Word: visualization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Director Peter Gothar displays the teasing visual intelligence of the very brightest film-school graduate. He is forever calling attention to his devices, such as putting his camera on roller skates, pixilating the images, and then, at the last moment, flummoxing the viewer's expectations with an ingenious twist. Like just about every Hungarian movie that reaches the U.S., Time Stands Still is a handsome piece of work, with suffused lighting and a gray, ominous mist that hangs over the characters like a nuclear cloud. But there is verve sparking all of Gothar's calculation, and his young...
Weir's movies have always boasted pristine imagery and avoided visual clichés; Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli are among the smartest-looking pictures in recent cinema. But in his attempt to blend his preoccupations with the plot of C. J. Koch's 1978 novel, Weir has perhaps packed too much imagery and information into his movie. The sound track is wallpapered with dialogue and Billy Kwan's pensive narration. The plot becomes landlocked in true-life implausibilities; the characters rarely get a hold on the moviegoer's heart or lapels...
...both the world and himself. This makes his portrayal of pathos both palatable and convincing. While Mary Beth Hurt's role does not allow for the scope or development of her performance in The World According to Garp, her Laura is likeable, a modern version of the waif. The visual effects are understated and well-controlled; the scenery--running the gamut from dingy grey rooms to dingy grey hospital corridors--parallels the predominant emotional tones of the piece. The most surprising thing, however, is that Chilly Scenes is fun to watch. The absurdity of what goes on, emphasized...
...Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co.). Basically FM with pictures, MTV (Music Television) is a 24-hour cable service whose imaginative videotapes illustrating rock recordings expand TV's generally unadventurous visual vocabulary...
...good news for the television industry: Americans spend more than half of their leisure time in front of the TV set, an average of almost three hours per person each day. Now the bad news: most people do not pay much attention to the tube, treating it like visual Muzak or a cozy fireplace for the family to gather round. According to the authors of Where Does the Time Go?, a survey on leisure released last week by United Media Enterprises, television is "the new American hearth-a center for family activities, conversation and companionship...