MCN Curated Headlines Archive for February, 2013
“If you’re going to follow around somebody to murder, I’d much rather be photographing a woman than a man.”
Talking Blood With Brian DePalma

“The Oscar in general is a blood sport,” Zadan said. “A lot of the TV press goes back year after year and complains about a traditional host, but if you have someone groundbreaking they complain about that.”
The Self-Canonizing And Further Self-Anointing Of Oscar Producers Aided By LAT
Tilda Swinton Turns Face For Chanel
And – That David Bowie Video She Co-Stars In, By Floria Sigismondi

Ryzik Combs For Clues On Lincoln‘s Loss And Chooses Next Year’s Host: Jennifer Lawrence
And – Huffington Post GIFS, Videos, Clichés Way Through Its Girl-Crush On Lawrence
“And then Paul Schrader let me see The Canyons. “
DiGiacomo (AKA Who’s Left At Movieline) Has A Personal Santa Ana
“Did you find it morally objectionable?”
Glenn Kenny On Muddled CultCrit, The Breast Of Oscar, And “Cutting Your Throat In Your Sleep”

Cablevision-Viacom Bundling Battle Resembles The Malone-Redstone Fight
And – An Interesting Entry On What The Suit Could Mean For The Future Of Television
A Picture Of Emad Burnat And His Family At The Oscars
LA Weekly Goes After Michael Moore And The Atlantic For Defending Michael Moore But Likes Buzzfeed For Suggesting Michael Moore Is A Liar; Almost Leaves Last Word To Emad Burnat
And – “So mostly, on the Moore side, there is an emotional plea, an initial story (as told by Moore) that is now pretty clearly inaccurate, and an attack on Buzzfeed that is so ferocious that I guess Buzzfeed is supposed to just go away.”
David Poland Amends His Less-Of-Moore Reaction
“I don’t understand why I’m being asked whether it was 23 minutes (it definitely was not) or more [at LAX]. That is the wrong question. And I think Americans should be proud that there are people like Michael Moore and so many others I met in LA who are willing to ask the right question: why was I held in the first place?”
Oscar-Nominated Documentarian Emad Burnat Questions Buzzfeed’s Priorities
“My conviction is that the main missing element in most depictions of jazz on film is musicians listening to one another.”
Jonathan Rosenbaum On Jazz And Film Criticism
“Hollywood’s not necessarily the most supportive community. There is a lot of schadenfreude and a lot of snark.”
VICE Ventilates The Canyons

“It was made without any Canadian consultation. And we can live with that. But at the same time the ‘Canadian community,’ felt we played a larger and more active role than that which was portrayed in the movie.”
Former Canadian Ambassador Says “Canadian Caper” Should Have Been More About Canada And Less About Argo
“The next morning, right before she got in her car to head off to work, my wife turned back and—standing there on our front steps—and said, ‘Ang, don’t forget your dream.’”
Ang Lee On How He Stayed On His Path