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...every Bollywood film will be released simultaneously in theaters and online." Kaushish believes the technology has the potential to change the industry itself. "Digital distribution will lower barriers to entry for independent filmmakers," he says. "They will be able to market their content without the expense of distribution to cinema halls." Still, theaters will remain movies' primary outlet for a while yet; less than 1% of Indians have access to the high-speed Internet connections that make downloads practical. Eventually, the technology could "mark a change in release strategy, maybe even in the way films are made," according to Rajeev...
...Russians enthralled by his uplifting image of the motherland. "It's a film on family values - and we want families to watch it at home together," the film's producer Anatoli Voropayev told the audience at the single Moscow preview earlier this week. He said he was forgoing a cinema release and going straight to DVD "because we want the film to reach people across the country, where movie theaters do not exists, not just in the cities...
...disappointment, the BAFTA awards themselves could teach the Oscars a thing or two about the big, wide world of film. As the American Academy slowly, begrudgingly learns to accept the fact that other countries make great movies too, the British Academy has fully embraced the idea that all cinema is world cinema and that some of the best films are made in places where English is the foreign language. So France's La Vie En Rose and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Germany's The Lives of Others, and The Kite Runner, with most of its dialogue in Farsi...
...doctor who six years ago derided to follow his lifelong dream of becoming a Pashtu movie direc tor, the recent threats are a new blow to an already unstable industry. Indian imports and the rise of cable television have eroded box-office takes for several years. People worry that cinema halls will be the next target of extremists, he says. "The industry has been in a long fall Then the bombs crashed the business." Nonetheless, he intends to keep directing movies as long as he is able. "Movies are my addiction," he says. His next film is called...
...have the power to transform the raw materials of culture into intellectually elevated Works Of Art. The MFA and “Mirrorball” make no bones about these kind of aspirations: “at their best, these music promos have more in common with groundbreaking short cinema than commercial flash.” But do they really? At last Saturday’s “Global Selection” screening, a few of the videos on display lived up to their high-art billing. Karina Garcia Casanova’s video for the song...