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Show B-6 The Park Record Saturday, January 25, 1996 Sundance Film Festival 1997 Continued from B-5 Robert Downey Sr.'s latest film Hugo Pool is a quirky look at one day in the life of a Los Angeles pool cleaner. While the film is filled with memorable characters and snappy performances, it is ultimately ultimate-ly unsatisfying. Hugo, played by Alyssa Milano. is a bit of a lonely character. She gets tattoos because she is afraid to have se and doesn't do drugs, so what else is left. She starts her day in the pre-dawn hours because she has some 44 pools to clean. When she stops by to pick up her chemical supplies, she also picks up her father. Henry, brilliantly played by Malcolm McDowell, who is sleeping sleep-ing off a binge from the night before. As explained by Henry. "I'm off the snow, no more blow, and the vodka had to go. There s only one thing I do and that's the ring dang do" (a kind of heroin). Hugo enlists Henry to help her with her long day. She also enlists the help of her mother Minerva, played by Cathy Moriarty. Minerva has a problem she either has to pay her bookie some $750 she doesn't does-n't have or sleep with him. So she agrees to help Hugo if Hugo gives her the money. During the course of the day cleaning pools they run into a number num-ber of biarre characters, including Franz Mazur. played by Robert Downey. Jr.. a director who shot an extra the day before for over-acting. They also meet Floyd, played by Patrick Dempsey. Floyd, who has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), is trapped in a wheelchair and can talk only through the use of a computer com-puter device. At Minerva's instigation. instiga-tion. Floyd joins Hugo and Minerva as they proceed to clean pools, and ultimately a kind of romance is sparked between Hugo and Floyd. Downey w rote the script with Laura Downey, his late wife of some 14 years who died of ALS. and thus the relationship between Floyd and Hugo is a central element ele-ment of the film. Many aspects of the film work very well Hugo is a great character, and Downey handles han-dles her dysfunctional family with wit and creativity. But the relationship relation-ship between Hugo and Floyd is really hard to accept in the context in which it is presented. It's hard to criticize Downey's decision to feature fea-ture a relationship affected by ALS, given its intensely personal roots. But this lack of believability in the AccountingBookkeeping CPS. Business & Tax Services 801-658-1124 BusFax. Offering: Payroll. Reconciliations, Tax & Financial Statement preparation. Reasonable Rates. Your place of business or mine. Over 20 years accounting expenence. Gene Peters E A Acupuncture Tisha Green. Acupuncturist Acupuncture and Oriental medicine. PMS 4 menopause. Skiing injuries, knee stress & pain. 655-0088 Appraisals" BeaiEsts 649-1100 Commercial Land " Condominiums " Homes William J. 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It is another coming-of-age piece, dealing with the problems prob-lems of two veterans during the Korean war era trying to figure out what to do now that they are back home in Indianapolis. Sonny Burns, played by Jeremy Davies. is a shy. uncertain type. A former high school nobody, on the train home he runs into Gunner Casselman. played by Ben Affleck. Sonny's cool and confident former high school classmate, and the two strike up a surprising friendship. Both are facing the same uncertainty uncertain-ty having come back from the Army, w hat to do next? They ponder pon-der these questions as they sit in bars, drink beers, smoke cigarettes and try to seduce women with mixed success. Such activity is viewed with horror hor-ror by Sonny's mother Alma, played by Jill Clayburgh in a marvelous mar-velous performance. 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Dark subsequently becomes infatuated infatu-ated w ith the angelic Montgomery (Nathan Bexton) who unfortunately unfortunate-ly gets abducted by space aliens during a tripped-out game of kick-the-can (everyone is on X-tasy). Meanw hile, the rest of the frenzied teens continue to spin a hilarious and tragic web which ultimately entangles them all. Dotted by familiar faces from American pop culture. Araki uses cameo appearances to the hilt. Shannen Doherty ("90210"). Traci Lords ("Melrose Place"). Lauren Tewes (Julie, the "Love Boat" cruise director). Eve Plumb and Christopher Knight (Jan and Peter from "The Brady Bunch") and John Ritter ("Three's Company") are just some of the popular telev ision i-sion stars who help boost "Now here" into its farcical characterizations. charac-terizations. Its absurdity is its savior, however, howev-er, as sensitive subjects like homosexuality. homo-sexuality. S&M. rape, suicide, masturbation mas-turbation and murder seem merely consequential. Its strength is in its focus, which never loses sight of Dark's almost common angst. James Duval's solid performance brings a vulnerability to Dark, who seems somewhat grounded compared com-pared to his oblivious counterparts. Also of note is Christina Applegate ("Married with Children"), whose performance as the "brace-face" Dingbat, is probably most recognizably recogniz-ably like that of a true teenager. Visually bold and mentally engaging. engag-ing. "Nowhere" expresses the common com-mon teen-aged themes of confusion, confu-sion, love and watching "your girlfriend girl-friend leave the party with another guy." in a very stylistic way. Chasing Amy Starring Ben Affleck, Jason Lee Medical Doctors Alpine Pain Clinic 655-9800 Simon A. Vortanik, MD, PhD. Pain Rehabilitation Specialist Neck, Back Muscular & Joints Pain. Abdominal & Chest Pain. Pain Related Depression. 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When Holden and Banky (Ben Affleck and Jason Lee) meet the sexy and talented Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) at a comic book conv ention where they are all signing autographs. Holden becomes instantly smitten, only to find out the intriguing Alyssa is a lesbian. He pursues a friendship nevertheless, amazed with himself for having a non-sexual friendship with a woman, yet most likely thinking hoping he will be the one to bring her back from the Other Side. Banky, on the other hand, is fearful of losing his best friend to emotional adulthood and proceeds to dig up dirt on Alyssa in hopes of "saving" his best friend. As the relationship takes a romantic turn, Holden's vision is narrowed by his limited experiences and perspectives while Alyssa's is actually being broadened by the V 4T s Jeremy Davies and Amy Locane star in "Going All the Way" the story of of a young' man coming of age in the 1950s. Duane Townsend. M.D. F.A.C.O.G. 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As he finds out more about Alyssa's sexual history, his rationale becomes more and more skewed until even his love for her cannot save him from himself. Both characters are brought to life by the astute performances of Affleck and Adams. Their uninhibited uninhib-ited performances allow the characters charac-ters a genuine depth which humanizes human-izes their relationship even further and drives the inevitable unfolding of events home to its uncomfortable, uncomfort-able, but realistic conclusion. An Act of Conscience Directedproduced by Robbie Leppzer US.A, 1996 Documentary competition by Rick Brough RECORD GUEST WRITER Some of the best documentaries are like Rorschachs they tell a slightly different story for each viewer. An Act of Conscience (kkkk) in this year's Documentary Competition, boasts Please see Reviews, B-9 Pharmacy" Park City Pharmacy 649-3396 Cliff Holt, R Ph. Dave Jenson, RPh. Free delivery - Direct billing to most insurance companies. Senior Citizen discounts. 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