MCN Curated Headlines Archive for October, 2011
“This is not a bill that targets ‘rogue foreign sites.’ Rather, it allows patent and copyright trolls, and any holder of any intellectual property right to target lawful U.S. websites and technology companies.”
NetCoalition, CEA, and CCIA Respond To Members Of Congress On “Stop Online Piracy Act”

“What if the price of having a vital, well-financed string of newspapers included rare, but inevitable, sexual predation of minors?”
David Carr Takes A Swing With His Backpages.Com Lede

“There’s this impression of Joe going around that he tricks girls into engaging in these sexual situations in his movies, and I feel like that’s just not giving the girls much credit.”
Indie-Focusing The Prolific Joe Swanberg, With 3 Films At AFI Fest
“Make a few demands/ I’m able to fulfill.”
Rhymin’ Steve Sondheim On His Memoiristic Reticence
“In the beginning, there were certain things I missed. In Hollywood, there’s the connection with the people who finance the films because you lunch or dine with them, whereas here, you never see them. Other than that, I miss friends. I miss Nate ‘n Al Delicatessen.”
Roman Polanski Waxes Nostalgic
“Most of the big films now are either end-of-the-world epics, comics or action sequels. Most of the work for real cameras is in second unit, and the rest is done with CGI. It’s not great work for filmmakers.”
Cinematographer John Seale Waxes Nostalgic

“Even as a feminist, my whole life I’d been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother.”
A Eulogy For Steve Jobs, By His Sister, Novelist Mona Simpson

“Putting it very simply, Saul was a great film-maker.”
Scorsese On Saul Bass
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother,
what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here’s what she said to me:
LA Film Critics Ass’n 2011 Life Achievement Award To Doris Day
“You don’t have to put on the red light”
The Epic End As Library Of Congress Dims Its Darkrooms

Holiday Movies Ahoy!
Woody Harrelson Afoot In Amsterdam With David Carr
And – Cartoonist Lynda Barry Wants You To Believe In Yourself
Plus – Kelsey Grammer Talks Class
And – Designing Gary Hustwit
With – McGrath On Theron Playing The Heavy
And – Rozen On Cameron Crowe
Plus – Spielberg E-Mails Cieply
And – Going Immortals With Tarsem And A Slideshow Of Images
And – Itzkoff Meets “The Rat”
And – Holiday Favorites Picked By Branagh, Berney, Stillman, More