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From: mvburke@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (mary virginia burke)
Subject: Re: ONE FALSE MOVE
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:53:01 GMT

Yep, you definitely need to see this movie.  This is one of the few films I
bothered to see at the theater this year, and it was worth the effort/
expense.  

Plot summary:  LA detectives in pursuit of several people involved in a
series of nasty drug-related killings find out that they're headed for a
tiny little town in Arkansas, and go there to intercept them.  The town's
sheriff (wonderfully played by Bill "Game over, man!" Paxton) is delighted
to have some big-time, big-city cops in his jurisdiction, and treats the
whole thing as an adventure....for a while.  He soon learns that this case
has more of a bearing on his own life than he'd thought--but I don't want to
spoil anything, so I'll leave it at that.  The trio of criminals will 
probably scare you, not just in and of themselves, but in terms of their
group dynamics; however, the one who seems most passive turns out to have
a personal agenda and the strength to follow it, even when it places her
in considerable danger.  

The performances are quite fine, esp. Paxton's.  His character is a well-
meaning good ol' boy type who thinks this case is going to be a lark, but
quickly learns that it's not only going to be more personal than he'd
expected, but also more dangerous.  There's a small but exquisite moment
where he overhears the LA cops talking about him in a diner--his face 
speaks volumes, and it's really heartbreaking.  If you've only ever seen
Paxton in _Aliens_, you'll be knocked sideways by this performance.  The rest 
of the actors are probably not familiar faces--the only one I'd ever seen 
before was Jim Metzler (_Circuitry Man_) as one of the detectives.  

A word of warning: The first 20 min. or so of the film, in which the
murders occur, are QUITE harrowing, even for a hardened shoot-em-up fan
such as myself; but don't let that put you off the rest of the film. 
You'll be delighted with the remainder, I promise.

Cheers--MVB

"If it wasn't for disappointment, I wouldn't have any appointments."--TMBG

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From: spencer@der.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
Subject: Re: PEEVES at MOVIE THEATERS !
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: spencer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
Organization: Society for Promotion of Entropy in the Universe (SPEU)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:10:57 GMT

In article <1k47voINN2rv@transfer.stratus.com>, jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
>It seems to me that theatres leave more time between showings than
>they used to. When I was growing up, there was maybe a ten 
>minute break between showings. (I know because now and then
>I used to sit through the same movie twice if I liked it.) These
>days there seems to be at least 25 minutes between films.

DEpends on a couple things... ideally, scheduling should take into
account the runninng time of the movie, and the times of the other
movies in the same theater (I was working as a projectionist at a
9-plex up at school, and once had 4 movies all supposed to start at
3:00.  Uh-uh.  I refuse to use the automatic timers too, my philosophy
is to always be on hand when a movie starts because that's when most
problems occur).

Some places (such as where I work at home) allow managers to make their
own schedules provided they are submitted before a certain date (each
Monday I think).  Exceptions are made for huge movies, such as T2, where
someone higher up decided we were going to go with 5 showings of that.
This left us with little time to clean between shows, and our late show
was consistently starting 15 minutes late when T2 first opened due to the
huge volume of business it was doing...

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From: wayneh@microsoft.com (Wayne Hazle)
Subject: Re: ONE FALSE MOVE
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:47:27 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Distribution: usa

My sister rented this about a month ago, I was put off by the violent
opening scene & so I didn't bother watching the rest.  I thought it was
going to be some stereotype movie.  
However, I've been seeing it on all these best lists and my sister rented 
it again and FORCED me to watch it.  It was easily one of the best movies of 
the year, clearly showing you don't need big budgets or big stars to 
make a great film.
From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: PEEVES at MOVIE THEATERS !
Date: 25 Jan 1993 13:35:20 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
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In article <1jv4geINNemp@apache.cis.ohio-state.edu>  
fontana@cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana) writes:
> I think people just get caught up in the Entspannung of going to  
the movies
> and put their brains in standby mode.  (In contrast to Spencer's  
comment:

I think that many people seem to put their brains in standby mode
a lot. They never seem to look for signs or try to figure out
what is right. I have worked at a number of conventions and
watched people walk up to a table with big "This is XXXXX, It is
NOT Registration" signs hanging over it or draped in front of
it and ask "Is this Registration?"  

