The film’s director, Peter Berg: “After I came aboard [the project], I jumped into the script, went down to Louisiana – and very quickly realised this was different. We were dealing with a culture of litigation.”
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Why Ang Lee Wants To Shoot His Films At Such A High Frame Rate (And Why Audiences Might Not Go Along)
When he made Life of Pi in 3D, the Oscar-winning director was frustrated by the limitations of the standard rate of 24 frames per second. So, for his latest, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Lee went all-out: 120 frames per second and 4K resolution.
BBC Radio Chief Steps Down And Warns About What Journalism Has Become
“We are unconstrained in our speed of coverage, unmatched in our fleetness of foot but do we lack the depth that we might achieve if we took our foot off the accelerator, or put the handbrake on, and stopped to observe more closely the world on which we are reporting?”
Everyone Is Proclaiming That Hollywood Is Dead. No – It’s Just Adapting
“Cinema remains siloed into “studio” and “indie” efforts, with a good chunk of audiences largely ignoring the latter, while television (which essentially has to be made within a studio system) can offer the kind of adult dramas and politically aware works that are seemingly missing from multiplexes. But these aren’t the signs of a lifeless industry. Film is just doing what it’s always done—finding a way to adapt, survive, and serve new audiences.”
Are These The Eight Most Beautiful Animated Feature Films?
Today’s fun-to-argue-over listicle features a mix of famous and lesser-known title, no Disney productions, and at least one film that, while it’s wonderfully executed and a total blast, isn’t what one would call pretty.
They’ve Found A ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Starring Maggie Smith
“Dame Maggie’s 1967 portrayal of the playful debutante Beatrice … is thought to be the earliest British television broadcast of the whole play. But the screen version of the famed National Theatre production by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli was assumed a lost treasure missing from the BBC’s archives.”
Top Nigerian Actress Banned From Nigerian Movies After Hug
Nigeria’s movie industry is booming. But cultural taboos won’t be tolerated. “This is not the first time that she has been doing these wayward things. We have been warning her, but she still went ahead to dent our image.”
‘Birth Of A Nation’ Has Tricky Needle To Thread: ‘To Inspire But Not To Incite’
“The coming film, which recounts a violent 1831 slave rebellion and includes scenes that evoke present-day outrage over fatal police shootings of black men, has been marketed as an urgent call to action. … But when The Birth of a Nation arrives in roughly 2,000 theaters on Friday, Fox Searchlight is hoping that a parallel and largely invisible marketing effort – one intended to contain and frame Mr. Parker’s message – will ease the film into communities already on edge.”
Under A Curse? Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote Movie Stopped In Its Tracks *Again*
“The director and legendary Monty Python member has revealed that his famously beleaguered passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a film that finally looked like it was moving forward after seven failed attempts over almost two decades (one of which became the subject of a documentary), has been delayed just days before production was set to begin.”
Looks Like Publishing Powerhouse Gannett Is About To Buy The LA Times And Chicago Tribune
“Confidential sources have told POLITICO that asset purchase agreement drafts have been exchanged by Gannett, the country’s second-largest newspaper chain and publisher of USA Today, and Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Publishing and the publisher of such broadsheet mainstays as The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun. The announcement of a deal could come as soon as business opens on the fourth quarter of the year, as early as Monday morning.”