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Show 1 1 Page B4 Thursday, January 19, 1989 Park Record Special programs round out festival offerings by RON GEORG Record staff writer The center of the United States Film Festival is the Independent Film Competition. Featuring categories in drama and documentary, documen-tary, the most exciting productions of the independent industry make their way to the festival. However, the festival is not just a competition; it is a celebration of cinematic art. Festival organizers assemble all sorts of premieres, special events, and odd collections for the festival aside from the competition com-petition work. One of this year's major events is going to be the "Mystery Film." A Columbia Pictures release, the film is called "The Big Picture," and a film festival is the perfect place for its release. Starring Kevin Bacon as recently graduated film student Nick Chapman, Chap-man, the story is about the sycophantish world of film production. produc-tion. So long as Chapman is willing to subvert his artistic intentions and stroke a few egos, the industry will make him a giant. It takes a while for Chapman to sort out what he does and doesn't want from a film career, and it takes some outside force to make him try to change. The film is thoroughly amusing to non-filmmakers, and industry employees ought to find more than a few inside jokes. It might even be a positive sign from the film industryColumbia in-dustryColumbia Pictures isn't afraid to spoof the very parts of Hollywood independent producers dislike. Both Bacon and "Big Picture" director Christopher Guest will be in attendance at the film's opening. One world premiere which has already sold out is "Murderer's Among Us: the Simon Wiesenthal Story." Starring Ben Kingsley, the story about the life and times of nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Wiesenthal has tracked more than 1,000 war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann. The story is three hours long, and it has been split into two parts. A program which has added signifigance since last summer's forest fires is "Yosemite: the Fate of Heaven." The documentary chronicles the national park's history from the time the first settlers set-tlers spotted the spectacular terrain to the park's present problems with overcrowding. "Dead Man Out" is a Home Box Office thriller which will premiere at the festival. The picture is about an exchange between a psychiatrist and a death-row inmate. The rapport between them develops into a deep discussion of philosophy, morality, and sanity. Aside from these premierers, the festival presents collections of films dedicated to exploring history and trends in filmmaking. This year, series' dedicated to Charlie Chaplin and John Cassavetes have been organized. In three separate programs, the festival will examine the work of Charlie Chaplin. Performance artist Bill Irwin follows Chaplin's work through the three programs as he Seminars seek to examine There is more to the festival than just watching innovative films. For the filmmaker as well as the serious film student, part of the week is devoted to seminars where the exchange ex-change of ideas takes place up close and personal. Already one of the seminars has been sold out so if you're interested ir. attending these workshops plan to pick up the phone now and reserve your tickets. The Saturday, Jan. 28 seminar, Have Independents Lost Their Social Conscience? is sold out, but festival organizers suggest you check with them for any possible cancellations as the week progresses. pro-gresses. The other seven seminars range from how to presell your video called call-ed cleverly enough Video Presales Thursday Jan.26 or Friday Jan.27 both at 4:00 p.m. at the Elks building, to a study of the work of featured actor and director John see SEMINAR, pageB5 Life in the Fast Lane. Some people call il the rat race. A race no one ever wins. And everybody knows that. But we all keep on trying, anyway. As United Methodists, we may not have a formula for winning the rat race, but we do Jj . know how to make il t'i . more liveable. We run U together with each other and withuod. '.Vwn'tvnnidirMi''' . Pari City , f Lommunuy Church UMitMatt ' I traces Chaplin's progression from slapstick to cinema. John Cassavetes is said to have chronicled the darker side of the human condition. The festival, with the help of writer Michael Ventura, has assembled a chronological collection col-lection of his work from 1956 to 1982 which should define the filmmaker. Ventura recommends seeing all 15 films, in chronological order. While few people will admit it, most will have the best time at the Jay Ward Programs. Jay Ward is that cold-war cartoonist ex-traodinare, ex-traodinare, creator of Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, as well as Rocky and Bullwinkle. The Jay Ward programs will also feature other classics such as Dudley Do-Right, George of the Jungle, Superchicken, Peabody's Improbable History, and more. June Foray, the voice of many of Ward Studio's characters, will make a special appearance. Two programs which made a big splash last year were the Discovery Program and Rogue's Gallery. The Discovery Program is a series of short films directed by actors, writers all sorts of people besides directors. The different perspective gives the films an unusual feel. They are always experimental, and many of last year's were quite amusing. The parameters of Rogue's Gallery aren't so structured. These films are the cream-of-the-crop of unsolicited shorts used at the festival. The shorts just show up at the festival office, and organizers choose the most interesting to assemble into a program. HDF : i , I ' I i?V . j;- --kj' v. . 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