themselves “museums” at all. Bristol’s newest $180 million baby doesn’t have the word in its name. Instead, the 11-acre site has the unwieldy name of “@ Bristol” and the emphasis is all on the toys of new technology, IMAX movies and video. – The Telegraph (UK) 03/10/00