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Show Wednesday, January Chronicle - Page Eleven 11, 1989 OTeptnomiaill fflmms 'Liaisons' simmers with By fffeir Amine Calkins ; Many times in our lives we are subjected to the opinions of others-- we govern our lives by how other people will react to our choices. We go so far as to hire people to see movies for us and tell us whether or not we should see them. Do we listen to what the reviewers have to say? In this case, let's hope so. There has been a steady influx of late of pretty bad films.' There are sequels to sequels, some of which should have had their originals deep-sixeIt is a rare occasion when a film with the class and production quality of say, this year's Rain Man, comes along. Well, hold on to your hats, because I've got not one, but two rare occurrences. d. tosh tmifo (dleGeSSy acting; 'Burning' answers bitter questions first-rat- e Chronicle staff writer steamy Mississippi Burning Orion Pictures Directed Tn f . Alan by Parker Produced by Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry ' ; , ' . r""' T- - I ' ' u j r""""j r ff j i Gene Starring Hackman and Willem Dafoe In 1964, somewhere in Mississippi, three civil rights workers were murdered by members of the Klu Klux Klan. The FBI was called in to investigate and find their bodies. This is the story of that incident What was the reason for this senseless killing? Why did we o (do we) treat other human beings with less respect than is given to fleas on a dog? This movie attempts to f "Zli Klansmen ambush churchgoers in Mississippi Burning. delve into these and other questions. It succeeds in ter's honesty, tenacity and bull-do- g stubborness that Dafoe in interested him. himself to be allows us keep hated while he calmly works to make us respect him. It works. Hackman's character, finally no longer able to stand by and watch the death and destruction, attempts to take matters into his own hands. He works hard to show the young agent the right way and the wrong way to go about the job. He succeeds in swaying Dafoe to his way of thinking and the results are electafying. Never before has a film affected me as much as this one did. I think it should be required viewing in all the schools, churches and shopping malls across the country. It is disturbing and shocking. It is also true. "Anyone is guilty who watches this and pretends it's not happening." answering them, and believe me, it's not pretty. 7 Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe play the two agents assigned to the case. Although Hackman is the senior in years, Dafoe is in charge. He's the young guy on the job and succeeds in making a mess of an even messier situa- (A tion. . Dafoe's character thinks the best way to handle the investigation is by talking to the people. The people in this case are the blacks being murdered and tortured for the simple fact of being black. The trouble with this line of action is that every time a black person talks with an agent, he ends up dead. Dafoe forges stubbornly ahead. People start dropping like flies around him. Houses and churches are burned to the ground, and still, he forges ahead. It is his charac- Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) aids a dying victim of Klu .1 Klux Klan violence. 7IIZUIIllIIl!lll!IIZIIllIIllllllll!lli: :i!llllllllllllIIZ see "movie" on page thirteen n II n n ii 0 0 n 0 0 n n 0 n PRESENTS A VIDEO SHOW Discover an exciting way to travel around the world and continue your undergraduate studies abroad ship. Visit major ports in South America, Africa, the Mediterranean, Middle East and the Orient. More than 60 voyage related university credit courses are offered. 0 n 0 n 0 0 0 n 0 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1 1TH SEMESTER AT SEA Video Presentation 3:30 p.m. Room 463 Marriott Library, Audio-Visual Information Booth 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. First Floor Union BIdg. Associate Director of Admission Wifina. Wencfiing -- 581-58- 49 ; Love Redeemed The Marriage of Figaro - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart In Italian with English supertitles January 19, 21, 23, 26, 1989, 8:00 pm. January 29, 1989, 2:00 pm. CALL FOR TICKETS mm The University of Utah's INTERNATIONAL CENTER will also have an information booth on study abroad in the same location. FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact the INTERNATIONAL CENTER, 159 Union Bldg. .V II :s II mm 533-649- 4 u m m II ic3 fCllIIZIIIInZHllIOIH!I10lIIIIZIIZIIZIOIllllllHllli: ... " Glade Peterson General Director JD |
