14 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 4, 1994 Love of 'Weddings' Young actors speak about film , WEDDINGS Continued from page 10 tea that exist in the world. Two greasy folk singers do covers of both Barry Manilow and Tammy Wynette songs on the altar. Guests get wasted and. Grant is unbearably good at playing charming, shy and sensitive havoc ensues. The geniusof this filmis most definitely its humor. Chuckles are not all that can be found, however. The one funeral is very emotional. The power of the scene is enhanced by its placement among the hilarious others and from itsawarenessoftheinexpressiblegrief oflosingaloverandfriend.It'sheavy, man. Grant is unbearably good at play- ing charming, shy and sensitive. His reaction shots in certain scenes hand- ily replace dialogue andhis timing for humor is superb and stimulating. It is rather hard to understand how Carrie could prefer her old Hamish, who has eyes like limpid pools of cess, to Charles. Though Charles is the film's cen- tral character, it is his cast of friends that give the film a solid context. Scarlethisroommate, kisses guys and then introduces herself. Fiona is suf- fering from unrequited love and is assumed to be a lesbian because she is single. The intimacy among the group and the obvious love they have for each other makes it easy to under- stand why they have made it so far into their 20s without tying any kinds of knots. This movie could consist of end- less trips to weddings and it would be more than worthwhile. As itis, there is nothing at all to find fault with except maybe the old man who pops up everywhere producing feeble gurglings and stew. But Hughie's locks, his tresses of silken brown hair will keep your senses reeling and your knees a-knockin'. Yowza. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FU- NERAL is playing at Showcase and Ann Arbor J&2. HoNoRs Continued from pa great shape," said D Fraser had this tc the eleventh hour ai camera here and th snowing, Sven. It'l Kelly, who also confirmed that he is But returning to the film at hand, one interviewer wanted to know whattheactorsfelt the message of the film was. "Overall, I think, (the mes- sage) is to realize that there is alot to be learned from people that we pos- sibly would lookat in a different realm. Especially the character of a bum," explained Kelly. "Youj wouldn't really think thathe would it and there is always something you'd like to do again," 10 responded Dempsey. ige 10Kelley answered in kind. "I think actors are their worst empsey. critics. It is very hard to watch yourself. But you have to o add: "We'd be hanging our heads in keep in mind that it's not for us only." nd Sven would be like, 'We put the When asked about why he chose this film, director e snow comes down.' But it's not Alek Keshishian's response was quick and calculated. 1 snow, it'll snow."' "Because Paula Abdul wasn't going on the road. No, worked with Sven on "Chaplin" I liked the script. They wanted me to make the book ,indeed, a genius. 'Generation X.' I got my share of K Generation X' scriptsandIfound them alittle bit af- fected When I read ('With Hon- ors') I thought there was a story there that was in- teresting." Director Keshishian, like the characters in {.>v the film, also at- tended Harvard. Thisprovoked the question of simi- larities between the director's ex- Patrick Dempsey (left), Brendan Fraser and Moira Kelly talked about 'With perience and the Honors.' Didn't Josh Hamilton (right) have anything to say? character of Spend Your $ 1 N Europe Not Getting There You should be spending your vacation dollars on the good stuff! AIRHITCH@ has helped thousands of students "experience" the wonders of Europe over the last 10 years. AIRHITCH® is the source for student travelers. Call 800-326-2009 for your FREE program description Recommended by Let's Go, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone. be capable of of- fering Harvard students anything. In fact, he (Simon Wilder) offered us more than the books and professors could about real life which is probably 80 percent of the real world once you get out there." Another interviewer asked about any similarities be- tween the actors and the characters. "I know what it is to want to achieve and I know what it's like to set myself near-impossible goals," explained Fraser. "Monty Kessler (Fraser's character) has placed more of an importance to achieve. Needless to say, I understand." Now that the film is complete and ready for show the question of satisfaction arose. Was there anything they would like to go back and do over again? "I think you always have that feeling, you know, it's like with anything you do. You do it and then you look at (Brendan Fraser). "Yeah, I petitioned for two years for them to let me have my own major," said Keshishian. "And the greatest thing I got out of my education was meeting a lot of different people and learning how to takea no and turn it into a yes. And you hear no from yourself as well. There's a part of yourself that says you're crazy. Two days before this movie shot I thought what the hell am I thinking, I can't direct this. But you kind of dive in and try to lose yourself in the work. And not get outside of yourself, judging it. And that's the line Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci) says which is important: 'You try too hard. A winner forgets he's in the race, he just loves to run."' And it seems that no matter how well or poor "With Honors" does, these young actors and new director will be proud that they ran the course. Monty Kessler Shonen Knife i embodies weird style Km Continued from page 11 crowd did not seem to react as strongly as the Dentists deserved, however. A slam pit developed during their last song, though, showing that at least some people got into them. The highlight of their set was when their bald drummer left the safety of his drum kit and went and drummed on lead singer Mick Murphy's guitar, creating some neat sounds. All in all, they played real well. Shonen Knife took the stage around 11:25 with some majestic trumpet@ music in the background, and then opened up with "Quavers," the first song on the new album. The crowd didn't really go crazy until they played their girlhood classic "Twist Barbie." Yamano and Nakatani's stage presence was very traditionally "rocking." Yamanoespecially was thrashing aboutlike a goodrock madwoman, making her hair thresh like farm machinery. It seemed as if they were just having too much fun. Strangely enough, there were devil signs a poppin', which were even spurred on by the band. The end of the normal set was harder than the previous songs, and was very metal or maybe grungy. The two songs, "Tomato Head" and "Cobra Versus Mongoose," are the two hardest songs on "Rock Animals" and translated really well into the live set. The encore was all right, but it's really rewarding to see a Japanese woman grimacing musically, index finger and pinky extended from her fist and thrashing her head about while playing some fine rawk. It's the type of thing that makes concerts worth going to.