Sunday NY Times in 60 Seconds

by Karina Longworth Jul 23rd 2005 // 10:16PM

More reportage from the set of A Prairie Home Companion means another attempt to explain exactly what Paul Thomas Anderson is doing there. PTA himself can always be relied on for irritating quippage: "Whatever chef is going to take credit for it, it is going to be a very spicy dish that I will be more than happy to dine on," Mr. Anderson said.
That Jean Renoir's The River is "one of the most beautiful movies ever made," says A.O. Scott, "is not so much a critical judgment as the recognition of a mathematical truth."
As Bollywood filmmakers retread classics from the American socio-sexual canon (remember Disclosure?), Indian actresses are struggling to adopt new, sexually aggressive identities.
Julie Checkoway has spent three years documenting artist Billy Pappas, who spent ten years drawing a single pencil portrait of Marilyn Monroe. He's not sure he's comfortable about that.
In what I think is a first, the Times has Michael Bay do one of there Audio Slide Shows, complete withe storyboards and on-set photos, on Directing an Action Scene.

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