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Show Paged 1374 Wednesday, May 22, A Film Critic PEOPLE by Quicksilver GARDNER REALTY fien un dUmineM again Throughout the history of the film industry there has been an interesting group of people that have written about the films that they have had the pleasure of seeing. Hie papers they have written for generally call them reviewers or critics, while the industry usually calls them deleted expletives. While reviewers styles and functions have changed over the years, the common bond between all reviewers has been the information they impart to their readers. Far from cramming useless, unwanted facts down the fter the fire last Summer! A GROUND FLOOR of the STAR HOTEL 227 Main Street Oil or drop by and see us. Don Prescott .. Connie King Herb Armstrong Bill CALL i (9 readers throats, the film Gardner reviewer allows the potential filmgoer a chance to pick films that will interest him, and sets the viewers expectations about the film. In setting expectations, the writer does a great service to the film fan. But isnt it important to go to a film with an open mind? Of course! But very few people go to the movies without knowing a thing about what they are about to see. A friend might have given a bit of the plot or an ad might have compared it to a film that has been seen before. Whatever method the fan uses, he rarely walks into a film without having a preconceived notion of the films content. A film critic is just one source of information that will help the viewer set his expectations. 649-920- 7 sia Mfe tsc Mf eftain: ma iga -- a Help your Laura Prudence A resident of Park City for nearly sixty years, Laura tended Heart FundvJ other mothers offspring. This arduous labor netted the glorious sum of one dollar per day. Though arduous through it all, Laura Remember refrained from complaining. I didnt want people to know my troubles. self-indulge- community. Lauras early years were nt the Reflecting on the unfulfilled spent in Snyderville where she was one of seven children reared on a beef cattle ranch. The school dreams that tantalize us all, Laura recalls a desire to experience the different people and places that cover this planet. So strong was this urge to travel that she attempted to join the Navy her family precluded her acceptance. If provided the oppotunity, her Nazi-occupie- pan-tywai- st believe. Shakespeares un- derstanding of mankind was uncanny, and Polanski will bring you every detail. The fact that even the Walt Disney studios had abandoned animation as a feature-lengt- h film process is an indication of the tedious nature of animated film making. Fantastic Planet is an example of the rewards that await those who are patient enough to work in animation. By painstakingly drawing each frame, the creators of Fantastic Planet have created a film that the best animation of If you enjoy going studios. Disney to a film simply because a film is well made, youll enjoy this flick. Otherwise, you might want to indulge in a bit of fantasy, which is exactly what Fantastic Planet rivals is. bt vocational preferences would have led her to a career in teaching or nursing. Of all the modem conveniecnes which the past has born, indoor plumbing ranks number one on Mrs. Prudences most appreciated list. The backyards used to be so full of toilet pits that you didnt dare move around. She has also experienced the d of evolution phonographs to radios to televisions and feels that, taking each in its period of prominence, the radio was the most impressive. Now eighty-tw- o years old, Mrs. Prudence lives alone and manages quite well. She takes care of the house herself and makes her own meals, which homemade bread. Asking no sympathy and expressing no regrets of her less than luxurious life, she is exemplary of the fortitude which permeated Park w CONDOMINIUMS ft vouth. Citv in its formative , . - s ' t l ' r f I i w i 1' j i. 1 f lots Woodside Avenue ft One and ft Five lots Rossie Hill (excellent view lots) ft Lots available in Summit Park Open Seven Days A W.cek Til Closed MAIN one-hal- STREET M JTthe OUNTA1N REALTY P.O.Box 376 Phone - . 557 Park Avenue, 4 bedrooms ft Empire Canyon, 2 bedrooms ft Park West Village, new two bedroom, three baths LOTS POOL SANDWICHES COLD BEER de n Park West Village, two bedroom, two baths HOMES hand-cranke- all-weath- er be-know- and ironing is Mrs. Prudences synopsis of her struggles in this mountain she attended had fifty students distributed among eight grades and the faculty consisted of one teacher. Mrs. Prudence established residence in Park City in 1915, the year of her marriage. She moved to 1063 Park Ave. in 1920 and has lived there ever since. The house was built by her brother-in-laand the Prudences purchased the home when he decided to move to California. Referring to Park City at the time of her arrival, It was a nice little place and there were more stores then. Those were the days when the roads were just mud and the sidewalks were made of boards. Many was the time when wagons would become mined in the not quite byways. Among those traveling the roads were the Provo Peddlers. They were the produce merchants of the day offering residents a selection of vegetables and fruits. In the early 1930s. tlie pitiless monster, which came to as the Great Depression, clutched the entire nation. Laura was not the least scarred of its ' victims. It wus during this period .that she lost her husband, With Help your six hungry mouths of her children to feed, she took in washing and Prudence has absorbed the heartaches and hardships that a western mining town can bring to bear. It hasnt been the most pleasant life but Ive enjoyed it critic, with his (hopefully) greater experience in film should be able to cut through the superfluous details and get to the meaning behind the films he reviews, whether they are meant as social comment or pure entertainment. Opinions are opinions and readers should remember that a reviewer never has a hotline to the cosmic filmic truth. Hence, a film reviewer quite often makes a fool of himself. (Rex Reed usually does worse than that.) Roman Polanskis Macbeth should prove to be the most interesting film of the coming week it you are ready for a hard core A Heart... directors version of Shakespeares classic play. Polanski, who also directed and Repulsion Rosemarys Baby, has been accused of being obsessed by the bizarre. Having spent his early d years as a Jew in Poland might have something to do with that tendency toward violence and degradation, but Polanskis psyche is far more complex that his childhood would account for. He enjoys taking a surrealistic scene and making it horrifyingly real. It is strange that people will call his characters bizarre when other directors create superficial parodies of human beings that make death and violence seem so remote and unreal that there is no connection between their movies and what hajjpens outside of the theater. Roman Polanski can make the bizarre reality only because he knows reality is bizarre. Why would a director like Polanski make a film of Shakespeares classic tragedy, Macbeth? Just in case you havent heard, Shakespeare was no playwright. The plays presented at Stratford-on-Avo- n were literary achievements, but they were also bawdier and gorier than your high school English teacher led you to l . TheAmencan Red Cross filial.,. RON PURDQM. . 1 R t ; 801-649-989- Park City, Utah 84060 1 CRAIG MASTER! |