Movie Producer Versus Movie Critic
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David Denby, movie critic for the New Yorker, has made an enemy out of Scott Rudin a producer on the new film “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”. Denby needed a review of a serious film for the coming issue of his magazine and announced he would be reviewing Rudin’s film. The problem was that Denby agreed to an embargo on publishing his review and decided to print it 8 days earlier than he agreed to. Rudin was furious saying this has badly damaged his movie and will not invite Denby to another screening ever. The free popcorn is probably gone too.
Read the whole story at huffingtonpost.com
How close of a relationship should studios and critics have!? Are they too much in bed with each other!?
