Martin Scorsese, via the LATIMES, writes an open letter to LACMA expressing his concern about their recent decision to suspend the majority of their film screenings. An excerpt:
Without places like LACMA and other museums, archives, and festivals where people can still see a wide variety of films projected on screen with an audience, what do we lose? We lose what makes the movies so powerful and such a pervasive cultural influence. If this is not valued in Hollywood, what does that say about the future of the art form? Aren’t museums serving a cultural purpose beyond appealing to the largest possible audience?
With Scorsese's new Rolling Stones doc en route, I thought I'd post video of 'The Weight' from The Last Waltz. I always liked the way this scene looks - it's the only song in the film, I think, that's not from the concert, but some studio setup, Staples Singers in tow.
