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BY LAWRENCE B. JOHNSON SPMEEOOCVMIIEAESLSSOAELUEINTVIDEON: PVUOMPLUUPMTEt Thrill to theater sound at home with THX’s Videophiles who are also audiophiles no powerful, stylish take on audio for videos. longer have to settle for sound systems better suited to Sibelius than Spielberg, Ever get the feeling, despite your careful developers of the integrated film sound Pictures at an Exhibition rather than Pred- and considerable investment in a home playback system called THX. Engi- ator 2, cello solos instead of Han Solo. theater system, that the closest you’ve neered by Tomlinson Holman, technical Component makers are catching up to the come to capturing the cinematic thrills director for Lucasfilm (the corporate special demands of movie sound. The of Blade Runner or Silverado is the bowl universe of producer George Lucas), systems they're creating let video lovers THX was designed originally for movie luxuriate in grand aural spaces that pre- of popcorn in your lap? houses. Now, as more theaters gear up to cisely capture the high-velocity thrills films You've got it all: a big screen, sur- deliver—and without sacrificing clarity or meet its stringent performance stand- intimacy. After all, a home theater should round-sound gear and laserdiscs. But ards, THX is moving into home theaters not still sound like a living room. those high-powered ingredients just in Holman’s own adaptation. don’t deliver the visceral impact experi- This special section takes you inside enced at a quality movie house. Could Neither Holman nor Lucasfilm man- the growing field of equipment designed to be your living room soundscape is all ufactures or sells THX-certified compo- reproduce movie sound at home. The wrong. Could be there’s an X factor nents for the home. The technology is good news is you don't have to win a lot- mis—sspiecinficgally, a THX factor. licensed to hi-fi companies, of which 11 tery to afford it. But, in case you do, hold official status in the THX fold at “Pump Up the Volume” by contributing ed- That’s the ticket, say the folks at Lu- this writing. Of these, Technics, the first itor Lawrence B. Johnson demystifies casfilm, creators of the Star Wars adven- licensee, is the only one to offer a full THX, the exotic sound system created by tures and the Indiana Jones series, and movie makers themselves, first for thea- ters, now for media rooms. Soe care: 2400: LUCASFILM POWER ENVELOPE AUDIO Next, “Breaking the Surround Barrier” takes a fresh look at surround sound, which is hardly a new wrinkle, But you may not know how much good gear—te- ceivers, speakers and decoders—is to be found at the lower end of the price ladder. We challenged three of our sharpest lis- teners—senior editors Kenneth Korman and Brent Butterworth and contributing ed- itor Steve Daly—to each evaluate the same three A/V receivers using different sets of surround speakers in different lis- tening environments. You'll be startled by what they found. The message is that movie buffs don't have to settle for less. Whether the key issue is technology or price, there's a real choice among audio systems designed for your needs. And once you check it out, you'll find movies at home will never sound the same. 52 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Room to Rumble: THX media den shows front and center speakers plus a set of side speakers (far right). THX home system. It’s not an inexpen- application of THX has the same objec- Inside Story: Technics’ THX processor brings the la- sive proposition. The complete pack- tive as Holman’s original commercial serdisc to life with the help of three matched amps. age —all the speakers, a processor and purpose: to bring cinema sound sys- three amplifiers, each rated at 100 watts tems—a motley assortment, to put it placed in rear corners would be switched per channel—comes to a suggested price kindly—up to speed so they can actually on only to produce special effects, then of $12,000. More specialized companies, switched off. People sitting close would like Lexicon and NAD, toot the THX reproduce the stupendous soundtracks get creamed. Those sitting further back horns they play best (see “THX at wouldn’t hear it at all. Our goal with Home—A Guide to Who Makes in George Lucas’ films. THX was to bring true hi-fi sound back What”). And additional firms are soon “Up to the 1950s, before TV really into theaters and establish a standard likely to introduce THX components. not only of quality but of performance took off, movie sound had been the parameters, from theater to theater.” Unlike Dolby Stereo, which it incor- porates, THX is not an encoding proc- standard,” says Holman. That was back What Holman and Lucas wanted ess. There are no THX movies. Any in the days of huge horn speakers and was to recreate in cinemas the exact film, says Holman, will benefit from hot, low-powered tube amplifiers. When sonic topograp—htyhe minutely de- playback through a THX system of sig- TV came along, movie theaters found tailed soundsca—ptehat had been gen- nal routing, balanced amplifiers and themselves scraping to survive and they erated for such films as Return of the Jedi matched speakers. Essentially, the home began taking a lot of economic short- and Raiders of the Lost Ark when the cuts. They certainly didn’t try to keep soundtracks were produced. Through QVERLOAD up with state-of-the-art sound, and the loudest march music and the flash- through the ’60s and ’70s as new cine- Power Player: NAD's 2400 Monitor mas were built, most of them didn’t have Series stereo amp, very good sound systems at all. priced at $599, delivers 100 watts per channel. “When we began the THX project in 1980, we did an analysis of theater sound around the country and found a pretty sad state of affairs,” recalls Hol- man. “High-frequency distortion, honky midrange, poor bass respon—saell these things were commonplace, along with uneven coverage of the listening area and inadequate provisions for any kind of surround sound. Much of what passed for surround was left over from the ’50s. Effects channels with loudspeakers NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 53

‘PUMP UP iest weapon blasts, the producer and his hen THX began its journey from movie engineer wanted every syllable of dialog 1e theaters, Technics invited a group of to be clearly understood. erience the adaptation firsthand at its Toward these ends, Holman devised saka, Japan. The demonstration was as the scene from Steven Spielberg's his basic scheme of sound dispersion for in which an movie theaters. It begins with matched loudspeaker arrays serving center, left exultant boy cries out, and right channels. The center channel should be equally prominent because it’s ustang, Cadillac of the needed to articulate dialog. Numerous matched surround-sound speakers bot- der the listening area, but the drivers do not face the audience: To achieve a “sourceless” aura of ambient sound, spe- cially designed Janus-faced speakers fire bidirectionally along the wall with the chnics was the only company authorized by ucasfilmtomarket a complete THX home system: a 1processor plus amplifiers and speakers to serve the left and center front channels, as well as left and right side-wall speakers for the mono-ambient channel, and a subwoofer. Technics initially offered two system | prices (with and without the amplifiers). But now it strictly recommends the integrated package at $12,000. Nor does Technics encourage over-the-counter retail sales. It prefers marketing through custom installers who provide the needed setup expertise. Low Rider: Miller & Kreisel’s powered subwoofer ‘Sideliners:. - However, Technics has been joined by nearly a dozen more companies that offer THX home components. Only anchors a full line-up of THX-certified speakers. Side-channel speak- | one other, Fosgate-Audionics, offers the complete pack- blank sides to the audience. Finally, the age. Its nerve center is the DSL Three cachet a sonic image is anchored in subwoofers. ‘processorf,or $2,199, recently complemented y the Model 4100 four-channel amp, for $879. “Four 4100 am- For power, the THX movie theater layout uses identical amplifiers capable -plifiers can achieve sound pressure levels exceeding 105 of equal sound pressure levels in the for- decibels,” notes Fosgate, “when coupled with a Home ward array and surround speakers alike. THX-certified loudspeaker system in a typical home en- And the whole system is governed by Holman’s proprietary surround proces- “ (below), vironmenotf 3,000 cubic feet or less.” The speakers, just sor/crossover, which incorporates Dolby _waves in two direc- comingtomarket, were designed for Fosgate by Duntech Stereo (the professional version of Dolby Pro-Logic), but is more stringent about oe diss._ tions to ‘keep the | Audio. The array of three forward speakers, twin sub- dialog location and offers a completely woofers and an ambient pair is priced at $8,500. different philosophy of ambient sound Five companies have developed THX-approved with its “‘sourceless” concept. Holman good-naturedly insists that when the jets ummm speaker systems. Miller & Kreisel, come screaming in overhead in Top known for satellite-subwoofer arrays, Gun, it’s his own electronic legerde- pursues that scheme in a THX layout main—not Dolby’s—that makes you duck. using three matched front satellite speakers and a powered subwoofer plus The designation THX, by the way, has a double provenance. It refers to the rear satellites. Total cost: $8,500. Snell Acoustics, which offers a complete continued on page 108 -seven-piece speaker package for $4,993, has just added a THX array — (including a subwoofer) priced at $7,200 for in-wall installation. Triad continued on page 102 54 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

