MCN Curated Headlines Archive for December, 2016
“Leonard mentioned having a coffee during the break. Instead, as Lucy and I sat there, just the two of us in the hall, transfixed and pinching ourselves, Leonard—backed by his full complement of musicians and singers—performed the entire newly revamped two-and-a-half hour show he was about to take on the road.”
Producer Robert Lantos Remembers His Friend Leonard Cohen
“We follow the logic of the people and enjoy their comedy as much as anything else. The process is not about the research or the polemic at all. It’s entirely about who is this person, and how do they respond in this situation? And to not turn people into good people and bad people, but just observe the reality of the situation.”
Ken Loach On The Power Of I, Daniel Blake
“My words were spoken from a sort of ‘delusional girl’ persona I often inhabit.”
Lena Dunham Excuses Lena Dunham
The Times’ 2016 “Lives They Lived” Includes Rivette, Kiarostami, Ali, Bowie, Jack T. Chick, Katherine Dunn, Bill Cunningham, Prince
With – Portraits Of The Private Spaces Of The Newly Passed
“Marketing included two trailers, three music videos, 60 online video ads and stunts in 260 shopping malls owned by the Dalian Wanda, the Chinese conglomerate that bought Legendary for $3.5 billion in January.”
Scaling The Great Wall
Field Of Vision Premieres Alex Winter’s Short On Activist Barrett Brown
With – Relatively Free 19’00”
“Clever producers put forth a manufactured story about a billionaire whose empire was, in actuality, crumbling at the very same time he took the job. ‘The Apprentice’ was a scam put forth to the public in exchange for ratings. We were ‘entertaining.’ This is nothing new, and the impact it’s having on the history of the world is best depicted in Network, a satire.”
Former “Apprentice” Producer Responds To The Election
“It comes from William Carlos Williams, too, and Wallace Stevens. It’s not a megaphone that you’re shouting through. I would feel incredibly embarrassed if I thought I was trying to announce my feelings to the world.”
Jim Jarmusch Talks Paterson And Provides A Poetry List
New China Film Law Passed With Aim To Preserve “National Honor”; Imported Picture Quota Stands At 34
“A lot of the things you find funny come out of the drama. We really took it as seriously as possible. Like doing the naked party in the film: on the shooting day, it was not so funny, it had to be as existential as possible.”
Toni Erdmann‘s Maren Ade Tells Hillary Weston About Influence
The Rogue One Pitches, Verily, Have Come To Fruition
“What Rogue One Teaches Us About the Rebel Alliance’s Military Chops”
And – “How Bad Was Imperial Cybersecurity in Rogue One? We Asked Some Experts.”
Plus – “Are We Really OK with Executing Stormtroopers?”
With – “Resurrection Is A Digital Indignity”
“References were identified early on: Wong Kar Wai’s Happy Together, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Three Times, Spike Lee’s Clockers, the films of Claire Denis. Realism was avoided.”
James Laxton On Shooting Moonlight