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...better. The artistic bar is not only low, it's practically closed. Back then filmmakers were addicted to audacity; they wanted to make both art and waves. Now they are craftsmen who want to make a bundle. In this airless atmosphere, Redux is both a reminder of American cinema's last glory days and a rebuke to the timid present. Maybe Apocalypse Now wasn't the best movie of 1979, but Redux is surely the film to beat...
...original "Planet of the Apes" was sci-fi with a conscience and camp with a purpose - not to mention one of popular cinema?s great all-time conceits. (You know, with the apes and the men). It came with higher hopes, and those were the hopes that Burton dashed when he decided to apply his "unique vision" to the sets - but not the script...
...Directors like Feng are the future of Chinese cinema, and their business is a tricky one. Obscure art-house films were fine back in the day when the directors were coddled with generous government subsidies. But in today's China, filmmakers must scramble for financing. To make matters worse, rampant video piracy is eating into movie profits. Illegal copies of Feng's last hit Sigh, for instance, were available days before the movie's premiere. Ticket revenues have declined by more than 40% since three years ago, and half as many movies are being made today...
...terribly disappointed by Richard Corliss's article on Steven Spielberg's new movie A.I. [CINEMA, June 25]. Why must reviewers give away significant plot points? It ruins the surprises in the film. While I was in line to see The Empire Strikes Back when it first came out, an exiting audience member shouted, "Darth Vader is Luke's father!" Corliss's article achieved the same effect. ANDREW KANTOR Cincinnati, Ohio...
...never even mentions Japan's involvement in the attack. As a result, some critics view the company's marketing strategy as a bait and switch. "A movie is a product, and it should be sold for what it is," says Yuko Sekiguchi, editor-in-chief of the influential cinema magazine Kinema Junpo...