“Fearing that actors could be mistaken for police – and chase scenes confused for the real thing – Paris is sharply restricting filming of action movies in the city that been the stage for some of film’s most memorable high-octane sequences.”
Category: media
Cultural Shift: The App Industry Is Now Bigger Than Hollywood Entertainment Industry
“To me, that the American app industry may eclipse the American film industry is more interesting for what it means culturally. There’s a growing sense that the products of the sector we usually call “tech” are attaining cultural primacy—the web is the new TV.”
Problem: TV/Video/Movie Producers Don’t Have A Reliable Way To Measure Who Is Watching
“The fact that we don’t have the ability to look at a telecast of a show or the flight of a series…and don’t understand the (audience) behavior is really sad.”
New Arab News Channel Shut Down By State After One Day
The general manager of the network, called Al-Arab and based in Bahrain, said before launch, “We are going to be neutral; we are not going to take sides. We are going to bring in all sides in any conflict because right now we have a conflict in almost every Arab country.” And they did …
The Familiar LA (The Most-Filmed Places In Los Angeles)
“Covering 4,310 acres between the hills of Los Feliz and Burbank, Griffith Park has long been a favorite of location scouts because of its diverse terrain and proximity to the major studios in Burbank and Hollywood.”
America’s Existential Crisis, As Illustrated By Super Bowl Ads
“[It’s] the kind of existential crisis that only God’s iPhone, Marshawn Lynch’s Skittles, and a car with an erection can heal. America is hangry [sic]. America can’t sleep. America is very, very worried about getting old and irrelevant and physically stuck on the couch shouting at a football game while other, younger countries are going to super-cool Pac Man parties and flipping tires over for no discernible reason and seducing elderly wives in leopard-print camisoles.”
Technicolor At 100 – It Changed Visual Storytelling Forever
“There’s some irony in the fact that colorizing film – ostensibly to make it look more like the real world – may have cemented the medium’s dreamy, escapist quality. The three-color process, in particular, created films punctuated by colors so electric they were surreal.”
Vietnam’s Biggest Hit Film Stars A Transgender Character, And The Country’s LGBT Groups Are Not Happy
“An unconventional romantic-comedy sequel has made Vietnamese history by smashing the country’s box office record within days of its release. … Some have seen the film’s triumph as further sign that Vietnam is finally opening up – its release coincided with the news that Vietnam has lifted its ban on same-sex weddings – but not everyone is convinced that it equals progress.”
Why Will Amazon Lose BBC Shows? Because It Wants Them All To Itself
“It’s a bit of hardball that could frustrate Amazon’s customers in the short term, but demonstrates just how serious the company is about Prime.”
New Filmmakers Are Energizing Nordic Cinema
“The popularity of Scandi helmers hasn’t gone unnoticed by international talent agents and sales companies. In fact, most buzzed-about Scandinavian directors are repped by Hollywood agents from UTA, WME or CAA and are working on an English-language project if they have not already made one.”