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Nelson, Theodor Holm (1995). Where the Trail Leads [Abstract, Transcript, Video]. Presentation at As We May Think -- A Celebration of Vannevar Bush's 1945 Vision, An Examination of What Has Been Accomplished, and What Remains to Be Done. (Nelson, 1995)

Cinema and Comparison [Transcription of Video]

Nelson: Colored inks, stationary stores and office supply stores were where I hung out when I was a kid. I hated sports, but I loved bookstores. I would play hooky and go to foreign movies. When I was thirteen, a movie came out called Rashomon. I saw it three or four times. It played next door to us. I was profoundly affected by the telling and retelling of the same story over and over from different points of view. If one thing ever said to me that we had to intercompare things, it was the movie Rashomon.
 
Editor's Note: Rashomon was a 1950's Japanese movie. It was director, Akira Kurosawa's first huge international success. Four people involved in a rape-murder tell varying accounts of what happened. Oscar winner as Best Foreign Film and remade as "The Outrage".