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It's one tired cliche after another. You've seen this story many times before: the mature man, obsessed with his long-dead wife, who is taught by the sexy 19-year-old girl that "life is for the living." (Now there's a new idea!) There are other novel revela- tions in Creator, on a similarly jejeune level: what is the "mean- ing of life" (coyly referred to here as "The Big Picture")? "Love conquers all." (Another surprise!) In this case, love con- quers a cerebral vascular acci- dent and restores a young lover to perfect health. The medical profession will certainly view this miraculous discovery with interest. The central character is an- other worn-out cliche: the bril- liant but eccentric scientist who must battle the reactionaries in the establishment to continue his barrier-shattering work. And how do we know the scientist is eccentric? Well, he rides a bicy- cle, smokes a big cigar and works off hours. Really eccen- tric, wouldn't you say? Peter O'Toole's performance in the lead role is another major problem. He looks cadaverous. There were times I thought he might not live out the film. And I actually feared for his physical safety in the bicycle riding scenes, so wobby was he. I could accept O'Toole in My Favorite Year for he looked like the character he was playing: a thoroughly dissipated, semi- demolished, nearly washed up leading man. But here he is supposed to be a dynamic, vigorous world-class scientist at the peak of his career. And he is supposed to be so attractive that the nubile nineteen-year-old Hemingway falls madly in love with him. That really strains credibility. The script is filled with all kinds of inanities and impro- babilities. For example, O'Toole is supposed to be a Nobel prize-winning scientist. Yet, in the entire film, we never see him do anything more signific- ant than stare into a microscope and mutter some banalities. Further, even though he is sup- posedly a famous academician, he can't seem to find a student assistant and has, literally, to steal one from another professor. C'mon guys! The only redeeming aspects to this film are the young perfor- mers: Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway and Virginia Mad- sen. Spano is by far the best thing about the picture. He has good looks and lots of charm. He is excellent in the love scenes and especially good in the clos- ing section of the film where he brings believable emotion to the unbelievable situation the writer has set up. Mariel Hemingway is not only beautiful, but she has learned how to portray a character and to polish off the rough edges so evident in her earlier roles. She is bright, funny and sexy, heavy dark eyebrows and all. Virginia Madsen is lovely to look at and convincing in proj- ecting the shyness and tender- ness of her character. Of course, both women are re- quired to do the nowadays obligatory baring of the bosom. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, but I do feel sorry for all the talented young ac- tresses today who don't have great figures. Will we never see them on screen? I wonder if the likes of Katherine Hepburn or Bette Davis would make it if they were starting today? Like many other films today, Creator is also hurt by the necessity of filling up two hours of screen time. Paring this one down by 30 to 40 minutes would help it immeasureably. Book Appraisal The Detroit Public Library's Rare Book Department will hold a free appraisal session for old and collectible books and docu- ments 1-3 p.m. Oct. 5 at the li- brary's main branch, 5201 Woodward Avenue. For information, call the li- brary, 833-1476.