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["MFJ Super Color Video developed an NTSC video processing limited, at least one product in develop- card for IBM-compatibles, but there are ment would find a ready audience in the far fewer desktop video tools for IBM- millions. Flat-screen TV, the original type computers than for either the Ami- Holy Grail of consumer electronics, ap- ga or the Mac. pears, finally, to have advanced to the Whatever the format, the heart of point where it\u2019s less than ten years off. any desktop video system is a personal While some TV set manufacturers computer equipped to process NTSC doubt that LCD TV sets will ever pro- MFJ-1452 You can correct poor videos of weddings, sporting events or the video. With the PC as the controller, it\u2019s duce the brightness and resolution $29995 kids at pres teital and make possible to produce full-motion anima- needed for the large, flat, wall-hanging plus $6 s\/h great copies for everyone! The MFJ-1452 is the most sophisticated (and tion, and add sound, full-motion video, TV sets consumers will want, color LCD fun) Video Processor available today. text and graphics, then record the fin- TV sets have gotten much better over Why? Because you get complete control of contrast. You can expand or compress ished product on videotape. An Apple the last few years. Now they\u2019re growing whites to save faded or contrasty videos and increase or decrease blackness of videos that guide to multimedia tools lists more larger. are over or under exposed. than 100 desktop video software pack- Sharp Electronics plans to begin sell- You can convert film negaitves to positives for recording or viewing. You can ages and peripherals. Commodore esti- ing a 14-inch LCD TV set later this year. invert chrominance and invert luminance for special effects. You can use the enhancer mates that more than 900 equivalent It will be the largest commercially avail- and a white \u2018\u2018blob\u2019\u2019 becomes a face with individual eyelashes! Split screen feature products have been developed for the able flat-screen TV so far. At an esti- gives you side-by-side unenhanced\/ enhanced comparision. Amiga. mated cost of $5,000 the Sharp set is the You can correct weak colors, color shifts Desktop video has proven most suc- definition of a specialty product. But and brighten faded videos. Brightness con- trol improves too dark or too light scenes cessful among pro video users, in large even a year ago this same set would have and allows fading in or out. Luminace meter helps you accurately set brightness level. part because systems can easily cost sold for $10,000 \u2014if the company could v~ Call today for free catalog or to order more than $10,000. 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FiRacN2CSoionaed4enrrf.dacdovidl.riteemciraeotniaoln,","project includes a Who's Who of Japa- and included a palm-sized Compact once controls become too small and nese high technology: Hitachi, Sharp, Seiko-Epson, NEC, Casio, Sanyo, Asahi VHS model from JVC and similarly sized tightly spaced for an average person to Glass, Chisso (a liquid crystal maker), models from Hitachi, RCA, Sony and use without the point of a pen, they've Japan Synthetic Rubber and Nippon other manufacturers. But these models passed the realm of practicality. Shinku Gijutsu. Insiders say as much as will feel like exercise weights compared $400 million is being poured into the to even slimmer, lighter models coming VIRTUAL REALITY project, which seeks to produce a work- next year. If George Carlin were naming a new ing product in three to five years. By combining signal processing func- technology he might come up with the While the Giant project dwarfs oth- tions on fewer IC cards and by replacing phrase virtual reality and work an entire more metal parts with plastic, 8mm vid- routine around it. And Carlin wouldn\u2019t er efforts, a joint venture of two U.S. eomakers expect to reduce the weight of be far off base. Part of the reason virtual companies may actually produce a large camcorders to 1.2 pounds by next year\u2014 reality is almost here, but not quite, is LCD TV set within the next year or and break the one-pound barrier by because nobody\u2019s figured out what to do two. Raychem, a Fortune 500 high-tech 1992. Based on the progress of VHS-C with it and the costs, in consumer terms, manufacturers, it appears likely they will are still out of sight. component manufacturer, and Xerox keep pace. have been developing a \u201ctiling\u201d ap- Virtual reality is actually an apt de- proach to large LCD TV sets: four one- However, both formats may be scription for a group of technologies de- foot square panels connect to form one reaching a practical limit. Increasingly, signed to assemble three-dimensional large display. This design sidesteps two manufacturers are expressing concern versions of reality. For example: Imagine related problems for LCD manufac- about reducing camcorder size so much it\u2019s 1997 and the latest Nintendo system ture\u2014rssize and cost. Typically, the larg- that they may become harder to use, not has just hit the stores. But instead of un- er a display is, the smaller the easier. \u201cWe think we should concentrate wrapping a console, joysticks, and an in- | manufacturing yield and the higher the a little more on operability,\u201d says JVC\u2019s frared pistol, you open a box containing cost of each screen. Yoshihiro Ueno. \u201cInstead of smaller, the an odd-looking helmet and a glove\u2014 issue may be just lighter.\u201d both resembling the type of gear NASA Larger may be better where TV sets astronauts might wear. are concerned, but the manufacturers\u2019 That's ironic, considering JVC\u2019s in- mantra for everything from camcorders troduction this year of a component vid- The helmet, based on designs origi- to VCRs is ultra miniaturization, espe- nally developed by VPL Research, a Sili- cially for camcorders, where slicing eo system, the SC-F007U, with a pint- inches and ounces is becoming a full- sized camera that can be strapped to the con Valley manufacturer, and NASA's time job. The lightest camcorders at user's head and a VCR about the same Ames Research Center, contains two CES weighed well under two pounds color LCD panels, one for each eye, size as a personal stereo. But man- ufacturers are starting to realize that continued on page 114 Catch Its 390,000-pixel \u201csmearless\u2019 CCD To get a better look at the Olympus VX-H804 Hi-Band the best produces astonishing resolution 8mm Camcorder call toll-free: while eliminating bright-light 1-800-221-3000, for literature. in video. afterimages. Olympus Corporation Use the Olympus VX-H804 You get an 8X f1.2 power zoom Consumer Products Group Hi-Band 8mm Camcorder and its Woodbury, NY 11797-2087 Hi-Band technology gives you lens with an amazing 16X zoom breathtaking image sharpness. range (with a built-in electronic 2X teleconverter) as well as 6-speed shutter for fast action. And with sophisticated PCM digital stereo sound, your videos sound as good as they look. OLYMPUS see \u201c\/U8BG\u2018JJOUDZO\/ZNjIOUP9ADHODOJDYBOUJYSJPOPjDU\/ 52 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","vNipotdroiicnltrgohasnegeh0\u2019:\u00a7ommj\u201coueursdtriaoohnw\/idvgi'hsdoefttfoieecccpehhrnottodooluydoscag:tyys! i. orvseye TRANSMIT an VIDEO \u00bb icK.3 s","Ni BY KENNETH KORMAN VHNTAESC| ATION GONTEST WINNERS! Long Island couple grabs Video\/Scotch Grand Prize. The videocassettes came from cities, ever contest for home videos. tures the contest\u2019s spirit of adventure, towns and hamlets in every corner of The Grand Prize \u2014a weeklong trip and does so with style and ease. the country. And the places they took us to West Germany that includes a visit to Tony and Susan LeHoven of Kapaa, were even more far-reaching, ranging the world-famous Photokina, World\u2019s Hawaii, won Second Prize: up to $1,000 from icecaps off the shore of Alaska to Fair of imaging systems\u2014went to Tom toward the purchase of a camcorder, the sun-drenched pyramids of Egypt. We and Janice Donahue of North Massape- plus a Video Magazine jogging suit, found ourselves on an old-fashioned qua, New York. Their cassette, 1989 sweatshirt and tote bag. Titled The train winding through Yosemite Nation- U.S. Honeymoon-Summer Cross-Country Queen and I, the LeHovens\u2019 cassette is al Park, exploring the barrier reefs of Tour, chronicles the newlyweds\u2019 six- an extended dream sequence that takes Cancun, and watching the walls tumble week mini-van journey across America. our heroes from a sweltering beach to in Eastern Europe. Despite their great With its high-energy music, eye-catch- the \u201cwinter wonderland\u201d of Steamboat diversity, almost all the more than 50 riping computer graphics, and pacing that Springs, Colorado. Digital special effects entries in the Video Magazine\/Scotch and spine-tingling music set the tone as never lets up, this tape most closely cap- Videocassette Vacation Con- 7 the LeHovens try to decipher test revealed imagination and those funny green, blue and technical expertise beyond our black markings on the ski wildest expectations. slopes. Narrowing down the field Third Prize went to Leigh also proved far more difficult and Betty Anderson of Sugar- than we had foreseen. So many land, Texas. The Andersons tapes had at least one special\u2019 pick up $400 toward the pur- qual\u2014ouitsttanyding camera chase of a VCR, as well as a work, professional-caliber nar- Video Magazine sweatshirt and ration, or surprising wit and tote bag. Simply titled Turkey, humor, to name a few. Multi- The Andersons\u2019 cassette is a ple viewings, ongoing discus- sober portrait of Istanbul, sion and spirited debate among Ephesus, Xanthos and other the judges quickly became the historic areas. Its vivid anec- order of the day. In the end, dotes and compelling visuals however, four cassettes (and capture both the flavor of the their creators) emerged as And the Winner ls... Janice and Tom Donahue receive congratulations from local culture and the natural clear-cut winners of our first- Video Magazine's Art Levis (left) and Scotch\u2019s Bob Burnett (right). beauty of the surroundings. 