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Tuesday, March 30,1993
The Battalion
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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
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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.
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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