Hey, I Know That Place!

With computers, you can do anything, so let's say we're on a computer, and we have just compressed the 20th Century into one moment. The category is ``Movies: Long Island,'' and on the screen is a map of the Island, dotted from the left end of Queens to the right point of Montauk with little icons of motion picture cameras. So we move the cursor to the first icon on the left, resting on the east side of the Queensboro Bridge, and double-click. Instantly (this is a very fast computer) the screen is filled with a live image from a movie set. There's a jumble of equipment -- props and cables and lights and scaffolding and Portalets and motor homes.

By Jack Mathews