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BY BRENT BUTTERWORTH, STEVE DALY AND KENNETH KORMAN BREAKING THE URROUND BARRIER A test of 3 A/V receivers reveals Pro-Logic’s best-kept secret The surround bar- they all meet the minimum require- all me a typical male American vid- ments for good surround soun—tdhey eo viewer. As far as I’m concerned, tier has been bro- all, have Dolby Pro-Logic decoders, and the works of James Cameron and ken. Dolby Pro- amplifiers for rear speakers. The Pioneer George Lucas merit serious study. Logic surround and Technics receivers even have amps And I'd be perfectly happy if Julia Rob- sound —the audio for the center channel, the all-important erts and Patrick Swayze never show foundation of any voice for dialog and sound effects that their faces on my TV screen again. I home theater —no was usually buried in the sonic mix until want floor-shaking explosions and bul- longer demands a Pro-Logic came along. lets zipping around the room, not feel- $5,000 budget, a high-end retailer and expensive professional installation. A To make sure our evaluation would good flicks set to Motown tunes. capable and complete Pro-Logic sur- cover every aspect of the receivers in I was pleased to find that all three round-sound system can now be had for less than $1,000. question, we assembled a Hands-On receivers are capable of producing the But old habits die hard. Many who team of three home entertainment en- powerful, clean sound I want, although are aware of budget surround-sound thusiasts with widely varying tastes. The gear write it off as a lackluster imitation first, senior editor Brent Butterworth, is to varying degrees. Most important, of the real thing. And most still consider an action movie fan who cares only their decoders perform as well as those home theater and surround sound to be about accurate decoding and raw power. in top-of-the-line receivers. expensive playthings for movie stars and Senior editor Kenneth Korman is an au- diophile who is as much concerned with My favorite is the Onkyo TX-SV50. corporate titans. a system’s musical reproduction as with It’s time to change this perception. its ability to deliver authentic movie Its obvious demerit is its lack of acenter- When we first encountered budget sound. Rounding out the team is con- tributing editor Steve Daly, a discerning Technics AV CONTROL STERE surround systems, anchored by audio/ listener who has extensive experience video receivers that cost around $600 or with most top-of-the-line Pro-Logic de- Smooth Character: Technics’ SA-GX505, less, we were skeptical such inexpensive coders on the market. receivers could perform well compared Each tester lived with each receiver notable for a parametric to the $1,000-and-up receivers and de- coders Video Magazine usually tests. But for a week, connecting it to his home equalizer that can system and playing favorite fare. Each the bargains were too good to write off, smooth out the re- so we rounded up three of the least ex- returned with a Hands-On report, eval- sponse curves of pensive A/V receivers availab—lPei- uating each receiver in terms of his own inexpensive speakers. needs. You’re sure to see a little of your- oneer’s $585 AVX-4900S, Onkyo’s $630 TX-SV50 PRO and Technics’ $450 SA- self in at least one of our testers, and you'll see a lot to like in the systems they GX505—and let our ears decide. We used. But most of all, you may find your- discovered that we’ve been missing out self startled by the excellent values on some great deals. “low-cost” receivers now offer. We chose these receivers because 56 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Favorite Son: Onweve Onkyo’s TX-SV50 re- ceiver is a Hands-On favorite, but for the ab- sence of a center- channel amp. channel amp, but I used one amp chan- extra ambience, like Image Entertain- percolating congas and back-to-front nel of a receiver in my personal system ment’s new laserdisc of The Terminator. bullets whizzing through the opening scene, an overwhelming effect I’ve only for the center channel, and ended up At only 20 watts, the center channel otherwise been able to coax from Fos- with a lot more power than I would have sounds weak next to the 100-watt left gate’s $1,400 DSL Two decoder. The with the wimpy center-channel amps in and right channels. Surprisingly, I found Technics doesn’t have any music sur- most A/V receivers. I also wish the On- that rear amps can perform well with round modes, which is disappointing. very low power. The Pioneer’s 18-watters kyo had a subwoofer output, so I could have no problem pumping out the deli- The Technics might have been my use my old receiver's other channel to cate air bubbles that highlight the boost the bass. soundtrack of The Abyss, and they favorite, but for two things: the 10-watt sound clean in all music surround center channel amp, which is really just The Onkyo packed more punch modes. a courtesy, not suitable for serious sur- than the Pioneer and Technics re- ceivers—it was the only one that made Certain features of Technics’ SA- round, and the remote, which only con- Motley Crue sound like superstars in- GX505 are tremendously appealing, es- trols Technics and Panasonic equip- stead of a bar band, and that reproduced pecially its parametric equalizer, which ment. (The Pioneer and Onkyo remotes the cannon fire in Glory without strain- boosts or cuts any four frequency areas can be programmed for any infrared- ing. Its remote is comprehensive and er- in wide or narrow bands. It’s ideal for controlled component.) notching out the little dips and spikes gonomically sane. After practice, I had that tend to show up in frequency re- —Brent Butterworth no trouble using it in the dark. sponse curves of inexpensive speakers. It also has traditional tone controls, and very household has its rules. In some The Pioneer comes in a close sec- can be reset for the flat response I prefer dwellings, wiping your feet before ond. Its decoder is the most versatile of for music. trodding the carpet takes on near- the bunch, offering good Pro-Logic and mystical significance. Others threat- an effective surround simulation mode The decoder in the SA-GX505 is the en banishment for anyone boorish which works well for music and older best I’ve heard in an A/V receiver. For enough to squeeze toothpaste from the Predator 2, it perfectly reproduced the middle of the tube. In my home, the car- movies. Its stereo simulation mode can dinal rule is that any audio/video re- be used in conjunction with surround OITA. ceiver —the nerve center for my growing simulation for mono movies that need mountain of electronic equipment— must accommodate at least seven for- mats: the six I currently use (LP, CD, audio cassette, laserdisc, SuperBeta, VHS) plus a format to be named later, perhaps the Mini Disc recorder I hope to receive for Christmas next year. Eight would be even better. This ideal receiver must not only in- clude the necessary inputs for playback, but provide complete switching among all sources in both directions without degrading any signals. So when it came time to evaluate new low-priced A/V receivers from On- kyo, Pioneer and Technics, there was lit- tle doubt about my primary criteria. I was thrilled to find that the Onkyo al- NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 57