54 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","Winning Ways: The Donahues\u2019 Honeymoon Tour features computer graphics (above left) plus scenes shot in Nashville (above right) and Hollywood (below). Steve Channon and Desta Barbieri Panasonic AG-7500 VCRs and an AG- along with lots of interesting shots.\u201d of San Jose, California, took Fourth A750 edit controller. Donahue drew heavily on his experi- Prize, which consists of ten Scotch Pro- Cam Videocassettes and a Video Maga- But putting together a tape of this ences as a DJ when putting together the zine tote bag. \u201cAmateur\u201d singer\/dancers, quality is no small task, especially when ta\u2014paretists on the soundtrack run the Channon and Barbieri crooned and you start with eight hours of raw foot- gamut from Paul Simon to Led Zeppelin. stepped their way through New York age, as Donahue did. \u201cI first did a two- \u201cOriginally I edited the tape and added City and London for their inspired hour tape just for family and friends,\u201d Dream Vacation cassette. They recorded Donahue says. \u201cThen I saw the contest music later, but then I realized that it themselves singing five songs before em- rule that said I had a maximum of 30 worked best to lay down the musical barking on their trip, then lip-synced to the recordings while on location. It was minutes.'] could have taken the footage track and edit on the beat\u201d he says. the contest\u2019s only music video entry. I already edited and cut it down on an- other tape, but I figured I could lose the Graphics created on an Amiga 2000 THE HONEYMOONERS running the DigiPaint program round Tom and Janice Donahue\u2019s Grand contest just from the lower quality of the out Donahue\u2019s cassette, quickly inform- dub. So I went back to the original foot- ing the viewer when the location of a Prize-winning Honeymoon Tour cassette age and started over again. I spent more scene has changed. \u201cDigiPaint gives you clearly benefited from Tom\u2019s experience than 20 hours re-editing, and I only had a choice of 4,096 colors, a value of zero as both a videographer and an editor. to 12 for each color, and a choice of The recipient of a Communication Arts two or three weeks to do it.\u201d brushes and solids,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can Honeymoon Tour\u2019s breakneck pacing spend days just figuring out your Ski Bums: Susan and Tony LeHoven in a scene from The Queen and I, which took Second Prize. and smooth transitions distinguished it choices.\u201d from much of the competitio\u2014nit in- Computers and high-tech industrial degree from New York Tech and cur- cludes scenes shot in at least a dozen dif- rently the Audio\/Video Specialist for ferent locations, from Nashville to the Another World: Leigh and Betty Anderson\u2019s Turkey Long Island\u2019s Baldwin School District, Palo Duro Canyon to Universal Studios explores that country\u2019s rich cultural heritage. Tom knows his equipment. He shot Hollywood. Says Donahue: \u201cI watch a footage with a Panasonic AG-450 Super lot of work that people have done \u2014 one equipment aside, Honeymoon Tour relies VHS camcorder, and edited using two of my favorite directors is Alfred Hitch- most heavily on the director\u2019s imagina- CPBSRLHCIAORARTENKOESN: cock, and I\u2019ve studied his editing. Home videos are usually boring, but I wanted tion. So don\u2019t stop plugging away with to make a tape that would move right your own camcorder, and watch for the upcoming announcement of our next Video Magazine contest. P SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO 55 TRIMS eae rete 2) MAYAN sory as eee NEAT NEA OR ELAREROMANIEREMOTENESS Ne eRe SOL aePME lat neNERO NEM PlasAP etMMPI Mee MT BETea toddioileONanay GNPERGHEE aeraseue","Chicago was as good as its nickname. As the Summer Consumer Electronics Show opened its doors, the Windy City flirted with the rim of a vast tornado- filled storm system that was devastating towns in southern Illinois. By Sunday, the show\u2019s second day, gusty winds were buffeting pedestrians up and down Michigan Avenue. But across town, at the McCormick Convention Center, CES seemed as far from the Loop\u2019s dust- laden gales as Oz was from Kansas. And nearly as filled with surprises. While CES attendance was on the light side (55,353 attended), the show deliv- ered a windfall of new products. These include a flurry of tiny new camcorders using both 8mm and VHS-C formats, as well as a growing number of laserdisc players. TV sets sported fuzzy logic and new convenience features, while VCRs were introduced with self-cleaning heads and multi-standard compatibility. Videogames held the stage in the con- vention center\u2019s East Hall, leaving little doubt the medium\u2019s comeback is real. The show was also notable for the handful of major brands, like RCA and Zenith, that moved into new product ar- eas, and the gaeae mm omentum 1 of the WINDFALL Pictures of an Exhibition: The mainrtd at CES From tiny new camcorders to fuzzy TVs, (left) and Canon's circus-theme booth (above). LES delivers aa flurry of video surprises. home theater concept. New home thea- 56 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990 ter products ran the gamut, from install- it-yourself projection screens to exotic remote controls, while leaving the im- pression that the home theater band- wagon is still far from full. Surveyed below are the show\u2019s highlights: prod- ucts you'll soon be seeing on local shelves, innovative ideas still to be ap- This report was prepared from contribu- tions by Lancelot Braithwaite, Brent But- terworth, Ken Korman, David Lachen- bruch, Art Levis and Stan Pinkwas. CPTLKEHASXORP,TRLOYASN","Audio Advancement: Kenwood used 8x over- sampling to enhance the LVD-300 combi player's sound. Summer Surprises: Olympus\u2019 flat VX-81 8mm camcorder (left), Technics\u2019 Lucasfilm-ap- proved home THX | sound system (above) and the basic version of Philips\u2019 WallVision system (right). plied and trends sure to have long-last- a sleek little 1.7-pound unit clearly de- the smallest camcorder available. Zenith ing effects. signed as an answer to Sony\u2019s runaway also joined the 8mm camp, introducing success, the compact TR5. CAMCORDERS a 2-pound, 13-ounce model with an 8:1 In camcorders, CES was reminiscent A nearly identical model was shown zoom lens, and Samsung plans to have by Hitachi, one of three 8mm cam- an 8mm model available by the end of raucous shows past, when warring corders unveiled at CES. Both RCA and of 1990. VHS and Beta camps slugged it out for Hitachi 8mm versions feature infrared supremacy in the VCR arena. We all autofocus systems said by Thomson ex- Though CES saw 8mm gain broad know who won that one, but the victor ecutives to outperform Sony\u2019s TTL support, VHS-C was alive and kicking, of this fracas\u2014 pitting 8mm against (through the lens) system. with many of the new 8mm backers also VHS-C\u2014 remains anything but certain. fielding VHS-C units. Developer JVC On the eve of CES, Sony acknowl- whipped the wraps off its new compact Sony\u2019s 8mm format gathered new edged problems with the TR5 autofocus GR-AX7, (see \u201cWild Things,\u201d July \u201990), momentum at CES, winning support system, introducing three new 8mm and Zenith followed with a similar JVC- from RCA, Zenith and Hitachi. Thom- made model. Hitachi showed a unique, | son Consumer Electronics introduced models with improved TTL technology. Among the new folding VHS-C (see \u2018Wild Things,\u201d), four RCA-brand 8mm units (all models: the TR4, de- and Thomson said a VHS-C model made by Hitachi), including scribed by Sony as would soon be added to its GE line of video products. Hitachi's Hottest 8: The Hi8 VM-H10A Meanwhile, Panasonic took VHS-C boasts AFM stereo au- in a different design direction, introduc- dio, an auto\/manual ing a three-model line of palm-sized iris, an 8x variable- speed zoom, a tele- Palmcorders (see \u201cCamcorder Confi- macro mode, a two- dential,\u201d June 90), one featuring its page titler and an infra- Digital Image Stabilization circuitry. red remote control. VHS-C and 8mm may have stolen the CES spotlight, but full-size VHS was anything but absent. Panasonic showed a range of models, including a deluxe version with 100:1 digital zoom and Digi- tal Image Stabilization. And Sharp in- troduced two new models, including a model with a 12:1 zoom lens and the SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO 57","WINDY CITY 0 Ideas Not all the technology at Consumer Electronics Shows firm\u2019s new JetZoom feature. JetZoom comes stamped with model numbers, ready to ship. The will extend or retract zoom settings at 50 In Search most exciting developments are often a step or two away, percent increments in one-third of a visible at the show only in prototypes or research papers. second. Of A This proved to be the case at Chicago. Here are some of Debut the video innovations engineers are still devising: HOME THEATERS Perhaps no concept appeared in Versatile VL: e Fuzzy Logic. The Japanese took this American dis- The VL-type lens covery and ran with it. It appeared in Chicago applied more guises than the idea ofahome the- mount on this mod- for the first time in video products, but only a handful. ater. \u201cThe possibilities for this business ified Canon Al Mark Its potential suggests a much busier future. Fuzzy logic is are endless,\u201d said Carl Wegener, a pro- ll accepts all Canon a kind of artificial intelligence that lets a machine make jection TV marketing director at Phil- film camera lenses. more discriminating choices. Camcorders are starting to ips. But, as this CES demonstrated, use it for more sensitive focus and exposure systems, and home theaters will no longer belong some Sony TV sets use it to enhance screen colors. But solely to the mogul set. Companies in- it should turn up in VCRs soon, particularly those with terested in reaching broader, yet still af- digital