Monthly Archives: October 2005
Novels to Troubled Films
October 15, 2005
The Times has an article on the perversion Hollywood can often wreak on an author's work as it makes the transition from paper to celluloid. It insinuates, as other Times articles have in the past, that the pressure a film … Continue reading
Authors Help to Rebuild Hurricane-Ravaged Schools
October 11, 2005
“In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, schools systems suffered billions of dollars of damages,” writes the Baltimore Chronicle. “Following Katrina, (the) American Public School Endowments began an initiative to raise funds to aid in the rebuilding of these … Continue reading
Tucker on HDM, again
October 7, 2005
Some new quotes from Anand Tucker have appeared at MTV.com: On the budget: “You've still got to turn up with a camera and some actors and shoot; it's the same deal … There's going to be a lot of CGI, … Continue reading
Britain's Secret Theatre
October 5, 2005
There are numerous mentions of the His Dark Materials stageplays in “Britain's Secret Theatre” in The Guardian today. Writer Nicholas Wright comments, “it wouldn't be possible to produce shows on this scale any other way. Nick Hytner, the designer and … Continue reading
“Surviving the Kiln”
October 4, 2005
A belated article has appeared rebuffing Pullman's “Common Sense Has Much to Learn From Moonshine” (from January 2005). AM Siriano claims at The Reality Check that “what [Pullman] is really saying is that traditional values are not based on facts. … Continue reading
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