Suburban Horror: Shapiro Dissects Crewdson
Ben Shapiro’s new documentary on renowned suburban photographer Gregory Crewdson is a detrimentally revealing work the focuses on his latest body of work, ‘Beneath The Roses’, which took several year to complete and consists of about fifty massive prints that commiserate with loneliness and regret. Crewdson’s photographs are meticulously staged pieces that mimic the cinematic look of motion pictures, but lack the narrative backbone that comes with making movies. Giving a face and a background to the name, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters bears bits of his upbringing and plenty regarding the process of the photographer’s hands-off approach to the artwork that carries his name, indirectly teasing out questions of authorship in art.
With help from a small film crew sized collective, each enormous photo in ‘Beneath The Roses’ is taken either on a fully fabricated sound stage or in the fleeting moments...
Ben Shapiro’s new documentary on renowned suburban photographer Gregory Crewdson is a detrimentally revealing work the focuses on his latest body of work, ‘Beneath The Roses’, which took several year to complete and consists of about fifty massive prints that commiserate with loneliness and regret. Crewdson’s photographs are meticulously staged pieces that mimic the cinematic look of motion pictures, but lack the narrative backbone that comes with making movies. Giving a face and a background to the name, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters bears bits of his upbringing and plenty regarding the process of the photographer’s hands-off approach to the artwork that carries his name, indirectly teasing out questions of authorship in art.
With help from a small film crew sized collective, each enormous photo in ‘Beneath The Roses’ is taken either on a fully fabricated sound stage or in the fleeting moments...
- 12/20/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York Oscar Campaign Scandal Pt.1: Miramax/Robert Wise's Martin Scorsese/Gangs Of New York Oscar Ad The plot got even thicker when Murray Weissman and others later claimed that Robert Wise himself had approached Miramax after reading another Op-Ed piece, this one — "Crashing the Party for Poor Marty" — published in Variety (Feb. 3, 2003) and penned by two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men). In addition to calling Martin Scorsese "a giant ape director" who disregarded his screenwriters (and throwing in mean-spirited putdowns directed at Al Pacino and Robin Williams), Goldman wrote: "The Hollywood parties [Scorsese] is attending must make him want to barf, but there [he] is, glad-handing anyone in the vicinity who is an Academy member who might throw him a vote. "Miramax, the greatest movie company of the era (and the most...
- 2/16/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bloomberg.com is reporting that MGM creditors are canvassing Hollywood execs to run a studio the creditors would keep rather than sell off at fire sale price. The report lists Peter Chernin, Jonathan Dolgen, Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber as execs who've met recently. Joe Roth, Rick Sands and Chris McGurk also met but weren't interested, per the story by Ronald Grover and Michael White. My question is: if the creditors are determined to make a go and revive the Lion, why not let MGM Motion Picture Group chairman Mary Parent get back in there and do her job? It [...]...
- 5/7/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline Hollywood
Stephen Bruno is exiting as vp marketing at the Weinstein Co. but says his departure is voluntary and not part of any other layoffs or changes at the company.
Bruno, whose last day is today, has been with the Weinsteins for about 7 1/2 years and was involved in recent campaigns for "Inglourious Basterds" and "A Single Man," among others. Additional releases since he took a senior position in marketing in October 2007 include boxoffice disappointments "Nine," "Rogue," "The Road" and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."
A Weinstein spokeswoman said that they are considering at least two candidates to replace Bruno and could have an announcement about his successor as soon as next week.
Bruno said he is leaving to pursue a new opportunity outside of the film business.
Because of financial pressures, the Weinstein Co. has cut back on the number of movies it will release. Among the films planned for...
Bruno, whose last day is today, has been with the Weinsteins for about 7 1/2 years and was involved in recent campaigns for "Inglourious Basterds" and "A Single Man," among others. Additional releases since he took a senior position in marketing in October 2007 include boxoffice disappointments "Nine," "Rogue," "The Road" and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."
A Weinstein spokeswoman said that they are considering at least two candidates to replace Bruno and could have an announcement about his successor as soon as next week.
Bruno said he is leaving to pursue a new opportunity outside of the film business.
Because of financial pressures, the Weinstein Co. has cut back on the number of movies it will release. Among the films planned for...
- 4/29/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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