i lows seven permanent sources plus a Full Control: Pioneer's VSX-4900S A/V receiver has an unusually clear, well-organized remote. temporary source via the front panel. (That Mini Disc will probably be a nics sounded a little harsh with the tone surround tracks I’ve ever heard. It has controls flat, but its parametric equaliza- few explosions, but a wide variety of handheld unit anyway.) The Pioneer tion allows enough control to fix any also passed this test with its seven sets of problem— tinkerers will get a kick out of carefully mixed sounds. inputs. Only the Technics disappointed this receiver. I had no major complaints All three units did an excellent job by accepting a mere five sources, and | was especially miffed that none was la- with the Pioneer, which performed ad- of decoding. Amplification was another belled “VDP” for videodisc player. A story: The Pioneer was the only model good A/V receiver should accurately re- mirably. flect the times. to do the job all by itself. The Technics’ Reproducing movie sound is an en- 10-watt center channel was oddly inade- All three offer complete switching, tirely different task from making music, quate. Even turning up the center level and all passed along video signals with- but Dolby Pro-Logic decoding and mul- failed to yield a proper balance. But add- tichannel amplification are what really ing another channel from an old stereo out damaging them. | verified this by separate an A/V receiver from the tradi- receiver to power the center solved the sending one video output from my Pi- tional kind. For my evaluations, I used problem. Likewise with the Onkyo, oneer LD-W1 laserdisc player to a re- Image Entertainment’s CLV laserdisc which has no center-channel amp. ceiver, and another video output from edition of Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy The experience of listening to these the same player directly to my 27-inch because it has the most subtly detailed receivers opened my eyes to a whole Sony EXR15 monitor. Using the monitor to switch back and forth between the two, I could discern absolutely no differ- ence. Using my beloved Rega Planar 3 turntable and my Sony ES CD changer, I found that all three receivers did a rea- sonably good job of sending music to my mid-’70s Advent speakers (designed by the venerable Henry Kloss). The Onkyo yielded the sweetest sound. The Tech- _— ATRIO OFDECODERS FOR HASSLE-FREE PRO-LOGIC The thought of replacing a beloved receiver or amplifier Logic decoder we know of that requires no external am- with an audio/video receiver—no matter how inexpen- plification. Although it sports the distinctive Carver look, siv—weould be anathema to most audiophiles, who tend complete with rack ee it appears to be functionally to prefer a simple, transparent-sounding system for mu- identical to the AudioSource SS Three. The only visible sic. Recognizing that many would rather add surround differences are the DPL-33’s center-channel amp and sound to an existing receiver, audio component makers motorized volume control. Indeed, the AudioSource re- now design relatively inexpensive Dolby Pro-Logic de- mote operates the Carver. Dolby Do Right: Carver's DPL-33 decoder adds Pro-Logic without extra amps. The DPL-33 does a fine job of decoding, matching the performance of the circuits built into the Pioneer coder just for this purpose. The three below all have amplifiers for rear speakers, helping them fit into most and Onkyo A/V receivers (see main story). In Pro-Logic two-channel audio systems with a minimum of fuss. mode, it offers 20- or 30-second delay. It has a subwoofer output, level meters for each channel, a matrix mode for @ Carver DPL-33. With a 25-watt center-channel am- plifier and two 15-watt rear-channel amps, the $450 non-surround movies and a hall mode that provides DPL-33 may be the easiest way to add Pro-Logic sur- pleasing, unobtrusive ambience for music. round to a stereo system —it’s the only stand-alone Pro- e AudioSource SS Three. This‘ $400 decoder offers the same performance and features as the Carver, except that it requires an external center-channel amp, and its 30-watt-per-channel rear speaker amp offers a little extra power. It’s a great choice for power-hungry surround fa- natics who prefer to use an external center-channel amp. @ Philips RV450 PRO. This $379 decoder offers a 15- watt amp for rear speakers, and Pro-Logic, matrix and hall surround modes. We haven't tried it, but we have yet to be disappointed by a Pro-Logic decoder. —BB 58 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Ready to Rumble: Boston Acoustics’ T-6 system, good for both movie sound and music. ouper Saving hundreds of dollars on an audio/video receiver new group of electronic components. At opeakers won't rescue your bank account if you can’t find good, between $450 and $630, these budget low-cost speakers to use with it. Fortunately, speaker A/V receivers are an absolute bargain. companies are following the lead of receiver makers, The Pioneer is an amazingly complete package, right down to the coolest uni- for offering complete surround-sound speaker systems at versal remote I’ve ever seen. The Tech- Budget prices you might expect to pay for two conventional nics will suffice for anyone who is speakers. looking for complete tonal control and Surround who only wants to use Pro-Logic for the To see if budget speakers live up to the promise of occasional rental movie — anything budget receivers, two colleagues and I listened to three more will require a substitute amp for low-cost surround systems. The first two, Boston Acous- the center. tics’ $900 T-6 system and a $700 Cambridge Sound- Works system, use a bass module and five small satellite But my favorite is the Onkyo, if only speakers. The third, composed of two BIC V620 speakers because it raises sound quality an all-im- for left and right front channels and three shielded V52 portant last notch or two. It also has a look and feel that’s close to the audi- speakers for center and rear channels, is a more conven- ophile-grade components I prefer but tional, $550 system. : can’t always afford. It does, however, cost more than the other two models, The Cambridge array comprises an Ensemble II bass proving once again that you generally get what you pay for. module/dual satellite system, two small Model 10 rear speakers and a third Ensemble satellite for —Kenneth Korman the center channel. It was the hands- wo-channel audio became passe for down, hands-on favorite for music. “The me on May 23, 1977, the day I first saw Star Wars. I sat astounded as la- Cambridge speakers are the only ones I ser weapons roared and spaceships would consider, because traditional two- zoomed with the action across speakers behind the screen and around the walls channel music is very important to me,” of the theater. A closing credit ex- said senior editor Kenneth Korman. plained my rapture: “Presented in Dolby Stereo.” “They have an excitement the other Unfortunately, reasonably accurate surround-sound equipment for the speakers lack. They were by far the best home didn’t begin appearing until the mid-’80s. I’ve since eagerly tested every for music, and they do a perfectly fine job new high-end surround decoder I could get my hands on, from Shure’s HTS for movies. They don’t blast you out, but 5000, now hopelessly primitive, to this year’s superb Fosgate DSL Two. I have neighbors who prevent me from The three low-end receivers by On- doing that, anyway.” Contributing editor kyo, Pioneer and Technics clearly aren’t Steve Daly and I agreed with Korman in this league. In fact, for listening to about the speakers’ performance on mu- music with synthesized surround ambi- ence, they aren’t just inferior —they’re sic, but I felt the system didn’t have disastrous. Whether the enhancement Surround Yourself: enough punch for movies. mode is labeled “hall,” “matrix” or “sta- BIC’s V620 left and dium,” the rear channels sourd hollow, right front-channel Cambridge doesn’t manufacture a distorted and full of annoying artifacts. speakers (above) an d shielded speaker, so we had to position the center But when I switched to the Dolby Pro- Cambridge Sound- Logic mode I began to discover that Works’ $399 speaker at least a foot away from a TV set to avoid each does have some strengths. Ensemble II system picture interference. We also tried using two Model 10 speakers for the center, which sounded good and The Onkyo, rated at only 70 watts (right). in the main channels, gives a powerful caused no interference. We expect Cambridge’s next kick to CDs, VHS tapes and laserdiscs. foray into movie sound —an affordable, THX-certified It handily outperformed both the 110- syst—emwill be even more impressive. watt Technics, which has noticeable hiss Korman and I both considered the Boston Acous- tics speakers to be the best compromise between movie continued on page 112 sound and music. I felt the NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 59 Bostons sounded most like a movie theater. With a little help from an equalizer, they can pump out enough bass to make the floor shake like there’s an earthquake. This is especially important in scenes such as the continued on page 112

BY KENNETH KORMAN ron The name is Bond. James Bond. And for der the Bond series so well-suited to la- YOUR millions of fans around the globe, it sig- serdisc began as just one part of a vision EYES shared by the series’ originators, pro- UNLY nifies a stylish blend of action, sly humor ducers Harry Saltzman and Albert “Cub- and good-natured sex no other film se- by” Broccoli. They took the straight- Secret Agent 007 ties can match. With 17 movies over the forward spy character of author Ian embarks s his most last 29 years—18 if you count the 1967 Fleming’s Bond novels and dressed him daring adventure— up with amazing high-tech gadgets, a new life on disc Bond spoof, Casino Roya—Sleceret breathtaking stunts, gorgeous women Agent 007 has secured a legion of loyal and unmistakable humor. The sex is followers that’s grown even larger in the more implied than explic—itthe pro- age of home video. ducers maintain to this day that the se- ries is “family entertainment.” But the films’ fleeting theatrical runs, and their early releases on grainy The plots—often only loosely based panned-and-scanned cassettes, now on Fleming’s novels, and later concocted seem like mere warm-ups for the final from scrat—cahre treated as secondary flowering of Bond. While the tapes are to the series’ stylistic charms. Once the formula was set, Saltzman and Broccoli still available, the entire series has now were loath to diverge from it. The pro- ducers’ greatest triumph is that the for- been preserved on laserdisc, the video mula not only continues to work, but cornerstone of the modern home thea- functions as the movies’ main attraction ter. Most of the discs have not only been for almost anyone familiar with the se- transferred digitally for optimum picture quality, but feature extras like original One can’t help but look foward to, theatrical trailers, liner notes and inter- say, the eventual A uaaee of Bond’s views with the filmmakers, frame-by- extended family:M (Bernard Lee), his frame access via the CAV format, and exasperated boss in the British Secret flawless digital sound. Most are also pre- Service; Miss Moneypenny (Lois Max- sented letterboxed to suit their original well), M’s flirtatious but thoughtful sec- retary; and Q (Desmond Llewelyn), the widescreen form. often cranky supplier of those wonderful All illustrate the toys of destruction. And the list of ex- series’ undeniable pected pleasures goes on, from John Bar- appeal. The exagger- ated visuals and outlandish sound effects that ren- 60 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

The first James Bond film, Dr. No (k*x*xx), established a solid foundation for the series to fol- low, though few suspected 007 would become a film genre unto itself. A sturdy spy thriller, Dr. No successfully intro- duced many of the series’ most impor- tant elements despite a very small budget. It’s more violent and less funny than most of the later pictures, and even includes the series’ only scene in which Bond shoots someone—a guilty though defenseless villain—in cold blood. With Dr. No, Sean Connery left an indelible stamp on the 007 character— ty’s exhilarating music to the meticulous The first three, now-classic Bond Four Faces of Bond: set design of each villain’s lair. Clockwise from far left films— Dr. No, From Russia With Love are George Lazenby in Despite the series’ strengths, it suf- and Goldfinger —are each available in On Her Majesty's Se- fers from the extreme highs and lows cret Service, Roger the standard CLV format from MGM/ Moore in Octopussy, one might expect of any creative en- UA at the wonderfully low price of $25 Timothy Dalton in Li- deavor lasting almost 30 years (and still and in deluxe CAV Criterion Collection cence to Kill and Sean going strong—a new Bond film is in the editions at $80. Each is an excellent val- Connery in Dr. No. planning stages). Four acto—rSsean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore ue. The MGMs look very good, and are The Series Begins: Bond originator lan Fleming vis- and Timothy Dalton—have tried their priced low only as part of that company’s its Connery on the set of the first 007 feature, Dr. No. hand at playing the secret agent, with generous policies. The Criterions are a many still regard him as the only Bond varying results. Likewise the six different treat for aficionados. They include audio that matters. As Honey Ryder, Ursula directors who lent their expertise to the commentary from the filmmakers, a host Andress became the first of many beau- series. Sorting out these movies can be a tiful Bond girls to earn the public’s admi- daunting task, especially if done with an of interactive extras, immaculate picture ration. Bad-guy coalition SPECTRE eye toward a purchase. Thus we present quality and mild letterboxing to an as- (Special Executive for Counterin- the first guide to James Bond on disc. It pect ratio of about 1.75:1. telligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Ex- highlights the best films in the series tortion) also makes its glorious debut using a rating scale of one to five stars, After Goldfinger, all the Bond films here. Most important, Dr. No brought except Live and Let Die and The Man and reflects film content as well as the With the Golden Gun were shot in the quality of each laserdisc. anamorphic widescreen format of about 2.1:1. All the anamorphic films are avail- able in letterboxed form on disc except The Living Daylights and Never Say Never Again, the only Bond film not produced by Broccoli and company. (For complete information on Bond laserdiscs, see the sidebar on the following pages.) NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 61

