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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (62980)	12/4/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

It is such a dense film. I mean there is so much packed into it. For example, the video terminals in the office he worked in. The details of them launched a whole-complicated story in my mind. Obviously, someone with connections to the party used those connections to win the terminal contract. The bid called for a 29" screen. To cut corners they put in a tiny screen and installed a magnifying plate in front. There were terrible problems with overheating. Their half assed solution was to remove the case from all the terminals. The innards are just hanging out there. They were probably designed for an entirely different application. Why else the ability to show TV shows ( when the film was released, this was beyond the capabilities of PCs ). I loved the telephones too. You don't just pick it up and answer, you have to contend with about 10 patch cords. Sure enough, phones which were perfected 50 years ago are indeed getting harder to use.

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (62980)	12/6/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I finally recalled DeNiro's role: Henry Tuttle. If you will recall, Tuttle is a repairman who can no longer stand to function in the incompetent, time- serving manner of the bureaucratized repair service, where there is no longer any pride in workmanship. Hence, he is less a non- conformist than an artisan upholding the values of craft and honest dealing in degenerate world. To ply his trade, he is forced to become a sort of super- hero. Although the film is surreal, it seem clear that Tuttle himself is real, just as it is clear that the rescue, at the end, is not. Is there hope? I am not sure, but I suppose that there may be, as the society portrayed sinks into self- indulgence and careerism, and the Tuttles develop their own "thing".......