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...attention not by close-ups or dramatic angles, but by composition, especially in direction of faces from the crowd, suggesting, in those scenes which involve Manolios, that these people somehow need him and want to force him to the center. Later in the movie, he does become their natural focal point, after sudden use of dramatic camera angles conveys the excitement of his transformation...
...trioptic spectacles for the near-blind. Feinbloom has concentrated for decades on the problem of 500,000 Americans who are legally blind (less than 10% useful vision), but who could read and work if only they could get the right glasses. Previous Feinbloom inventions supplied correction for only one focal range (close work such as reading and sewing, middle range for dressing and household tasks, or distance for outdoors), and the patient had to keep switching three pairs of glasses. Each pair was expensive, so the benefits of Feinbloom's ingenuity could not reach the needy blind...
...like him very much," said one. Another added, "He's on our side, but his views have to change a little." Commenting on their roles as uncommon women, which, many complained, was the focal point of every Gettell speech, one girl admitted "We're average girls over here." "We're sort of a stereotype," a fourth commented...
...Focal character of The Naked and the Dead is Lieut. Robert Hearn (Cliff Robertson), a wealthy, well-educated ex-playboy who has been taken as an aide by General Cummings (Raymond Massey) during the invasion of a Pacific island. The general coddles Hearn as he would a favorite son-and tries to sting home his belief that power is everything, that the way to achieve power is by instilling fear. "I make [a soldier] more afraid of me than he is of the enemy," he boasts. "It makes him fight a little harder...
Zoom Lens. Bell & Howell put on sale a new zoom-lens attachment for 16-mm. home movie cameras with which the camera buff can change focal length from wide-angle to normal to telescope with the turn of a handle, enabling him to keep right on shooting while switching from closeups to long or panoramic shots. Electric Rug. A carpet pad that can be plugged in like an electric blanket to supply radiant heating in mild climates will be marketed by Britain's Thermalay Ltd. Developed after 18 months of research by electrical engineers and textile...