FOR YOUR EYES together the core creative team that fight. Oddjob, the evil henchman with Necktie Party: Diamonds Are Forever but life is more would produce such brilliant work in the lethal bowler hat, remains the series’ transient, as Bruce Glover explains to Sean Connery. years to come: co-writer Richard Mai- most memorable bad guy. And working baum, production designer Ken Adam with a budget four times that of Dr. No, also the earliest in the series to receive and editor Peter Hunt foremost among the now-standard MGM/UA disc treat- them. When choosing between the production designer Ken Adam finally ment, which preserves the original as- MGM and Criterion editions of Dr. No, shows the full breadth of his talent. pect ratio and includes both a CAV side let your budget be your guide. three and the original trailer— though it Goldfinger deserves a place in every unfortunately lacks chapter stops. From Russia With Love (x**) is probably the most realistic of all the laserdisc collection—we recommend the Connery became disenchanted with Bond films, though this leads to the Criterion edition, which looks as good the role after 1967’s You Only Live Twice, film's primary weaknesses as well as its as anything we've ever seen short of and left the series (though he would lat- HDTV. And its music-and-effects-only er return for two more adventures). For \\, * track (a feature also on the Criterion Dr. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service No) is loads of fun. If you can’t afford Get a Grip: Roger Moore and Richard Kiel try the Criterion, buy the MGM instead. (keke), an Australian model hand-to-hand combat in The Spy Who Loved Me. named George Lazenby took the reins, After Goldfinger, almost anything and the surprising result is one of the strengths. It contains a potent dose of would have seemed like a letdown, best action movies ever made. Lazenby international intrigue and remarkable ensemble acting, but lacks the wit and which explains why Thunderball imagination that power the very best (%%*%1/2) is so often overlooked. The Bond films. Though widely praised by filmmakers tried to make Thunderball on 007 fanatics, From Russia With Love gets an even grander scale than Goldfinger. our vote as the most overrated of the As a result, it’s the first true widescreen classic Bonds. We recommend the bud- get MGM edition, if only because the movie in the series. Criterion’s analog-track commentary— Thunderball's underwater scenes are pieced together by former Bond-film publicist Steven Jay Rubin—doesn’t probably the most beautiful ever filmed, measure up to those of the other two and became a staple of the Bond formu- CAV sets. la. The fast pace makes up for huge plot holes and continuity problems, though it The pieces finally fall into place at does overemphasize the high-tech arse- the pinnacle of the James Bond film se- nal. Given their first opportunity to fill a ries, Goldfinger (k***%*). This wide screen with lavish sets and loca- huge box-office hit boasts the most co- tions, Ken Adam and company come off herent plot of all the Bond films, plus like kids in a candy store. Thunderball is the unexpected light touch of its direc- tor, Guy Hamilton. Unprecedented sus- | With more laserdisc enone otan Bond films than you can pense, the all-time coolest piece of Bond | licenseaknse eatmokairllt.inTahiis t,00dis 7pfeanes:probisbilnytweinsdhettdhoeysohoatdhethtehire own hardware (the Aston Martin DB5, com- sav- plete with ejector seat) and much, much age beast—and sort out all the options, extras, labels and prices more add up to sparkling entertainment. | available toarmchair agents. Honor Blackman is perfect as Pussy i | DR.NO(1962) Galore, the first of the feisty Bond Sean Connery; dir. Terence Young. Villains: Joseph Wiseman, girls—she succumbs to you-know-who’s ~ | Anthony Dawson. Bond Girl: Ursula Andress. Good Guys: Jack advances, but not without a hell of a _| Lord, John Kitzmiller. Gadget: Walther PPK 7.65mm gun with attachable silencer. Exotic Location: Jamaica. (PG) 112 min. MGM/UA: mono, cc, CLV 2 sides, $24.98. Criterion: digital mono, letterboxed, music & effects track, commentary, supple- ment, chapter stops, CAV 4 sides, $79.95. _ FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) ||, Sean Connery; dir. Terence Young. Villains: Lotte Lenya, Robert | Shaw. Bond Girl: Daniela Bianchi. Good Guy: Pedro Armen- | dariz. Gadgets: black leather case containing folding sniper rifle, | button-releaksniefe and more. Exotic Location: Istanbul. (PG) _| 119 min. MGM/UA: mono, CLV 2 sides, $24.98. Criterion: | digital mono, letterboxed, commentary, supplement, chapter | stops, CAV 4 sides, S795 _ | GOLDFINGER (1964) _| Sean Connery; dir. Guy Hamilton. Villains: Gert Frobe, Harold | Sakata. Bond Girls: Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mal- | let. Good Guy: Cec Linder. Gadgets: Aston Martin DB5 with machine guns, ejector seat and more. Exotic Location: Switzer- 62 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Occupational Hazards: Timothy Dalton fights druglords in Licence to Kill (left), while Roger Moore explores the ex- Otic arts in Moonraker (above) and The Man With the Golden Gun. makes a serviceable Bond, but the real As the wayward contessa Theresa di a surprisingly captivating disc. Far from Vicenzo, she brings a poignancy to this the series’ very best, Moonraker still star is director (and former Bond editor) film that lifts her far above “Bond girl” stands apart from Broccoli and compa- Peter Hunt. He struggled to stick closely status. Her reward? She becomes the ny’s generally lackluster ’70s output. to the original novel, widely regarded as only one of James Bond’s women ever to Fleming's best. The film emphasizes plot marry this confirmed bachelor (a big For Your Eyes Only (***x) and character while never letting up on marked a return to form that delighted the action. mistake). This must-have widescreen many longtime fans. It remains true to film is only available in this form on la- the two Fleming short stories on which Diana Rigg (TV’s The Avengers) is another of Majesty's welcome surprises. serdi—ssncap it up immediately. continued on page 103 The series’ tendency toward specta- cle reached its apex with 1979’s Moon- raker (**1/2), the first post-Star Wars Bond and the series’ biggest box-office smash. The humor is juvenile and the plot underdeveloped, but its dazzling special effects and photography result in Freedom of Choice: The Bond films are availabie on a variety of discs. Teru Shimada. Bond Girls: Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi, Ka- tin Dor. Good Guy: Tetsuro Tamba. Gadgets: “Little Nellie,” a land. (PG) 108 min. MGM/UA: mono, cc, CLV 2 sides, $24.98. miniature one-man helicopter with flame throwers and rocket Criterion: digital mono, letterboxed, music & effects track, launchers; safe-cracking device, cigarette containing rocket mis- commentary, supplement, chapter stops, CAV 4 sides, $79.95. sile. Exotic Location: Tokyo, Japan. (PG) 116 min. MGM/UA: digital mono, letterboxed, CLV 2 sides, $34.98. THUNDERBALL (1965) Sean Connery; dir. Terence Young. Villains: Adolfo Celi, Guy ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969) Doleman. Bond Girls: Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Martine George Lazenby; dir. Peter Hunt. Villains: Telly Savalas, Ilse Beswick. Gadgets: Geiger counter watch, radioactive pill homing Steppat. Bond Girls: Diana Rigg, Angela Scoular, Catherina device, tiny four-minute breathing device, jet pack. Exotic Loca- Von Schell. Good Guy: Gabriele Ferzetti. Gadgets: combination tions: Paris; Nassau, Bahamas. (PG) 133 min. MGM/UA: digital safe-cracker/portable Xerox machine. Exotic Locations: Switzer- mono, letterboxed, trailers for both Thunderball and You Only land, Portugal. (PG) 135 min. MGM/UA: digital mono, Live Twice, side 3 CAV, $39.98. letterboxed, trailer, side 3 CAV, $39.98. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) WPEOTNEGRSean Connery; dir. Lewis Gilbert. Villains: Donald Pleasence, Sean Connery; dir. Guy Hamilton. Villains: Charles Gray. Putter Smith, Bruce Glover. Bond Girls: Jill St. John, Lana Wood. Gadgets: false thumbprints, rope-shooting gun, voice box to imi- tate others. Exotic Locations: Germany, The Netherlands, France. (PG) 125 min. MGM/UA: digital mono, letterboxed, trailer, side 3 CAV, $39.98. LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) Roger Moore; dir. Guy Hamilton. Villains: Yaphet Kotto, Julius W. Harris, Geoffrey Holder. Bond Girls: Jane Seymour, Gloria Hendry. Good Guy: Clifton James. Gadgets: magnet watch, bug detectors, shaving brush transmitter, gas pellet gun. Exotic Loca- continued on page 114 NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO

