31.   Part of the reason is that the Spielberg picture had a huge advantage in opening at the start of the summer movie season, when more screens were available.

32.   Pictures will have to do.

33.   Sure, pictures have punch.

34.   Such pictures have five times the clarity of traditional TV pictures, carried by analog signals, and far better sound.

35.   The Goteberg picture has a tart, even jaundiced palette, and slashing strokes.

36.   The Nevada pictures have an apocalyptic gravity that resists easy conscription into an anti-nuclear campaign.

37.   The people who get the nerve up to ask to have a picture taken with you have somehow developed the politeness to get it done.

38.   The picture also has a sense of humor about itself.

39.   The picture had to accompany the letter, because otherwise the letter would have looked like I was being judgmental.

40.   The picture has an inviting airiness, because Haroun gives his simple story a breezy touch.