“SAG-AFTRA members expecting a sweetheart deal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in next year’s talks shouldn’t hold their breath, according to a top labor negotiations expert.”
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China’s Answer To Bridesmaids Sparks A Culture War
Tiny Times 1 and 2, “about four fashion-obsessed girlfriends at a Shanghai university, … have become a lightning rod for this nation’s evolving view of its growing youth culture. Many established Chinese cultural commentators are outraged by these works’ overt celebration of materialism, and this anger has spurred a surprisingly robust counterattack by the movies’ many young fans.”
Stars Of Cannes Winner Say Filming Was A Nightmare
“The stars of Palme d’Or-winning drama Blue is the Warmest Colour have said that making director Abdellatif Kechiche’s film was ‘horrible’ … [They] said the Franco-Tunisian film-maker ranted and raved at them [throughout the project], … while a fight scene was the result of a continuous one-hour take during which Kechiche refused to allow his stars to simulate blows.”
FunnyOrDie Crossed With The Onion, But In Portuguese: Brazil’s YouTube Comedy Guerrillas
“New Internet ventures are challenging established companies in various industries in Brazil, but few here have captured audiences and ruffled feathers like Porta dos Fundos, whose satirical videos are challenging – and influencing – how Brazilian society ponders thorny subjects like religion, drug use, politics, sexuality and, of course, corruption.”
End Of An Era For Japan’s Rubber-Suited Sci-Fi Monsters
“For decades, Japanese studios dazzled, terrified and tickled global audiences with monster movies and television shows featuring actors in rubber suits laying waste to scaled-down Tokyos … But now, in an era when lifelike digital effects have made the use of small models and suited actors look quaint and kitschy, tokusatsu is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.”
Was This The First-Ever Movie Made For The Internet?
“A one-hour, pop art-inspired version of William Shakespeare’s Richard III by the Australian director Philippe Mora, has been hailed by Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) as the first movie ever created specifically for the Internet -uploaded and shared online in 1996.”
Bollywood Slashes Costs As Rupee Crashes
“Spending by Indian producers to overseas locations has fallen sharply in the recent months as they are looking for cheaper options.”
Hollywood Coasts To Record Summer Box Office
“Overall, Hollywood enjoyed a record Labor Day, with revenue reaching an estimated $156 million, beating the record set in 2007 with $148 million. The film industry also enjoyed a record summer ($4.7 billion), thanks to a wide array of films prospering, and despite a handful of high-profile flame-outs.”
The Global Movie Business – What Audiences Are Seeing Where
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Netflix Makes A Move Into Stand-Up Comedy
“[Aziz Ansari’s] Buried Alive, based on his tour of the same name, will make its Netflix debut on Nov. 1. It will be the biggest stand-up special distributed by Netflix to date, in much the same way that House of Cards was that streaming service’s first high-profile original drama. There’s more comedy coming, the company says, as it opens another front of competition with HBO.”