Wednesday, May 18,1983/The Battalion/Page 5
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peib remake of the Jean-
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Rated R. See review, this
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Rocky Horror
Picture Snow:
Bdnight. The now classic
Bdnight cult movie is still
here. The music is great;
b tin plot is campy at its
finest; and the crowds are
Bually rowdy. Hasn’t
everyone seen it by now?
Aren’t we ready for a new
midnight movie? Only
Franknfurter knows for
sure. Rated R.
Only one theater is open.
Plitt is remodeling and
Will open with three thea
ters on May 27.
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Man From Snowy
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this one before it
‘“leaves. Even if you don’t
like Westerns or the usual
“boy grows to manhood”
stories, this is still an enter
taining movie. You’ve seen
lire plot before: young
man from the wrong side
of the tracks falls in love
with a rich man’s daughter
and must prove he is
worthy of her. It may not
be a new idea, but this
movie does it is as well as it
can be done. Director
George Miller did an excel
lent job of capturing the
beauty and ruggedness of
the Australian country
side, as well as the wild
horses. Kirk Douglas is at
his best in dual roles as twin
brothers and Tom Burlin-
son, the star, makes the
story believable and inspir
ing. The story, trite as it
may be, will melt even the
hardest of hearts. Rated
PG.
Cheech and
Chong’s Still
Smokin
Cheech and Chong’s latest
cinematic effort. The usual
marijuana jokes and such.
If you like their previous
films, you’ll probably like
this picture and if you
don’t you probably won’t
find this amusing. Rated R.
Sophie’s Choice:
Playing through Tuesday,
May 17. Meryl Streep won
an academy award for her
C erformance as the
eroine in this adaptation
of William Styron’s novel
— and she deserved it.
Though the plot gets te
dious at times and occa
sionally tries the viewer’s
patience, the movie is
worth seeing just for
Streep, who plays a Nazi
concentration camp victim
and Polish emigre to the
United States in post-
World War II New York.
She struggles to maintain,
or regain, her sanity
among a rather bizarre
menage a trois. Streep is
absolutely fantastic in this
movie and confirms her
self as one of the best.
Rated R.
Return of the
Jedi.
Starting Wednesday, May
18. Has it already been
three years since the last
one? My, how time flies
when you’re waiting for
the latest sequel in the
“Star Wars” saga. This is
episode VI, you’ll recall,
and it should answer a lot
of questions left un
answered in the first seg
ments. According to some
leaked information, we will
learn the identity of Luke’s
father in this episode and
will find out that Luke has
a long lost sister. In addi
tion, a whole new race of
beings, called Ewoks, are
introduced. This one
boasts over 900 special
effects (Empire had about
400.) That’s more than a
video game has. Rated PG.
Post Oak
Blue Thunder:
Roy Scheider stars as a
police helicopter pilot
assigned to test an ultra-
sophisticated surveillance
and attack helicopter, in
this fast-paced adventure.
The question is: will the
good guys get the copter or
will the bad guys get it?
Also stars Candy Clark,
Malcom McDowell and
Warren Oates. Rated R.
Doctor Detroit:
Dan Aykroyd stars as a
mild-mannered professor
who gets mixed up in De
troit’s underworld. Most
reviews have said that Ayk
royd blew it in this one. In
short, not a very funny
movie. You’ll get more
laughs watching Saturday
Night Live re-runs. Rated
R.
Flashdance:
Being hailed as the next
“Saturday Night Fever,”
this movie has lots of flash,
lots of dancing, but from
most reviews, not much
plot. Sort of like MTV on
the big screen. Jennifer
Beals stars as the welder-
by-day, dancer-at-night.
Rated R.
Schulman Six
Spaceh un ter:
Adventures in the
Forbidden Zone:
It’s about time someone
thought to combine scien
ce fiction and 3-D, but now
they’ve done it. Peter
Strauss stars as a starship
captain who responds to
the distress signal of a ship
wrecked spacecraft and
goes in search of its survi
vors, three lovely space
maidens. Rated PG.
Tootsie:
Dustin Hoffman stars in
Sydney Pollack’s hilarious
comedy about a down-and-
out actor who dresses up as
a woman to get a job on a
soap opera. Rated PG.