features, as well as in consumer editing systems. fluent markets are seizing upon the idea with versatile new ways of delivering gi- The only real limit to applications would ant pictures, movie theater sound, pow- seem to be engineers\u2019 imaginations. erful remote controls and extraordinary levels of integration \u2014all hallmarks of e Interchangeable Lenses. Look for the home video theater. camcorders to sport this extra versatility in 12 to 18 months. Canon previewed Philips\u2019 new WallVision system, for an AI Mark II camcorder with a special example, gives consumers all the parts mount that accepts the whole family of needed to embed a rear-screen projec- Canon 35mm lenses. This feature may tion TV set\u2014as well as speakers and deck-sized components\u2014 within the sur- even inspire some cooperation among face of a wall so they appear to rest flat camcorder makers since Canon, JVC, against the wall. The system consists ofa Matsushita and Sony have all agreed on frame for the TV screen, a color filter to sandael for interchangeable lens mounts. heighten picture contrast, speaker e Digital VCR Sound. Engineers stayed in Chicago for grilles, equipment cabinets, ventilation a gathering of their own, the International Conference control and an installation guide that in- on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), right on the heels of cludes a videotape. CES. Among the advances discussed was JVC\u2019s system WallVision works with Philips\u2019 new for recording digital sound on VHS tapes. When it ar- 46-, 52- and 61-inch projection sets, the tives, this new audio technique will record a digital PCM front panels of which snap off for easy signal deep in the VHS tape along with AFM hi-fi mounting. The TV sets are high-end sound. It will be able to carry two channels of 16-bit lin- models with improved optics, picture-in- ear recording with a sampling frequency of 48 kilohertz. picture features, a wide viewing angle, The system is expected to yield a higher frequency re- programmable remote controls and Dol- sponse over a greater dynamic range in the two-channel by Pro-Logic surround sound. The Wall- mode than current hi-fi tracks, while sacrificing little in Vision accessories can be mixed and the four-channel mode. matched as needed to create media in- e Super White Balance. The ICCE also saw scientists Automatic from Hitachi describe a more reliable automatic white Cameraman: balance control that will work under a wider range of Visionary Products\u2019 lighting conditions. It will use RGB processing and digital In the Picture. circuitry to enhance whites by treating the brightest ar- eas as white, since white objects reflect more light than objects of any other color. e TV Ghostbusters. At the National Association of Broadcasters\u2019 convention, held just before CES, compan- ies won raves for a new ghost reduction system that\u2019s already available in Japan, both as an accessory and as a built-in feature on TV sets. The system should be here within a year, but will only work if broadcasters equip transmitters to add a special code in the vertical interval of their TV signals. \u2014Lancelot Braithwaite 58 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","WATT UTNE i Videogame Vanguard: The Miracle Piano Teaching System (far left), Galoob's Game Genie (left) and a scene from Sega's Moonwalker game (above). stallations that Philips estimates should components. (CEDIA) \u2014a sure sign of the faith the Sony's contribution to home thea- industry has in the growing popularity of cost from about $3,500 to $15,000. ambitious home entertainment systems. ters is its Digital Signal Transfer system, On the audio front, Lucasfilm has which permits ordinary 75-ohm coaxial LASERDISCS adapted its highly regarded THX movie cable to carry video information and Laserdisc has finally arrived. The sound system for homes. The Home CD-quality sound. The key components THX Audio System is actually a series of are a Digital Master Control Center, buzz surrounding the format at last win- proprietary technologies, specifications which can simultaneously transmit up to ter\u2019s Las Vegas CES hinted it was well on and performance standards Lucasfilm li- three video and eight stereo channels its way to mass acceptance, but the large censes to other companies. Its goal is to throughout a house, and satellite re- number of manufacturers showing play- let listeners reproduce movie audio, ers in Chicago left no room for doubts. whether from laserdisc or videotape, the motes that make it easy to tap the cen- At last count, 13 different brands are way it was meant to be heard\u2014and the tral room's audio\/video powers, even to headed for retail stores. Amid the ex- way it is heard in more than 500 THX- the extent of sending different programs citement at the show, two distinct trends revealed themselves: lower equipped theaters. to different rooms. prices, and a new emphasis on improved At the show, Technics demonstrated Both Sony and Philips talked with sound quality. a full-tilt THX system consisting of two custom installation experts to make With its ground-breaking $500 list front speakers, two surround speakers, a their designs installer-friendly. In fact, price, Pioneer\u2019s CLD-980 combi player subwoofer, three amplifiers and a con- members of this little-known audio\/vid- probably made the biggest splash. It has eo fraternity are rapidly organizing un- a chapter\/track LED readout, but in a troller. Price tag: a hefty $12,500. As the der the banner of the Custom Electronic first licensees, Technics, Lexicon and Design & Installation Association Snell will all be offering THX-approved MLKIAINRPSRALTYCARLNUEMENT: SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO 59","WINDY CITY SSS ee Laserdisc players from up to 13 companies are now headed to market. unique twist, time remaining (for CLV disc player to include shuttle dials. At intended to sound as good as their pic- discs) and frame number (for CAV the other extreme, Pioneer\u2019s LD-S2, for tures look. Denon\u2019s two players each $3,500, pushes the format\u2019s limits with feature 8x oversampling and 20-bit digi- discs) functions are only accessible unprecedented pictures and sound. tal filters. The top model boasts the through an onscreen display. Sony\u2019s new company\u2019s proprietary LAMBDA super MDP-333 is similarly budget-minded: Audio specialists Denon and Ken- linear converter system used on its best wood entered the LD fray with models CD players. Kenwood\u2019s player has a spe- At $650, it\u2019s the least expensive laser- cial feature called digital pulse axis con- trol, which stabilizes the audio signal for Format of the Future: Commodore\u2019s COTV player produces digital video, audio and computer data. smoother sound. CDV When is a computer not a computer? When it looks and Panasonic also made good on a operates like a CD player, but provides access to a whole promise to deliver its first two players. Surprise-- The LX-200, for $850, and the LX-2000, A New new world of powerful interactive software. The Commo- for $1,400, allow continuous play of both Format sides of a disc, while the 2000 incorpo- For Your dore Dynamic Total Vision (CDTV) information and rates MASH audio technology and a Living Room digital time-base corrector. Panasonic entertainment system, announced at CES and planned has tentative plans to introduce a bud- get-priced model early next year. Quas- for delivery in the fall, promises all this and more. It ar, Radio Shack and RCA are also moving into the LD arena, while other combines a state-of-the-art CD-ROM drive with the guts companies, including Samsung, used | CES to show prototypes that bode well | of an Amiga 500 computer in a black box that con- for the future of the format. | nects to any TV set and stereo system. And Commodore | hopes CDTV will change the world. VCRs | Although they didn\u2019t steal the lime- | Such high expectations are based on CDTV\u2019s poten- ; light, VCRs could boast of several inter- tial to reach those afraid, or unwilling, to use traditional esting new achievements. Leading the | list is Panasonic\u2019s promised Universal home computers. The basic CDTV system has no key- VCR\u2014a deck that shrinks the global village another notch. Anyone with rel- boa\u2014rudsers follow onscreen prompts and execute atives or friends in other countries commands with an infrared remote control. The tremen- should find the VCR\u2019s multilingual skills dous power of CD-ROM syste\u2014mtshis one holds as a dream come true. It records and plays much information as 500 floppy discs, and allows a mix tapes in virtually all the world\u2019s major of still images, full-motion video and digital audio on TV standards: NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, SECAM and even, with some five-inch CDs\u2014should also attract those already en- limitations, MESECAM, the Soviet amored with computers. That it doubles as a standard Union's standard. Available in late fall, CD player and costs less than $1,000 won\u2019t hurt. you can use it to record or dub NTSC broadcasts and tapes into any of these But any new hardware system is only as good as the foreign formats for playback on any software that runs on it. Commodore has taken care of VCR in the countries that use those this by inviting a number of major software developers to standards. join in. 