MCN Curated Headlines Archive for October, 2012
“Everyone keeps thinking I haven’t made a movie in 12 years. It’s like I’ve gone off and done opera or something.”
Back To The Feature: Zemeckis On Returning To Realer Worlds
“We made Flight with one of the greatest film-makers of all time with one of the greatest actors that we have, and we made it for $30 million. The only way you can do that is if everyone believes and is willing to waive what are well-earned quotes that they’ve had over the years, knowing that, together, as partners, we’ll all share. We did it on True Grit, and the picture did a quarter of a billion dollars. It was the biggest payday the Coens ever had.”
Garrahan FT-Lunches With Paramount’s Brad Grey
“F— continuity.”
Grantland Writer Gets What Cloud Atlas Does So Well But Is Not Pleased At The Prospect
“The entertainment business has been criminally assaulted by wrong-headed thinking that says we need to keep up with the Internet.”
HuffPo Comes Out Against Stealing, Or Is That John Mellencamp Writing For Free?
How A Company Grows But Never Turns A Profit
“Amazon Is A Black Hole Threatening To Devour Corporate America”
“Believe me, in 85 million homes, a movie from National Geographic is not going to change the outcome of the election in a country of 300 million.”
Seal Team Six Makers Differ With NY Times’ Account Of Film’s Edit
“The voice was Lincoln’s: a gentle tenor, reedy and slightly cracked, the accent a frontier blend of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. A beautiful voice.”
Hail To The Chameleon: Winter On How Daniel Day-Lewis Stays In Character