--
Jim Mann            
Stratus Computer   jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
From: jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Rising Sun
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:49:15 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

9072falkk@vms.csd.mu.edu (Kathy Falk) writes:

>I swore I saw a trailer for this film with Sean Connery playing the role
>of Conner.  Any news on a release date for this one?  Any word on other
>members of the cast?

I saw a trailer also, and the only other cast member I could ID was Wesley
Snipes, who's playing what seems to be Sean Connery's partner.
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From: hist1261@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick:doing what now?
Date: 27 Jan 93 10:19:01 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1993Jan26.115043.26715@aston.ac.uk>, thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson) writes:
> erobinette@desire.wright.edu wrote:
> : 
> : "Hasn't made a movie since Full Metal Jacket in 1987, so what's he doing here?
> : Answer: Upon completing a new script, CAA agent Mike Ovitz (the most powerful
> : person in Hollywood by all accounts) and the Warner Bros. chiefs immediately
> : flew to London to read it. HAL-lelujah, that's power!"
> 
> 	According to Alex Cox on Moviedrome (so it must be true), Kubrick makes
> 1 film every 7 years (sounds odd enough to be true). Since the last was 1987
> then we can expect something from him in around 1994.
> 
> --
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> | "PC Owner?",'Yes',"Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each."|
> -------------------Disclaimer: It was like that when I got here----------------
> 

Kubrick might be a meticulous man but I don't think the intervals between his
films are quite so necessarily predetermined.  In fact, if we are to establish
a pattern I would suggust that it will be a great deal longer than seven years
after "Full Metal Jacket" before the next project is released if we consider
the ever widening gaps between earlier Stanley films - 3 years between "2001" and
"Orange", 4 between "Orange" and "Barry Lyndon", 5 between "Lyndon" and "The
Shining", 7 between "Shining" and "Jacket".

(Can any maths brains out there establish a sequence out of this pattern?)

Much like Welles, Lean, Tarkovsky, Eisenstein and Vigo, the man is just not
destined to make many films.

Richard.


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From: roxanne!sue (Sue MacIntosh)
Subject: The true identity of the hotel in The Shining!
Reply-To: sue@pages.com
Organization: Pages Software Inc.
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:02:36 GMT

By popular vote, the identity of the hotel in The Shining is...

The Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon.

Thanks to all who responded!

Sue
From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Well know film, well know actor (to be)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:23:43 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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Summary: Re: well Known film, well Known Actor (to be)

In article <1993Jan19.233944.8481@madnix.uucp>, zaphod@madnix.uucp (Ron Bean) writes:
> >In article <C11LM1.C7K@news.swip.net> bk@analytikerna.se writes:
> Don't forget American Graffiti: Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss,
> Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Suzanne Sommers, Candy Clark
> (plus, then-unknown George Lucas as director)
> Trivia Question: At the end of the film, Richard Dreyfuss has
> Wolfman Jack dedicate a song to the Girl In The White T-Bird.
> What was the song?
>  
Ron,

Are you sure George Lucas directed American Grafitti?

I thought it was Spielberg???


I dunno what the song was though...


Coz


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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: REVIEW: UNFORGIVEN
Keywords: author=Stoneheel
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:23:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.174037.7022@midway.uchicago.edu> cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) writes:
>In UNFORGIVEN, Eastwood gives the entire genre of westerns a very
>gritty and convinving reinterpretation. 

Definatly. I was really glad that this didn't turn into one more western where:

1) The tough talking new kid turns out never to have killed anyone, and then
quits after his first kill.

2) The black sidekick decides to quit and ends up getting killed.

3) The hero says he is done killing and then in the end shoots everyone in
a completely unrealistic gunfight.

Wait, sorry, I 'm wrong. This was just another western where all these things
happened. I am not sure why people keep going on about this film. It was a
stock western with some great perfomances (Freeman, Hackman) some average
performances (Eastwood) and a fairly lame storyline. Every time Eastwood said,
"I'm not like that anymore." I just winced. It just felt like he was coasting
through the film.

This film in no element compares to Eastwood's best film _The Outlaw Josey
Wales_. Before you jump on me, think about this: Compare the end of JW to the
end of Unforgiven. Unforgiven ends with a silly and pointless gunfight and then
some text about how he went to California. Did anyone care what happened to
the character? Gone to California, gone back to the farm, whatever. He wasn't
a real character, so you didn't really care what happened. JW ends with a much
better gunfight, a moving (for me anyhow) confrontation between two of the main
characters and then Josey riding off. We don't know where he was going; back to
the ranch, or off on his own, but we care about him.