BY STEVE DITLEA WE HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OFYOUR Stl From game shows to Super Bowls, interactive gurus are promising to dramatically change the way we watch TV. “TV is above all a medium that de- and develop interactive TV, ac- cording to Gary Arlen, president mands a creatively participant re-_|o of Arlen Communications, a sponse,” declared Marshall Mc- D.C. research firm specializing in interactive media. And Luhan, an early guru of the glob- \\ larger amounts, Arlen adds, al village, back in the 60s. gagigi \\ will be invested before the * market shakes itself out. But But now is the time to pity the potential stakes are high, the poor couch potato. Nev- with such trend-watchers as Megatrends’ John Naisbett er has he, or she, been and the Lintas:USA ad- more marked for extinction. vertising agency predicting Interactive television, the that 40 percent of U.S. homes will have some form of interactive TV by bane of sofa spuds, is one the year 2000. On the other hand, there’s no certainty viewers really of the hottest technological crave interactivity (see sidebar). quests of the ’90s. With a half-dozen different systems Multimedia conglomerates, already running, and more soon to be announced, today’s viewers can’t help regional phone companies, local but be confused. The following is a guide to the primary flavors of interactive TV. cable operators and video-wise If they were ice creams, their tastes would be startlingly different and, per- entrepreneurs are all in hot haps, that’s the best way to approach the pursuit. The goal: to offer viewers Game Gear: The Interactive Network's award-win- subject. active choices during TV programs— ning remote includes a pop-out keyboard. Think of ACTV, for example, as and as a result make passive TV watch- fudge ripple. Now, imagine a TV watch- ing so unappetizing that interactive tion of satellite transmissions, FM radio er blending four parallel tracks of pro- gramming for a customized viewing broadcasters, cable owners, program- subcarriers and computer displays, en- experience, using either different cam- era angles for a sports event or different mers and advertisers reap vast rewards. trepreneurs are marshalling an arsenal of subjects during a news broadcast. This is the premise of ACTV’s patented tech- And perhaps turn TV watching into new and off-the-shelf technologies in nology. Headed by John A. Lack, found- something entirely new. the struggle to make interactive TV an While this wanna-be industry counts everyday reality. (One powerful form of its profits, if any, viewers will be enter- interactivity, the remote control, is al- tained, educated and serviced in ways ready common. But because it can zap never before possible. They will be able commercials and doesn’t require a to control the camera following sports monthly fee, you won’t find it acknowl- events, play along on game shows, order edged by would-be interactivity mag- movies with a new degree of efficiency nates.) and instantly engage in contests and So far, no interactive stroke of ge- opinion polls. nius has captured the public’s imagina- From pay-per-call “900” numbers to tion, even though more than $1.3 billion exotic programs that rely on a combina- has been spent since the ’70s to study 64 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Oécisions @ Prise Coup sir @ Balle Retrait Faussa ~ hafle 3 Doubles: fee. Among Montreal’s favorite interac- Batter Up: Triples: tive programs: hockey (including an in- Using a handheld re- Circuits stant replay track), blackjack (with dif- mote and a Videoway Points produits ferent tracks for hit and stand) and a decoder (below), Mon- Poi quiz game (with an onscreen elevator treal residents can run rising or falling in response to viewer an- ACTV's interactive pro- ing father of MTV, Nickelodeon and the grams, which range Movie Channel, ACTV boasts of being swers). from game shows and the only entirely television-based inter- By 1992 Lack expects to test a games weather reports to per- active system. “This is more revolution- sonalized baseball ary ina TV sense than MTV,” says Lack, channel in the U.S., offering millions of games in which viewers although his scheme requires four spare dollars in prizes, for a $12.95 monthly choose the format. channels on a cable television system, a fee. The man who launched the “I want condition that limits it to a tenth of to- my MTV” ad campaign envisions a tional purposes: Five schools will use day’s cable franchises. commercial blitz tagged, “How would customized videos to tutor students with you like to win money at home?” A re- mutiple-choice lesson tracks and cu- Eighty-thousand subscribers to cent contract with Newark, New Jersey’s mulative scores. Even MTV has ex- Montreal’s Le Groupe Videotron, a 52- pressed interest in programming channel cable system, already watch board of education will allow ACTV to multiple channels of music videos; ACTV'’s programs with a Videoway demonstrate its technology for educa- ACTV’s switching technology could handheld remote control, which in- give viewers the ability to select between cludes four “TV Interactive” buttons. rock, rap and heavy metal-style music For 13 hours of interactive programming tracks. a day, viewers pay $18.95 (Canadian) in addition to their monthly basic cable Homeward Bound: PHONE-IN VIDEO Let's leave fudge ripple for a spoon- NTN’s interactive games, now in hotels ful of rocky road: choosing music videos and bars (left), will to air within the next 20 minutes on a local cable channel by dialing a “900” move soon to home ca- number for a fee of $3. This particular ble systems. Above: interactive flavor has already spurred the controller for NTN’s the spectacular growth of Video Jukebox QB1 football game. Network, which calls itself “the coun- try’s first and only interactive television network.” Originally available in Miami, where its offices are, VJN reaches 13 mil- NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 65

TAKEN CONTROL lion households over cable systems in 36 a eptance states. evices viewers use to go. inter- VJN is a hybrid of pay-per-view and Som aie rs, like those for ACTV, have opted narrowcasting technologies. At the y adding extra buttons to cable re- heart of each VJN substation in a local cable system are Pioneer Laserdisc Au- yer uses a unique, extremely simple infra- toChangers, able to store 3,000 music Where more versatile interaction is videos and automatically play them 24 rietary keyboards are required, al- hours a day. In New York, to assure fast bling a computer keyboard is a access to videos, there are seven individ- ually programmed channels on Channel a coated unit has distin- 50. ga prestigious award by Inter- ne for its sleek, functional appear- Run by two MTV alumni, VJN pres- ized, 2.5-pound device, made of ident Andrew Orgel and program head n satisfies two conflicting aims: to accommo- Les Garland, the service has quickly be- come MTV’s main rival where available. e program, while Responding quickly to local tastes, VJN atening.endbogee:to technophobic — has already premiered hit videos by rap- pers Vanilla Ice, Gerardo, Snap and hows that viewers Tone Loc, and screened Madonna’s un- censored “Justify My Love,” which play int information, so MTV declined. teractive Network head David Lock- ton and his design team—which VJN also offers viewers other inter- includes Bob Brown, Kevin Randolph active “900” number services, including Videograms, which let viewers person- and the industrial design firm GVO ally dedicate the videos, and a music sampler: Dial 900-HOT-DISC for 30- Inc. —applied technology used in second snippets of new tunes over the phone. In development is a local-access automatic teller machines. job-listing channel called Jobnet, Em- The Network’s control unit in- ployment Television. Tests of Jobnet have already garnered the participation i cludes a backlit black-and-white LCD of Bell Atlantic, United Parcel Service and Days Inn. Similar interactive TV/ display with a readout of eight 40- telephone systems can be crafted to offer travel, real estate, health care and other Always in ines. Viewers use four keys on each side of the services. to make selections, as well as a touch-sensitive The Interacti t The most intricate recipe for inter- work remote, with /no choices. A retractable QWERTY-style key- active TV, a tutti frutti sort of flavor, in- volves a patented combination of satel- keyboard hidden, can for word games or messages can be hidden away lite technology, FM radio sideband sig- track scores and £ tO make it appear more user-friendly. Feel the Burn: ACTV Chairman Michael Freeman ‘stats while a game's ophisticated innards contain an FM sideband picks difficulty level for an interactive exercise show. in progress. a telephone modem, a computer-compati- . port, encryption circuits for tamper-proof game | play, infrared receiver quick recharge batteries and an | AC power adapter. All of this retails for $300, but mass production Bold the promise of significantly reducing its ot Price. —SD nal and telephone modem. It’s available existing television programming, with- now to residents of Sacramento from the out changing the picture,” notes Inter- Interactive Network of Mountainview, active Network president David California. For an initial $300, for an el- Lockton. Interactive choices by viewers egant Interactive Control keyboard (see are transmitted through the remote sidebar), plus a fee of $15 a month, sub- along a separate path from the TV show scribers can watch up to 110 hours of in- teractive programming a month. They being aired. can play along with Jeopardy or a football In Sacramento, an unused portion of gam—eor compete against other inter- active players (for another $29 a a local FM radio station’s signal is en- coded with text for the control unit’s month). screen, lockouts for time limits on view- Much of the system’s interactivity ers’ answers, correct answers, points for correct answers and charts comparing takes place on the small black-and- all the players’ answers. When Interac- tive Network goes statewide in 1992 and white LCD display on the control unit. “Our system lets you participate with nationwide in 1993, it also expects to 66 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Two-Way TV: TV Answer uses 4 re- mote pointer, individual program cards and a home receiver (above) to decode signals sent via satellite to neighbor- hood “cell sites” (right). The decoder also trans- mits viewer instructions back to program pro- viders. carry interactive information in the un- est-running interactive TV system, the the last eight years NTN’s interactive used blanking interval in TV programs NTN Entertainment Network. Now football game, QBI, has given Super on the Public Broadcasting System’s na- found in more than 450 hotels, bars and Bowl viewers the chance to outguess the tional datacast network. competing quarterbacks. Despite a small recreation centers, NTN will soon turn To report a viewer’s scores, the con- up on selected home cable systems. For continued on page 116 trol unit can be plugged into a telephone line at the end of a program. Player data Interactive Despite the presence of so many interactive systems forg- is sent off to Interactive Network’s facili- ing full-speed ahead, the multibillion dollar question ties in less than 20 seconds. Within four Television- | remains: Do viewers really yearn to interact with their minutes, scores from all participating TV sets? “Most people still want to be couch potatoes,” homes can be tabulated and reported. Bonanza Or _asserts interactive expert Gary Arlen. As evidence, he More than 100,000 calls were han- cites the underwhelming appeal of the first interactive dled smoothly by Interactive Network Boondoggle TV service, Warner Cable's QUBE system in Columbus, during last year’s Super Bowl. With blue Ohio. Though game shows for money and football games where viewers selected plays were QUBE’s most popular chip investors like NBC, Le Groupe Vid- shows, only about a quarter of QUBE’s subscribers actu- eotron, United Artists Entertainment, GE and the A.C. Nielsen Co., Interac- ally interacted with the programs. Today, QUBE tech- tive Network has to be taken seriously. nology is used only for premium pay- per-view movies. Indeed, Interactive Network already has a rival in the similarly named Inter- _“A lot will depend on content,” says analyst Michael active Systems, which sends interactive Mascioni. Among concepts worth a try, Mascioni cites in- information to viewers’ control key- boards using its own special technology teractive lotteries, participatory music adventures and to encode the TV picture itself. Origi- nally dedicated to designing interactive video dating (look out Love Connection!). Nonetheless, toys, including a handheld Wheel of For- tune game that sold more than 250,000 interactivity burn-out remains a distinct pos- units for toy maker Mattel, Interactive — cis &a my sibility. “How long will people push buttons Systems will soon announce the debut of Aen om i=A pees before they get bored?” muses Mascioni. its INTOUCH TV system, which in- A surveyby MIT’s Media Lab indicates cludes a handy home printer to receive BB |m2 TV) that the ability to interactively obtain more hard-copy information, like discount coupons and recipes. aSOm |@ & |= had : details about stories on a network evening news show holds much greater appeal than INTERACTIVE FOOTBALL altering the plot of a drama like Dallas. This For a sophisticated flavor, say dai- Titre fo te doesn’ t mean viewers won't become involved quiri ice, viewers can turn to the long- in fictional story lines. According to Russ L: ees the Media Lab’s director of com- biyginion — ‘munications research, this merely shows that an intriguing rene aly o interactive entertainment has not yet been found. “Interactive TV has a lot of potential if carefully and one day, necessity? | cautiously programmed,” heiia out ce NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 67

