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...EVERYDAY LIFE 81% of the population has a VCR in the home There are 2.3 TVs per household 20% of the U.S. is connected to the Internet lb. of sugar $0.43 dozen eggs $1.12 lb. of butter...
...just bought a DVD player and can't wait to watch favorite flicks like E.T. and Gremlins, better not disconnect your dusty old VCR. Although there are nearly half a million DVD machines in U.S. homes, STEVEN SPIELBERG is keeping his entire film library--including pictures produced by his company Amblin--off the format. Some DVD boosters think Spielberg is resisting because he favors a sonics alternative made by Digital Theater Systems, a company he partly owns, which has not been embraced by major hardware manufacturers. The director's spokesman says he's merely waiting for millions more consumers...
John Hurt's performance is the driving force of the film. Giles is a relic of a quaint English past; he is mystified by such modern forms of technology as the VCR and maintains a perpetually erudite air. Perhaps, it is a yearning for a freshness and energy in his life that fuels his obsession for the unsuspecting Ronnie. Hurt plays his role both intelligently and ardently; his emotions for Ronnie are poignantly tangible. At first, he appears as a slightly depressed man who after losing his wife a few years back is looking for a new interest in life...
Giles De'Ath (John Hurt), a reclusive English novelist, has had so little contact with the late 20th century that he can't tell a microwave from a VCR. One day, by mistake, he watches a trashy teenpic called Hotpants College 2 and finds, he thinks, a reason for loving. In an actor named Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley), Giles sees all the beauty of the ages in one glorious package. The donnish writer buys fan mags, rents B-minus films, immerses himself in the detritus of Bostockiana. To your eyes Ronnie might seem a bland dreamboat, but that is part...
...perhaps the most telling validation of television deprivation is that Bradley-Moore and Jacoby both plan to follow their parents' lead, though with modifications. When she gets older, Jacoby says that she will probably have a VCR and a television, but no cable or antenna. Even "Must-See TV" is not something she really sees the need for. Bradley-Moore muses, "The big question is going to be if I have one when I get married and have kids. I think maybe I'll just get one for myself and put a lock on it and let them watch `Sesame...