DVD and Its Discontents - pros and cons of using digital video disks - Brief Article - Column
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), March, 2001 by Christopher Sharrett
Maybe it's time to stop playing with these toys, stop pursuing the "perfect" image (an endless and unhealthy obsession), and start thinking about what movies have to say to us. The brightly colored ribbon of DVD may conceal the fact that the contemporary cinema is saying very little, and enjoying a lot of mileage from its effects.
Christopher Sharrett, Associate Mass Media Editor of USA Today, is associate professor of communication, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
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