Nicole Kassell: “Because I’m working on such high-caliber TV shows and getting to direct such great material it does make me very picky about what I’ll take time off to do for a feature. I want it to be a deep, deep passion project. I’m seeking material that grips me personally, emotionally, politically and that lets me do something artistic. But in our culture, very few of those films are getting made.”
Tag: 06.05.16
I Gave Up TV For A Month. It Changed Me.
While week one was filled with fighting the urge to turn on the TV and brainstorming other activities, weeks two and three were when things started to change for me physically and mentally. Most notably, I felt less stressed. A lot of the programs we used to watch, like Dateline or 48 Hours Mystery, had elements of suspense, drama, and violence. Had this stuff been rubbing off on me?
An Artistic Director Is Fired. Now He Wonders Who Owns His Work
I was told that “the company is going in a different direction” and that “I didn’t have the qualifications or the time” to continue in my role as artistic director. When I asked what the new direction was or how it pertained to the company’s new mission statement that I recently wrote, I was told I “couldn’t be privy to that information.”
So What’s Yannick Going To Do At The Metropolitan Opera??
“So it finally happened: After years of speculation, the Metropolitan Opera appointed Yannick Nézet-Séguin to replace James Levine as music director. Naturally, the opera world wants to know what that will look like. And they want to know now.” David Patrick Stearns, who dislikes trying to predict the future but knows YNS’s work well, makes some educated guesses.
The Real Concerns Of Women Conductors
Dallas Opera CEO Keith Cerny shares some excerpts from the personal statements of the current round of applicants to his company’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors.”
Annie Proulx Is Way Over Navel-Gazing Novels
“I think people probably miss those books that were written some time ago – the big book that was written with care.”
Massive Plagiarism In The Age Of Self-Publishing
“The offending books often stay up for weeks or even months at a time before they’re detected, usually by an astute reader. For the authors, this intrusion goes beyond threatening their livelihood. Writing a novel is a form of creative expression, and having it stolen by someone else, many say, can feel like a personal violation.”
The Future Manchester That Never Came To Be
“I admire the chutzpah,. … Today, urban development lacks ambition. But you look at some of the st’ff from the 1960s, and you think: ‘Even if it didn’t work, these people were really going to do something, weren’t they?’ There was massive ambition there.”
This Painting Was Supposedly Wrecked ‘Beyond Repair,’ But Now It’s Restored
“A glowing landscape framing a tender scene of the Adoration of the Shepherds, by the Italian Renaissance master Sebastiano del Piombo, has re-emerged from three centuries of overpainting, attempts to solve the original disastrous decision to lift it off the 16th century wooden panel and transfer it to canvas.”
Uh-Oh: Movie Audiences May Be Tired Of Sequels
Or recent sequels – excepting “Captain America: Civil War” – may simply suck.