Lone Wolf
McQuade:
The macho, martial arts
films at its worst (or is that
best?). Chuck Norris and
David Carradine star as
two men who must have
some good reason for beat
ing up on each other.
Rated PG.
Gere gives 'Breathless'
intensity, excitement
by Gary Barker
Battalion Staff
“Oooh, baby, you leave me
b-b-b-breathless!!”
Like the punch and excite
ment of a Jerry Lee Lewis
song mixed with the intense
acting of Richard Gere,
“Breathless” leaves you just
that.
The original “Breathless,”
written and directed by Jean-
Luc Godard in 1959 and star
ring Jean Seberg, was a minor
classic in French New Wave
Cinema. It contained some in
novations that have since been
adopted by many film
makers: natural lighting,
sound recorded on location,
improvised dialogue, hand
held cameras and fast-paced
editing.
The new “Breathless”
doesn’t make any ground
breaking contributions to the
film industry, but it is a fasci
nating and well-made Amer
icanization of the original.
“Breathless” tells the story
of a small-time street punk,
Jesse, who makes a living
stealing cars and whatever
else he can get his hands on;
nothing serious, mind you,
just petty crimes. However, on
a rampage to Los Angeles he
kills a cop. He feels bad. He
didn’t mean to, really. But he
doesn’t want to get caught
either.
Jesse seeks refuge in the
company of Monica, a French
student studying architecture
in L.A. They met in Las Vegas
when she was on vacation.
She’s beautiful; he’s fascinat
ing. He tries to talk her into
running to Mexico with him.
She’s tempted.
“Breathless” fits into that
American genre of the ro
mance of the outlaw film. Its
mood is reminiscent of films
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like “Bonnie and Clyde,”
“Butch Cassidy and the Sund
ance Kid,” “Badlands” and
many of the early American
gangster films, a genre to
which the original “Breath
less” paid tribute. All these
films focus on that main char
acter who lives fast, dies
young and stays pretty. But
wow, when he’s alive, he sure
puts the rest of us to shame —
or so these movies say.
Gere is wonderful in the
role of the die-young street
E unk, similar to the character
e played in “Looking for Mr.
Goodbar” and “American
Gigolo.” He stands tall, takes
what he wants and has the
persona of Elvis, Jerry Lee
and James Dean all rolled into
one.
Valerie Kaprisky, a French
actress in her first role, is ade
quate in the role of the bril
liant French student (Moni
ca). Her acting is only fair, but
her role mainly serves to echo
the feelings of the audience.
Like her, we are entranced by
the thug who can steal cars
without a second thought,
quote Silver Surfer comic
books and completely ignore
the future.
Monica is fascinated and
enamored on one hand and
frightened on the other. She
has a future — he doesn’t.
And yet he makes her feel
more alive than she ever has.
The movie’s writers’ L.M.
Kit Carson and Jim McBride
(who also directed) make the
movie come alive in the char
acter of Jesse. He lives with a
fast-paced, reckless abandon
that gives the film an intensity
not found in many recent
American movies. The nudity
in the film is also a little more
intense, but it doesn’t jump
out of the screen; it fits the
mood of the movie.
In addition to its intensity,
the writers also make wonder
ful use of music, an old movie
and even comic books to echo
its themes. Those details cou
pled with imaginative camera
angles, fast-paced editing and
a brilliant use of colors and
landscapes make “Breathless”
truly breathtaking.
The cops are the only ones
who don’t get a fair deal in this
movie, but then they never do
in this kind. Jesse has killed
one of their own and they’re
justifiably angry, yet McBride
and Carson make the police
appear to be useless ogres.
However, if you’ve seen any
of the other films in this genre
you know how it ends. How
else could it?
Space Raiders
The latest of the “Star
Wars” clones. Something
about a 10-year-old boy
taken 10 million miles into
space. If you can wait
another week, the real
“Star Wars” will be here. It
will be worth the wait.
Rated PG.
Something
Wicked This Way
Comes:
Walt Disney is responsible
for this version of Ray
Bradbury’s sci-fi classic.
But don’t let that fool you,
it’s scary when Mr. Dark
visits Green Town. Stars
Jason Robards. Rated PG.
Porky’s:
The original of the current
wave of adolescent films. If
you want to see a film ab
out growing up, see “Man
From Snowy River.” If you
want to see a film about
morons, see this one.
Rated R.
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