ARTS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 -9- Apple dishes out goods with new titanium PowerBook G4 By Kiran Divvela Daily Arts Writer You know a computer is cool when your computer-igno- rant philosophy major roommate thinks so. Even those with- out computer savvy know this is a - -. marvel of engineering. With its sports car styling, processing power and phat hard drive, this is definitely the toy you want this year. If there was ever a time to salivate over new technology, it would be now with thez new PowerBook. Its G4 chip makes it the fastest" PowerBook on the market and one { of the fastest laptops available. So ____________ not only is it very elegant on the out- side, it's well-designed on the inside. Even better, its 10 GB hard drive Mmm, Computer. Swe (expandable to 30 GB) means you can store thousands of MP3s and video clips and take them on your next flight to Sierra Leone. Obviously, its most distinctive feature is the titanium cas- ino_ This makes it better laking than its competitor Sonv smaller than it. You don't feel like you're lugging around a laptop, you feel like you're carrying a classified piece of machinery. The real breakthrough of this machine is its display. The 15.2-inch display makes it a perfect portable media unit. Anyone that uses their computer for anything more than word processing, won't be able to go back to a smaller display after gazing into this behe- moth screen. Most will probably take full advantage of the screen with the standard DVD player. While Vaio also has a DVD player, its display pales in comparison to the Power- ____M__..._.__ Book's. Also, those Vaios with DVD players are heavier and thicker than the PowerBook G4. With all of these et. Courtesy of Apple features, the batteries still outlast the Vaio's by a couple hours. Being one of the first to have a built-in DVD player makes u it clear that Apple has their hand on the pulse of what people are really looking for out of a portable computer. Basically, with a screen that dwarves everwthin else on the market and ee Courtesy of New Line Cinema Edward Buns and Robert DeNiro are hot on the trail of fame in "1.5 Minutes," also starring Ultimate Fighting Championship contes- tantOleg Taktarov as (what else) an Eastern European thug. INSET: Kelsey Grammar, when not playing Frasier, is a very angry man. P t R d mg. p a, y yAld.1 g l wlV.W* gl. a LAA a w lt1 HW L b. aaAJ VV*S..LV %v Wf l cI tS * L a "1" Vaio, whose computers are all, ugh, gray and purple. Also, an included DVD player, there is without a doubt no bette M inute the silvery finish doesn't hurt its suave design. Not only does laptop to watch your favorite Police Academy sequel on the titanium look fashionable, it's functional as well. The use And with Mac OS X coming out soon, this combination i destined for cinema obscuty TV success-story Rich returns to ' d ec Q Vrnnr t ouiv iS t"~ thn fn fm Afta iir r . , s5 Dli Leslie oxer Daily Arts Writer "l 5 Minutes" gets its title and *me from the Andy Worhol quote, In the future everyone will be 15 Minutes Grade: D+ At Showcase and Quality 16 world famous for 15 min- utes." What writer-director John Herzfeld has borrowed and built upon is a film about fame, notoriety, and the value Americans put on the lime- light. Herzfeld is angry with the "if it bleeds, it cnasing the elusive i5minutes tnat Warhol described. There is Eddie Flemming (Robert DeNiro), a famed New York detective who uses his notoriety to help make his job a bit easier. His girlfriend, Melina Kanakaredes, is a news reporter who interrupts Eddie's proposal of marriage so that she can anchor the 6 p.m. news. Adding to the media frenzy is Kelsey Grammer's portrayal of a Jerry Springer-like character who anchors "Top Story," a gossip show for television. Ed Burns plays arson investigator Jordy Warsaw, one character who states he doesn't care about news and fame, yet seems lured into it by the opportunity of working with detective Flemming. This mix of characters is sup- posed to represent the good guys. On the other side of the coin are the two Eastern European thugs, Emil (Karel Rodin) and Oleg (Oleg Tak- tarov), who come to the United States to collect on a debt. When the debtor comes up short, Emil murders him and his girlfriend while Oleg films it on a stolen video camera. Emil turns a bad tem- per and many murders into a ploy or T ame. I ter wacn ng Roseanne's talk show on TV, he realizes that everyone in America can play the victim. He relishes in the fact that "in America, no one is responsible for what they do." This turns into a scheme to sell video footage of a murder for movie