@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:Fournier.pasa@Xerox.ARPA (07/17/85)
From: Fournier.pasa@Xerox.ARPA I agree with Dale from Digest #215 about the use of "good film technique" in The Dream is Alive being a detriment to the effect of Being There that IMAX can produce. I saw it on July 6th, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles. The hold-your-breath awe that a launch always inspires in me was missing because it kept getting short-circuited by cuts away to other scenes. However, I found that I was mesmerized watching the earth pass underneath the camera, and the minute the camera passed Italy, I began anticipating Crete, so that I could see whether I could spot Thera (with which I have always been fascinated) . The cluster that's merely a dot on most maps is truly obvious for the remains of a volcanic crater that it is, from the air. I agree, Dale, I could watch the earth pass below for much longer than they give you. Marina Fournier <fournier.pasa@Xerox>