Category: media

“The supposed panic was so tiny as to be practically immeasurable on the night of the broadcast. Despite repeated assertions to the contrary in the PBS and NPR programs, almost nobody was fooled by Welles’ broadcast. How did the story of panicked listeners begin? Blame America’s newspapers.”

“By the 1960’s listening to [mystery] stories on the radio might have seemed square, but not if it was the wonderful and weird terrors of the work of Erik Bauersfeld.”

“There’s the rub. It’s nostalgia that keeps the movie racket alive as it exists today. Cannes is irrelevant. The movie theatre is irrelevant… The movie racket is dying. Long live the home screen experience.”

This wasn’t “War of the Worlds”-level alarm, but in 2011, Steven Schlozman’s 2 a.m. interview about his zombie novel sent a lot of listeners over the edge of terror (and fury). Why? Well … the internet.

The company’s chief content officer: “The reason why we may enter this space and try to release some big movies ourselves this way is because I’m concerned that as theater owners try to strangle innovation and distribution, not only are they going to kill theaters, they might kill movies.”

“Los Angeles is haemorrhaging film production. Feature films and TV dramas are fleeing California. Other US states, and other countries, are using aggressive tax breaks to siphon off and claim their own bit of La-la-land, turning the world’s entertainment capital into a cinematic husk.”

“The reasons that women are rolling around in the supernatural muck, both as creators and consumers, are as numerous as those zombies chasing Pitt down a lab corridor.”

When Chinese immigrant leaders complained to the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures about a racist 1921 movie, they were told to make their own movies. So they did.

“Know a teen football player who’s a quiet thoughtful giant? See the attached script!”

“Studios tend to keep a close eye on Redbox’s performance as the company’s success has been attributed to the downfall of the once formidable Blockbuster and the majors look for ways to convert renters into buyers of discs and digital releases.”