Movie City News Archive for July, 2019
One Minute For Hal Prince
To commemorate Harold "Hal" Prince's life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of #Broadway theaters in New York for one minute tonight https://t.co/mBG4Vyzofh — Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 31, 2019
Read the full article »“Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, called the depiction ‘disrespectful’ and ‘a mockery’ of her late father’s legacy. ‘I understand this is a Tarantino film, that the movie characters are “antiheroes” and this has his characteristic style and is another of his rage fantasies,’ said Lee. Tarantino ‘seems to have gone out of the way to make fun of my father and to portray him as kind of a buffoon. I feel like he turned his confidence into arrogance and his intelligence into mockery. I feel like he was picked on in the way that he was picked on in life by white Hollywood. I’ve met Mike and I know that he loves my father and he’s a working actor, and I hold no negativity toward him whatsoever.'”
“Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, called the depiction ‘disrespectful’ and ‘a mockery’ of her late father’s legacy. ‘I understand this is a Tarantino film, that the movie characters are “antiheroes” and this has his characteristic style and is another of his rage fantasies,’ said Lee. Tarantino ‘seems to have gone out of the way to make…
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Bruce Lee’s Protégé Recalls His Humility Amid ‘Once Upon a Time’ Criticism https://t.co/cRvf2mpZdS pic.twitter.com/Jrc32OZNRP — Variety_Film (@Variety_Film) July 31, 2019
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While I’m not a fan of QT, nor am I happy about the fact that he portrayed Bruce Lee in a manner that hurt his daughter Shannon, I’m a huge fan of @mangiotto’s writing and this one is a particularly personal piece: Film Freak Central https://t.co/5kCnX5HHQ0 — Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) July 31, 2019
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“In terms of director and cinematographer, he can tell me what he wants or show me examples and then I try to create what’s in his head. The highest level of praise I can get is when he sees a scene and says to me that’s exactly what I had in my brain.” Robert Richardson
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Farewell Hal Not just the prince of musicals, the crowned head who directed two of the greatest productions of my career, Evita and Phantom. This wonderful man taught me so much and his mastery of musical theatre was without equal. – ALW pic.twitter.com/CJomXUFUyp — Andrew Lloyd Webber (@OfficialALW) July 31, 2019
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RIP Hal Prince💔 What a sad day — Bernadette Peters (@OfficialBPeters) July 31, 2019
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Thank you, Hal. — Sondheim Lyrics (@sondheimlyrics) July 31, 2019
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Hal Prince was one of the fucking gods of musical theatre. If you haven’t seen the recorded version of his 1979 Sweeney Todd production, fix that immediately!!! — Ira thee Third (@ira) July 31, 2019
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Beyond heartbroken to find out that #HalPrince has passed away💔Working with Hal was one of the greatest honors of my artistic life-I'll never forget his kindness,generosity& brilliance as an artist & as a human.Sending love & condolences to Judy,Daisy,Charlie &all loved ones💖💫 — Donna Murphy (@DMurphyOfficial) July 31, 2019
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RIP our dear Hal Prince. You inspired. You will ALWAYS inspire. — Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) July 31, 2019
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Whether your consider yourself a Sondheim person, or an Andrew Lloyd Webber person, or a Kander and Ebb person, you're a Hal Prince person. He bestrode all of 20th-Century Broadway like a Colossus in a Dance Belt. — Glen Weldon (@ghweldon) July 31, 2019
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A common thread running through all of the beautiful eulogies of Hal is the fact that he wrote kind and supportive letters to so many young theatre artists. Including me, when I greatly needed the encouragement. Who does that anymore? I could go on – we all could go on. A giant. — Robert Falls…
Read the full article »Amazon changes
Amazon S-Team member Jeff Blackburn, who heads up Entertainment, Prime Video, Business Development and Advertising, is taking a year-long sabbatical. Story coming to WSJ — Dana Mattioli (@DanaMattioli) July 31, 2019
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Whether your consider yourself a Sondheim person, or an Andrew Lloyd Webber person, or a Kander and Ebb person, you're a Hal Prince person. He bestrode all of 20th-Century Broadway like a Colossus in a Dance Belt. — Glen Weldon (@ghweldon) July 31, 2019
Read the full article »“The film has problems, all of which could’ve been solved with Quentin Quentin-ing less. Give us a Sharon Tate with comparable depth to that of your fictional/composite male characters, so we’re not left thinking that, ultimately, Quentin Tarantino movies are made by, for, and about, Quentin Tarantino: a cultural fetishest (and foot—-er) who has black friends.”
“The film has problems, all of which could’ve been solved with Quentin Quentin-ing less. Give us a Sharon Tate with comparable depth to that of your fictional/composite male characters, so we’re not left thinking that, ultimately, Quentin Tarantino movies are made by, for, and about, Quentin Tarantino: a cultural fetishist (and foot—-er) who has black friends.”
Read the full article »Revisiting A 2009 Conversation With Duncan Jones About Moon
“Films like Silent Running and Outland and Ridley Scott’s Alien, they were telling stories about people. The science fiction was really the environment these people were contrasted against. It’s how people were affected by, or how they were able to protect themselves from these future environments, or alien environments in science fiction settings. It was always…
Read the full article »Twenty-Five Years of Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival
Twenty-Five Years of Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival
Read the full article »“Netflix’s licensing strategy is becoming more focused on smaller international territories such as the Netherlands, Argentina and Colombia.”
“Netflix’s licensing strategy is becoming more focused on smaller international territories such as the Netherlands, Argentina and Colombia.”
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