On artists who mine their own lives to bring comfort to others, or at least make them feel like they're not alone in their pain.
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Big Star assumed fame was theirs and the world let them down; Death left their music behind and the world handed it back to them, legitimized. Sometimes, the line between failure and triumph is a matter of ambition.
Just as the ’60s ended January 1, 1970 (or was it after Led Zeppelin’s tour in 1973?), the Aughts similarly came to a close on the first day of 2010. Or was it 2011? Or, wait, was it after Arcade Fire won a Grammy?
Audiences today are too savvy to be tricked by a War of the Worlds or Blair Witch Project. Is there any value left in entertainment that isn’t just realistic, but strives to be perceived as real?
On Marisha Pessl’s new novel and the quest, from Infinite Jest to Natural Born Killers, to imagine cinema’s deadliest extreme.
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