JW is a film about finding reasons to go on living. Unforgiven is a film that
isn't really about anything.

Besides just saying how great it is, could somebody explain to me why they
think _Unforgiven_ is so good?

Michael

-- 
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Subject: Re: Diane Keaton's _Heaven_
From: rcbi27@marshall.wvnet.edu (DBRUM)
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:12:14 -0500
Organization: Marshall University

Is Gates of Heaven in your catagory?

This is a mockumentory about a pet cemetary that moves imperceptibly 
deeper into the weirdening (is that a word? :-) personalities of the various
human beings who are "interviewed."

Favorite character: the guy at "the plant", who lost the secretary, is a
real gem. And the scenes of the noisy backhoes digging up mountainous piles of
dirt are priceless. My favorite scene is the grainy still shot of the pyramids,
and then the voice-over breaks in: "RENDERING..."

--

"I laughed one time and they
were on the phone to the Man."  --Cool Hand Luke
From: norbeck@pleiades.cs.bucknell.edu (Naughty Nukes NY in her 1999 Nissan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Peter's Friends stereotyping
Date: 24 Jan 1993 17:19:19 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
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In article <C1CpGC.5wH@rice.edu> mcbride@owlnet.rice.edu (Douglas Foster McBride) writes:
>In article <1js2djINNp9e@umbc4.umbc.edu> maher@umbc.edu (Dr. Michael Maher) writes:

>>In "Friends", there is a meaner touch
>>in the character of the American tv star, who is bollemic(sp), a diet 
>>and exercise fadist, obsessed with appearance, and possibly Jewish.
>>The black woman is a strumpet, and her working class companion a 
>>boorish simpleton.  This leaves only the upper class and yuppie
>>characters, both male, as sane sympathetic characters.

I haven't seen this one yet, but I feel it important to note that
though Kenneth Branagh is Irish, the screenplay was written by Rita
Rudner, who is American, and her husband, who is British.  I should
think that Rudner was doing one of two things: presenting what she has
seen of Hollywood in this film, or deliberately stereotyping
characters in order to present a parody of their lives and society.


Nancy

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From: ckt4x@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (The Mantle Clinic)
Subject: Re: Ridley and Tony Scott
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:45:32 GMT

thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk  writes:
> 
> 	OK - Complete unsubstantiated rumour time here, so make of this what
> you will, but I heard that Ridley Scott was working on an entirely computer
> generated film.
> 	Now, it sounds like rubbish to me, but it might just be true.
> 
> 	As for Tony Scott he's working on a film that I forget the name of
> but, and here's the interesting bit, it's scripted by Quentin Tarentino.

I forget who stars, but T. Scott is, as mentioned here, working
on True Romance scripted by Tarentino.

R. Scott, according to a Starlog mag from a month or so back,
is considering along with Depardieu the idiotic concept of
doing a Blade Runner II.  Don't know about a computer generated
flick though.
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From: dlytle@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Don Lytle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: The Association for the Study of Play Conference
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:57:15 GMT
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Organization: California State University, Chico
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                         *****   ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS   *****

                                     TASP 1993 - St. Paul, MN
                             The Association for the Study of Play
              April 22 - 24, 1993 * The St. Paul Hotel * St. Paul, Minnesota

     The Association For The Study of Play (TASP) will hold its 1993 annual meetings in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The conference will begin Thursday and continue until Saturday, April 24.  There will be featured speakers, playshops, and forums for the discussion and presentation of research papers on all aspects of play research, theory, performance and behavior.
     TASP conferences traditionally have provided a mechanism by which researchers in diverse fields have the opportunity to share ideas and interact in a friendly and collegial atmosphere.
     Papers and proposals for panel sessions or tutorials related to the broad study of play are invited.  Sessions include, but are not limited to:
 - Humor, laughter
 - Computer and cyperspace play
 - Folklore
 - Children's play behavior
 - Cross-cultural play
 - Body work and play art
 - Performance 
 - Anthropology of festive play
 - Sport
 - Literary playfulness

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 5, 1993.

