“The more arts and crafts experience our scientists and inventors have, the more likely they will be to generate creative capital of clear economic value. Invest in arts and crafts and it comes back to you many-fold.”
Tag: 02.14.11
Wim Wenders Filming Pina Bausch in 3D – Does It Work?
“To a certain extent, yes. The 3D has been harnessed judiciously (Bausch herself was absolutely clear it should not be there as a gimmick – good note). The problem with dance on film is the failure of the screen to convey depth; and 3D does, to an extent, lend the work the necessary sculptural quality.”
What Does Stieg Larsson’s Longtime Partner Want? Revenge
“That partner, Eva Gabrielsson, has spent the last several years fighting for the right to determine how [the late] Larsson’s name and work … are used.” (That right currently belongs to Larsson’s father and brother.) “But it’s not just a desire for creative control that she wants now, … [She] also wants something that Larsson’s heroine, Lisbeth Salander, pursues throughout Larsson’s Millennium series: revenge.”
Another Reason Not to Cut Arts Funding: Arts Foster Innovation
“The data our scientists and engineers provided to us demonstrate that the more arts and crafts a person masters, the greater their probability of becoming an inventor or innovator.”
Classical Grammys 2011: A Rundown
There were the expected winners (the Chicago Symphony, Cecilia Bartoli, Mitsuko Uchida), the up-and-comer (composer Michael Daugherty), the long-snubbed great artist finally getting his due (Jordi Savall), the giant-killer (the Naxos label, greatly outdoing the majors), and the dark horse (organist Paul Jacobs playing Messiaen.)
Did Bad Reviews Hurt “Spider-Man”? Not At The Box Office
“Spider-Man” grossed $1,330,014, an increase of almost 3 percent over the previous week, and was the second-highest-grossing show on Broadway behind the musical “Wicked,” which grossed $1.44 million for the same number of performances as “Spider-Man.”
NY City Opera Chairman: We’re Turning Around The Company
“I’d like to see us do six months of performances. It just seems to me that we ought to be doing more than three months if we’re going to be taken seriously, if we’re going to come back all the way. That seems to me to be a more serious opera company. Can we get there? We’ll try.”
Time To Rethink The Broadcast Interview?
“In an era when the publicity agents of the rich and famous have an ever-greater grip on the way their clients’ stories are told, the broadcast interview is rarely what it is intended to be: an open conversation in public.”
Michael Kaiser: There’s Not Enough Good Art Being Created
“The arts are in trouble because there is simply not enough excellent art being created. I know that I am risking the wrath of the entire arts community, and I know I am also at risk of sounding like the classic old-timer…”
The Archetypal New TV Critic
Alan Sepinwall is the acknowledged king of the form. “He’s an inspiration to TV critics throughout the country. His recaps appear online in record time, typically bursting with incisive commentary and wit. Sepinwall’s output is also legendary: He’s currently reviewing between 10 and 15 shows each week, which he says is ‘a fairly light schedule for me’.”