Strike, iPhone get AFI notice
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The Hollywood writers strike, the iPhone and the “hyper-tabloidization” of television news are among the American Film Institute’s “moments of significance” for 2007.
On Thursday, AFI’s 13-member jury -- which includes film scholars, artists and critics -- announced seven events that affected “the world of moving image” over the last year.
The other four were the deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, the high-definition Discovery Channel series “Planet Earth,” the summertime contributions of cable television and the glut of films addressing the war on terrorism.
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