BY STAN PINKWAS | | RAISING ARIZONA A tall order for towering speakers yields an ingenious solution. Never underestimate the power of an but this proved too expensive. front of the TV set. Both the speakers obsessio—nor the ability of a system de- He turned instead to concrete cut- signer to satisfy one. When a French and the subwoofer were purchased un- businessman living in Arizona decided ters and jackhammers, with which his finished from the manufacturers, with he absolutely, positively had to have a crew carved a pair of eight-foot-deep pair of exotic speakers for his video sys- holes to accommodate the 65-pound this treatment in mind. tem, despite the objections of his wife, MG 3.3 speakers and custom-made twin When the speakers rise, they furnish he and his installer devised a bold and lifts. A motor for each lift powers a tim- ingenious solution. Motorized lifts would ing chain connected to a threaded rod front-channel surround sound to an au- smoothly raise a pair of flat Magneplanar beneath each speaker. The motors are dio/video system whose focus is a 60- calibrated so that the speakers rise and inch Mitsubishi rear-projection TV set. towers, at the touch of a remote, from a fall in synch. Safety features prevent ac- The projector’s mirror is also recessed— slot carved into the bedrock beneath the cidental operation, or unauthorized use one foot into the wall to keep the cabi- family room’s floor. When not in use, the net from intruding too far into the room. speakers would be stowed below, invisi- by the family’s kids. The cabinetmaker who designed the The TV receives video from a full ble to offended eyes. line-up of sources. A Mitsubishi S-VHS The real problem was that the home VCR, a Yamaha combi player, a Chapar- was nearly complete when Brad Geitz was asked to add the speakers. Geitz is shelving system for the wall behind the tal Monterey 50 satellite receiver and a an installer for Hi Fi Sales of Mesa, Ari- Magneplanars finished the speakers to cable feed supply enough pictures to zona, and a member of the Custom Elec- match the rest of the woodwork. He also keep anyone occupied. Complementing converted the system’s Velodyne sub- | the video sources are a CD player, a dual tronic Design and Installation Associ- ation (see box). His first idea was to woofer into the base of an artfully | audio cassette deck, a stereo tuner and a have the speakers lower from a ceiling crafted coffee table, positioned just in |Sony DAT recorder. compartment using hydraulic actuators, Candid Camera: BRANDT/ The master bedroom’s 50-inch Mitsubishi mon- itor reveals Brad Geitz, captured by the front- door security camera, waiting to be admitted into the Arizona home (above) he custom- installed. 68 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

9I Up, Up and Away: ages iii Magneplanar speakers tise from their custom- built hiding place be- neath the family room floor (left) to serve as primary surround-sound speakers (above) for the 60-inch screen. The coffee table conceals the subwoofer. Meio speakers by Polk Audio, including one Yamaha equipment handles most of in-wall pair and an in-wall subwoofer. the audio chores. A DSP-3000 processor delivers the surround-sound capability, Mounted on a pedestal, the monitor can while an AVS-700 switching system connects with an elaborate Valet inter- be seen easily from different points in com system to channel audio to all of the house’s 16 rooms. While one amp the room. drives the Magneplanars, a second amp powers alternate main-channel speakers The satellite dish is tucked away in a CEDIA by Polk Audio in the bookcase next to grove of trees about 200 feet from the The Custom Electronic Design & In- the TV set, a third amp drives effect stallation Association is a nationwide speakers and a fourth services the sub- house. Its key elements are a 10-foot non-profit trade organization made up of companies that specialize in in- woofer. Pinnacle Perf antenna by Winegard with stalling electronic entertainment, au- Geitz installed a ChannelPlus signal a Chaparral Corotor II C- and Ku-band tomation, security and communi- combiner to modulate the home’s sever- cation systems in the home. CEDIA al signal source—sas well as a front-door feedhorn. may be contacted by telephoning security camera—onto one coaxial cable 1-800-CEDIA30 or by writing: that services the seven rooms equipped A variety of components are scat- CEDIA, 10400 Roberts Road, Palos with TV sets. tered through the home’s other rooms. Hills, IL 60465. Chief among them is the master bed- Small 13-inch TV sets are in the master For additional information, room, which is fitted with a 50-inch circle no. 161 on Reader Service Card. bath and the kitchen; the guest room Mitsubishi monitor and surround-sound has a complete Yamaha rack system; the exercise room has a 27-inch TV set and a VCR; an all-weather patio has its own CD changer and audio cassette deck. And all the rooms with TV sets can ac- cess the security camera at the front door. a 4 NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO

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FEATURE FILMS The Silence of the Lambs | , 1991. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins; dir. Jonathan Demme. Hi-fi surround, cc. (R) Many-Splendored Thing: Gerard Depardieu and Vincent Perez fall for the same woman in Cyrano de Berg lerac. 118 min. priced for rental. Orion. 7 Even the most devout fans of both kill people and eat them. The issue is, Cyrano de Bergerac Jonathan Demme and author Thomas will Hannibal cooperate or use his intel- Harris must have suffered anxiety pangs lect to send the Feds on an even wilder 1991. Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet; when Demme took on the best-selling goose chase? dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Hi-fi surround, The Silence of the Lambs. Demme’s ear- lier fling at suspense, Last Embrace, was As a suspense film, The Silence of the subtitled. (R) 138 min. priced for rental. frantically uneven, and even the more Lambs achieves the ultimate success: Orion. recent Something Wild contained an un- Every action is believable, even if occa- wieldy blend of humor and drama that Rarely do movie audiences see a per- cancelled out both emotions. If there’s sionally gratuitous. But what really makes Silence succeed is the likeability of former so perfectly matched to a classic any consistency to Demme’s reputation its characters. From the resilient vul- as a director, it’s for quirkiness, and nerability that Foster brings to Agent role as in this sumptuous new version of though you couldn’t ask for a more Cyrano de Bergerac, the tragicomedy of quirky character than Harris’ Hannibal Starling to the cunning yet nearly be- the swaggering swordsman with the pre- posterous proboscis. “The Cannibal” Lecter, quirky filmmak- ing doesn’t always do justice to quirky lievable paternal side of Hopkins’ Han- Gerard Depardieu was born to don characters. nibal, these characters relate to each the nose: He’s a big, showy actor, and Praise be, Demme’s tackling of The other out of genuine concern. As Jack this is a big, showy role. Cyrano’s emo- Silence of the Lambs is an unqualified suc- Crawford (Starling’s FBI mentor), Scott tional teeter-totter challenges Depar- cess. The premise is ingenious; using the Glenn conveys a quiet humanity. Lec- dieu’s ability to essay drastic emotional mind of one seriously deranged serial ter’s vindictive keeper, Dr. Frederick shifts in the blink of an eye. He gives the killer to unravel the mind of another. Chilton (Anthony Heald), is the excep- role his all, and Depardieu’s all is some- The still-active murderer, affectionately tion, but succeeds as a two-dimensional thing to see. known as “Buffalo Bill” (for his habit of This version of Cyrano was made on skinning victims), is running rampant, foil to the rest of the action. and the FBI takes the rather radical If you’ve been miffed by suspense ex- an equally grand scale. At a cost of $17 measure of sending neophyte agent travaganzas that substitute turmoil for million, it is one of the most expensive Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) to pick the brain of Hannibal Lecter (Anthony logic and thoughtfulness, The Silence of French films ever made. Director Jean- Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist whose the Lambs will have you screaming with Paul Rappeneau never skimps in recre- o-nly professiiional flaw was a tendency to —John Walker ating 17th-century Paris or in the enor- delight. Manhunter: FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) tracks a deranged killer in The Silence of the Lambs. NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 71

