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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past comparisons to E.M. Forster (perhaps inevitable whenever an English novelist takes on India) should by now be declared totally irrelevant to Scott. He has earned the right to be com pared to himself...
Lucas and Dykstra had the advantage over 2001 of another decade of com puter technology. They were able to link the camera to a sophisticated calculator, which recorded and memorized every shot. By consulting it they could add new elements to their scenes in far less time than it took Kubrick. The result is a breathtaking series of space shots unlike anything seen before in a science fiction film. Says Dykstra: "We have spaceships crossing over planets all the time, and Kubrick never did. His ships are almost invariably linear and can be seen only from one angle. Ours...
...spring, playgoers in three cities will have had a chance to hear Durang's words. The play had its premiere at the Hartford Stage Com pany in March. A totally different pro duction, with a separate cast and an other director, was unveiled at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles last month; even while that is still running, a third, also different version will open this week at Washington's Arena Stage...
...that panders to our basest instincts instead of intelligent news programming that could educate us. But Chayevsky is the one who is really pandering. He has devised a phony portrait of television's weaknesses and hopes to peddle that message to every Happy-Talk-hating, Tom Snyder-loathing, sit-com-sickened, Dick Cavett-loving liberal who has ever been disgusted with TV's performance. And Chayevsky's dishonesty catches up with him, rendering this film into a harmless vision that doesn't really convince or cajole...
Those who did care could catch a glimpse of the last big game on a television set up behind the reserve desk. Com mentary was provided by the checkers working behind the counter...