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Quick. iSimple. Painless. YiiS t Amo r 1. c&n BAnk the 12th Man checking account, eight convenient locations, 10 ATMs, the University Center right across the street from campus, and lender of various student loans Visit us on the Internet at our home page - http://www.first-american-bank.com FIRST . A§83nencan Aggie Owned. AggieStrong. Aggie Proud. First American Bank. SSB Member FDIC A The Battalion Aggielife Pi* January /j, The People vs. Larry Flyn reflects American drean 71 ic People us. Larry Flyril Starring Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love Directed by Milos Forman Rated R Playing at Hollywood 16 ★ (out of five) By James Francis The Battalion Only going over Niagara Falls in a barrel would a person expe rience the grand mixture of ha tred, joy, anger, confusion, sad ness and clarity found in the brilliant docudrama The People vs. Larry Flynt. As the film opens, a young Larry Flynt (Harrelson) is shown peddling moonshine. When he discovers his father “sampling" the product, Larry breaks a jug over his father’s head. Later, when asked by his broth er why he causes so much trouble, Larry replies, “I’m just a young mantrying to make a buck.” This American dream of a man’s rise to fame from obscurity is present as Larry produces the first issue of Hustler magazine, with its controversial and porno graphic content. From this point on, the audi ence is taken on the wild ride that is the life of Flynt, including court battles, hysterical laughter and harsh tragedy. Making this film a cinematic •triumph are Woody Harrelson as the outrageous Flynt and Court ney Love as his wife Althea. Drawing from his portrayals of a pathetic man slowly losing his wife in Indecent Proposal and a whacked-out serial killer in Nat ural Born Killers, Harrelson com bines both characters to embody the true nature of Flynt. Whether he’s being affection ate to Althea, hard-as-nails to his employees or the court jester to the justice system, Harrelson’s performance comes across as a ground-breaking awakening of the film and his career. Speaking of careers, Courtney Love should seriously consider taking some time off from her day job as the lead singer of Hole. Her portrayal of the compas sionate and trustworthyAltii Flynt will certainly throwhei the forefront of more welfesi fished actresses. She bringsilj truer-than-life storyofthe woman who loved Flynt toife Despite victory, o ofthe Soc remain si about the BELGRADE, Foes of Serbi odan Miloses icognition Tut screen with maturity andeaselon victory in t Although Harrelson andLo il— their bigg may seem an odd pair, ittaki only one viewing of this fill know that no other couple have done a finer job. hanks to Director Miloslii> cialist Party w man, whose credits included!! '*° new a award-winning OneFlewm ie c ^y s electr the Cuckoo's Nest and Amah n( . 1 aiu ° v e 1 would be no surprise to seed ra £ es mumci P The opponen g weeks of ma [iternational pr Milosevic’s keptical of wh relson and Love illuminatedbj the press’ cameras on thenigb ol the Golden GlobeAwardsai j e government (hr Uhlh amuiul \cadeniy Awards. Not since What's Love Got Do With It, the docudramaof Tina Turner’s life, has therebei such a tale of struggle to survi in America. The People vs. Larry Flynli riveting motion picture with stellar performances, and eve one involved deserves high praise for such a complete movie experience. ielgrade and ot ng Nis, the co irgest. Foreign ookawait-and While giving md to nearly tw irotests that ha ic’s autocratic Hebr Madonna shines in Evita Evita Starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas Directed by Alan Parker Rated PG Playing at Hollywood 16 ★ ★ * 1/2 (out of five) By Aaron Meier The Battalion “I just want to sit and make fun of Madonna,” — Jonathan Silverman This joke, from the sitcom The Single Guy, seems to have been a popular sentiment con cerning the majority of the Ma terial Girl’s past acting endeav ors, but she has redeemed herself with her new film Evita. Based on the legendary Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice,Evi ta tells the story of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron, who lived a dual fife as a hero to the poor of Argentina and a corrupt tyrant. Even 34 years after her death, the people of Argentina worship the memory of Peron, viewing her as a saint. The film opens with the an nouncement of Peron’s death. The country goes into mourn ing, and at this time, the audi ence is introduced to Che, played by Antonio Banderas. Che is the narrator of the film and follows Peron from her humble beginnings as a girl of the middle class, to an actress and finally to her candidacy for vice president. Banderas mas terfully plays Che with immense passion and charisma. Che loves Eva as a woman, but fears her as a politician and dictator. Sur prisingly, Banderas’ singing is almost respectable. Jonathan Pryce plays Juan Peron, Eva’s husband and presi dent of Argentina. Pryce, a Tony Award winner, turns in the weakest performance of Evita. Pryce’s age is a liability com pared to the youth of Madonna and Banderas. He is too weak to play opposite the strength and vitality of Madonna’s Evita. Oc casionally he has problems properly lip syncing to the mu sic. Pryce’s weak performance, however, offers a dynamic edge to the film its makers may not have intended. His performance questions which Peron was real ly elected, the meek and timid Juan or the glamourous and en ergetic Eva. Madonna is the crucial per former of the movie. She was destined to play the role of Evita. The parallels between the two women are amazing. Both came from humble beginnings and rose to command loyal fol lowings bordering on fanatical. Both also found their roles in fife. Eva Peron found her role as the saint of Argentina, while Madonna has found the role she was meant to play, Eva Peron. Although Madonna playing the innocent teenage Eva is as believable as Traci Lords playing a virgin, Madonna’s portrayal of Eva in her later years is excep tional and, at times, moving. The true magic of Evita oc curs in the few scenes between Madonna and Banderas. In “The Waltz for Evita and Che,” the two create what may be one of the best musical numbers in film history. They play out a love/hate relationship with both anger and passion. Along with Woody Allen, Alan Parker, the director of the film, resurrected the Hollywood sical. He deals with the musical numbers in a natural fashion, not putting on the huge dance numbers seen in musicals such as Singing in the Rain or Funny Girl. Parker’s only flaw is his overuse of the crowds in fnita. is true that Eva Peron’s speeches f rom West Rank at the balcony of the Casa Rosa da attracted thousands, but the audience does not need to see every one of them shedding tears. This technique may hast been used to mask the perfor mances of Madonna and Ban deras. If this is true, Parker doe it well, but if itisnot.heshouli focus more on the actors. The production is Oscar-wot thy. The costumes are a fashion movement for the ’90s. Madon na’s costumes, reminiscent of tire glamour of the ’50s and’61) are stunning. The sets areim peccable and highly detailed contrasting the poverty and aristocracy of Argentina. Although bursting into song is considered passe by today’s jaded audiences, Parker doesa good job of weaving believabil ty with such a fanciful concept Evita is a fanciful movie by to' day’s standards of realism, butit does not require too much sus pension of disbelief to buy into fascinating story of a woman’s cent to power in the 1950s. rotesting, but s lay night demo JERUSALEM negotiations be tinians neared jamin Netanyal yet again — to troops out of He A midnight prime minister the second in e to work out elu The deal une Palestinians coi lical city of Het tinians and 500 set dates for a t It won’t cove conflict later. IV ed to address t raeli withdraw control of most 2 Madonna plays Eva Peron, the wife of Argentine politicalfif and president Juan Peron (Jonathan Pryce) in Alan Parker's £v®
