Sunday, September 23, 2007

Recommended Reading

Caught up on a few magazines this weekend...

The new WIRED, the one with the plant on the cover, has a great interview with Ridley Scott about BLADE RUNNER and the impending release of The Final Cut. It also has a cool Before Blade Runner/After Blade Runner chart that illustrates what influenced Scott in making the movie and how the film in turn influenced different aspects of popular culture.

There's also an incredibly insightful article into the life and times of mega-producer Rick Rubin in the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE from a few weeks back, the one with him on the cover. Rick has always been an inspiration to me in many ways and to get a more personal look into his mind and his thoughts on music and art in general here was pretty fascinating. His position in the music industry and deal he negotiated for himself show just how big an impact this man has had on the creative and business ends of the biz.

Check 'em out!

2 comments:

Scott Sackett said...

Hey C.B.
How do you feel about the 'revision' of Bladerunner? I hate the idea of 'revising' movies (Han shot first!) but Bladerunner was so cool and inflenced so much stuff I'm not sure how I feel about a revison.

frank said...

Don't know much about Rubin, but he teamed up with Linkin Park on their latest album and it was awesome.

My store doesn't have Loners #5.....