Word: artfulness
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Bigelow has often found herself at the center of discussions on gender and filmmaking; this year, as the fourth female director ever to be up for an Oscar, she is even more so. The topic sends her back to her art-world days. "I never thought of a particular artist or school of art in gender terms," she says. And yet she accepts the idea that she might be a role model and is sympathetic to the fact that, as she puts it, "the journey for women in many venues - be it politics, business, film - is a long and difficult...
Until that day arrives, there's a certain male director of a movie called Avatar ... Mention an Oscar battle of the exes - she and Cameron were married from 1989 to '91 - and you get a good-natured laugh and some context. "In the art world, there was a real community," she says. In L.A., not so much. "All of a sudden that incredible community that I fed off of was gone. So meeting other filmmakers was like oxygen." One was Stone; another was Cameron, with whom she remains friendly, and whose techno-thriller story Strange Days she made into...
...elected in 50 years. But it was only after Reagan and his GOP successor, George H.W. Bush, left office that congressional Republicans realized they could use political polarization to stymie government - and use government failure to win elections. And with that realization, vicious-circle politics started to become an art form. (See pictures of Republican memorabilia...
...identified with radical innovations like potato foam and foie gras "noodles" frozen with liquid nitrogen. But more than any one dish or technique, he has changed the way people think about food. Chefs around the world have adopted not only his dazzling concoctions but his ethos - to bring science, art and cooking into closer collaboration; to use food not only to please and satiate but also to amaze and provoke; and above all, to constantly reinvent. Fellow holder of three Michelin stars, chef Juan Mari Arzak defines Adrià's role simply: "He is the most important chef...
...teaching anyone how to break down a cod." The foundation will grant fellowships to 20 or 25 young cooks a year so they may spend 12 months working with El Bulli's core staff, investigating new techniques and developing new flavors. Discussions led by prominent chefs and leaders in art and design will complement their research. Each year, the foundation will release a book and video that catalog its discoveries, and a team will disseminate those ideas at chefs' conferences and culinary schools. The fellows will also help Adrià compile an encyclopedia of contemporary cuisine. To accommodate all this...