This week’s Absolute Must Read is a letter Hollis Frampton wrote to MoMA regarding a planned retrospective of his work in 1973. The hitch: The museum wanted Frampton to give them his films for free. Too bad he’s not still alive because we need more letters like this written, especially in today’s “free” internet culture. My favorite line: “I leave it to your surmise whether [Maya Deren's] life might have been prolonged by a few bucks.”In case you missed it on Bad Lit, Jonas Mekas reprinted the very informative and insightful comment he left here on his own website. Good stuff on the demise of his Movie Journal column.If you can name the three dudes and know where they’re sitting in this photograph, then you are a 100% underground film nerd. (And, yes, I canChris Hansen continues his production diary for his film An Affair. Day Three found...
- 6/12/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Summer and football mean despair at the multiplex and suspect film releases, but this year's crop are less appealing than usual
The famine
While TV audiences for England v USA peaked at 20 million on Saturday night, multiplexes continued their downward slide. With no major movie released since Sex And The City 2, audiences are dwindling fast. Box office always suffers during World Cup season, as distributors view the period as a dumping ground for commercially suspect product, but the new releases in 2010 seem even less appealing than usual. Four years ago, the first weekend of the World Cup saw the critically reviled remake of The Omen open at the top of the chart, with box-office of £2.10m, including previews. This time, the top new release is Letters to Juliet, which did less than 40% of that number, also including previews. Overall, the weekend ranks 52nd, ie last, out of the past 12 months.
The famine
While TV audiences for England v USA peaked at 20 million on Saturday night, multiplexes continued their downward slide. With no major movie released since Sex And The City 2, audiences are dwindling fast. Box office always suffers during World Cup season, as distributors view the period as a dumping ground for commercially suspect product, but the new releases in 2010 seem even less appealing than usual. Four years ago, the first weekend of the World Cup saw the critically reviled remake of The Omen open at the top of the chart, with box-office of £2.10m, including previews. This time, the top new release is Letters to Juliet, which did less than 40% of that number, also including previews. Overall, the weekend ranks 52nd, ie last, out of the past 12 months.
- 6/15/2010
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
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