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It has cept both VHS and VHS-C cassettes Toshiba is the first company to turn most of the features of the earlier EV- without adapters, and reduce the risk of up with a VCR, the SV-F771, that em- $9\u20140incl0uding a jog\/shuttle dial and damaging precious originals. bodies one of the most popular new fea- an edit controller \u2014but it\u2019s smaller and, Hitachi came up with VCRs that tures in VCRs for the Japanese according to Sony, a better performer. solve another problem \u2014 head cleaning. market\u2014a cassette hatch in the center Two other interesting VCRs, both The VT-F540A and a few other Hitachi models include a small wheel that gent- of the front panel. The tape slot is still from Panasonic, come attached to TV near the top to leave extra room for the sets. The PV-MS2750 is a 27-inch ly wipes the video heads clean each time transport mechanism below the cassette. TVCR with two tuners and an S-VHS a tape is inserted. This should go a long Sony's new Hi8 VCR, the EV-S550, VCR. It combines MTS stereo, hi-fi sound, two-way speakers powered by ten-watt-per-channel amplifiers with all the best capabilities of a four-head VCR RENTAL MOVIES ON with lots of automatic features. The sec- ond set is the PV-M2050, which marries a 20-inch tube and two tuners with a THE BLINK? four-head VHS VCR that can play NTSC, PAL and SECAM tapes. Both sets are a sign of how far this once mun- dane type of component has advanced. Not aye pre: TV SETS New computer technology, higher \u201c4g\u201donly brightness and contrast levels, greater resolution and a continuation of the trend toward larger screen sizes marked the TV sets premiered at CES. Artificial intelligence or fuzzy logic\u2014 hot new (plus $4 handling) buzzwords in the computer industry\u2014 Made in the have come to the TV receiver. The Ac- U.S.A. tive Signal Correction circuitry in Sony\u2019s 27- and 32-inch XBR sets is said to mon- itor brightness, color and contrast by sampling them 60 times per second and BLACK correcting them continually to optimize picture quality. BOX II\\\" JVC sets use fuzzy logic to remember household viewing preferences, in terms of picture and volume settings, for vari- Precision COMPLETELY DEACTIVATES ous times of the day. Another JVC fea- analog circuit \u2014 MACROVISION ANTI-COPY ture may not be fuzzy but it\u2019s logical. It\u2019s totally effective, even >ROTECTIONS \u2014 the only way to called \u201chome sitter\u2019 and it turns the on the latest movies. POSITIVELY cure the Macrovision TV on and off at specified times to give blink and other notorious viewing an empty house that lived-in look. distortions, including jitter, color shift, flashing, mysterious glows, A new word being broken in as a TV white lines and lost captions. feature (you\u2019re going to hear a lot about | it in the near future) is \u201cinvar,\u201d which describes a nickel alloy used for shadow LEGAL NOTICE masks in deluxe new color TV tubes. The Black Box II must not be used to make copies of anti-copy coded Because it expands relatively little with information carriers, except as may be allowed under copyright law. heat, invar permits the use of higher voltages. This helps sets deliver signifi- cantly brighter pictures with truer color Fully automatic \u2014 even switches CALL FREE. ORDER- registration. Initially, you'll see it as a fea- itself on\/off by sensing video. or ask for free brochure ture on RCA, Panasonic, Philips and Hook to monitor or between VCRs. Magnavox sets. 1-800-274-7797 60 day unconditional money Sound gets increasing attention, back guarantee, 3 year warranty. or 503-251-4143 (outside U.S.A.) | with the Dome system spreading from VISA = M\/C # COD the deluxe Prism line to other Panasonic sets. This system adds a special sound chamber and large speakers to the nor- AVENGER VIDEO mally wasted area at the rear of a TV set, firing them through slim frontal 333 South State Street = Suite 101 = Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034 grilles on either side of the tube. Magna- vox is adding the JBL sound system, for- merly only in projection TV sets, to continued on page 116 62 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","developing negative habits. Start using Fotovix, and display your negatives as positives on TV. Fotovix brings photography and video together, letting you preview every shot before you print it. Use a VCR to create a video library. Fotovix will also display slides, and it crops, enlarges and color- balances with push-button simplicity. See your Tamron dealer for a demonstration or write: Tamron Industries, Inc., Box 388, Port _- Washington, NY 11050. In Canada: Amplis Photo, 22 Telson Rd., - OTOVI X Markham, Ont. L3R1E5. Once you try it, we think you'll be hooked. SCR2cNiFaoeai8onedrr.fdacvdoildi.rteecmieraotniaoln,","BY MARK FLEISCHMANN ThE BETA MAZE A full-service guide to hard-to-find dealers, products, fae film bargains\u2014& a aenew high-end VCR: As Beta\u2019s share of the VCR market \u201cdespite an anticipated flat selling peri- PROGRAM TRADERS od in the last quarter of 1989, we\u2019re ac- Programming was almost always a plummeted in the late \u201980s, the VHS re- tually oversold on Beta product right problem for Betaphiles, and still is. Few frain sounded at every lunch counter, in now,\u201d says Panosian, adding that sales retailers bother to display or stock Beta every TV den: \u201cDon\u2019t buy Beta. Video are 175 percent higher than Sony ex- tapes. Most major studios still release stores don\u2019t carry Beta anymore. VHS pected. their titles on Beta, but merely fill spe- won the format war.\u201d Betaphiles tend to be passionate cial orders at the time of a film\u2019s release, But Beta\u2019s demise was greatly exag- about their format. Ted Brauer of Brauer then give up. However, many labels gerated. Sony, Beta\u2019s founder and sole have warehouses full of older Beta titles, Trading in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, which smart Beta-oriented retailers snap remaining supporter, continues to stand tells of a Betaphile who recently ordered up at fire-sale prices. behind the format \u2014and may soon in- ten Betamaxes from him: \u201cHe figures troduce a new high-end deck (see side- the life of a machine is five years and he George Bednar Jr., of Adray Ap- bar). Moreover, millions of dedicated wants enough machines to last a life- pliance in Dearborn, Michigan, stocks Betaphiles have stuck with their prized Beta aggressively. \u201cLast October we U-loaders, refusing to switch to more time.\u201d As long as Beta owners remain, bought the close-out on MGM\/UA ti- fashionable formats. And why should Brauer will be around to serve them. they, when they can often score pre-re- And he is not alone. Many other dealers tles,\u201d says Bednar, describing his trove of corded Beta titles for the same prices as 535 titles on 219,000 tapes. \u201cI just blank tapes? find there's still plenty of profit in Beta bought another 39,000 movies three (see \u201cFull-Service Beta Care\u201d sidebar). days ago.\u201d This time it was from HBO Yet with Beta decks accounting for only two percent of all the VCRs in the Although Zenith, Sanyo and other country, Betaphiles often feel caught in former Beta manufacturers have long a maze of equipment and programs made for other formats. It\u2019s not always since defected to VHS, Sony continues to offer three models in the SuperBeta easy to find Beta dealers, movies, even fellow fans. If you\u2019ve suffered through variation of the format, which delivers the experience, this guide\u2019s for you. 280 to 300 lines of horizontal resolution We'll describe the Beta equipment that versus the 240 lines standard VHS of- survived the format war. We'll tempt fers. Sony is also planning to come out you with Beta\u2019s unbelievable program with a new SuperBeta deck in honor of bargains. And we\u2019ll hook you up with Beta\u2019s 15th anniversary. the dealers and Beta enthusiasts who keep pumping life into this supposedly And there\u2019s also the Extended Defi- defunct format. nition line, which includes two VCRs Beta lives on in the hearts and video and a camcorder. ED Beta VCRs are systems of people who use it every day\u2014 downward compatible, meaning they also including many readers of this magazine. play standard Beta tapes. (See \u201cReady for Steve Panosian, marketing manager for Action\u201d sidebar for more info.) Sony\u2019s Beta division, estimates three to Maxell and BASF have abandoned four million Beta VCRs are in use. the Beta blank-tape market, but Sony and a few other competitors are still While this is a minority of the market, going strong. Fuji, 3M and Memorex it\u2019s an active and vocal minority. Indeed, make Beta blanks, and TDK keeps one toe in the Beta pool with a special tape for the pro-level Betacam. 64 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","MOVIES va Video, one age to py because sud- of the few majors to denly they can $5.99 for more popular items buy movies for swear off the format entirely. what they used to Like many dealers who handle Beta like Gone With the Wind, Poltergeist II, pay for blank tape,\u201d says Bednar. \u201cAs a re- movies, Bednar also sells Beta machines and several Elvis Presley movies. sult they\u2019ve dug their and blank tapes. \u2018\u201cWe\u2019ve always had Beta VCRs out of the good sales with Beta,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd one Adray\u2019s Beta movie list, available on closet. We have people buying up to 300 movies at reason is that we give our Beta custom- request, numbered more than 400 titles atime.\u201d Bednar\u2019s latest spe- ers movie club privileges.\u201d cial is a quartet of music titles at last count. Blockbusters (or former that includes Tina Turner, Bednar\u2019s customers, which include blockbusters), like Star Trek III: The Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich and a mail-order buyers from all corners of the demo tape \u2014all four for $4.99. country, get mouth-watering bargains. Search for Spock, are scarcer than classics For the Beta Only stores in Prices range from $1.00 for such films as New York City and Philadelphia, On the Town and The Red Badge of Cour- and killer Bs, but who\u2019s complaining? Beta supports a successful business. LRAORSRSY \u201cWe've made Beta customers very hap- Each outlet stocks 3,500 to 4,000 titles, all at $14.95 or less, except for a few items like both parts of The Godfather ($79.95) and Gone With the Wind ($39.95). Customers can also snap up Beta hardware, blank tapes, head clean- ers and T-shirts proclaiming, \u201cIt\u2019s Better in Beta.