The revolution in Eastern Europe wasn't just televised; the revolution was television. TV Boris and Video Misha (43 mins, In Hungarian with English subtitles), one installment from the innovative Magyar TV series Videoworld, offers an astute televisual analysis of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Interviewed by P?er Gy media critic Akos Szil1⁄2gyi divides the political realm of the Soviets into those clutching desperately to the word and those triumphantly embracing the image. Within this critique, Yeltin standing atop a tank emerges as the telegenic victor, while Gorbachev's mute hostage footage declares him the vanquished. The fighting had not ceased behind the Iron Curtain when media artist Gusztav H1⁄2mos returned to Hungary for the first time since he had fled ten years earlier. H1⁄2mos watched broadcasts from Romania with his grandmother at his side. 1989-The Real Power of Television (58:53 mins, In Hungarian with English subtitles) is his poetic essay interweaving archival footage, talks with newscasters, and personal observations. As for his grandmother: one short trip to the attic for a Christmas-tree ornament and she missed the execution of Ceausescu. -Steve Seid