“Beyond a narrow, elite audience, there is a pervasive sense from the side of the public that much contemporary art fails to connect - a failure not evident throughout centuries of earlier art.” ArtSidesAudienceFailingCenturyContemporaryElitesEvidentContemporary Art Author:John Walford
“The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s pop, and sometimes like rock music. But some of the themes in there - maybe it's because I know how the songs were written, but it really does sound like it was written by two or three people, with the idea to appeal to the most general audience.” PeopleKnowsDoeTwoIdeasCountrySometimesSongThreeSoundAudienceKnow HowWrittenRocksStrangePopsContemporaryAppealsThemeFascinatedRock Music Author:Ryan Adams
“Contemporary audiences, other than those making a deliberate historical leap, would find, say, the 1931 'Dracula' impossibly slow.” FilmAudienceHollywoodHistoricalContemporaryLeapDeliberate Author:Andrew Tudor
“I have always believed that there should be no subject about which one cannot make jokes, religion included. Clearly, one is always constricted by contemporary mores and trends because, after all, what one seeks above all is an appreciative audience.” ShouldAudienceAtheismSubjectsJokesPositive AtheismContemporaryTrendsAlways BelieveAppreciative Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.” KnowsEndsCharacterFilmWinningChallengesCareersAudienceStudySpecialEffectsPeriodsScriptsContemporaryAttractivePleasantBumpsSeducingSpecial Effects Author:Michael Douglas
“I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside - virtual reality in which people can experience ancient ideas from the East... But I'm not interested in using ancient things; rather I want to connect them with contemporary life through the technology we have now.” PeopleWantIdeasRealityTechnologyAudienceEnlightenmentAncientEastContemporaryNot InterestedVirtual RealityContemporary Life Author:Mariko Mori
“One is never completely satisfied. But I can say that I'm not dissatisfied. I've been very fortunate. I've been given some gifts - to take advantage of the contemporary times when I made movies. Gifts to make audiences laugh.” MadeI CanGivenAudienceLaughingAdvantageSatisfiedContemporaryFortunateDissatisfied Author:Frank Capra
“I am concerned that a film without an large advertising [budget] can not establish a connection with contemporary audiences, of course.” FilmCoursesAudienceConcernedConnectionsContemporaryAdvertisingBudgetsCan Not Author:Lucrecia Martel