I just emailed this to their show
Dear Bill and Ben
Thought you may be interested in a story I have just read about MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) along with a handful of former Hollywood Executives and their plans to 'Save (Film) Story telling'....
Although I haven't heard Mark use his infamous phrase for a few weeks now, I'm sure that the "Death of Narrative Cinema" and all that that entails is never far from his mind!
This is a quote from the article:
"I even saw a plasma screen above a urinal," said Peter Guber,
the longtime film producer and former chairman of Sony Pictures
Entertainment who contends that traditional narrative — the kind with
unexpected twists and satisfying conclusions — has been drowned out by
noise and visual clutter.
Full article can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
Cheers Guys!!!
--
Carl (from Singapore)
