THE POP (MACHINE) QUIZ
1. Who announced last week that his life story will be turned into a movie?
a. Meat Loaf
b. Prince
c. Brian Wilson
d. Stevie Wonder
2. Sundance honcho Robert Redford said he misses the days when short films were shown before main features. So what new Sundance initiative did he announce?
a. An agreement with Landmark Theatres to screen Sundance Festival shorts before each feature.
b. A Sundance-branded section of YouTube dedicated to quality short films.
c. A Sundance Short Film Festival to be spun off from the main festival to take place over the summer.
d. An initiative for select filmmakers to create shorts to be shown on cell phones.
3. What did retailers officially pull the plug on this quarter?
a. The cassette tape
b. The VHS format
c. The non-flat-screen TV
d. The 8 mm videocamera
ANSWERS: 1. c., 2. d., 3. b.
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Read Pop Machine, Mark Caro’s blog about popular culture, at bancodeprofissionais.com/popmachine.
mcaro@tribune.com
