“Sometimes they limit themselves simply to producing movies, though on many other occasions they have also written, directed or actually filmed them. But by any standard the Barretos – Luiz Carlos and Lucy and their children, Bruno, Fábio and Paula – are the first family of cinema in Brazil.”
Tag: 01.22.12
Do We Need To Rethink Arts Boards?
“Of course, it is difficult to find a slate of candidates clamoring to join the typical arts organization board. And that is particularly true for those candidates every organization wants – the well heeled, people of color, business and civic leaders, people with cachet.”
Yasmina Reza Doesn’t Care About Her Characters’ Backgrounds
“Because even if you say to an actor, ‘This character was beaten up as a child’, what can they do apart from say, ‘OK’ and then just get on with it? It serves them nothing. Writing is a lot more organic than that. It’s not at all intellectual.”
New York’s Convention Center – Tear It Down After Only 25 Years?
“It’s just such an awful building that the only reason to keep it would be as a monument to stupidity,” said Mark Wigley, the dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
One Of The World’s Greatest Cellos Goes To An 18-Year-Old – For $6 Million+
“The purchaser was a “patroness of the arts from Montreal,” who declined to be identified further, Mr. Reuning said. He said she has decided to lend the cello, known as Countess of Stainlein, ex-Paganini of 1707, to Stéphane Tétreault, an 18-year-old player from Montreal with a budding career.”
Hearst Is Rolling In His Grave: ‘Citizen Kane’ Shows At His Castle
William Randolph Hearst did all he could to torpedo Orson Welles’ epic movie. Welles triumphed then, and triumphs more now: “Seventy-one years after Hearst’s effort to derail it, ‘Citizen Kane’ will be shown at Hearst Castle’s visitors center, with the blessings of the Hearst family.”
Can The Academy *Ever* Get Documentaries Right?
Probably not. But the Oscar picks for best documentary could be getting better … maybe.
Believe In Evolution? That’s Because Of Your Intuition
“Intuition had a significant impact on what the students accepted, no matter how much they knew and regardless of their religious beliefs. Even students with a greater knowledge of evolutionary facts weren’t more likely to accept the theory unless they also had a strong gut feeling about the facts, the results showed.”
Beloved Cello Sells For A Record Price (But The Buyer Loans Out The Instrument)
“The purchaser was a ‘patroness of the arts from Montreal,’ who declined to be identified further, Mr. Reuning said. He said she has decided to lend the cello, known as Countess of Stainlein, ex-Paganini of 1707, to Stéphane Tétreault, an 18-year-old player from Montreal with a budding career.”
Hacking Their Way To A Greener, And More Prosperous, Planet
“As investors look back at the mistakes that have been made and money lost in capital intensive investments like next-gen solar, biofuels and electric cars, some investors are taking a different route and looking to make cleantech investing look a lot more like web and mobile investing — literally.”