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verse and multiplexes compete
directly with art film theaters,
that may be difficult.
Most studios, for instance, have
boutique distributions venues. Fox
has Fox Searchlight, Sony has
Sony Pictures Classics, New Line
has Fine Line Films, Buena Vista
has Miramax Films. The result is
that Sony Picture/Columbia Tri
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like Hamlet, Some Mother's Son,
and The People Versus Larry Fly-
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widely distributed through the
studio's traditional channels. So,
what started as an art film can
make the cross over to main-
stream screens.
Metro Detroit may become the
Midwest battleground for the fu-
ture of art films. In May, Star
Theatres will open Star South-
field, a 20-screen theater on 12
Mile Road between Northwest-
ern Highway and Telegraph
Road. "That's the epicenter of
metro Detroit," said Krys Bylund,
spokesperson for the Grand
Rapids-based Star Theatres.
'We're not just going to compete
for the art film audience, we're go-
ing to beat the competition," she
said. The Star Southfield is being
billed as a "destination theater."
It will include specialty restau-
rants, valet parking and onsite
daycare. Outside of a similar the-

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Lincoln Squ2re, Ms. Bylund said
Star Southfield is at the cutting
edge for the 21st century theater
experience.
"When we first came on the
scene, the fear was that we'd dri-
ve art films out of business," she
said. "But look around, they're as
healthy as ever. We have to prove
ourselves to the art film audience.
The art film theaters will realize
that there's enough to go around."
With metro Detroit having
fewer than twice the art film the-
aters than less populated areas
like Seattle and Portland, Ms. By-
lund may have a point. Even the
Main's Mr. Mihalich agrees that
with the recent releases of Shine,
Ridicule, and The Crucible, there
just might be "plenty of product
to play."
Elliott Wilhelm, director of the
nonprofit Detroit Film Theatre
at the Detroit Institute of Arts,
said the competition for the art
film audience indicates "the pub-
lic's taste is elevating."
With only a limited 19-week
season, Mr. Wilhelm must choose
among the 40 or so films that
meet the theater's "quality art
film" criterion.
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Israeli writer Michael Bar-Zohar turns out a page-
turner about the Nazi origins of a cosmetics
conglomerate.

JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER

ast year, the American Jew-
ish Congress expressed sat-
isfaction that cosmetics
giant L'Oreal had become a
"warm friend of Israel and its
people."
Indeed, the company had fi-
nally complied with U.S. com-
mercial laws against the Arab
boycott after disregarding them
for years. And today, L'Oreal is
firmly ensconced in Israel,
contributing to the beauty ideals
of thousands of Israeli women
and to organizations like B'nai
B'rith and the Anti-Defamation
League. Yet, the company,
which also owns the cosmetic di-
visions of Ralph Lauren, Giorgio
Armani, Helena Rubinstein,
Paloma Picasso, Cacharel, Bio-
therm, Lancome and Lanvin, at-
tempted to stop the publication
of a new book that uncovers
L'Oreal's alleged history as a
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Michael Bar-Zohar, a burly,
loquacious journalist, university
professor and former Knesset
member who has authored 13
thrillers, told a crowd at the Jew-
ish Community Center's Book
Fair last week that the release of

Bitter Scent, The Case of L'Ore-
al, Nazis and The Arab Boycott

was delayed because of a steady
drumbeat of opposition from
L'Oreal.
Beginning in September, he
said, the company challenged the
accuracy of the book. Dutton, its
publisher, counter-challenged
L'Oreal to find the errors.
In fact, there is a mistake in
the book, Mr. Bar-Zohar allowed,
but only one: he mistakenly iden-
tified a woman in the U.S. Office
of Anti-Boycott Compliance as
Vice President Al Gore's sister.
There are other, much more
serious errors, said James Nixon,
:xecutive vice president of Cos-
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