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...situation has given rise to a new industry: devising still more elaborate technology to make VCR operation less daunting. Two years ago, Gemstar Development Corp. introduced VCR Plus+, a remote control-size gadget that simplifies programming by assigning each show a code of one to eight digits. The user punches in the code numbers, which instantly program the VCR to record at the proper time and channel. Sales of VCR Plus+ have reached about 6 million worldwide, and 600 U.S. newspapers, along with TV Guide, now carry the code numbers in their TV listings. The device is being incorporated into...
...simple process. (Ken Sander, who hosts a New York City cable show and dubs himself "the Cable Doctor," will do the job for confused viewers in a $45 house call.) The VCR Voice Programmer is also complicated to set up (it must be trained to recognize the user's voice) and costs a hefty $169, nearly as much as some low-priced VCRs. The device is being sold only through a toll-free mail-order number (800-788-0800), to avoid further markup in stores...
...cast at Golgotha can be changed and added to; there is even room for Mary Baker Eddy and Dr. Helen Schucman. It is also possible for Jesus to command a good table at Spago. Or, given Vidal's insatiable need to shock, to find himself pinioned by user-friendly nails at the Crucifixion...
THEORIZING THE MOVIE. Morris does not force any of these conclusions on the viewer. He believes that one of the great spectacles the movies have to offer is people sitting around and talking. The visual material he employs to illustrate physical theory is deliberately user-friendly. It does not compete with his splendid talking heads. All of Hawking's friends, relatives and colleagues are located in rooms that look real but are in fact stage settings. There is practical reason for this: controlled lighting. But there is a metaphorical reason too. Each setting is a cosmos, familiar looking...
People who use other people don't always know that they're using them. So says Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan in his handsome, quirky comedy THE ADJUSTER. Noah Render (Elias Koteas) is one such user, an insurance claims adjuster whose sensitivity to his clients' suffering extends to having sex with nearly all of them, from frowsy couples to purring studs to a burnt-out stunner (the lustrous Jennifer Dale). It makes life tough for Noah's wife (Arsinee Khanjian), a film censor. Both have jobs appraising erotic desires and pathetic dreams; both have a ruthless talent for "sorting things...