\u201d According to Michele Esposito, who manages the Beta Only stores, member- ships are strong. \u201cBoth stores are ap- proaching 1,000 members each, our mailing list is growing, and we\u2019re still getting the new releases.\u201d In fact, she\u2019s about to launch a mail-order Beta busi- ness of her own in the Seattle area. Brauer Trading carries huge stocks of pre-recorded Beta movies. \u201cWe work with manufacturers and buy their Beta inventory, which regular retailers no longer want,\u201d says Brauer, \u201cand promote them directly to the Beta user through a catalogue.\u201d Brauer has a database of SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO 65","THE BETA MAZE Fortunately for Betaphiles, Sony shows little sign of giv- ing up on its original consumer video format (although all other hardware manufacturers have). The company still offers a full line of Beta and ED Beta VCRs, and continually updates the line by adding new features. This is the Beta line for 1990. @ SL-S600 SuperBeta VCR ($450): Includes BetaScan high-speed search, BI-S playback mode, slow motion, a one-event\/one-week timer and a linear time counter. py because suddenly they can buy mov- Ready For e SL-HF360 SuperBeta VCR ($600): All features of ; ies for what they used to pay for blank Action--5 the SL-S600 plus stereo hi-fi audio. ; tape,\u201d says Bednar. \u201cAs a result they\u2019ve dug their Beta VCRs out of the closet. Decks And e SL-HF870D SuperBeta VCR ($1,200): All features STe|ESEaTSe We have people buying up to 300 mov- A Super of the SL-HF360 plus digital effects (picture-in-picture, ies at a time.\u201d Bednar\u2019s latest special is a Shooter zoom, multi-strobe, flash and stop action, freeze frame quartet of music titles that includes Tina and slow motion), a stereo TV tuner, tape stabilization Turner, Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich and a and a six-event\/one-week timer. | demo tape \u2014all for $4.99. e EDV-7500 ED Beta VCR ($1,950): All features of For the Beta Only stores in New the SL-HF870D plus ED Beta operation, a shuttle lever, a Control S jack and a flying erase head. York City and Philadelphia, Beta sup- e EDV-9500 ED Beta VCR ($3,300): All features of ~ports a successful business. Each outlet the EDV-7500 plus a tape stabilizer system, a jog\/shuttle dial, a Control L jack, an eight-scene editing controller stocks 3,500 to 4,000 titles, all at $14.95 and dual flying erase heads. or less, except for a few items like both e@EDC-55 ED Beta camcorder ($7,700): Twin-CCD parts of The Godfather ($79.95) and pickup, stereo hi-fi audio, audio and video insert, vari- Gone With the Wind ($39.95). Custom- able-speed 10x zoom, a Control L jack, a detachable lens, ers can also snap up Beta hardware, a detachable recorder and a 1.5-inch CRT viewfinder. blank tapes, head cleaners and T-shirts | \u2014Brent Butterworth proclaiming, \u201cIt\u2019s Better in Beta.\u201d 7 According to Michele Esposito, who or fanzine for the Beta intelligentsia. \u201cWhen Sony bought Columbia Pic- manages the Beta Only stores, member- First published in 1988 by Vance Haem- tures the Los Angeles Times and the Chi- ships are strong. \u201cBoth stores are ap- merle and Gilbert Smith, a pair of Tuc- cago Tribune ran stories about how proaching 1,000 members each, our son, Arizona, devotees, The Betaphile Sony\u2019s failure with Beta prompted Sony mailing list is growing, and we\u2019re still Recorder now reaches 2,000 readers. It\u2019s to get into the software business,\u201d says getting the new releases.\u201d In fact, she\u2019s a militant voice against \u201cvideo discrimi- Haemmerle. \u201cThe papers said Beta had about to launch a mail-order Beta busi- nation,\u201d a term its editors apply to what been discontinued in 1988. What they ness of her own in the Seattle area. they consider false information dissemi- should have said was that Sony added Full-nated by VHS proponents. For example: VES. Brauer Trading also does a healthy Although your corner electronics store may not carry business in pre-recorded Beta tapes. Beta, plenty of dealers remain devoted to the format and \u201cWe work with manufacturers and buy its followers. Below is a selection of retailers who sell or rent Beta equipment, pre-recorded Beta tapes, or both. their Beta invenotry, which regular re- (Most hardware dealers carry blank tapes.) tailers no longer want,\u201d says Brauer, SBeertvaice e Adray Appliance. Hardware sales, programming \u201cand promote them directly to the Beta tare\u2014 user through a catalogue.\u201d Brauer has a sales and rental; 20219 Carlysle, Dearborn, MI 48124; database of 150,000 Betaphiles, acquired 313-274-9500. through software promos and hardware @ Audio\/Video Plus. Hardware and programming sales | warranties. and mail-order. Two stores: 1225 Waugh Drive, Houston, Recent sale titles by Brauer have in- TX 77019, 713-526-9065; 5509 Richmond, Houston, TX cluded Against All Odds for $2.95, The 77056; 713-782-8346. Jagged Edge for $3.95 and On the Water- GAuiDdeealer e Beta & More. Hardware rental, used hardware front for $4.95. Specials on the omnipre- sales, programming rental, sales and mail-order; 222 sent Gone With the Wind, Platoon, and a West Main Street, Shop #3, Chanute, KS 66720; selection of operas have also done well | 316-431-2846. for him. He has about 3,000 titles in stock, including big caches of material from MGM\/UA, RCA\/Columbia and e The Beta Store. Hardware and programming sales, rental and mail-order; 8526 North 7th Street, Phoenix, Vestron, for which he recently sold AZ 85020; 602-870-1688. 400,000 tapes to another retailer. \u201cIf we continue to reach Betaphiles, e Beta Vision. Hardware and programming sales and there is no end in sight,\u201d says Brauer. rental; 1504 22nd Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, \u201cThe people we reach are hungry for Canada S7M OT1; 306-652-4949. software and just haven\u2019t known where e Beta Only. Hardware sales, programming sales and to get it.\u201d rental, also mail-order. Two stores: 202 West 49th Street, BETA ACTIVISM New York, NY 10019, 212-245-3950; 640 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147; 215-440-9532. Looking for more resources? You\u2019d be surprised by what you might find in | e Brauer Trading. Mail-order hardware and program- ming sales; 26 Emery Lane, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675; The Betaphile Recorder, a glossy four-col- | 66 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","plays different sets of controls depending on the function being used. The remote control has a similar screen. The deck features a new type of jog\/shut- tle control: Rather than turn a wheel, a user slides his or her thumb along a strip of the LCD screen on the remote. Moving the thumb forward activates a forward speed; backward movement sends the deck into re- verse. Beta Fields The best evidence of Sony\u2019s continuing com- The remote doesn\u2019t do all the talking, ei- A New mitment to Beta can be seen in its stunning ther. The VCR sends signals back to the Contender new 15th anniversary Beta VCR. It\u2019s already on dealer shelves in Japan, but Sony hasn\u2019t remote, informing it of the transport status so decided whether to bring it to the U.S. the remote\u2019s LCD can display the tape speed, The model boasts revolutionary features direction and counter. that could have Betaphiles bragging for years to come. First is a new four-head design that \u201cWe wanted to make a technological uses one pair of heads for playback and :anoth- er for recording. This differs from other four- statement with this machine,\u201d says Jim Bonan, head Beta VCRs, which allocate one pair of Sony vice president for home video products. heads for the BII speed and another for BIII. The new deck records and plays at the BLS \u2018We've received a lot of input from Betaphiles speed as well. over the past few years, and we've incorpo- Instead of using buttons to control each function, the 15th anniversary model employs rated several features they've asked for.\u201d a touch-sensitive LCD screen. The screen dis- If you\u2019d like to help persuade Sony to bring the 15th anniversary Beta VCR to the USS., write: Beta 15th Anniversary, Video Mag- azine, 460 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001. We'll make sure your letter goes to the right person. \u2014Brent Butterworth If you'd like to get your hands on ED | differences among domestic, foreign and owned model among readers. | professional versions. Coverage is re- | Beta music software from Japan, or an | freshingly critical (a story on a Japanese\/ Hardware, software and other para- phernalia are available from advertisers, || industrial BMC-1000K Betamovie Pro Latin American model was headlined some of whom offer special deals to camcorder, or keep tabs on mail-order readers. A notable example is a recent \u201cNot many kicks on SL-66\u201d), and reader retailers selling Beta machines, movies polls are frequent. One found the Sony offer from BTH Labs of Stanton, Califor- SL-HF900, the original top-of-the-line and blank tapes, The Betaphile Recorder | SuperBeta, in 10.1 percent of Beta nia, which modifies the SL-HF900, | is worth checking out. The issues in- | households, making it the most widely which records in BII and BIII modes, to clude reviews of Betamax models from | record and play in the BI-S SuperBeta |around the world, which often reveal Void of VHS: New York City\u2019s Beta Only store stocks thousands of Beta tapes. 