Word: screens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back at Harvard, other students gathered at the Kennedy School of Government to watch the debate live on big-screen TV at an event sponsored by the Institute of Politics...
That's down the road. Even an established studio takes 18 months to get a movie from script to screen. And an animation unit takes three or four years to fine-tune a feature. Soon the Big Three will be obliged to step out of the p.r. spotlight and into the crucible of creation. But for them, and maybe even for consumers, the future rolls out like a red carpet. Spielberg, after all, redefined the role of movie director; Katzenberg helped redefine the animated film; and Geffen, in many media, kept redefining himself. If these guys don't make entertainment...
There is another side to the overseas-success story. For all the triumphs of Compaq, Intel and other companies, Japan still dominates many high-tech fields. Its companies, for example, control 95% of the flat-screen-display market, a key area of computer technology, and Asian companies have pushed the U.S. out of the disk-drive business. At the same time, U.S. competitiveness has been vastly enhanced by a trend that could be reversed at a moment's notice -- the cheapening of the exchange value of the dollar, which lowers the price of American goods to foreign buyers. Says General...
...campaign coverage has spotted several such commercials. One features Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) staring into the camera and saying. "In this town, the special interests are always out to get their hands on your money." As he speaks, a gray and grainy dome looms forebodingly on the screen...
...much like the dialogue in most films specifically targeted to teens. But just because these films draw on aspects of mainstream culture does not make them less interesting or unustral. The "Best of the New York Underground" remains an alternative to what you'll see on the big screen today, but not so "alternative" that you won't enjoy...