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...think the Web is so popular because it provides a simple way of presenting graphic text and making it interactive over the Internet," Bhan says. "It provides a user-friendly format for presenting info...
...articulate individuals discussing the phenomenon of exile and divided identities. One is reminded of Latin American intellectuals during the 1960s and 1970s. However, the film's conceit--two boyhood friends reuniting to explore their bisected country--is a tad pat. Chrysanthou and Kizilyurek's devotion to the structured format of their meeting, and the intellectualizing of the issues presented detract from the emotional immediacy of the film...
...between Sony's core business, producing "hardware" such as VCRS and camcorders, and Hollywood's "software" -- movies. Owning a studio, Sony thought, would help give the company the clout to set the industry standard for the next generation of digital video technology. In the early 1980s Sony's Betamax format of analog videotapes lost out to VHS, so Sony was determined not be left behind again. But Sony's strategy turned out to be a mistake when the industry agreed last year to an open standard that no single company could monopolize...
This film's documentary format begs a certain ethical issue. How can the three film-makers shoot a scene of the Agee family living in the dark, a consequence of their not being able to pay the monthly electric bill? Did the camera operators feel no moral imperative to dig into their own pockets and keep the lights on in the Agee home...
True, these questions are not peculiar to this film or this format. Still the audience is left to wonder. Are the film-maker just the latest group of authority figures to appropriate the talent of Gates and Agee for their own purposes, only to discard them when they are through...