Selling 'Shame;' The State and Fate of Movie Theaters
The Business
KCRW
4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2011
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Selling the NC-17 rated movie, Shame. Plus, the fate and state of movie theaters.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. |
| 0:05.4 | You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want. |
| 0:21.5 | Shame is a movie. What's with him? Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood. |
| 0:28.7 | Shame is a movie about a sex addict, and it's gotten the dreaded NC-17 rating. |
| 0:32.3 | So who put up the money for it and who has the nerve to distribute it? |
| 0:35.3 | Plus, when you go to the movies, do you think you're getting your money's worth? |
| 0:42.1 | We talk to the head of the National Association of Theater Owners. But first, it's the Hollywood News banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I'm going to Hollywood. You can imagine Hollywood. Everything is really driven by |
| 0:49.5 | making money. What's with him? Where? I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm joined by my banter buddy, John Horn in Los Angeles Times. |
| 0:59.0 | Hello, John. |
| 1:00.0 | Hello, Kim. |
| 1:01.0 | So, John, the awards races are getting underway, and we don't exactly have the kind of thing we had last year, where it seemed very clear that it was King's Speech versus Social Network with an edge to King's speech. But I'm hearing, |
| 1:13.1 | I think, that you may have a favorite. Well, I think the town has a favorite. I think the artist, |
| 1:18.3 | which is a silent black and white film that is being released by that master Oscar manipulator, |
| 1:25.5 | Harvey Weinstein, has got a lot of momentum. I mean, it's a silent film |
| 1:29.6 | that pays homage to the creation of cinema, so I think it will resonate with the Academy members. |
| 1:34.3 | You can make the same argument for Hugo, Martin Scorsese's film, but I think it's an exceptional |
| 1:39.0 | film that's gotten great reviews, and it's distinct. It's unlike anything you've seen this year. |
| 1:43.9 | So while a lot of people, including myself, love the descendants, the artist feels and it's distinct. It's unlike anything you've seen this year. So while a lot of |
| 1:44.9 | people, including myself, love the descendants, the artist feels like it's this movie that is really |
| 1:49.5 | about to take off. And I will just point out to our listeners that if you missed it, we had interviewed |
| 1:54.5 | the director and producer of the artist a couple of weeks ago. You can find it on our webpage, |
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