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Monday, September 21, 1992
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'Melrose Place' meets Lollapalooza?
Murphy's law
hullo, hullo? Tis finally tine
for that show we've been waiting
for ever since the Emmy broad-
cast. Yup, everyone and their
sibs have been on the edge of
their collective seats wanting to
know what, exactly, "Murphy
Brown" producer and cultural
elitist Diane English has cooked
up in response to the Vice
President mucking about in
family values. Tune in at 9 p.m.
for the hour-long season pre-
miere (CBS, channel 2) which, as
near as we can figure, is titled "I
Say Potato, You Say Potatoe."
Scrollwork
Incidentally, since we know
that all our readers are members
of the cultural elite (we just got
our membership cards last week)
how about a bit of culture mixed
with history? Drop in to Hebrew
University professor Emanuel
Tov's lecture tonight, in
Rackham Auditorium at 7 p.m.,
and see what he has to say about
the Dead Sea Scrolls and how
their discovery has affected what
we think about the history of the
Hebrew Bible. Tonight is the first
of what will be a series of four
lectures by experts who know
just oodles about these incredible
documents.
Ring any bells?
In our Interesting Things To
Do Department, if you find
yourself wandering hopelessly
around the campus at, say,
noonish, desperate for an
interesting view, direct your
footsteps to Burton Tower (yes,
the big one with the bells) take
the elevator and then the stairs up
to the top, and watch the carillon-
neur play. Yes, it's true, anyone
can pop up and watch how,
exactly, one plays a bunch of
massive bells - but only
between noon and 12:30.
by Scott Sterling
"Singles" is a movie that above
beig tuiny, hip ui irreverent, is-
real. Writer/director Cameron
Crowe ("Fast Times At Ridgemont
High," "Say Anything"), the cinema
world's most accurate director in
portraying America's youth, hits the
bullseye. once again with this
glimpse into the lives of the twen-
Singles
Directed and written by Cameron
Crowe; with Bridget Fonda, Campbell
Scott, Kyra Sedgwick and Matt Dillon
tysomething, "Melrose Place" gener-
ation.
Set in the musical mecca of the
moment, Seattle, WA., "Singles" is a
story of love and friendship in the
user unfriendly 1990s. Focusing on a
group of friends that live in and
around the same apartment building,
Crowe develops extremely rich
characters, at times to the film's
detriment. He's obviously so in-
volved in the people he's created
that the story sometimes gets lost in
the shuffle. But hey, since when has
life had a plot?
Staged in a series of vignettes
(connected by Pearl Jam's Jeff
Ament's distinctive graphics),
"Singles" revotvcs around mass
transit exec ) Ounn, and his
equally P.C. love interest, Linda
Powell (Kyra Sedgwick, in a show-
stealing performance). Matt Dillon is
surprisingly effective as Steve's
neighbor, the hapless but lovable
singer Cliff Poncier (complete with
grunge rockgod wig), of the ficti-
tious band Citizen Dick. Bridget
Fonda is charmingly ditzy as
Poncier's clueless girlfriend/groupie
Janet Livermore.
'Singles' is a linear
work that really
doesn't go anywhere,
but spends its time
examining where it's
at.
Crowe's eye for detail is funny as
well as poignant. When Steve sees
love in the fact that Linda unlocks
his car door from the passenger side,
one can't help but laugh at the real
life absurdity.
The film is loaded with great
cameos (watch for director Tim
Burton and Eric Stoltz as the hilari-
ous Angry Mime) and pop culture
references. Not many movies have
extras reading Lester Bangs in a cof-
fee shop, or use Robert Doisneau's
famous photo "The Kiss" as a plot
device.
While the Seattle music scene
(thankfully) takes a secondary role
in the movie, there are some great
live performances from Alice In
Chains and Soundgarden. Pearl Jam
also appear as Dillons' backing
band, complete with singer Eddie
Vedder on drums.
Much like Douglas Copeland's
novel "Generation X," and the film
"Slacker," "Singles" is a linear work
that really doesn't go anywhere, but
spends its time examining where
it's at. Despite the painfully pre-
dictable ending, it's still an enjoy-
able and worthy film by Crowe.
SINGLES is playing at Briarwood
and Showcase.
Will Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda (top) find love in a city of espresso, flannel, and Pearl Jam. We think Dillon
would have a better chance if he lost the wig. Campbell Scott (bottom) eyes a tasty chunk 'o chili in Kyra
Sedgwick's teeth.
Vedder
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