800-962-7722. e Carlson TV. Hardware sales, programming sales and rental; 161 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02172; 617-332-8484. e Hawthorne\u2019s Home Appliance and Electronics. Hardware sales; 1815 South Woodward, Birmingham, MI 48011; 313-644-2200. e Mera\u2019s Video. Hardware sales, programming sales and rentals, also mail-order; 1126 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; 815-965-8621. e Metro Video. Programming sales; 92 Railroad Ave- nue, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604; 201-288-0400. e@ North American Video. Mail-order programming sales; 3411 University Drive, Durham, NC 27707; 919-493-1025. e Pointe Electronics. Hardware sales and mail-order; 19755 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236; 313-881-1877. e Sony Showroom. Hardware sales, programming sales and rentals, also mail-order; 2024 Center Avenue, Ft. Lee, NJ 07062; 201-461-5057. e Warren Processing. Hardware sales and mail-order; 2655 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210; 718-258-5055. e Wilshire TV. Hardware and programming sales, also mail-order; 530 Northwestern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004; 213-385-3029. RDJOB.ANUELNTTYAIK:EOLWSKI SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO aNi","1990 Buyers Guide With its loyal fans, Beta is no with Comparison Chart closer to death than VHS\u2014just smaller. s Betaphil veo for the format\u2019s urvey. We fc they'll buy Beta ; any indication, \u2014 e's.pat Beta Includes: 10' Dish tabihed sao bcRee ti2t 8 e Echostar 4000 with Decoder with eyes can see that 500 tter than 240.\u201d The Ultimate Satellite Receiver nute, Kansas: \u201cWe'vee always pre- Houston Tracker 10 with MTS! VHSm. ee bought low-end\u00a9 \u00a2 Programmable UHF Remote Any Illinoi%s:Stith Li reputa- \u00a9 100 Video & Audio Selections e they'd give up on Beta. It'llsurvive - other, likeED Beta. Eventually it will \u00a2 Fully Computerized Auto Tracking \u00a2 Blah Mountain\u2019 Nowh, Carding e Full On-Screen Graphics Display \u00a2 1 hat istributors don\u2019t want to carry \u00a2 Crystal Clear Reception \u00a9 So the major studios are getting the _ one wants Beta, and are discontinuing os \u00a9 MTS Stereo! \u00a2 ill abi ket out there for ton, ev Yo \u201cMy (debutIGe . EXCELLENCE BY DESIGN, Call for Price! \u00ab Satellite System Owners: Inquire about our exclusive Trade-In Program they'd lie to me (I do \u2018WKOLEM. here ndI goon | ion). I've got a VHS_machine, purais.t \u201cBreannt Butterworth si mode. Betaphile insiders get ten percent || \u2018tailerspumping out programming at bar- | off the regular price of $275. | 1-800-327-0046 gain prices, it\u2019s clear that Beta is no In Calif. 1-800-327-2345 The Betaphile Recorder, which aver- more moribund than VHS \u2014just small- Office # 805-652-0255 Fax # 805-652-2190 ages 12 pages per issue, is published six er. Both are likely to fade as the 1948 | 2316 Channel Drive times a year for members of the Be- | NTSC TV standard gives way to a high- Ventura, Ca. 93003\u2018GJO6U\u201c4B[JOZPUOND\/OJOIPU4ADYDOIDOWOWJYSJPOPJDUy taphile Club. The club is not affiliated definition future, but that new age may 68 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990 with Sony and membership is $15 a year. be a long time in coming. 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A look (above) and Jessica at the evolving relationship between a Tandy (right) carry crotchety Southern matron (Tandy) and her long-suffering black chauffeur (Mor- Bruce Beresford\u2019s Driv- ing Miss Daisy. gan Freeman), Driving Miss Daisy be- guiles and reassures audiences without condescending to them. It\u2019s so well-exe- cuted you want to overlook the film\u2019s es- sential blandness. Atlanta, circa 1948: Miss Daisy Werthan must change her lifestyle after an auto mishap. In her early seventies, the fiercely independent woman comes under heavy pressure to give up driving from son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), who, Atlanta establishment, clearly nudge make him one of today\u2019s most consis- against her wishes, hires veteran chauf- Daisy and Hoke toward common feur Hoke Colburn to assume the task. ground. However, the real-life events tently original actors. Engrossing even in Affronted, Daisy rebuffs genial Hoke at are rendered too sketchily for viewers every turn, until necessity forces her to unfamiliar with the facts to divine their bad movies like Lean on Me and Johnny face reality. Though resentful at the loss import. While an encounter with curt of autonomy, she slowly comes to accept Alabama troopers injects an unsettling Handsome, he drops hints of Hoke\u2019s true Hoke, if not as an equal, at least as an- note, Daisy and Hoke seem more incon- other human being. Over the span of a venienced than menaced by prejudice. feelings just by adding an edge to his quarter-century marked by profound so- cial upheaval, this unlikely twosome for- In any case, the performances are voice or altering the tempo of speech. ges a deep friendship that transcends first-rate. Jessica Tandy deserves her Os- their differences. Director Bruce Beresford\u2019s snub by car simply for resisting the urge to go Although discretion shapes the sen- overboard. She uses precise physical the Acad\u2014estmartyling in light of the sibility of Driving Miss Daisy, it wouldn\u2019t movements and clipped remarks to por- have hurt to explore the characters\u2019 film\u2019s best picture Oscar win \u2014 may have shared outsider status a bit more. The Werthans are Jewish, but there\u2019s no inti- been a simple gaffe, or it may have been mation of the recently ended war in the his \u201creward\u201d for playing the story too close to the vest. In crafting a re- lentlessly tasteful tale, he avoids vulgar melodrama, only to produce an arid early scenes. Landmarks from the \u201960s, tray a woman determined to stand firm, work that takes no chances. Mildly ab- like the bombing of a temple and a no matter how childish she looks. Mor- gan Freeman displays the talents that sorbing, Driving Miss Daisy could have speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. to the been a great movie. \u2014Jon Young SEPTEMBER 1990 VIDEO 71","BY SOL LOUIS SIEGEL Drama A Breed Apart: Willem Dafoe and Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (left); Paul Newman in Blaze. his month\u2019s dramas are led by two of a decrepit veterans\u2019 hospital, the un- ut of emotions (and hairpieces), he plays fact-based (though not always factu- traveling of his family and the despair of al) epi\u2014cBsorn on the Fourth of July other crippled vets. Stone is far from Kovic as an ordinary man struggling to and Mountains of the Moon\u2014 that bashful about altering events, or even regain his dignity, and resists all tempta- inventing them, to make his points. He were long-time obsessions for their re- also lets individual scenes drag while tion to portray him as a saint or a mere spective directors. One could make a omitting essential information, such as symbol. If you aren\u2019t convinced that strong case that Born\u2019s real star is Oliver how Kovic got involved with VVAW. Cruise has truly arrived as an actor, just | Stone, not Ron Kovic, its subject and But since Stone captures the intensity of watch him in the long drunken shouting | co-writer, or Tom Cruise, who plays him. emotion on both sides with startling fi- match with his mother, a scene that Produced on a vast scale that includes delity, it\u2019s easy to forgive these short- epitomizes the schisms of the time at everything from Vietnam battles and comings. protest riots to Mexican whorehouses, their most basic level. Born portrays the divisions of the Viet- Cruise helps a lot. Running the gam- Mountains of the Moon is more a nam era from the vantage point of a man who fell right into these divisions REVIEWED thinking man\u2019s epic. Two 1850s British and lived to tell the tale. explorers search uncharted Africa for BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY what was then the Holy Grail of white Kovic, who really was born on the 1989. Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe; co.- geographers, the source of the Nile. Fourth, was an all-American boy, a child wr.\/dir. Oliver Stone. 145m. (R) Hi ss cc Richard F. Burton (Patrick Bergin), the whose every birthday was a patriotic no list price. LV $39.98. MCA\/Univer- spectacle and a high school athlete who sal. V image: good. ultimate adventurer, had traveled the hated to lose. He went straight from graduation to the Marine Corps to save MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON Middle East, penetrated Mecca, and 1990. Patrick Bergan, Iain Glen; dir. translated the Kama Sutra and the Ara- Vietnam from the commies, and re- Bob Rafelson. 140m. (R) Hi cc $89.95. bian Nights. John Hanning Speke (lain Carolco. V image: good. Glen) was a marksman and hunter who turned as a paraplegic to a divided wanted to leave his mark on the world. America where no one gave a damn BLAZE about him. After a bitter period he 1989. Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich; In this telling of the story, Speke is emerged as a leader of Vietnam Veter- wr.\/dir. Ron Shelton. 120m. (R) Hi ss cc the colonial conqueror, while Burton is ans Against the War (VVAW), crashing $89.95. Touchstone. V image: good. the humanist who attempts to push Vic- the 1972 Republican convention and torian Britain out of its narrow view of leading a wheelchair charge against the LORD OF THE FLIES the world. Their differences make them police. 1990. Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, a fine team of explorers, but once back Danuel Pipoly; co.-wr.\/dir. Harry Hook. Kovic\u2019s story is a pilgrim\u2019s progress, 90m. (R) Hi ss cc $89.98. Nelson. V in \u2018\u2018civilization,\u201d these differences set from boy soldier to warrior for peace. image: good. them at each other\u2019s throats. Stone drags us with him, pushing our Director Bob Rafelson is more inter- ested in human relations than in discov- erie\u2014swe only get a brief glimpse of Lake Victoria, shrouded in fog, prefigur- continued on page 94 72 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","PANASONIC SONY PANAFAX INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL TVWCR COMBO TOSHIBA Ae PANASONIC OLYMPUS SONY PAL ZENITH PHILIPS MINOLTA HITACHI HITACHI YASHICA TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI JVC SPECIAL F\/X QUASAR - CALL WE WILL NOT MURATA PANASONIC MAGNAVOX - CALL BE UNDERSOLD SANYO - CALL VIDEO NECESSITIES ON ALL PIONEER MINOLTA - CALL PANASONIC CANON - CALL VIDEO LITES SONY - CALL HEWLETT PACKARD CHINON - CALL SONY ES - CALL Csimay $75 REBATE FUJI - CALL VIVANCO - CALL TEAC - CALL PENTAX - CALL SHERWOOD - CALL OLYMPUS - CALL VIDICRAFT. 