Of course, some say Warhol was no artist either, but Andy Warhol: Super- star’s earnest deposition of his myth- making skills and impact on modern art is hard to refute. Unlike Madonna, War- hol took to the background of his media events, deferring reporters’ questions to entourage members or giving distracted, low-verbiage interviews that left him no less intriguing than if he’d taken center stage. Director Chuck Workman’s bud- get and camera work pale next to Ma- donna’s high-tech juggernaut, and his guest commentators rank low on the glitz scale, but his efforts to reveal a per- sonality bear fruit slowly and subtly. —Marianne Meyer ei Defending Your Life Who's That Girl: Appearances aside, Madonna reveals more of her companions than herself in Truth or Dare. 1991. Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep; dir. Brooks. Hi-fi surround. (PG) 111 min. mous battle scenes that bring the film to slew of guest cameos and a controver- $92.99. LD letterboxed $29.98. Warner. a climax. It’s as lavish and detailed as sial, self-indulgent central figure as well any of Milos Forman’s historical films. known for media manipulation as for Albert Brooks doesn’t direct movies often, so it’s tempting to expect a mas- Faithfully adapted from Edmond talent. terpiece every time. For Defending Your Rostand’s play, the dialog retains the In Madonna’s case, media manipula- Life, his first since 1985’s Lost in America, original verse-couplet form. But unlike this gifted observer of modern neuroses the stodgy 1951 American film, Rap- tion and talent may be one and the ups the ante, tackling the afterlife and same. The self-anointed Boy Toy was ex- the very meaning of the universe. Load- peneau keeps his actors in constant mo- ecutive producer of this “all access” doc- ed with inventive gags and plenty of tion as they deliver their rhythmic ument of the 1990 “Blond Ambition” Brooks’ whiny, self-deprecating hu- dialog. It’s a difficult feat which the cast tour, but even with its warts-and-all rev- mor—an acquired taste, though worth carries off spectacularly. elations of a bitchy superstar, you feel developing —the fantasy doesn’t hold the reins being pulled. The peek-a-boo together and can’t decide how seriously While this Cyrano has its share of cameras reveal disturbing elements of to take itself. But while the final product boisterous humor, it downplays the com- other people’s emotional lives —Madon- disappoints slightly, it’s still fun. edy to focus on the tragedy of a man na’s brother’s rehab, a make-up girl’s condemned by self-hatred. In other sexual assault, the cruel bickering be- After a fatal encounter with a bus, words, have a box of Kleenex nearby for tween straight and gay dancers — but the ad man Daniel Miller (Brooks) arrives in the ending —it includes the best movie boss-lady’s own vulnerabilities (if she has Judgment City, an earthlike setting death scene since Manon of the Spring. any) never surface. When she sprawls where the dead are processed. During a on her mother’s grave talking about loss, short trial, he will be evaluated by a —M. Faust the interweaving of yet another song prosecutor and defender before a panel and careful visual edits create the un- of judges, then sent to a higher plane if Madonna: Truth or Dare nerving effect of a “dead mom” concept deemed worthy or returned to the hu- man race for another try. The unre- 1991. Madonna; dir. Alek Keshishian. Hi-fi music video. markable Miller’s prospects for promo- surround, letterboxed or pan-and-scan, cc. Once past the fascinating details of tion seem dim, although a romance with (R) 118 min. $92.95. LIVE. another departed soul (Meryl Streep) how a major tour functions, and the offers consolation—and a last chance Andy Warhol: Superstar stunning cinematography (grainy black- for enlightenment. and-white off stage and brilliant color 1991. Andy Warhol; wr./dir. Chuck Work- on), you realize that Madonna’s film, Brooks alternates awkwardly be- man. Hi-fi stereo. (NR) 87 min. $89.95. like her videos, reveals only body parts tween painful flashbacks to dark mo- Vestron. instead of emotion. Despite her continu- ments in Miller’s life and hilarious al protestations about expressing herself touches like the Pavilion of Past Lives Andy Warhol, one pundit said, artistically, this film ultimately confirms (hosted by Shirley MacLaine), suggest- “made fame more famous,” and Madon- Madonna as just a masterful, and not ing he’s bitten off more than he can na seems the living embodiment of that very likable, public relations expert. chew. Still, he plays the everyman with idea. This surprisingly complementary tortured flair and gets fine performances double feature explores the nature of from the supporting cast, notably | modern celebrity, each film containing a Streep, a graceful foil to Brooks’ one- 72 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Heaven Can Wait: EDITOR'S CHOICE Meryl Streep and Albert Brooks find romance in “es Defending Your Life's Judgment City. kenneth korman liners, and Rip Torn, typically robust as Steve’s and Amanda’s sleazy boss and As soon as | saw Bernardo Bertoluc- JoBeth Williams as the chief murderer ci’s beautiful epic The Sheltering the defense attorney. Corny ending are inconsequential, and only Lorraine Sky (Warner laserdisc $39.98/VHS Bracco as a lesbian love interest shows priced for rental) in a theater late last aside, Defending Your Life has an exhil- any real depth of character. year, I began waiting impatiently for its video release. Shot on location in arating nasty streak. The masterpiece Even occasional comedic genius North Africa, it features the most Blake Edwards is hard pressed to find a stunning outdoor photography I had can wait. —Jon Young new slant on a tired premise like this. ever seen, and I wondered how well Sadly, Switch has less in common with it would translate to vid—eeospe- Switch the gender quest of Victor/Victoria than cially to a letterboxed disc. But I it does than with his last big misfire, A looked forward to The Sheltering Sky’s 199]. Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits; dir. Blake Fine Mess. second life for another, more impor- Edwards. Hi-fi surround. (R) 104 min. tant reason: No movie in recent $92.99. HBO. Impromptu memory has re- ceived such short Switch is a gender-breaking comedy 1990. Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Bernadette shrift from the na- that floats on one darkly endearing per- Peters; dir. James Lapine. Hi-fi surround. tion’s film critics, formance by Ellen Barkin and not much (PG-13) 108 min. Hemdale. who buried it so else. The premise is convoluted enough: forcefully it was Womanizing creep Steve Brooks (Perry Who’s wacky, fun-loving and totally never even shown King) is murdered by a trio of women unpredictable? Ninja Turtles? The in many parts of | he’s managed to wrong. As part of a pur- Simpsons? Try George Sand, Frederic the country. gatorial plea bargain, Steve can get a Chopin, Franz Liszt and other creative ticket to heaven if, temporarily returned types who sowed their wild oats in 19th- Make no mis- to the land of the living, he can find a century France. According to the breezy take, The Shelter- woman who truly loves him. The twist: Impromptu, these legendary characters ing Sky is deeply | At the behest of the Devil, God turns were prone to the kind of elaborate in- flawed. It was an | trigue and towering passion found in act of courage for | Steve into a...well, an Amanda. modern-day soap operas. The result provides an appealing director/co-writer John Malkovich in This comic account of the unlikely Bertolucci (The The Sheltering Sky. performance by Barkin, but her Amanda romance between author Sand (Judy comes off more as a tomboy than a man Davis) and composer Chopin (Hugh Last Emperor) to even attempt a cin- in a woman’s body. Running gags about ematic translation of Paul Bowles’ stumbling in high heels fall flat, and an Grant) often strains credibility, but the tragic existential novel, as too much impromptu fling with his/her former best cast sparkles. Davis embodies quiet re- friend Walter (Jimmy Smits) lacks fi- solve as an iconoclast who dresses in of its action takes place deep within nesse. Performances by Tony Roberts as men’s clothes, while the sly Grant seems the minds of its principal characters. to enjoy himself enormously in the role And this problem permeates the en- Wolf in of a wan hypochondriac. The others are tire film, coming to a head in a final equally fine, including Julian Sands as 30-minute segment that’s difficult to _| Sheep’s Clothing: the harried Liszt, Bernadette Peters follow if you haven’t read the book. Be) | Ellen Barkin takes gen- playing his treacherous mistress, Mandy Patinkin portraying Sand’s angry ex-lov- But performances by the perfectly der confusion to new er and Emma Thompson as a ditzy cast Debra Winger and John Mal- P| heights in Switch. duchess. Witty fluff in sophisticated kovich raise the movie far above the garb, Impromptu deserves a wider audi- ordinary. As an American couple ence than it will probably receive. —JY traveling in and around the Sahara in search of something they can’t quite articul—tahtouegh it involves their crumbling marriage— they are spell- binding. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro’s (Apocalypse Now) work does look great on Warner’s letter- boxed laserdisc, though far less so on the panned-and-scanned cassette. At times, The Sheltering Sky takes on the tone of great art even though it lacks all the requisite substance. If you can get past these pretensions, it’s a stirring, even moving work. In a world of sequels and other formula films, a partial success casts a very large shadow indeed. EZ NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 73

