Word: filmdom
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...Farhad Safinia, is an allegory about the collapse of civilizations--with warnings about environmental abuse and political fear-mongering, not the sort of thing to comfort conservatives. And the obvious care that has been taken with costumes, sets and the dialect-correct language suggests the kind of cultural attention filmdom has rarely if ever accorded the Mayas, who were the Greeks of the New World...
...Bachchan's Triumph Alex Perry's article on Indian film superstar Amitabh Bachchan was a treat for all his fans [Oct. 3]. Although he is the face of Indian cinema to millions of people, Bachchan's entry into filmdom was not spectacular, as he made a series of flops before his first hit, Zanjeer. His perseverance and persistence paid off finally once his professionalism came to the fore. Even when the media were hell-bent on finishing off his career each time a movie bombed, he resurfaced and confounded his detractors. Most Indians admire Bachchan not just for his talent...
...service. Fahrenheit 9/11 is necessarily less personal than Bowling for Columbine and lacks its freewheeling gusto. But it's a fascinating collection of talking points in this election year. In Moore, the American left has its canniest Bush ambusher, its savviest guerrilla entertainer, and its most colorful ambassador to filmdom's biggest annual bash...
...Gomes. “The medium of film is just not subtle enough in a way to deal with the substance of theological and biblical issues that they try to debate. They make the Bible into a movie and in doing that you take all of the risks of filmdom and none of the benefits of the Bible...
Thandie Newton is stretched out--shoeless, a sliver of a round tummy showing--on a divan at the snooty Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. She is gossiping mercilessly about filmdom's high and mighty (who has a potty mouth, who is a racist), trashing the town's powerful directors, ridiculing scripts (wait till you hear about Hottentot Venus) and dishing just as much about herself--a girl born in Britain, with a plummy British accent and skin the color of caffe latte. Taking tea with Thandie (pronounced Tan-dee) turns out to be a jolt of caffeine straight...