On the eve of what’s gearing up to be the most divisive Fourth of July since James G. Watt split the country into Beach Boys fans and haters back in ’83, President Donald Trump is proclaiming that the cost of his Salute to America event “will be very little compared to what it is worth.”
But no one can agree on the cost, much less the worth. About $2.5 million in funds are being diverted from National Park Service fees, according to The Washington Post, but that figure apparently doesn’t include the cost of the aerial flyovers or military equipment. Despite Trump’s boast today that “We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door,” estimates will no doubt continue to vary throughout the event as to the actual total cost. The military-focused website military.com reports today that a...
But no one can agree on the cost, much less the worth. About $2.5 million in funds are being diverted from National Park Service fees, according to The Washington Post, but that figure apparently doesn’t include the cost of the aerial flyovers or military equipment. Despite Trump’s boast today that “We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door,” estimates will no doubt continue to vary throughout the event as to the actual total cost. The military-focused website military.com reports today that a...
- 7/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Netflix Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: Kevin Macdonald Written by: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Cai Guo-Qiang, Ian Buruma, Cai Wen-You, Cai Wenhao, Ben Davis, Jeffrey Deitch, Phil Grucci, Thomas Krens, Tatsumi Masatoshi, Orville Schell, Jennifer Wen Ma, Hong Hong Wu Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 9/22/16 Opens: October 14, 2016 China looks a lot different now from what I saw when I visited the world’s most populated country in 1975. At that time Shanghai was a dowdy city, one that would be considered a backwater when compared to the glittering premier cities of Europe. Its “Fifth Avenue” equivalent was dark, even [ Read More ]
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- 10/10/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Using gunpowder and sky as his canvas, Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s extraordinary statements on environmentalism, capitalism and humanity do require a large screen to absorb. An intimate yet occasionally grand biography of Cai, director Kevin MacDonald finds a slight balance between the past and present, crafting a film that’s part documentation of the work and part documentation of the artist. While the film never quite finds the correct balance, it’s constantly engaging, providing an entry into Cai’s work for the unfamiliar.
Enlisting talking heads from the art world, MacDonald builds a portrait of Cai’s experience growing up in Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang, observing the effects of the Cultural Revolution and the opening up of China later. In a later passage, he’s drafted to create a spectacle for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and warned by a room full of bearcats that they’ll...
Enlisting talking heads from the art world, MacDonald builds a portrait of Cai’s experience growing up in Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang, observing the effects of the Cultural Revolution and the opening up of China later. In a later passage, he’s drafted to create a spectacle for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and warned by a room full of bearcats that they’ll...
- 2/4/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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