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...being presented, quite naturally dismissed most of it as "junk"; the artists, perhaps justifiably but more likely arrogantly or even lazily, began using their work to indulge their whims and fantasies, not caring whether it would arouse a spark of recognition, passion, or even shock in the viewer. The old debate regarding the social utility of art should have been revived, but wasn't, because not many observers considered the work produced worth the effort...
Qube, developed by Warner Communications, allows viewers to "talk back" to their cable TV sets with electronic keypads. It can be used for ordering merchandise, for sampling viewer opinions, for financial transactions, and for monitoring program viewing patterns...
That outline should indicate what fine television this might have been. What is lacking in Moliére, however, is Moliére. Caubère has done his best, but Ariane Mnouchkine, who both wrote and directed the series, has given neither him nor the viewer anything very solid. The star is the camera, and Mnouchkine has indulged its every whim. Most shots are held too long, and the only explanation behind some scenes has to be that they are very pretty...
...Russian Empire has been conceived as a journey traversing what was the largest empire in modern history. Obolensky has charted the course from St. Petersburg and Moscow, across the Volga, the Urals and Siberia to the empire's frontier on the Pacific Ocean. The photographs then take the viewer back through Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Crimea to Russia's western borderlands at the Carpathian Mountains and the Baltic Sea. This approach permits Obolensky to include some of the exotic peoples and tribes that, like the Russians who colonized them, have long since lost much of their...
...hung with chandeliers and often lined with valuable paintings, resembles a grand ballroom. Christie's, a few blocks away, has the slightly more venerable atmosphere of a London men's club. However, the principal attraction of an auction house before a sale is that it enables the viewer to make closer and longer observation of art works than he can possibly do elsewhere...