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By MARY MCWHORTER
Reporter
An award-winning comedy
film and a visit from an inde
pendent movie director will
highlight the Sixth Aggie Inde
pendent Film and Video Festi
val. The festival will be in 158
Blocker on Feb. 5 and Feb. 12
at 7:30 p.m. Each night’s pro
gram will last about two
hours.
The festival is “two evenings
of the best independent films
and videos we could find,” says
Larry Hickman, a philosophy
teacher at Texas A&>M and
coordinator of the festival.
Hickman also manages Alter
native Cinema, an organiza
tion that shows foreign films at
Texas A&M.
On Feb. 5, “An Acquired
Taste” will be shown. It is pub
licized as “a hilarious, incisive
look at America’s obsession
with success.” The film was di
rected by Ralph Arlyck and has
won seven awards at various
film competitions including
the American Film Festival and
the San Francisco International
Film Festival.
Steve Segal wall also be fea
tured then. He will speak on
ways an independent artist can
■iikyuko artists enhance
a television picture
image with computer
$rapkk& Jo represent
themes or emotions.
obtain funding. Segal directed
“Futuropolis,” an animated
science fiction film which will
be shown that night.
Video artistry is the newest
form of visual illustration. Vi
deo artists enhance a television
picture image with computer
graphics to represent themes
or emotions.
Video art “explores the me
dium of television to discover
its properties and use it in ar
tistic ways,” Hickman says.
“Most of these are short films.
They represent the work of
young and verv creative art
ists.”
He says one of the major
problems for young artists is
the lack of recognition and
funds. The Texas Commission
of Arts and the National En
dowment of Arts gives money
to artists to cany on their
work.
Hickman is an avid film fan
and started the festival to give
more exposure to independent
artists and to “add a further di
mension to the visual media
that was on campus.”
“A person can’t claim to be
educated without the visual
media,” Hickman says. \
“’night Mother” honest and moving
By SHAWN BEHLEN
Co-Editor
Thelma is getting old. She
stavs at home most every day
and knits or watches TV.
Sometimes she visits her crazy
friend, Agnes, even though
Agnes keeps birds in the house.
Thelma is happy or, at least,
not unhappy. She has little
things to look forward to such
as a manicure eveiy Saturday
night, done by her daughter.
For Thelma, life comes one day
at a time. And she lives each
day with humor and a touch of
naivete.
Jessie is middle-aged. She is
Thelma’s daughter. She stays
at home most even 7 day and
takes care of her mother. She
has no friends. She is an epilep
tic, though she hasn’t had a
“fit” for more than a year. Jes
sie is not happv. In fact, she is
quite bitter. Her husband left
her and her son is constantlv in
jail. For Jessie, life comes all at
once, full of anger and misun
derstandings. And she lives
each day in a rut.
As the two women view
their days, what is enough for
Thelma is not enough for Jes
sie. So one Saturday night be
fore the weekly manicure, Jes
sie informs her mother that
this night will be a little differ
ent. They will talk and ask
questions they’ve .always
wanted to ask. Then Jessie will
say ’night Mother just like she
always does and kill herself.
There begins a battle of wills
that is the basic stoiy of “’night
Mother,” an excellent and emo
tional play. It was presented
Jan. 26 by MSC Town Hall
Broadway, starring Mercedes
McCambridge and Phvllis
Somerville. “’Night Mother”
ran for more than a year on
Broadway and won the Pulit
zer Prize for playwright
Marsha Norman.
This play is full of truths and
insights. Both actresses push
their characterizations to the
limit, delivering lines already
full of import with startling
passion. As they come to the
realization of what is about to
happen and tiy desperately to
maneuver each other, both
learn the impact they have had
on the other’s life. McCam
bridge and Somerville, without
screams or hysterics, but with
simple honesty and heartfelt
emotions, act out a story of
compassion and wisdom. \