Word: fi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into his character's mind with the urgency of revelation. Hers is the voice of well-bred reason-behind every line of dialogue there's a Wasp sting. Each actor built a solid reputation in off-Broadway theater; the first film for each was a sophisticated sci-fi horror show (Altered States for Hurt, Alien for Weaver) that exploited the performer's patrician features and willful wit. Now the makers of Eyewitness have conspired to play these two appealing obsessives against each other for off-center romantic comedy...
They would proceed from a strong premise-The Incredible Shrinking Man, a deadpan 1957 sci-fi thriller-and give it a feminist twist. While the original protagonist shrank from a dose of radiation, Tomlin's happy homemaker would suffer from exposure to the mysterious ingredients in supermarket products: everything from "tumescent tissue of bull scrotum" to a mad scientist's most corrosive chemicals. The audience would know when to laugh: at the sight of a madcap chase, at a friendly gorilla, at Talk Show Host Mike Douglas. The resulting movie is sometimes very funny. It also represents...
...fi Writer Ray Bradbury, who never learned to drive, is one of the few million-dollar earners in Los Angeles who rides buses and bikes. He has no regrets. "It's like sex and a twelve-year-old," Bradbury shrugs. "You don't miss what you've never...
Behavioral Scientist John Lilly, known also for his experimental work on dolphin communication, developed the tank in the 1950s. It is similar to the tanks that helped scramble the brain of the Lilly-like hero of the new sci-fi movie Altered States and turn him briefly, and improbably, into a pseudo ape. Tank centers have opened in most states, and a few therapists are using the tank as a successor to the Freudian couch, or in a search for ASC (altered states of consciousness, in the lingo) or OOB (out-of-the-body experiences). "What I'm experiencing...
...fastest-growing rent-a-truck outfit in the history of the business. It has aggressively bought full-page ads in scores of newspapers and magazines, posted Jartran flyers in thousands of apartment buildings and mailed discount cards to graduating college seniors who would soon be moving their books, hi-fi sets and clothes. After some 17 months of operation, Jartran has more than 30,000 trucks and trailers and 2,200 independent dealers in the 48 mainland states. The waiting list for dealerships numbers 1,800. Though start-up costs have precluded any profits so far, Jartran expects revenues this...