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Soderbergh also seems to relish his “arrival” (official since Erin Brockovich) and acceptance into the studio system. He’s able to craft compelling, intimate vignettes, masterfully array them into a coherent whole and continually experiment with his camera work, but Soderbergh also keeps in step with the film’s cheeky “why not?” spirit. Why not rob an impenetrable casino fortress? Why not detonate a bomb in downtown Vegas to wipe out all electricity? Why not have Wayne Newton, Siegfried & Roy and world heavyweight boxing champion...
...which, like the Fluxus group, adopted everyday images. However, for Pop artists, these images became art for art’s sake. While Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol replicated images of consumer culture, rock and roll’s rebellion turned inwards toward the self. Studio 54’s house band, the Velvet Underground, took introspection to its apex, while No Wave bands would perform audienceless in the New York streets as firm proponents of music for music’s sake. Towards the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 80s, self-satirizing disco...
...industry,” says Agnes. ‘Something in the film industry’ could be striking out on her own and directing creative films that center around moving pictures rather than actors and dialogue or working on the administrative side of things at a hip film studio in New York City. Though somewhat hopeful that she will choose the managerial path, Agnes’ parents support her creative endeavors. And after seeing what she’s produced, why wouldn’t they...
...Whether studios can believe in Wilson as any kind of leading man--he'd like to branch out into dramas and romantic comedies--depends largely on the success of Behind Enemy Lines. So far, it looks promising. The film had such rousing response from test audiences that Fox, which had originally scheduled the movie for next year, is rushing it into theaters. First-time feature director John Moore and the studio initially questioned Wilson's ability to carry an action film, but Hackman--a fan since seeing him in Shanghai Noon--lobbied on Wilson's behalf. "I thought he could...
Both are produced by Rustavi 2, a fiercely independent TV channel much unloved by the government. Often the focus of the exposés has been feared Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze, who in October went on air in a Rustavi 2 studio to accuse the channel of "treason" and to threaten, "We will shut you down...