A UM MAJOR EVENTS/DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS PRESENTATION
silk purse out of a sow's ear, Calar-
co has kept poor Pericles a plain
Jane. Early on in the play, a char-
acter looks cynically at the ships
approaching the shore and says,
"Who makes the fairest show,
most means deceit." Calarco has
taken him at his word — eschew-
ing theatrics, excesses of passion,
even the raised voice.
But Pericles, in its awesome
silliness, needs a mentor to tell
it what to be. (In the last scenes,
we finally get some laughs in
Mytilene, with a slimy Pander
and his vulgar hausfrau Bawd,
played broadly by Mary Vinette;
I believe Calarco almost got car-
ried away, too. But not quite.)
Plain and Jane, however, are
not attributes of costume design-
er Mary Ellen Park's work. She
has created dozens of costumes in
generic styles, beautifully em-
bellished. Some 80 or so. Gen-
erally, they shine with acres of
good material well-cut and
draped. (Thanks, too, to costumer
Mary Leyendecker.) The apt mu-
sical score is from the music of
12th-century Hildegard von Bin-
gen, and the handsome map and
multipurpose set was created by
Michael Cutler.
This is not a bad introduction
to Pericles, though I would wish
for each of us the chance to see
Nicholas Pennell as Pericles in
Stratford once again. 2 1/2 out of
4 bagels
Michael Margolin
—
'Heat'
tration of a con- turbed over his obsessive dedi-
fusing investiga- cation to his job, and he finds
tion. McCauley himself facing a third divorce.
hen the heat
and his buddies, Part of the film's intrigue is
is just around
including
the ruth- whether Hanna can pick up the
the corner,
less Chris Shi- broken pieces of his life, and
there is noth-
herlis (Val Kilmer) whether McCauley can devote his
ing that hardened crim-
and Nate (Jon love to Eady despite his violent,
inal Neil McCauley
Voight),
are so- furtive lifestyle.
(Robert De Niro) cannot
As for actors, few perform with
phisticated rob-
walk away from in 30
the
passion and integrity of Robert
bers
who
know
seconds flat. Heat, a film
how to pull off a De Niro and Al Pacino. Their well-
written and directed by
clean job. But developed characters make Heat
Michael Mann, is an
when one of their consistently fascinating, even
epic character study of
cohorts gets a when the action lulls. Kilmer is
this tragic loner and his
little out of line also effective in his portrayal of a
law-enforcing counter-
and escapes Mc- violent lunatic who is as pitiful as
part/nemesis, detective The Heat is on.
Cauley's wrath, it he is crazy, and Brenneman
Vincent Hanna (Al Pa-
is only a matter of time before he serves her purpose in a support
cino).
This film is the compelling sto- becomes a rat, and the LAPD, led ing role.
So, if you have a few hours to
ry of two men on apposite sides of by Hanna, begins to close in.
As the action heats up and a spare and enjoy movies that are
the law who share a lot in com-
emotionally taxing in a
mon — passionate lives that are fascinating relationship of
good way, Heat is an ex-
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splitting at the seams while forc- animosity and admiration
cellent
film to check out.
develops
between
the
two
ing each on a collision course with
Combining exemplary act-
protagonists, the love life of
the other.
Set in modern Los Angeles, each man moves in opposite di- ing and a well-conceived plot is
Heat is two hours and 50 minutes rections. While McCauley grad- still the best way to make a movie.
of intense crescendos of action in- ually discovers love for the first 3 1/2 out of 4 bagels
terspersed with the drama of time in innocent-girl Eady (Amy
— Dan Zimmerman
failed relationships, and the frus- Brenneman), Hanna's wife is per-
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s evil monkeys looted, ele-
phants stampeded and a
ferocious lion roared, I
could only barely hear the
youngster three rows behind me
who had started to bawl. My
point: Though Jumanji, a film di-
rected by Joe Johnston and based
on the children's book by Chris
Van Allsburg, is a visual specta-
cle that will appeal to kids and
adults alike, it may be just a little
too frightening for the preschool-
ers.
The film, yet another Robin
Williams flick directed toward
young audiences, revolves around
a mysterious board game that a
much-bullied young boy, Alan
Parrish (Adam Hann-Byrd),
stumbles upon and is sucked into
when he attempts to play it with
his friend Sarah.
Twenty-six years later Judy
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and Peter (child actors Kirsten
Dunst and Bradley Pierce) move macabre for a children's movie,
into Alan's desolate house, find and even the innocent child char-
the game and exorcise the now- acters are filled with emotional
grownup Alan (Robin Williams), quirks and have little positive in-
along with a horde of computer- teraction with parents, who are
ized creatures and natural disas- rich tyrants in the case of Alan,
ters. The trio, along with the and dead in the case of Peter and
now-grownup Sarah (Bonnie Judy. However, Robin Williams,
Hunt), are forced to continue play- David Alan Grier (who plays a dis-
ing because the catch is that the traught police officer) and a slow
mass destruction the game un- rhino add a comedy flavor that
manages to lighten the load.
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MOVIES
gest Jumanji may be one
wins and cries, "Juman-
of those holiday movies, like
ji!"
Even with a surprisingly sub- Home Alone, that everybody sees.
dued Robin Williams, Jumanji is So you might as well set aside a
a wild ride, featuring incredible calendar day during Chanukah
special effects and a face-your- when the whole family can hop in
fears message, that is bound to the car and race off to the movie
make a holiday bundle. Aside theater. But unless you want cry-
from Jurassic Park, no other "non- ing babies on your hands, don't
trashy-horror film" utilizes corn- forget to call a sitter for the 4-and-
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