rights and $1 million all under the auspices of insanity. He even picks up the phrase "I had low self- esteem" from Roseanne's show to help portray himself as the victim. Whether or not the film is believ- able, which it does not seem to be, is not the issue with "15 Minutes." The film lacks in almost every dimension because the story line is not properly weaved together. Herzfeld has so many different ele- ments of plot that he wants to merge that he seems to leave huge gaps in the storyline. The gaps are not the result of too much editing, for the final cut of the movie is over two hours and painfully drawn out. Unfortunately for Herzfeld, the audience questions motives and actions of the films characters throughout so that at the end you are left unsettled and unsat- isfied. By Jennifer Fogel Daily Arts Editor Every University Film & Video major has aspirations of striking it big. Dreams of exotic location shoots, directing or writing their own screen- plays or even becoming the next hit star, make even the worst film theory class tolerable. Keeping the faith is eas- ier said then done during these cru- ||.;_|; cial four years .......that most adults John Rich like to term "the beginning of the Vandenberg Room, rest of your lives." MIchigan League The entertain- Today at 4:10 p.m. ment industry is a . hard field to break into, and as any film student can tell you, there aren't many suc- cess stories. However, every once in awhile the University manages to produce someone really special, someone who actually makes it out (e.g. Adam Hertz of "American Pie" fame, or Lawrence Kasdin, "The Big Chill.") This afternoon, the University's Institute for the Humanities welcomes back director and producer, John Rich - an alum who has definitely sur- passed even his own expectations. John Rich's enterprising career began here at the University after WWII. He began broadcasting Michigan basket- ball games at start of their 1948 Big Ten Championship season, causing other stations to vie for space on the court. Fortunately, there was only room for Rich who from there launched a for- midable Big Ten network among the nation's leading radio stations. This newfound broadcasting career led to a stint in a burgeoning industry led by an innovative technology that most of take for granted nowadays. Rich answered the beckoning call of the television industry and landed a job as director for '50s shows like "Our Miss Brooks," "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza." During the '60s, Rich earned an Emmy for direction on the "Dick Van Dyke Show," giving him a stepping offpoint into films. Yet, his place, and perhaps his heart, has always been with television. He had a hand in launching America's favorite classic television shows, as he directed the pilot episode of both "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch." Of course his greatest accomplish- ment can be said to have been his stint as the director of 85 consecutive episodes of "All in the Family." From his incredible work, he was awarded Director of the Year by The Director's Guild of America. Rich's link to the University has never severed, having never forgotten his Ann Arbor roots and education. He fondly remembers many of his English professors and holds the University in high esteem. To show his great appre- ciation, he has made a gift of $1 mil- lion to endow a professorship in his name in the Institute for the Humani- ties. To honor his many achievements and an eclectic career in the entertain- ment industry, the Institute is sponsor- ing a lecture to be given today titled,"A Director Reminisces."Free and open to the public, Rich plans to talk about his career and his own University educa- tion. Go out and listen to someone who has made it and hopefully his inspiring. story will help those of us who still need to keep the faith. leads" nature of our TV news cul- ture, with the value placed on media and its ability to define reality. He is also angered by the fact that *rone can be a victim if the price for the movie rights is high enough. Unfortunately he uses the graceful- ness of a sledgehammer to get this point across. The entire film centers on people 1 We would like to thank the dancers, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make Dance Marathon 2001 a huge success. Over $131,000 was raised for pediatric rehabilitation at William Beaumont and C.S. Mott Hospitals! Dance Marathon 2001 Special Thanks to our dancers for their strength and support: 1 f -4 7 . - Applications for the 2001-02 Central Planning Team are now available! 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