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(PG-13) Hi ss ce no list agent John Buckner (Kiefer Suther- of characters who walk a fine line be- price. LV $34.98. MCA\/Universal. V land). Walker has finally been appre- tween naturalism and grotesque carica- image: good. hended for detaching Vice President ture. Set in Australia, the film is about a FLASHBACK Agnew\u2019s rail car from its train \u2014Hop- young girl, Kay (Karen Colston), who\u2019s 1990. Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, per\u2019s character is from a sitcom version of oddly proper, demanding and compul- Carol Kane; dir. Franco Amurri. 108m. the '60s in which people simply played (R) Hi ce no list price. LV $34.98. Para- cute jokes on the Establishment. sive, while her sister Sweetie (Genevieve mount. V image: good. Lemon) is obese, brash and impulsive. MADHOUSE At first, Walker outsmarts Buckner The one thing the sisters share is the 1990. Kirstie Alley, John Larroquette; and manages to convince officials that need to have things their own way. In- dir. Tom Ropelewski. 90m. (PG-13) Hi he is the FBI agent and Buckner is the cc $89.98. Orion. V image: good. fugitive. A mildly amusing twist devel- terference by well-meaning parents does ops when two Summer of Love burn- nothing to alleviate the escalating ten- beautiful blue '54 Caddy home for their outs (Michael McKean and Richard sions because, unfortunately, the whole domineering father (Alan Arkin), who Masur) mistakenly kidnap Walker in his family is dysfunctional. Only Sweetie, wants to present the car (and, of course, FBI clothing and demand their beloved with her bouts of deep depression and the sons) to his wife as a fiftieth birthday former leader in trade for the \u201cpig.\u201d Af- present. All too soon, Pop mentions ter this mistaken identity gag runs out of unquenchable neediness, crosses over something to Mom about a doctor\u2019s ap- gas, the remaining two-thirds of Flash- into the realm of the pathological. pointment and lets out a cursory cough. back is definitely running on empty. That\u2019s when it seems we're to be treated Campion\u2019s perspectives are unusual: to a father-and-son-bond-in-the-nick- Trying to escape from no-good po- Sweetie ultimately underlines what is of-time melodrama like Nothing in Com- licemen, Walker and Buckner discover beautiful in the unlikable sisters\u2019 rela- mon or Memories of Me, though in tripli- that they're really not so different from tionship while highlighting the mun- cate. But somehow the writing and the one another, after all. Walker, it seems, dane, unpleasant aspects of Kay\u2019s sex direction, supported by solid perfor- has staged his capture merely to publi- life. Strictly speaking, Sweetie\u2019s not for mances all around, make the brothers\u2019 cize a book he\u2019s written, while Buckner journey of discovery believable, neither has spent his entire adult life rebelling laughs, but its portrayal of life is about as too sweet nor too heavy-handed. against his hippie parents. bizarre as any in film. Such verisimilitude is absent in Sutherland and Hopper do their best Coupe De Ville is no laugh riot either, with material that is far beneath their but it is disarmingly funny at times. It Different Strokes: talents, but the story\u2014 purporting to starts out slowly, with a whole bunch of Kiefer Sutherland (left) represent clashing cult\u2014usruffeocsates exposition to let us know that three es- and Dennis Hopper in cuteness. 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The director juxta- hands of a virtuoso. That said, we can poses old TV appearances and scenes ing Her Today,\u201d one is \u201ctreated\u201d to video thank our lucky stars this month\u2019s music from Baker\u2019s several movie roles (the footage of Jones being arrested for drunk page boasts so dazzling a lineup. Elvis of jazz, indeed!) with interviews driving (along with more jovial anec- Bruce Weber\u2019s Let\u2019s Get Lost started that cover a fairly democratic mix of dotes about Jones\u2019 hell-raising, as told by as a documentary about trumpeter and Baker associates. And though Weber\u2019s a variety of confederates and friends). erstwhile hipster god Chet Baker and portrayal of Baker as the ultimate ro- ended up as a memorial. Baker was as mantic creep sometimes smacks of self- To be sure, this package has its share close as the jazz scene of the \u201950s got to fulfilling prophecy, Let\u2019s Get Lost is never having an Elvis: a white boy with both less than fascinating. It does for music of gloss, country-style. But for an eagle- GQ good looks and extraordinary chops. documentaries what Fantasia did for ani- eyed look at a legend who managed to On the debit side, Baker was a hardcore get out of hell with his talent intact, junkie who managed to wheedle and mation. Same Ole Me is required viewing. alienate so many people on the way George Jones: Same Ole Me lacks the down, it cost him everything from his Songs For Drella is a straight video teeth to his life. (Baker\u2019s death via a slickness of the Baker bio. While it em- recreation of John Cale and Lou Reed\u2019s plunge from an Amsterdam hotel win- braces the upbeat, it certainly doesn\u2019t fond\/moody tribute to their former men- dow was never adequately explained, shy away from the dark side of country tor Andy Warhol, who sponsored them and Let's Get Lost suggests that Baker music\u2019s greatest living treasure. Next to in their days with The Velvet Under- may have had a \u201chelping hand.\u201d) Hank Williams, George Jones has had ground. Reinvented two decades later, Fashion photographer Bruce Weber the greatest influence on his chosen the synergy of Cale\u2019s subtle keyboard has expanded upon William Claxton\u2019s genre, from Nashville to Bakersfield and and viola and Reed\u2019s teeming guitar famous stills of the youthful Baker, back. drone well serves their depiction of War- transforming what would have been, at hol\u2019s history, and neatly reduces their the very least, a riveting and revealing But like many great artists, Jones has history to its essence. documentary into a visual feast that ani- had his demons romanticized to a dan- mates the shadowy angst of the 50s beat gerous degree. Same Ole Me isn\u2019t afraid Though Songs For Drella was per- scene. Black & white has never been so formed onstage at the Brooklyn Acade- beautiful and frightening. my of Music, this show was actually shot in the empty hall after its weeklong run. | The result is an aural sparene\u2014susn- LET\u2019S GET LOST polluted by audience noise \u2014that 1989. Chet Baker; dir. Bruce Weber. matches the visual effect of the two 118m. Hi $89.98. BMG. V image: excel. masters reunited without accompani- ment. GEORGE JONES: SAME OLE ME 1989. George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Roy Happy Together: John Cale (left) and Lou Reed col- Acuff; dir. Mark Hall. 60m. $29.95. laborated on Songs For Drella, a tribute to Andy Warhol, Hallway Productions. V image: good. Exalting in its frisky Gaelic R&B ap- SONGS FOR DRELLA proach, Van Morrison\u2014 The Concert 1990. Lou Reed, John Cale; dir. Ed couldn\u2019t have been filmed in a vacuum. Lachman. 55m. $19.95. Warner. 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(left) updates classic slam-bang action pics and cartoony fairy tales with comedy adventures with little room for nuance The youngest audiences probably and music, while Mic- or subtlety. But the current crop of new won't get the symbolism running hael Sporn\u2019s animated releases for children are generally throughout All Dogs..., and may be con- The Story of the Danc- marked by a degree of sophistication and fused or upset by the hero\u2019s off-and-on ing Frog (above) uses some complexity. demise. On the other hand, parents of line drawings and pas- kids starting to ask some of the Big tel colors to tell its Consider All Dogs Go to Heaven, the Questions about death, loyalty or hones- equally modern story. fourth feature film from animator Don ty may find this tale a great stimulus for discussion. Though enjoyable as such, film cachet of a Don Bluth, but Michael Bluth, creator of The Secret of NIMH, All Dogs Go to Heaven is no mere car- Sporn has quietly earned a reputation as An American Tail and The Land Before toon. a fine animator, primarily through half- Time. In the first 15 minutes of the film, hour specials for the cable market. His a canine with a shady past breaks out of His name doesn\u2019t carry the feature two most recent releases, The Red Shoes the pound, reunites with his cigar- and The Story of the Dancing Frog, offer chomping partner at their gambling den two lovely visual styles and also confront and gets fall-down drunk. His partner issues unusual for kidvid. then has him killed, and his doggie soul enters the pearly gates. The Red Shoes is a modern adapta- tion of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy What follows is a canine version of tale, set in New York City\u2019s black com- Heaven Can Wait mixed with elements munity and featuring a reggae-inspired of Oliver, as Charlie the dog tricks his score. When young Lisa\u2019s family wins big way back to mortal form and uses a in the lottery and moves away from their sweet orphan girl to seek revenge on his old neighborhood, Lisa becomes a former pal. Charlie (with a voice sup- spoiled brat, and ignores her best friend, plied by Burt Reynolds) is a cynical con Jenny. Lisa steals a pair of red ballet slip- artist who wants the best for himself and pers intended for Jenny, and her whirl- wind dance in the magical shoes brings will lie to the kid to get it. Yes, he\u2019ll her face to face with her dead brother, come around in the end and save the reminding her that true friendship is tru- girl\u2019s life, earning his true heavenly re- ly priceless. 