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Treme Recap: Just One Episode and Already More Jazz Than That Whole Ken Burns Documentary!
You hear Treme, David Simon's new television series, before you see it. Over black, with title cards that read “New Orleans, Three Months Later," a trumpet sounds the staccato clarion call that traditionally convenes the brass bands and second-liners and announces the beginning of the street parade--Puh-PAH puh-PAH. With those four notes, Simon makes two things ...
WGA Supports Composers, Lyricists
Last week's Writers Guild of America endorsement of film and TV composers' attempts to union ize through the Teamsters was a big boost for the musicians. It not only adds the backing of some heavyweight Hollywood names, but it also comes with a good deal of historical precedent. Nearly 20 years ago, the WGA supported the ...
America Needs It Some "Treme"
"America needs it some Kermit," the New Orleans DJ and sometime musician played by Steve Zahn says, about halfway through the first episode of HBO's “Treme," which debuts tonight on the heels of much critical praise. Davis McAlary (Zahn), inspired by real-life scenester Davis Rogan, is talking ...
Wall Street Touts Plans to Bet on Box Office
Think you're better than Hollywood at gauging whether an upcoming flick will be a box office bomb or a sleeper hit? You'd get a chance to put your money behind that under two proposals that movie studios are denouncing as legalized gambling. The proposals the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission are expected to rule on this ...
Richard Zanuck a Living Film History Time Capsule
Growing up with the last name Zanuck in Old Hollywood was just like real life -- only different. As a youngster, Richard D. Zanuck had to sell copies of the Saturday Evening Post to learn the value of hard work. “Of course," Zanuck said with a wink, “my dad did have a chauffeur take me to ...
Film Productions Leaving the Coasts
Fewer yellow signs are popping up in Los Angeles this spring. Those placards, which direct cast and crew members to a location shoot, normally sprout like wildflowers in March and April, as pilot production reaches full bloom. But despite an uptick in broadcast pilot orders this year, Los Angeles -- and New York, too -- is ...
Lagging Libraries Shift Hollywood Mindset
How fitting that when “Alice in Wonderland" is the top draw so far at the box office this year, Hollywood itself is starting to feel as if it's fallen down a rabbit hole. The industry is waking up to a topsy-turvy world where everything it's gotten used to for decades has again changed -- perhaps forever. ...
Subprime Goes Hollywood
The Wall Street wizards who gave you credit default swaps want to turn the movie industry into their next casino. If you thought the mortgage-backed securities and other complex financial instruments that crashed the economy were risky, you'll love Wall Street's latest brainwave: a new financial market in which players can gamble on whether upcoming Hollywood ...
World Premiere Words and Music...Singing the Great American Songbook Documentary Film
Dear friends, I wanted to let you know our film will be making it's world wide debut and can be viewed as a live streaming event on the following dates. If any of you have any contacts or leads and referrals with your local community tv stations please let me know. I want our film to ...
Larry Blumenfeld on HBO's "Treme," in the Village Voice
Treme, the new HBO series created by David Simon (The Wire) is the subject of this weeks Village Voice cover story, penned by jazz journalist Larry Blumenfeld. He goes deep with the long, thorough piece, examining how and why Simon seems to be getting everything right with the series, which focuses on musicians and others in ...
