ARTS Monday, April 9, 1990 Page 8 The Michigan Daily Memorable effect What could have been a fiasco of the melodramatic was instead a powerful story of the courage to admit the truth. In a Northern Landscape is about the effects of the unconventional love between brother and sister Samuel and Emma - the confusion of the mother, their abandonment by the father and the killing of Samuel by his closest friends - and not about the act itself. The production, directed by Barry Goldman and performed by the University Players, was one of the best presentations at the University this year. Timothy Mason, author of Landscape, spoke at an open forum last Friday in the Frieze building. He explained that the play is built on the memories of Samuel and Emma's parents. As they go through their old home, which has been burned down by the young men of their small Minnesota town, they remember their children and the events that led up to the confession of incest. Emma enters the old home and confronts her father, accusing him of seeing his son's murder and doing nothing to stop it. The play concludes with Emma's husband (and Samuel's murderer) entering and forcing her to return to their home. While the entire cast was outstanding, Nanette Mutin's performance as Emma was especially strong. Her portrayals of the young Emma of the past and the battered wife of the present were so clear-cut that she almost didn't need the hankerchief around her head to indicate a shift in time. The continual transitions between past and present were powerful in their subtlety, making use of simple lighting and clothing changes, although these were almost too subtle at times; the mother needed more than ... ; i k . 'x #; ax I' i" ' 5, 4 Play guess-the-actor and get some satisfaction from the fact that even the most gorgeous of us can easily look really stupid. That's William Hurt with the gun and Keanu Reeves with the bat. K asdan's ethnic festival I Love You to. Death dir. Lawrence Kasdan by Jen Bilik What everybody was thinking when they agreed to work on I Love You to Death: Screenwriter John Kostmayer: is my career really over? Is it true what my agent tells me, that I really am going through male menopause? Can I believe what I read in the tabloids? Would a story about a woman who tries to kill her husband five times make a good movie? Can men actually control their sex drives? Director Lawrence Kasdan: I've written all the movies I've di- rected. I'm sick and tired of writing screenplays, godammit. I'm rich, I'm famous, I went to the University of Michigan. I can make a stupid, implausible, unfunny comedy if I want to. Can men actually control their sex drives? Actor Kevin Kline: I need a good film to follow up a prestigious career, including starring roles in The Big Chill, Cry Freedom and A Fish Called Wanda. I've always had a secret, burning desire to fake an Italian accent with no skill whatso- ever. Is there a bit part for my model/actor wife, Phoebe Cates? Can men actually control their sex drives? Actor Tracey Ullman: The American public needs to know that I have a wide range of acting skills. Really, I can do drama: This is a chance for me to hold one accent for more than 15 minutes. Can men ac- tually control their sex drives? What the audience was thinking when they decided to go see I Love You to Death, what they were think- ing while watching I Love You to See DEATH, page 9 Nanette Muntin and Jason Dilly as siblings Emma and; Samuel dealt effectively with a touchy subject in last weekend's production of In A Northern Landscape. just an apron to indicate a change, especially at the beginning when the time distinctions were not clear. A unique and chancy addition to the play was use of cello playing in between scenes. 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