Monthly Archives: December 2011

Homage to THOMAS CROWN: DUPLICITY Strikes a Nostalgic Note

Made for $60M but grossing only $40M, Duplicity was a 2009 box office flop about two former spies turned corporate security experts who team up to defraud their respective companies while wondering whether they are being conned by each other. … Continue reading

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Marketing Music: A Baroque orchestral master-work written to attract and retain audiences

One of the defining aspects of movie trailers is that they occupy the same medium as the film they advertise. Indeed, that is one of their distinctive formal qualities. A book review, with excerpts from the book discussed, would be … Continue reading

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