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...Even if the Hollywood hierachy is vexed or embarrassed by the Gospel according to Gibson-you may expect a few barbs thrown his way by Billy Crystal this Sunday at the Academy Awards- it is unlikely to shun him. This is, after all, a business that hires actors and directors who happen to be drug addicts, spouse-abusers and convicted felons. One man convicted of child molestation has directed films for Disney and New Line. Gibson's criminal rap sheet is clean; he is guilty only of standing by his deluded old man and expressing opinions that are less popular...
...Decades ago, Hollywood regularly produced religious films: The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima. The bosses who financed these pictures may not have liked them or shared the beliefs expressed in them, but they had their reasons for greenlighting them. One is that they often made money. Another is that the mood of the country was more pious. Today, a fervent Christian conviction-so often aligned with belligerent conservatism-is, to many in the media, a threat or a joke. They don't understand religious devotion, at least...
...songs and dirty jokes - and, with some strong reservations, The Passion of the Christ. And I don't feel threatened that a lot of people who don't ordinarily go to movies have flocked to Gibson's film. Neither should the studios. Religious films could be a tattered genre Hollywood could revive, making a few bucks and a lot of converts to the old magic of movies. At least, it would indicate that liberal Hollywood isn't afraid of serving up the occasional helping of traditional values alongside its usual smorgasbord of guns, fists, tits and smirk...
Jones’ ability to inventively vary his technique without compromising quality quickly vaulted him to the top of the world of Hollywood composers. “When scoring, you can either use representative music or you can have a chasm between what’s on screen and the music. I think it’s more interesting to do both,” he said. He also knows that “in order to write a good score you have to stay away from the dialogue...
...viewed architects as celebrities, Louis I. Kahn’s life would have been made into an “E! True Hollywood Story” a long time ago. Kahn battled early obstacles–a fire that permanently disfigured his face, his family’s immigration from Estonia to America—to become a celebrated designer of famous buildings all over the world. Then he lost it all, falling deep into debt and finally dying of a heart attack in a train station restroom. Thirty years after his death, Kahn’s son has created...