Tag: Midst
Justin Simien on Releasing ‘Haunted Mansion’ in the Midst of a Strike
The filmmaker Justin Simien was researching the Haunted Mansion long before he realized it. As a boy, he was a big fan of the Disney attraction. “I literally remember riding this ride over and over again and thinking, ‘God, how do they do this?’” he said. In film school, he realized, “This is all cinema. It was production design — smoke and mirrors and lighting and music and sound.”
Now he is the director of the movie version of “Haunted
America’s in the Midst of a Socioeconomic Shift
What we need next is more new construction.
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Question of the Week
How have cars shaped your life, and/or what do you think about their future? (I’m eager to hear