Send abstracts (100 word maximum), audio-visual needs, and registration fees  ($60 professional and $20 student made payable to TASP) to:

Dr. Don Lytle
Department of Physical Education
California State University, Chico  95929-0330. 
Bitnet/E-Mail: DLYTLE@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU; FAX: 916 898-4932; 
Phone: {916} 898-6617 or 898-6373 {message}/894-5028 {evening}.
From: mritchie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael S Ritchie)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: buscemi = god
Date: 27 Jan 93 01:47:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: magnus.1993Jan27.014750.15782
Organization: The Ohio State University

On Steve Buscemi in Parting Glances:  Yes, he was great in it.
Now he just needs another major part where he can shine instead of
these quirky little parts like in Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing.

On Parting Glances being like Longtime Companion:  Not really,
IMHO; Glances was quirkier (sorry to use that adjective twice in
one post), funnier, and the AIDS angle was only one angle in this
wonderful soup of a plot.  Don't get me wrong, both films are
good, but I think it's misleading to compare them so closely.

--Michael
From: jdooley@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu (John Dooley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REVIEW: SCENT OF A WOMAN
Date: 24 Jan 93 19:28:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UC Davis

In article <1993Jan19.190732.6681@microsoft.com> wayneh@microsoft.com (Wayne Hazle) writes:
>Good movie. Though ONLY because of Al Pacino.  It really was just a showcase
>for his performance.  One big LOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG monologue.
>I  guess he really wants that best Oscar huh?
>
>But YES I did want to see "the prettiest woman in New York" that Al Pacino
>had found.  No I didn't want to see any sex, but the five minute appearance
>that the scene gave seemed pretty lame.
>

I thinks its best not to show her.  That gives the viewer the ability
to imagine (for ourselves) what she would look like.  

I have big problem with this movie though.  And, that's that it's
ridiculously sexist.  There's nothing wrong with portraying Pacino's
character as sexist, but somewhere there should be some effort
to create a female character that has some substance (to offset
Pacino's character's behaviour).  

John D.
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From: phadrus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Neil A Evans)
Subject: Stanley Kubrick:doing what now?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:17:32 GMT

Hey all,
  Any ideas what Stanley's doing now (and what he's done since Full Metal Jucket)?

       Thanks,
       A small bowl of fruit named William


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From: FLY@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (VOEGTLI,CHRISTOPH)
Subject: Ridley and Tony Scott
Organization: ETH ZUERICH
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:03:18 GMT
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Can anybody tell me facts of future productions of the great
directors RIDLEY and TONY SCOTT ?
Gossip says Tony is working at TRUE ROMANCE (Ch.Slater,Dennis Hopper..).

I would enjoy detailed infos a lot.

				Thanks in advance     Chris
From: jlh2@quads.uchicago.edu (jeffrey langdon harris)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Double Wedding
Date: 25 Jan 93 05:05:54 GMT
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Organization: University of Chicago

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From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matt Simmons)
Subject: Re: PEEVES at MOVIE THEATERS !
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:10:49 GMT
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Mark Fontana (fontana@cis.ohio-state.edu) wrote:

: How about an example we're all familiar with.  What about when you're
: sitting in heavy traffic on the expressway, and cars are stopped as far
: as you can see.  Then some guy decides he's going to whiz by along the
: shoulder and cut in somewhere ahead.  Apparently the usual traffic laws
: don't apply to this person.  When I see this happen, it gets me pissed,
: and I bet it irritates other motorists as well.

Of course there's always the idiot who lets him back in....

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From: pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky)
Subject: Re: Coppola's DRACULA
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:11:32 GMT

egnilges@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Edward G. Nilges) writes:

> In article <1993Jan19.015207.16882@netcom.com> damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodo
> >
> >it's a recursive thing, Ed. 
> >
> >you still don't understand.
> 
> I'd suggest that the lack of understanding is yours.  Your parody, which
> was only mildly amusing and completely unoriginal (being part of a genre
> of bashing the "political correct" which has been around for years), is
> inferior to the real thing,

[All sorts of Nilge-bilge deleted]

As funny as Paul Theooropolous' little parody was, I think Ed's
right: his stuff is funnier. 

psk





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From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Ideal seat in the theate?
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:01:46 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In the new, more square theatres, what is the ideal place to sit?  I think
it is somewhere between the middle and the back, in the center.  

Sitting closer than this, the flicker of the frames becomes annoying.  Is the
speed ever going to be faster than 48 frames per second?

Does it make a difference if it is Dolby or THX sound?

Thanks.

-Bill
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