An email to Simon Mayo and Mark Kemode's Film Review show on BBC Radio 5

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/2008/11/18/movies/18story.htm?_r=1

Cheers Guys!!!

--
Carl (from Singapore)