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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face is gaunt--ravaged but handsome, like a weathered statue--and the skull is nearly visible through the skin. The body is hunched; it needs a cane for support. Getting a first glimpse of Marcello Mastroianni here, the viewer is not surprised that this was the last film he completed before his death in late 1996. Was he only 72? He looks a decade older, frailer. A closeup could be like an autopsy, were it not for the actor's perennial ease and grace before the camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema Short Takes: Voyage To The Beginning Of The World | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...lifelikeness. Its effect is to wrench your sense of scale out of kilter: far away, with no real humans near it, it seems close to you; then you realize how big it is, and it takes on the threatening and remote aspect of Big Momma, as though you, the viewer, were no longer an adult but a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sculptural One-Liners | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...night is punctuated by underdog winners, the greatest of which may have been Tova Nights, which won Women's Fragrance Introduction of the Year in Non-Store Venues. Accepting the award from presenters Kenny Rogers and Faye Dunaway, Tova Borgnine thanked Margaret from Pennsylvania, a QVC viewer who inspired Tova Nights by confessing to Borgnine that her other products had led her to have a "Tova night" with her husband. Before, she implied, she was having a lot of Carol Channing nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winner By A Nose | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

This is not just old pork cooked up in a new kitchen, however. Cyberswine, produced by Los Angeles-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment, is one of the first "Multipath Movies"--animated stories that let the viewer direct the action. You get to stroll down a narrative path of your choosing: stick with Cyberswine, or peel off and follow the action from the perspective of one of his pals. Don't dig the pig's vibes? Click on an icon in the corner of the screen, and tweak his character to make him more clever, anxious, aggressive or caring. You can also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Future Shocks | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Forbes magazine attributed Decherd's success to this. In a profile of the rising media mogul earlier this year, they found that Belo's revenues rise when local viewer loyalty rises. This is because networks take a 75 percent cut on advertisement revenues for national programming while ad money from local news goes directly to Belo...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Media Mogul Decherd Places Principles Above Profits | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

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