Category: media

“Bradley said he was sent a replica Bafta award in chocolate by his agent last Christmas and added: ‘Finally I can take it down off the mantelpiece and eat it.'”

“‘The media chessboard is moving more this year than it has in the past decade,’ said Richard Greenfield, a media analyst with the brokerage firm BTIG. ‘You’re seeing major shifts. Everyone is jockeying for position.'”

“Disgruntled critics suggest the competition has become a cosy club, where the chosen few are never ejected, merely shuffled to one of the less prestigious selections.”

Alejandro Jodorowsky: “Industrial pictures are not art. They are necessary sometimes, like a cigarette. But they kill you.”

Watch out: While test subjects watched an action film clip, “blood pressure increased, the pace of breathing became faster and the heart’s natural rhythm began to shift.”

Canada’s Cineplex is testing the idea. “As with aircraft, you have coach, business class and first class. At Cineplex, what we’ve tried to do is also provide you with a lot of different options.”

“It may be hard to believe now, but Kubrick’s original intention was to do a straight, serious movie. … As he began working on the screenplay with Peter George, however, he gagged on the idea of a straight version of the material.”

“The half-hour sitcom? The hour-long drama? These are conventions that came into existence for reasons that don’t matter anymore. Soon, the conventions themselves won’t matter anymore, either. Welcome to the real new golden age of television — television without limits.”

“It’s not that I resent the male filmmakers – I love all of them – but there’s something that women are doing that we don’t get to know enough about. It’s always a surprise when a woman filmmaker does come out and we get a feminine vision.”

“For years, the two established Spanish-language media companies — Univision Communications and NBCUniversal’s Telemundo — have dominated the space. But with more than $2.5 billion in annual advertising revenue up for grabs, Latino media has become one of the hottest and most competitive corners of the industry.”