Stunt coordinator Richard Ryan, currently working on the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus, walks us through the process.
Tag: 01.22.14
What’s The Point Of Such A Lengthy Awards Season?
“People are still talking and arguing about the relative merits of artistically ambitious films such as ’12 Years a Slave’ and Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity,’ both released in October, as well as more recent party-joiners such as David O. Russell’s ‘American Hustle’ and Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,'”
There Was A Competition For Arts Criticism. And We Learned A Lot About Critics
“The experience was shocking not just because the quality of the writing was so high, but because of the frustration expressed by many of the applicants and the air of desperation that emanated from their submissions.”
The Art Auction Biz In 2013 By The Numbers
“Christie’s beat Sotheby’s to the global auction house top-spot for the second year running, selling $800m more at auction than its rival in 2013.”
Can Reading Increase Your Intelligence? (Here’s What The Science Says)
Of course, you can read little or nothing at all and still be brilliant at “reading between the lines” of a conversation. But in today’s world, fluid intelligence and reading also go hand in hand.
Scientists Study Infectious Disease Behavior To Predict Facebook Will Die In 2017
The forecast of Facebook’s impending doom was made by comparing the growth curve of epidemics to those of online social networks. Scientists argue that, like bubonic plague, Facebook will eventually die out.
Detroit Argues In Court Over Bankruptcy, Pensions And The Value Of Art
“We find it incredible that the city is being allowed to leave such a valuable art collection untouched when it can’t provide basic services and is proposing to essentially walk away from its debt obligations.”
Judge Blocks Challenge To Valuation Of Detroit Institute’s Art
Judge Rhodes “raised questions about whether he would even allow the sale of DIA art to settle city debt — while also emphasizing that he had not yet made up his mind on the matter. He also said that creditors would have ample opportunity to argue these issues down the road.”
Quentin Tarantino Shelves Next Project After Script Leak
The director says he gave copies of The Hateful Eight‘s script to three actors (yes, he names names), one of whom shared it with an agent who leaked it. And Tarantino is furious.
Titan of India’s Telugu Cinema Dead at 91
Over the course of a seven-decade career, Akkineni Nageswara Rao not only appeared in more than 250 films, earning awards and an enormous following, he led the move of Telugu-language filmmaking (now India’s second-largest movie industry) to the capital city where Telugu is actually spoken. (He also, unusually, resisted the urge to enter politics.)