NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Alec Baldwin Fired Prop Gun That Killed DP and Wounded Director

Variety: Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun while filming a scene in New Mexico on Thursday, causing the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Posted by David at 10/22/2021 09:21:00 AM

Broadway's set-building maestro, Neil A. Mazzella, puts hammer and nail to the job of restoring theater's sparkle

The Washington Post: Back and forth across the country Frank Swan flew for months this spring and summer, dusting off all the dormant "Hamiltons": a "Hamilton" due to restart in Los Angeles, another "Hamilton" in Tempe, Ariz., a "Hamilton" in Atlanta and a "Hamilton" in San Francisco. Sets for these touring and sitting productions had to be retrieved from warehouses and storage trucks; backstage motors and wheels and audio equipment had to be retested and fixed.

Posted by David at 10/22/2021 09:17:00 AM

The real star of Wes Anderson's films? The model maker who meticulousl

www.fastcompany.com: In one of the opening scenes of Wes Anderson’s latest movie, capital letters poke off the top of a mid-rise building advertising a magazine and its office below. The French Dispatch, about the foreign bureau of a New Yorker-ish American publication, is set in a made-up French town, and much of its action takes place within the rooms of this sign-topped building.

Posted by David at 10/21/2021 09:22:00 AM

Here’s How a Prop Gun Using Blanks Can Still Fire a Fatal Shot

www.yahoo.com/entertainment: Scroll back up to restore default view. The Wrap Here’s How a Prop Gun Using Blanks Can Still Fire a Fatal Shot Ross A. Lincoln Fri, October 22, 2021, 1:22 AM·5 min read A horrific tragedy occurred Thursday on the New Mexico set of the upcoming western, “Rust,” when the film’s cinematographer, 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins, was killed, and director Joel Souza gravely injured in an accidental shooting. A prop gun, filled with blanks, malfunctioned when it was fired by star Alec Baldwin, an event that is still under investigation by local law enforcement.

Posted by David at 10/22/2021 09:09:00 AM

Did You Know – Color My World

ASTC: Did You Know (DYK) that a Black Box Theatre does not have to be black? It can easily be a deep, rich, warm, dark color such as a deep royal blue or a deep purple, or some other lovely, deep and dark color that absorbs more light than it reflects.

Posted by David at 10/22/2021 09:15:00 AM