Tien suggests a "premium audit" of your living space. Remove three sources of passive entertainment (the tablet in the kitchen, the second living room TV) and add one source of active tranquility (a pour-over coffee bar, a botanical press, a vinyl station). "That is the 2021 lifestyle upgrade. It costs almost nothing, but the ROI is sanity." Part III: The Cinema Legend – How the Silver Screen Survived The Icon: Isla Reyes, the reclusive two-time Oscar winner who vanished from Hollywood in 2019. She returns exclusively for this Premium Interview 2021 Lifestyle and Entertainment feature.
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A private library in the English countryside, smelling of leather and old paper. Reyes, 58, hasn't seen a Marvel movie. She doesn't plan to. Tien suggests a "premium audit" of your living space
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"Slow Cinema." Two-hour films with no dialogue for the first twenty minutes set to ambient scores. It sounds pretentious, but during a year of Zoom fatigue, people are starving for visual silence. Our upcoming film, Twilight of the Palisades , sold out its premiere purely on the promise of "no dialogue, just architecture and grief." That is premium 2021. Part II: The Quiet Luxury of Living – A Wellness Architect Speaks The subject: Marcus Tien, formerly a celebrity trainer, now a "Lifestyle Infrastructure Designer." His 2021 waiting list extends to 2024.