MCN Curated Headlines Archive for September, 2016
“Half of the cast and crew has to be Chinese. The censors have the last word. Crime stories cannot have too many details. Stories of corruption must end with the bad guy behind bars. No ghosts. No gay love stories. No religion. No nudity. No politics. The moment you fall into it, you change. You hurt your creativity.”
Hong Kong Filmmakers Warn Of Heavy Hand When Working In China
Bill Morrison Built Dawson City: Frozen Time From 106 Hours Of Footage Preserved In Yukon Permafrost
“Rather than serial television, it is more like latticework television, built not from a flowchart but from a round of narrative Twister in which the gameboard keeps adding panels. The effect is jazz-like, with the chord changes made a little more intricate, a little more explicit.”
Richard Brody Takes It “Easy”
While – Chicago Reader Writer Takes On Marc Maron’s Dismissal Of Chicago Reader
“I have lived a long, good life. I will not be here to see the consequences if this evil takes root in our country. But your children and mine will be.”
Kirk Douglas On His American Century
“It has been altered without the participation of the principal director screenwriter and other creators of the original film.”
Amazon Colorizes D. W. Griffith’s Birth Of A Nation
“I like movie stars. I want enhanced reality.”
John Powers Talks Nocturnal Animals With Tom Ford
“These two people love each more over time, not less. Love is time in Reds. Life that lasts forever because of love. Reds is about what it takes to love.”
Masha Tupitsyn On Love In Reds