What the revolution means to you. Promises more aggressive negotiations for 99,000-member union. First all-digital movie has actors improvising the action within an outline. Independent films with small budgets take to the internet, campuses, as alternative to mass-media campaign. The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to consider setting up a loan fund for the TV and movie industry - an attempt to stem the exodus of projects leaving town for the cheaper climes of Canada.
Some critics charge move is attempt to buy off impending regulatory restrictions.
Blockbuster Video and net giant America Online form alliance to rent videos over the net. The micro-cinema movement has grown into a national trend. New technology in theaters allows closed captioning in your seat, descriptions in your ear. In Hollywood, a dispute between directors and screenwriters about who gets to take credit for some films. It will be a quiet anniversary.