Re: Lathe of Heavan - City Car OT movie

["Lawrence Rhodes" <bassoon@jps.net>]

I found the DVD on the web for $16.99.  Anyone found it cheaper?  Lawrence
Rhodes...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Chancey" <evtinker@hotmail.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Lathe of Heavan - City Car


> Excellent taste in movies Gary, "Lathe" is one of my all time favorites.
I
> too recently picked up a copy, and was delighted to see the little EV.  I
> appears to be a Citivan, a rare extended Citicar with extra side windows.
I
> have only seen one of these before, and it was a very battered one in
Cobol,
> Missouri.  They seem to have been made just about the point where the
> Citicars became Commutacars, as they have features from both.  I suspect
> they make a bit nicer EV, as the extra room and longer wheelbase would
come
> in handy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Chancey,
> '88 Civic EV
> Kansas City, Missouri
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Flo" <Gary@innevations.com>
> To: "EV List" <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:52 PM
> Subject: Lathe of Heavan - City Car
>
>
> > I just bought the video and watched one of my favorite old sci-fi
flicks:
> "The
> > Lathe of Heavan" by Ursula LeGuin.  When George Orr drives to his
cottage
> on the
> > coast he is driving an old City Car or Commuta Car, the one that looks
> like a
> > cross between a doorstop and a refrigerator, ie: the cheese wedge.
> >
> > In the context of the film it looks futuristic.  Very cool. Rates up
there
> with
> > the late 50's DeSoto in Blade Runner.
> >
> > GF
> >
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