Ten years ago, the Museum of Modern Art shut its Film Stills Archive while it renovated its Manhattan building, promising to reopen the archive when the museum had more space. More space arrived in 2005, but the archive’s still shut – and an old labor dispute may be at the heart of it all. “What bothers me is that there’s no conscience, no morality to what they’ve done. There’s no making a wrong right here.”
Tag: 01.11.12
Get British Film Out Of The Art House And Into The Multiplex, Says Prime Minister
British Prime Minster David Cameron: “Our role, and that of the BFI (British Film Institute), should be … helping UK producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and impact of the best international productions.”
You Can Enjoy E-Books WIthout Amazon – And Here’s How
“Amazon’s holiday-season gambit, and a New York Times op-ed denouncing it written by novelist Richard Russo, alerted readers who value their local bookstores to the possibility that those stores will vanish if we don’t make a point of patronizing them. But what if you prefer e-books?”
If You’re Feeling Bad About Your Life, Get Off Facebook For A While
“The phenomenally popular social networking site may be skewing the way users perceive their lives. It finds those carefully selected photos of cheerful, contented people cumulatively convey a self-esteem-shattering message: Our lives are fantastic! What’s wrong with you?”
Art Might Be Good For You, But Who Cares? More Important: It’s Fun
“Art that feels like a duty is probably bad art. But most of the art industry is geared towards foisting that kind of art on us. … It’s the joyous, uninhibited art that truly matters – and this is what keeps me hooked.”
Can Online Language Students Supplant Professional Translators?
“Duolingo [is] a free language tutorial website that doubles as a paid-for translation service. The deal is that users get to learn a language while simultaneously helping to translate website content.”
Ballet San Jose Finally Announces A 2012 Season
After a tumultuous fall and winter – a cancelled production, the stealth dismissal of the founding artistic director, a suddenly announced “partnership” with American Ballet Theater, and the abrupt departure of the board chairman – the company has planned three productions, each to run over a weekend in March, April and May.
Bill T. Jones On The Religious Roots Of His Choreography
“Coming from the background I came from and witnessing my mother’s tearful prayers – talk about ‘aesthetic arrest’ – watching her put herself through this and go into a trance … Well, I thought that art wanted to do the same thing.”
Thomas Quasthoff Retires From Singing
The admired bass-baritone said in a statement, “My health no longer allows me to live up to the high standard that I have always set for my art and myself. I owe a lot to this wonderful profession and leave without a trace of bitterness.”
Why Doesn’t Ireland Produce Musicals?
“We aren’t lacking in raw materials, after all. Aren’t we the country that brought you Enya, Sinead O’Connor, Westlife and U2? … And it’s not as if we’re short of experimental playwrights, innovative directors or competent performers. … Yet sadly our island seems to be unable – or unwilling – to write, or indeed produce, their own works from the genre.”