It's an annual event that makes moviegoers salivate: the release of the big summer blockbuster. But what gives a blockbuster staying power once it's no longer on the big screen? We'll look at memorable flicks of years past and assess whether this summer's crop are headed to the annals of great film -- or the dustbin.
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Deconstructing the Summer Blockbuster
Listen Thursday, May. 24, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture
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Guests
Jennice Fuentes
Host, "Actualidades" Hispanic Communications Network; Arts Critic, WETA's "Around Town"
Joe Barber
Entertainment Editor, WTOP; Arts Critic, WETA's "Around Town"; Arts Columnist, The Current Newspapers
David Kipen
Director of Literature, the National Endowment for the Arts.
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