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Lifestyles ■■■■■■■■■■■■ Tuesday, March 30,1993 The Battalion Page 3 Eastwood honored as year’s best director ‘Unforgiven’ ropes four Oscars THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clint Eastwood's brooding Western "Unforgiven” won the Oscar as best picture and brought him tne directing prize Monday night. A1 Paci no, another veteran who had never won before, took the top acting award as the embittered blind veteran in "Scent of a Woman." Emma Thompson, the free- thinking intellectual who marries into money in "Howards End," was named best actress, while Marisa Tomei, Joe Pesci's feisty girlfriend in "My Cousin Vinny," was a surprise winner as supporting actress. "Unforgiven" led a diverse field of winners with four Oscars. Gene Hackman took the supporting actor award for his portrayal of a sadistic sheriff and the movie also received the award for film editing. "Pacino's throat was dry, and mine was really dry, to sit there all this time," said Eastwood in accepting his directing prize near the end of a long evening to a standing ovation. He had never even been nominated before. "I've been around for nearly 39 years; I've enjoyed it and I've been lucky. Everyone feels they are lucky when they can make a living in a profession they enjoy," Eastwood told the audience. "Unforgiven" became just the third Western to win the Oscar for best pic ture. The others were the 1931 film "Cimarron" and 1990's "Dances With Wolves." "You broke my streak," quipped Paci no, who had been nominated six times in past years without winning. "Indulge me for a minute, because I'm not used to this," he said in the midst of a rambling speech. Pacino, one of the industry's most respected actors, also strode to the stage to a standing ovation. "It's overwhelming to see so many faces who have entertained and thrilled me for all my life," said Thompson, a British actress, in her acceptance speech. The 1993 Academy Awards PICTURE: “Unforgiven,” Clint Eastwood. ACTOR: A1 Pacino, “Scent of a Woman.” ACTRESS: Emma Thompson, “Howards End.” SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gene Hackman, “Unforgiven.” SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Marisa Tomei, “My Cousin Vinny.” DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood, “Unforgiven.” FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: France, “Indochine.” ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Neil Jordan, “The Crying Game.” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “Howards End.” ART DIRECTION: luciana Arrighi & Ian Whittaker, “Howards End.” CINEMATOGRAPHY: Philippe Rousselot, “A River Runs Through It.” COSTUME DESIGN: Eiko Ishioka, “Bram Stoker’s Dracuia.” FILM EDITING: Joel Cox, “Unforgiven.” MAKEUP: Greg Cannom, Michele Bulk, Matthew Mangle, “Bram Stoker’s Dracuia.” ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE: Alan Menken, “Aladdin.” ORIGINAL SONG: Alan Menken & Tim Rice, “Whole New World” from ‘-‘Aladdin.” 'Hear No Evil' offers unusual insight By LACYNDA HILL The Battalion "Hear No Evil" Starring Marlee Matlin, D.B. Sweeney and Martin Sheen Directed by Robert Greenwald Rated R Playing at Schulman Six "Hear No Evil" features an intriguing blend of sus pense, romance and humor as it weaves a slow-mov ing but interesting drama from the viewpoint of a hearing-impaired personal trainer. Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin plays the trainer, Jilhan, who finds herself caught up in a con spiracy over a rare and valuable coin. Through a captivating blend of subjective camera stylistic audio design, director Robert angles and Greenwald successfully reproduces the unusual ex perience of deafness for the film's hearing audience. Matlin, who is hearing-impaired, lends her own ex perience to the film's realism. From Jillian's viewpoint, the viewer experiences a void, a sensation that something vital is missing, sprinkled with brief eerie, distorted sounds. The film alternates between a hearing and a non hearing perspective. Experiencing "Hear No Evil" through Jillian's eyes and ears grabs hold of the view ers and places them right at the heart of the action. Jillian's story begins when a client secretly hides the coin in her apartment. When he winds up dead and the coin doesn't surface, Jillian finds herself on the run from both a corrupt police lieutenant (Martin Sheen) and a masked killer. Ben (D.B. Sweeney), a restaurant owner, has ques tions about his best friend's death and believes Jillian has the answers. When the killer comes after her, the two team up to discover what's going on and decide that she should stay with him until it's safe. And that's when "Hear No Evil" picks up the pace and becomes more interesting. At times, this romantic thriller has more romance than thrills but the chemistry between Sweeney and Matlin makes it work because they seem to naturally Marlee Matlin plays a hearing-impaired woman who gets caught in a deadly conspiracy in "Hear No Evil." It's exciting and fun to watch Jillian and sy slowly become friends as well as allies lo fit together. Ben as thej and fall in love. Perhaps the most interesting and watchable per formance in this film is Sheen's chilling portrayal of Lt. Brock. His corrupt character blatantly crosses the line between police officer and criminal with his non chalant, cold disregard for little things like the Con stitution and the laws which he seems to take great pleasure in breaking. Strangely enough, this brutal and abusive police officer possesses a strong appreciation for Italian op eras, which serve as a backdrop for his brutal abuse of suspects. Sweeney is entertaining and funny as Ben, a rock- climbing chronic insomniac who spends most of his nights performing interesting rituals in the hope of getting some mucn-needed sleep. Matlin brilliantly portrays Jillian as a strong, inde pendent woman whose deafness makes her vulnera ble to the killer without depicting her as a victim. Although it has its slow moments, "Hear No Evil" is an interesting and well-made film which keeps you off balance and guessing till the very end. Most importantly, it provides honest insight, of a kind rarely encountered in films, into the daily existence of the hearing impaired. Soul, Of The Cross Thfc jylgplaaft JBhfr are still climbing towardssky d( stio their new release "The Blis^Album (Vifc Love and Anger and fhefc#onderance o ; Existence)." Although the titles.^! Daw winded, their music iS#*Ot. Band members, trell) and DJ Min Cordes) are not at- the sixties. The and funk create ence. Dawn has "Set Adrift On pop, R&B and dam the band's debut In Dawn's "B sic is taken to a Dawn delvt ny of lyrics and a ted an alburn or "Bliss. The band's newsntash hit from the film ''Boomerang," shows how sensual and spiritual their album i$. The song simply begin&s^Mi a piano and slo very slowly the tapping, of ^ ^— *■" The Association of Former Students Spring Senior Induction Banquet Tuesday & Wednesday, April 6 & 7, 1993 COLLEGE STATION HILTON HOTEL - GRAND BALLROOM - 6:30 P. M. All May & August ’93 graduates are invited. Complimentary tickets may be picked up in the MSC Hallway, March 30, 31 & April 1 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) TICKETS GIVEN ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS Student I.D. Required to Pick Up Tickets This is your invitation to the induction of the Class of ’93. Compliments of The Association of Former Students