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Starring Woody Harrelson
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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.
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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.
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Love should seriously consider
taking some time off from her
day job as the lead singer of Hole.
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sionate and trustworthyAltii
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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.
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