“His criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range, but he rarely seems to be showing off. He’s just trying to tell you what he thinks, and to provoke some thought on your part about how movies work and what they can do.”
Tag: 03.17.08
Independent Publishers – Making Their Own Success
Independent publishers can shape the tactics of the big battalions, who imitate their successes and lure away their heroes. They also have more fun, which may be why so many of them have escaped from big publishing.
Indian Entertainment Industry Exploding With Growth
The Indian entertainment industry grew 17% in 2007 — faster than the predicted 15% — reaching $12.82 billion, up from $10.95 billion in 2006. By 2012 media should generate $29 billion in income.
The Future Of Music – Vinyl?
“In the United Kingdom, where the CD single is basically dead, there is such a resurgence in vinyl that retailers can’t keep up with capacity. In the U.S., figures as high as 22 per cent are being floated about the growth in vinyl record sales.”
Indie, R.I.P.
“Have you considered ‘indie’ of late? It’s a sad sight. Staggering around on its last legs, finding employment to describe just about anything in the cultural sphere. It’s ubiquitous and meaningless. Brutalized and disfigured. Omnipresent and bereft of any, let’s see, independence. Let’s euthanize it.”
Hit “Asian Booker” Novel Translated Into English
Wolf Totem was a literary sensation in China when it came out four years ago, and now it’s about to launch another giant wave in the English book world.
Your Brain On Music
Two new MRI studies provide insights into how music is processed in the brain and clues to the underlying structure of the creative process.
Support Growing For Rural Theatre
“The challenges to the establishment of small-town theaters include finding organizers with enough time, raising money for operations and cultivating audiences that sometimes resist traveling rural roads at night and in adverse weather.”
The Media Generation
“The millennials–the cohort born after 1982–might be caled the Look at Me Generation. Thanks to ‘The Real World,’ ‘Laguna Beach’ and the like, they’ve been documented like no group before them, most especially by themselves: on their blogs, their MySpace, Facebook and Flickr pages, and on YouTube. And now the artistes are taking their turn, with a new wave of reality series, films and books examining the documentation generation.”
Surprise – Supreme Court To Hear FCC Indecency Case
“The case, to be argued in the fall, involves a recent Federal Communications Commission policy that holds broadcasters liable for ‘fleeting expletives’ — single instances of certain profanities, uttered usually in live settings. But the justices could also review constitutional issues raised by the commission’s overall indecency regime, which may no longer be tenable in the age of filtering technologies.”