Literature
The Kraft of Movie Music
By Tom Teicholz at 20 October, 2009, 5:01 pm
“If there’s music in a movie,” said Robert Kraft, president of Fox Music, “whether on screen, or underscore, or someone is playing guitar in a scene, I’m involved.”
That includes the decisions concerning music at every level.
“How it’s paid for, is it creatively appropriate to the film, is it legal, is it focused on selling more [...]
Waxing Roth
By Tom Teicholz at 24 July, 2008, 10:27 am
The movie, “Elegy,” which opens Aug. 8 and stars Ben Kingsley as David
Kepesh and Penelope Cruz as the object of his desire, is the latest
film to be adapted from the writings of Philip Roth. This one is based
on his novella, “The Dying Animal.”
Despite Roth’s long,
successful career in American letters, his track record on film has
been [...]
Making Book on LA
By Tom Teicholz at 17 June, 2008, 11:10 am
BookExpo, the annual convention of booksellers and book publishers that
took place in Los Angeles one recent weekend, is the book industry’s
annual get-together, alternating among the publishing hub of New York
and various other cities, such as Miami, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and
Los Angeles.
Perhaps it’s the state of the book industry, the economy or just the
cost of gas, [...]
THE GREAT WALL OF BERNSTEIN
By Tom Teicholz at 21 February, 2008, 11:24 am
Over the course of a year, I collect books I should read and books I
want to read, but — should have/would have/could have — many I never
get around to reading.
Over the last few months, as last year came to a close and this new one
began, and as a side benefit of watching less TV during [...]