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Twenty-five years ago, it was among the healthiest of Japanese industries: six thriving studios produced 503 films that sold more than 1.1 billion tickets in 7,067 theaters. Today, in an entertainment world that moves to Sony Walkman rhythms and Pac-Man blips, Japanese cinema is troubled and timid. The five studios that have survived the national movie recession of the past decade or so-Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu and Daiei-find their profits in real estate, supermarket chains, Kabuki theater troupes and bowling alleys. Most of the 322 films produced last year were roman poruno, or lowbudget, soft...
...wife Mary Cunningham. At the time, Cunningham was not employed by Bendix, but two years earlier, as Agee's protégé, she had briefly served as vice president for strategic planning at Bendix. Agee grossly underestimated Martin Marietta's defenses. The company retaliated in Pac-Man fashion by gobbling up Bendix stock and enlisting the help of United Technologies. Sensing disaster, Bendix sold out to Allied to avoid a Marietta takeover. The drama finally ended in February, when Agee lost his job, a jolt cushioned by a "golden parachute" severance agreement worth $4.1 million...
...story is developed as if it were written by an amuck word processor that somehow got plugged into a survey of the viewing preferences of videogame freaks. The characters are flatter than Pac-Man and Frogger, the action is all hand-eye coordination. The concluding aerial chase above downtown Los Angeles is full of searing flashes, but it is actually as unaffecting as a round of Missile Command. The real estate takes a beating, but not a single innocent bystander is harmed as the aircraft careers around skyscrapers. That, is perhaps the least of the many implausibilities Badham hustles...
...Business School, the future leaders of the business world are playing computer games. It's not Pac-Man, but instead students sell "shires," a mythical cross between a shirt and a tire, in a computer-simulated setting. Participants try to make as much fake money as possible, but the overall object is to learn business strategies and techniques...
...open question. An altogether different scenario suggests itself: DISSOLVE TO AMBITIOUS YOUNG WRITER seated before TV console, his face bathed in flickering greenish light. Suddenly he smacks his forehead with the heel of his hand. AYR (excitedly): Why did I waste my childhood on words? Space Invaders, hah! Pac-Man, hah! At last I have programmed the game that will make millions and millions and . . . - By Paul Gray