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The rest is camouflage. an 2 Madhouse, a feature-length expan- NY 10036; 212-819-3200. sion on Saturday Night Live\u2019s \u201cThing i That Wouldn\u2019t Leave\u201d sketch, is more annoying than funny. A group of unin- Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena vited guests barge in on Kirstie Alley Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521; 818-840-1111. and John Larroquette\u2019s home, causing mayhem but no laughs. It\u2019s a dead givea- Goodtimes Home Video, 401 Fifth Ave., way what\u2019s in store when the first at- New York, NY 10016; 212-889-0044. tempts at humor involve a cat that vomits on Alley\u2019s new Ann Klein dress Hanna-Barbera Home Video, 3400 Ca- and a pregnant woman who falls on her huenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90068-1376; spine. Madhouse could have taken a les- 213-851-5000. son or two from John Hughes, whose Planes, Trains, and Automobiles proves HBO Video, 1100 Sixth Ave., New York, NY that it is possible to derive humor from 10036; 212-512-1000. brash, annoying and imposing charac- ters. . Image Entertainment (Laserdiscs), 6311 Ro- maine St., Hollywood, CA 90038; 213-468-8867, 800-421-4585. IVE, 15400 Sherman Way, P.O. Box 10124, Van Nuys, CA 91410-0124; 818-908-0303. LumiVision, 1490 Lafayette St., Denver, CO 80218; 303-860-0400. MCA\/Universal Home Video, 70 Universal continued from page 80 cDmiIypa8gywhfuosidniloaesnusvduenSPeu\u2019ab'tmcsnWyeraogeRitkhrdaenoieIetso.irImeisdlunYiwsTSCeMnLViu5BPlNprocgsHOUgA.sIoTl6pew,OkUuIBDxRy.2Cd8so.lELReSEoR9s0-nrOIClL3E3,,\u2014NoR\u2014,N2GrAtINT2aoLPad-:TOmo6INe2OAG9Nd3dreCsisty\/State\/ZiCpity Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608; 818-777-4315. MGMI\/UA Home Video, 10000 Washington On the plus side, the resultant video is a Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232; CATV CONVERTERS 213-280-6000, orders 800-443-5500 ext. near-perfect example of what a perfor- AT LOWEST PRICES 798. mance video should be \u2014 a vision in con- Panasonic, Jerrold, Tocom, Nelson Entertainment, 335 N. Maple Dr., Pioneer, Scientific Atlanta, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 213-285-6000. stant motion, vivid and boasting a Zenith, Oak, Hamlin, Eagle, New Yorker Video, 353 West 39th St. powerhouse performance by Morrison and all other brands #404, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-4378. Microwave Antennas fronting Georgie Fame\u2019s Blue Flames. (wireless cable) with matching Orion Home Video, 9 West 57 St., New York, NY 10019; 212-980-1117. The set delivers the best of Van descramblers Pioneer LDCA, 2265 East 220 St., Long Morrison without being a \u201cgreatest hits\u201d NO CONNECTICUT SALES. 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Neil Young\u2019s Freedom is more of an Touchstone Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521; 818-560-1111. aside than a statement for the (video) Turner Home Entertainment, 1 CNN Cen- record, consisting of only seven numbers ter, Atlanta, GA 30348; 404-827-1396. performed in a high-tech folkie mode Warner Home Video, 4000 Warner Blvd., lufpWrourinAcgrodIahcmeVlthrEasRtlstc:ooeaacdband,lldee|c,oofattfdtchhieaoectaminapulyooasnrwndntyeoveir,rmirseesi,wchgaanibnepwlpdiderl,leocmfhooieanmaurlmpemycbaaynabbcyleaecbdoulenodsecfseelfedcaincocrtheediaroensnnrgnueinclndadasobedaelruceslwctioptnrohoeTdftoVnauansatlgcytitesvyltepereawoomstifptshteehrp2ow1eaiwrlatljnuhyuetaerhrpayopprrrlsiooitzfpchaeoaatftrbtihloeaengaaeuld,flteefhcdoropaerodrrnimaeodzlrdauttfciahutetonlhinlsdery Burbank, CA 91522; 818-954-6000. during his 1989 acoustic tour. Young for unauthorized useState laws. Federal and various state laws provide for substantial criminal and civil penalties Water Bearer Films, 205 West End Ave., wanders the stage, relentessly strum- New York, NY 10023; 212-580-8185. ming an acoustic guitar and puffing a mouth harp while bleating into a wire- SIGNATURE DATE less microphone. He mixes recent mate- Un FESPA tial like \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Free World\u201d and \u201cThis Note\u2019s For You\u201d with crowd- pleasers like \u201cOhio\u201d (rededicated to PHONE\/MAIL-ORDER SERVICES Chinese students) and \u201cAfter the Gold 520 GLENBROOK ROAD, SUITE NO 202 Movies Unlimited, 6736 Castor Ave., Phila- Rush.\u201d For \u201cToo Far Gone\u201d he\u2019s joined STAMFORD, CT 06906 delphia, PA 19149; 800-523-0823. by Crazy Horse stalwarts Ben Keith and \u2018OJUSBJUYDPOOOONJI4PUYADDODDJHEUOJYLSPIOPJDU\/ Orders Only | -800-622-9022 Sight and Sound (Videodiscs), 1275 Main Catalog & Info (4159) 975-7543 St., Waltham, MA 02154; 617-894-8633. m Frank Sampedro. Spare and raw, Free- dom is for the die-hard Neil Young fan...but aren\u2019t they all? r 92 VIDEO SEPTEMBER 1990","FORCAELJALUSNC*TCGANLOMEEACW!SOYRTODPWRERKRHICYCLECIASTANYLDLITTSHOAEDMA?Y SONY as 8:1 Zoom 230=8 1\/10,000 Shutter i Lux HiFi Sound 6x Pwr. Zoom, ug? >] $ \u00bb 4 420,000 Pixels Date & Time, Weighs 2Ibs eR iter alot ; 450 Lines Res 40W Lt., 2 Lux, Fly. EON 1 Yr. Guarantee 1\u00e9 8MM MOVIE if 8x1 Zoom, 1 Pg. Dig. S\/imp. ireless Rem. 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Lolita Davidovich is a winning on the road and marriage to a kind-but- cales, both African and English, provide presence as Starr, the supporting perfor- stuffy Lord. (Guess which she takes.) settings in which all the characters can mances are wonderful, and Haskell This soft feminist angle is another rarity reveal themselves. There are also medi- Wexler\u2019s photography is gorgeous, but in the kidvid field, and another breath of tations on such matters as the slave Blaze\u2019s material isn\u2019t half as interesting fresh, sophisticated air. trade and differences in civilizations. as Long\u2019s. The movie perhaps tries to do too much, Of course, sophistication is not al- but it puts fresh material on the screen William Golding\u2019s great novel Lord ways its own reward. In the case of with good acting and scenery and strong of the Flies seems as real as any true story, Mother Goose Rock \u2018N\u2019 Rhyme, it almost human drama. with its beautifully simple and terrible kills the golden goose. It\u2019s surprising that allegory about young boys stranded on a Shelley Duvall, who\u2019s made a marvelous In Blaze, another fact-based movie, tropical island who revert to barbarism. career out of adapting children\u2019s classics Paul Newman goes to town in one of his But I can\u2019t say the same about the new for video (the Faerie Tale Theatre and best roles\u2014he plays Louisiana governor film version. It\u2019s nicely cast and shot but Tall Tales and Legends series) should Earl K. Long at the time of his last hur- the narrative is choppy and director stumble in her first feature-length family rah (circa 1960). Long is portrayed here Harry Hook can\u2019t handle the book\u2019s fin- film, originally broadcast on the Disney as a showy, crazy-like-a-fox populist, er points. The last straw is the music\u2014 channel. Rock \u2018N\u2019 Rhyme is a veritable haunted by the shadow of his legendary when The Rite of Spring starts thumping feast of hip names\u2014 Bobby Brown, Deb- on the soundtrack, you know it\u2019s all murdered brother Huey, a man who got over. a orah Harry, Paul Simon and ZZ Top, away with sneaking social reforms for among othe\u2014rwsho appear in a joke- blacks through the back door. In the continued from page 82 filled adventure directed by an award- end, Earl K. Long was undone by chang- friendship between a British widow and winning music video veteran. ing times, racists, heart disease and a a talented frog. The musical numbers scandalous personal life highlighted by vary from gentle ballads to a glitzy Fred- But the mix of MTV, children\u2019s the- his affair with stripper Blaze Starr. and-Gingerish art deco bit. Best of all, atre and Saturday Night Live never quite blends. The meandering \u2014and long\u2014 The problem is that the movie, plot is sure to lose the youngest audi- adapted from Starr\u2019s memoir, is told ence who most love these fairy tale char- acters, while the older kids who would enjoy the hip jokes and rock heroes are Res, ANON. 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V\/9\/90","continued from page 72 from her point of view, and director Ron beyond the wonderful animation is a Shelton (Bull Durham) turns it into just story about a young woman who\u2019s asked ing the later controversy over whether it another meditation on the battle of the to choose between her independent life is the true source of the Nile. The lo- sexes. Lolita Davidovich is a winning on the road and marriage to a kind-but- cales, both African and English, provide presence as Starr, the supporting perfor- stuffy Lord. (Guess which she takes.) settings in which all the characters can mances are wonderful, and Haskell This soft feminist angle is another rarity reveal themselves. There are also medi- Wexler\u2019s photography is gorgeous, but in the kidvid field, and another breath of tations on such matters as the slave Blaze\u2019s material isn\u2019t half as interesting fresh, sophisticated air. trade and differences in civilizations. as Long's. The movie perhaps tries to do too much, Of course, sophistication is not al- but it puts fresh material on the screen William Golding\u2019s great novel Lord ways its own reward. In the case of with good acting and scenery and strong of the Flies seems as real as any true story, Mother Goose Rock \u2018N\u2019 Rhyme, it almost human drama. with its beautifully simple and terrible kills the golden goose. It\u2019s surprising that allegory about young boys stranded on a Shelley Duvall, who's made a marvelous In Blaze, another fact-based movie, tropical island who revert to barbarism. Paul Newman goes to town in one of his But I can\u2019t say the same about the new career out of adapting children\u2019s classics best roles\u2014he plays Louisiana governor film version. It\u2019s nicely cast and shot but for video (the Faerie Tale Theatre and Earl K. Long at the time of his last hur- the narrative is choppy and director tah (circa 1960). 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