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...tend to offer. But one complaint: why can't filmmakers as talented and clever as the Coens make a movie about something other than movies? I hereby call on the movie industry for two things to be done before the 1990s: 1) Take away the Coens' Steadicam and their VCR so the next movie that make will point to something other than itself: and 2) Get a bunch of Southwestern suburbanites and let them make a movie about East Coast intellectual artistes. Just for a change...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: The Coens Raise a Little Cain | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

Practitioners are successfully digging in at malls. Bob Watt opened Massage Works just six months ago in a plaza in Plantation, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale. Nestled between a VCR repair store and a restaurant, the shop is so busy Watt has had to hire three more therapists. Airports are another new arena. At the Phoenix and Dallas-Fort Worth terminals, tense travelers can drop into the Air Vita health club and get a relaxing massage. One satisfied customer, Dr. Steven Jacobson of Madison, Wis., says massage could figure in his future flight plans: "It might be a reason to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Massage Comes Out of the Parlor | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

Lawrence D. Belfer '88, who owns a Hitachi VCR but uses it only once a month, says, "It's quite literally a luxury...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Videocassette Recorders Invade Johnny Harvard's Suite | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...tutor in Leverett House Bob Davis says, "I'm a grad student in the history of religion so I have lots of free time to watch movies on my VCR." Davis, who says he rents movies at least every other day and went to 50 first-releases last year, admits, "I really don't like to study...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Videocassette Recorders Invade Johnny Harvard's Suite | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

Before [getting a VCR] we definitely spent more time in the library," says Kevin G. Little '87. His suite has an embarrassment of riches, for each of the three seniors owns a VCR...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Videocassette Recorders Invade Johnny Harvard's Suite | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

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