The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 5, 1990 - Page 9 I Fantasia Continued from page 5. mation allows for dream-like transformations is evident throughout. The sequence set to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite is an enchanted forest of fairies and the minutiae of nature. Fairies dance fluidly among flow- ers and spider webs that glisten with dew. The flower turn into whirling, human-like dresses in a ballet. Indeed, one of Fantasia's special gifts is its ability to give human, animate form to images of nature and fantasy. Flowers, mushrooms, brooms, and classic Greek mythology come to life in a poetic of painterly image. The famous sorcery sequence with Mickey Mouse stands out as the one true narrative of the film. Mickey, with all the petulance of a child who resents the conde- scension of adults, feels he can do all that the Sorcerer can. As the Sorcerer's apprentice, he's ex- pected to clean up after the Sor- cerer goes to bed. Mickey's fan- tasy is reminiscent of every child's desire to create a home- work machine, that innocent be- lief that supernatural or mechani- cal shortcuts exist for the respon- sibilities of life. Of course, he gets in over his head (literally, as he conjures upathe floods) and re- sumes his identity as a child with much to learn. Fantasia is a classic of child- hood, no doubt about that. But for me, I glorify things that af- fected me as a child, and often when I go back to these special experiences with an adult perspec- tive, the scale seems sadly re- duced. Now, Fantasia is less im- pressive both because I've grown and because it's been bypassed by the very technology that made it 'so amazing when it first came out. But it's still Disney, and it's still Fantasia, so the poetry of the image outweighs some of the initial disappointment. FANTASIA is showing Showcase Cinemas. at The geeky Dead You might not completely get it unless yer from the east coast, but The Dead Milkmen's "Bitchin' Camaro" certainly ranks among the ten best songs of the '80s, if not of all time. In their tradition of amazingly precise parodies of Americana, "Bitchin' Camaro" gave pop culture lines like "don't forget to buy your Motley Crae t-shirt/All the proceeds go to get the lead singer out of jail" and rhymes like "Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro/Doin' donuts on your lawn/Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro/Tony Orlando and Dawn." Besides Jersey Shore decadence, the Milkmen also tackle such poignant topics as love between disaffected youths ("Punk Rock Girl"), terminally trendy people ("Instant Club Hit"), and the ever essential Yes satire ("Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!"). Of course such overt hipness causes the band to think that they are the coolest people ever, and their charm comes from the fact that they are about the geekiest guys ever amassed this side of the Feelies. But no matter, The Dead Milkmen bring their brand of hardcore meets Camper Van Beethoven meets James Thurber into The Blind Pig tonight with Fat Albert's favorite band opening, Captain Dave and the Psychedelic Lounge Cats, opening. Doors open at 9:30, cover is $10. Truth Continued from page 8. He's a mechanic who understands the scientific principle behind thermody- namics, and he explains it in a sim- ple and spiritual way. She visits him later at the garage to give him a book, and he asks what she's read- ing. "The Misanthrope," she replies, "by Moliere." "What's a misanthrope?" "Someone who doesn't like people." In class, she plays the flirt, but "the bad thing about flirting is that it leads to harder things." It's really an ensemble cast, though, and Audrey and Josh are the two main characters only because there's something unresolved about their lives. He has a history, they both like to read. They're clearly go- ing somewhere the other characters aren't, but they're unmistakably products of the people around them. CINEMA Continued from page 7. film is based, but the changes are in- telligently made and make this one of the best films of any kind of the '80s. Bladerunner is showing at the Hillel 8:30 & 10:45 on Saturday. -Brent Edwards Save the LP! Daily Arts Although Josh seems like a loner, a serious misfit, his Long Island ac- cent starts to come out when he speaks more than a few sentences. Audrey's father's name is Vic(tor) Hugo, and he wants her to go to col- lege -- in a sort of disgruntled way; he's not ambitious but roundabout in his goals for his daughter. She doesn't want to go to school at all, but they make deals. What we see of their relationship consists of deals, but there's more there. Not a mushy underlying love, but a simple and pure recognition of the fa- ther/daughter relationship. He be- lieves in the compromise of the deals as if they have some underly- ing virtue in and of themselves, but she thinks that the human relation- ships consist solely of deals so she makes them to get what she wants. They have different reasons for mak- ing the deals, but they both want what they want so they make them nonetheless. The movie is punctuated by writ- ten words, white on black, that say "Meanwhile," and then "After a While;" "But," "Then," "A Month, Maybe 2 Months Later." They help communicate the film's special kind of time, a time that has chronologi- cal progression but no points of ref- erence. Tirme passes normally, but without numbers. Audrey dumps her ex-boyfriend, Emmett, because "you disgust me." Later, her father runs into Emmett who's moping in the middle of the street out of heartache. "Were you and Audrey having sex?" "Of course we were." Characters speak honestly because there's no reason why anybody shouldn't know anything. "It's 1988! We've been having sex since we were 15." It's 1988, but again, there aren't any real markers to prove it. It could be any place, any time. Maybe a perfect movie proves it- self by eluding category and descrip- tion, and the unbelievable truth isn't something we can put in a pigeon- hole. Every once and a while some- thing comes along that can't be re- duced, because you have to see every image and hear every line. A film that utilizes all of the resources of,* its medium, that tips its hat td its own filmic-ness without ever calling attention to its own devices; a film that conveys personal, macrocosmic, insightful, and ultimately simple truths; a film that keeps your atten- tion by the affecting profundity of its story. 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