Starry Night: time between sightseeing, eating and Tim Roth tums in a making love. This lazy holiday —de- memorable perfor- picted to endless detail— gets a jolt fol- mance as the lowing an encounter with Robert beleaguered painter in (Christopher Walken), an intense, En- Vincent and Theo. glish-speaking local who has a penchant for long anecdotes. Despite numerous hints, the unsuspecting couple fail to re- alize their voluble host and his wife Car- oline (Helen Mirren) harbor evil inten- tio—nusntil it’s too late, of course. While Richardson and Everett look gorgeous as the ill-fated tourists, their bland performances inspire more irrita- tion than sympathy. Should this seem like a perfect opening for scenery- chewer Walken, guess again. Trying to create an aura of foreboding, the veteran Vincent and Theo The Field ham often plays it so cool he barely seems to be paying attention. Which, | 1990. Tim Roth, Paul Rhys; dir. Robert Altman. Hi-fi stereo. (PG-13) 140 min. 1990. Richard Harris, Tom Berenger, John coincidentally, is an appropriate re- $92.95. Hemdale. Hurt; dir. Jim Sheridan. Hi-fi surround. sponse to The Comfort of Strangers. —JY Vincent and Theo is iconoclastic di- (PG-13) 110 min. $89.95. LIVE. Separate But Equal rector Robert Altman’s most conven- Richard Harris here turns in a pow- tional film, but also one of his best. Perhaps out of a sense of kinship to an- erful performance as an enraged farmer 1991. Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, dir. other artist denied financial success in his own time, Altman leaves aside his battling to buy the field he’s spent his life George Stevens Jr. Hi-fi stereo, cc. (PG) experimental bent for this compelling portrait of painter Vincent van Gogh slaving for as a tenant. It’s almost 193 min. $89.95. LD $39.98. Republic. (Tim Roth) and his art dealer brother, For a made-for-television drama Theo (Paul Rhys). enough to ignite this terse, overwrought melodrama. But the ideological baggage about such a sensitive subject, Separate Though he barely made an adequate But Equal is remarkably matter-of-fact. living himself, Theo supported Vincent involving the plight of Irish farmers in Opening in Clarendon County, South financially throughout his life. Altman Carolina, the movie traces four years of and scripter Julian Mitchell stress the al- the ’30s feels heavier than the sacks of legal maneuvering that culminated in most Corsican Brothers-like relationship the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in between the two characte—rfsor all kelp Harris and his son haul up and Brown vs. the Board of Education—a de- their differences, they know they are un- down the hills. Even Harris comes cision which banned segregation in pub- derstood only by one another. Vincent lic schools. While it devotes the first 90 lives for his work, seemingly unaware of across less as a Lear-like tragic hero and minutes to depicting racism’s toll on the children of Clarendon County, Separate social conventions; Theo, uncomfort- more like the town bully slowly going able in both business and love (he suf- fered from syphilis), has no artistic mad. The unsympathetic characters outlet and labors fruitlessly to sell Vin- cent’s work. only undermine the fine acting and the Altman doesn’t attempt to analyze camera’s beautiful, severe Irish land- Van Gogh’s art nor pay homage to it with the camera. But he does open a scapes. —Stan Pinkwas corner of every artist’s torment in strug- But Equal moves at a brisk pace. It does- gling to communicate his vision of the world, most memorably in a wordless The Comfort of Strangers n’t slow down until the NAACP’s scene of Vincent painting in a field of Thurgood Marshall (Sidney Poitier) has sunflowers that seem to mock and ac- 1991. Christopher Walken, Natasha Rich- presented his first arguments to the cuse him. With tremendous perfor- ardson; dir. Paul Schrader. Hi-fi stereo, cc. court. The film’s best scenes, in fact, mances by both Roth and Rhys, Vincent (R) 102 min. priced for rental. Paramount. and Theo delves memorably into the take place in the courtroom and later twin compulsions of art and love. If you were someone’s dinner guest —MF and the hors d’oeuvres included an un- expected punch in the stomach, would you stay for the main course? Would you return a few days later for more rough handling? Anyone who abandons logic may derive some enjoyment from Paul Schrader’s preposterous drama The Comfort of Strangers. Otherwise, Harold Pinter’s tedious script and the tepid cast spell big-time boredom, random acts of violence notwithstanding. Vacationing in Venice, Britons Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin Changing Times: Burt Lancaster and Sidney Poi- (Rupert Everett) languidly divide their | tier face off in Separate But Equals court battle. 74 VIDEO NOVEMBER 1991

Guns for Hire: The Magnificent Seven show their stuff in John Sturges’ widescreen epic. cil cent Seven is a classic shoot-’em-up in- themselves stranded on the same Pacific spired by Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, island—the Japanese have water and among the members of the court itself. while Ride the High Country is a small- food, while the Americans have medi- Richard Kiley portrays Chief Justice scale morality play. cine and a medical corpsman, and both sides discover they must come together Earl Warren as a poorly qualified yet in- Although the bloody Wild Bunch if they are to survive. genuously righteous juris—itt’s intrigu- may be the quintessential western from ing to watch him implore other reluc- Peckinpah, High Country trods much What makes this film extraordinary tant members of the court to “send a the same thematic ground of personal is that its story is told from the Japanese message that America is a moral na- honor. Aging guns-for-hire played by point of view, through the eyes of a tion.” (His status as a prominent Repub- Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea escort young lieutenant played brilliantly by newly mined gold out of the rugged Sier- Tatsuya Mihashi. The film’s larger story lican merits only one mention.) Burt ta Mountains. Complicating their mis- unfolds through him as we witness the Lancaster disappoints as John W. Davis, sion is Elsa (Mariette Hartley in her first foolhardiness and bravery of the men on counsel for the state of South Carolina, movie role), a young gal on the lam from both sides. Among the Americans, Clint never convincing the viewer that he’s a brutish groom and his lecherous broth- the legendary maverick who made a ca- He Did It His Way: reer of trying unpopular cases. And his ers. Letterboxing preserves the sweeping Frank Sinatra directed, courtroom oratory pales beside Poitier’s. mountain vistas through which they produced and acted in travel, and the wide screen is especially None But the Brave. Separate But Equal can’t escape a dis- tinct made-for-TV feel (low-quality film well-used in a long-distance rifle duel. Walker gives a surprisingly effective per- stock, frequent fade-outs) but it does re- The Magnificent Seven is great fun, formance as the Marine pilot who takes frain from depicting all segregationists as command of the plane-wrecked group — cartoonish villains. Conversely, for all not only for the performances of veter- his character is both a rational, thought- his inherent nobility, Poitier manages to ans Yul Brynner and Eli Wallach, but ful officer and an utterly dedicated imbue Marshall with earthy good humor rising talents Steve McQueen, James killer. Sinatra plays the corpsman, a cyn- in a performance that stops short of wor- Coburn, Robert Vaughn and Charles ical veteran who’s almost seen too much ship. Keeping its focus narrowed to one Bronson as mercenaries recruited by to care, but can’t ignore the futility and aspect of the civil rights movement, Sep- Mexican villages to vanquish Wallach’s brutality around him. arate But Equal avoids biting off more marauding banditos. The dialog is taut than it can chew in less than four and the pace stately, and the action is Sinatra's direction is clean and hours —and the result is a subtly power- well-staged if somewhat antisept—itche straightforward, with few surprises. He ful film. —Lorraine Cademartori shootings are prodigious but tidy. A big knows how to keep a story moving, fill- plus is that the climactic battle on side 3 ing the screen with either action or ten- LAVERY is presented in CAV mode, although the sion. The only awkward moment in- jacket neglects to mention this. As a bo- volves some very predictable multiple The Magnificent Seven nus, both films are followed by their the- flashbac—tkhsat, however, is the fault atrical trailers. —Andy Wickstrom of the screenplay. The letterboxed image 1960. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli is extremely sharp and crisp, highlight- Wallach; dir. John Sturges. Digital mono, None But the Brave ing Harold Lipstein’s cinematography. letterboxed. (NR) 129 min. Side 3 CAV. Lipstein’s work is a little too brightly lit, $39.98. MGM/UA. 1965. Clint Walker, Frank Sinatra, Tat- though, giving the movie perhaps too clean a look for the intended setting. Ride the High Country suya Mihashi; dir. Sinatra. Digital mono, cc. (NR) 106 min. $34.95. Warner. —Bruce Eder 1962. Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea; dir. Sam Peckinpah. Digital mono, letterboxed. None But the Brave is a revisionist (NR) 96 min. CLV 2 sides. $34.98 MGM/ World War II drama with a pacifist bent, UA. put forward by that oft-overlooked film- maker Frank Sinatra—he directed, pro- These two highly regarded westerns duced and played a supporting role. The from the same period embody widely di- plot is unusual but amazingly simple: vergent takes on the genre, but each has Two small, equally matched groups of its own particular charms. The Magnifi- Japanese and American soldiers find NOVEMBER 1991 VIDEO 75

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