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Show HeeH Wqpiplldi,. .v Rick Brough $ ,?.. ... , a 0 .. mn.niMim.it.Nn.i.inf.,- run MHmwiTI ; ffZ , , Eugeniuz Hackiewicz, Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski and Jiri Stanislav, four Polish work men, appearing in "Moonlighting." 'Moonlighting': a little picture that's more than it seems ACIassic Recommended Good double feature material Time-killer Formasochists only 12 Moonlighting A film-maker can sometimes some-times do subtly magnificent things with a simple little story. The plot may be innocuous, and the moral may seem obvious. But there is something in the story so haunting that the tale begins to take on echoes beneath its surface. Such is the case with "Moonlighting," written and directed by Jerzy Skolimow-ski, Skolimow-ski, which seems to be a simple story of clashing 11. T..k 1.1 1 t 1i . cuiiurtss. pui wits Jai ieeung ,nw in this-jaoviedeceeps fupaqu iqNowack is not just. alien-) you. The tragic irony of the aated by 'circumstance1. There attitude of the people, which is indifferent or boorish. But Skolimowski's concern is more than just the eerie loneliness of being away from home. He also looks at the deep, almost total alienation aliena-tion of Nowack. Nowack is the only Pole who speaks English and is therefore the only contact for the group with the outside world. But knowing the lingo doesn't bring him any closer to the British. And his awkward middle-management position keeps him separated from even his fellow Poles. He distances himself from the other three workmen with the condescension condes-cension of a cold parent. And his thoughts about people back home turn paranoiac, jnstead of comforting. (He nurses the thought That the boss is romancing his girl friend.) )'!)) :i.l fh'J: ft! situation seeps in through your pores. Jeremy Irons stars as Nowack, the leader of four Polish workmen who enter Britain illegally to refurbish a London flat as a second home for their boss. (The Poles cost less than English workmen--which of course is why they're illegal. ) The workers try to adjust to British customs and the is a little twist in his make-up somewhere that distances him from his fellow men. When Solidarity is shattered by a coup back home (the time is December, 1981), he chooses to keep the news from his men, increasing his own isolation and tension. The decision might arouse sympathy for Nowack, but also shows him to be a bit arrogant. He sinks more and more into aloneness. He treats the men with increasing brusqueness. With money from home cut off, he resorts to elaborate shoplifting schemes to provide food and supplies. (Why shouldn't he resort to scams, since it was a scam in the first place that put him in this situation? ) Irons brilliantly plays this complex, enigmatic character. charac-ter. He is both unfair and dealt with unfairly, possessing possess-ing weakness and strength in the wrong proportions. He has a frightened, scrunched-in scrunched-in propriety. And he stuns you with the contrast between be-tween his narration (in an emotionless English) and his often-desperate appearance. The three workmen are sullen, often sympathetic foils played by Eugene Lipinski, Jiri Stanislav and Eugeniuz Haczkiewicz. (The latter really was 1 stranded in England by the 1981 coup.) Their personali ties aren't distinct, but they effectively show their increasing in-creasing resentment toward Nowack. Their camaraderie helps protect them from liveliness. The flat they work on is a dank, dirty hovel. The whole location is another of the picture's supreme ironies. While working on the flat, they have to live there, under relatively primitive conditions. condi-tions. By the time they've rendered the house livable, they have to leave. The director's observations observa-tions on England range from the routine to the novel. The Poles' neighbor is a cliched, middle-class Babbit. The neighborhood shopping center cen-ter looks, oddly, like an outpost of "Battlestar Galac-tica" Galac-tica" with a Big Brother intercom and surveillance cameras. Perhaps most interesting, in-teresting, this is one of the first pictures to casually recognize what a multiethnic multi-ethnic population exists now in England. (In the background, back-ground, you can spot blacks and West Indians with Alfred Doolittle accents.) "Moonlighting" may affect af-fect you more outside the theater than inside, while you're watching it. Nevertheless, Never-theless, it proves to be a believable study of an individual in-dividual trapped between two cultures. Egyptian to host IAE production Jensen-Woodbury Duo to play at KAC The classical guitars of the Jensen-Woodbury Duo will be featured in a special concert in the Kimball Art Center's Main Gallery Thursday, April 7 at 8 p.m. Guitarists Milton Jensen and Todd Woodbury have been performing together since 1979. The Duo has gained praise from critics for bringing popular appeal to classical music, or, as one writer put it, for "unstuf-fing "unstuf-fing the classics." Both musicians have studied guitar with a number of world-famous instructors in San Francisco, Spain and Italy. According to Woodbury, pieces for each concert are carefully selected to include a wide variety of moods and musical styles. "Each program is chosen from a repertoire that spans four centuries and includes works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods as well as fiery Spanish compositions and 20th Century works," he said. Woodbury added that the Duo attempts to draw its listeners "into a timeless world of romance, excitement and beauty." Tickets are $4.50 for Kimball Art Center members and $5.50 for nonmembers. Tickets will be sold at the door the evening of the performance. For further information, in-formation, call the Kimball Art Center at 649-8882. The Intermountain Actors Ensemble is happy to announce an-nounce that its production of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Days Journey Into Night" will play at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City April 22, 23, 29 and 30. "Long Days Journey" marks the first time a production of the Ensemble has played on the stage of the Egyptian. IAE Resident Director Ron Burnett reports re-ports that he has been meeting meet-ing with Park City Performance Perform-ance Executive Director Don Gomes and Business Manager Bruce A. Beers to work out the details. "Don and Bruce have been extremely helpful and have bent over backwards to insure in-sure that we have a smooth time in transferring the production to the theatre from Prospector where it was originally to play," Burnett said. "I have always felt that the Egyptian has been the best playhouse in the Intermountain West and have long wanted to play our shows in it if it could have been arranged. "We are looking forward to playing this show on its stage and working toward a working relationship with Don and P.C.P. on future productions." "Long Days Journey" stars veteran Park City actors ac-tors Richard Scott, A. Madeline Smith, Rai French and Anthony Leger. This intense in-tense drama of O'Neill's tortured tor-tured family is currently in rehearsal under Burnett's direction. It had been originally set to open April 15 on the stage of the Prospector Prospec-tor Theatre. Ticket prices will be $5 general admission, $4 for P.C.P. members and $3.50 for students, senior citizens and children. You can reserve re-serve tickets by calling the Egyptian Theatre at 649-9371. Don't be caught unprepared JUDY M.KIMBALL HANLEY Agent No. 202 Silver King Bank Bldg. Park City, Utah 84060 Bus. 649-8656, Res. 649-7607 Jarfylird 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. 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