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Show RIO - THE REEL - RED APR2S-2QQ- Widow' Follows Leconte's String of Good Films "The Widow of St. Pierre" Lions Gate Directed by Patrice Leconte Produced by Frederick Brillion, Gilk-- Legrand Screenplay by Claude Fcraldo Starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Ernir Kustarica, Michel Duchaussoy s four) by Jeremy Mathews M of the St. Pierre the only ones eligible for the job, and none of them want it. So the prisoner, Neel Auguste (Emir Kustarica) is left in his dark cell, waiting to die. The military captain and jailer's (Daniel Auteuil) wife, who everyone calls Madame La (Juliette Binoche), takes pity on the prisoner and asks to take him out of the cell so he can help people around town and tend to the garden. Her husband understands her feelings and obliges. Soon, Neel is recognized around town as a good man now that he is sober. After various acts, the townspeople begin to like him and don't want to see him executed. The main interest of Claude screenplay is not the execution, however, but the relationship between the three main Fer-aldo- 's adame La sits in the cor ner of an empty room. looking out the window. What is she looking at? A memory perhaps. As "The Widow of St. Pierre" opens, she states in the voice-ove- r that the film is based on actual records from St. Pierre, a French fishing island, in the year 1849. The story created from the records is one of a drunken man who commits a senseless murder. He is sentenced to execution, but there is no guillotine (which the French sometimes refer to as a "widow" an element lost in the translation). There is also no executioner. And since it is bad luck to take one on a boat, no captain will carry one to St. Pierre. This leaves the people Love MvJ :" " V - mi .1 Juliette Binoche plays Madamt 111 La in "The Viidovi Pun, Raeecar Movie "Driven" Warner Bros. Pictures Directed by Renny Karlin Produced by Elie Sam aha, Sylvester Stallone, Renny Harlin Written by Sylvester Stallone , Starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue.Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Esteila Warren, Cristian de la Fuente mini . & XT "111 J VC J?. nrrfriUHrj in of St. Pierrt.' ing, Jimrny Blye (Kip Pardue, or if my suspicions are correct, art uncredited Beck). Part of the "it" that Stallone "threw all away" was his wife, rCathy (Gina Gershon, "Showgirls! Showgirlsl Showgirls!"), who left him for fellow racer Memo Moreno (Cristian de la Fuente, People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Ever"). There are no hard feelings (of four) see WIDOW, poge.RH 1 by Brent Sallay between 'drivel' Somewhere lies "Driven," conceived, written, funded, starring and screened in select cities by Sylvester Stallone. Yeah, that's right, if you scratch the right combo off your popcorn box, old Sly'll even come home with you and wash your damn car. Here's a plot summary comin' at ya Note: For full effect, take newspaper out in street near construction zone, shake newspaper violently, and ogle women with your other eye. Stallone stars as Joe Tanto, sage old race car expert who "threw it all away" when he was young. Carl Henry (Burt Reynolds) calls him in to star in his own movie, the Renny Harlin film "Driven," and also to give moral support to the "next big thing" in cart rac between the two racers, but that doesn't keep Gershon who really should consider getting the ends of her mouth soldered shut, if not the whole damned thing from snipping out every other line through that insipid beak of hers. Blye is overwhelmed by his team's high expectations for him, as well as by his love interest, Sophia Simone (Esteila Warren), who still has feelings for rival driver Beau Brandenburg (Til Schweiger, the foreign guy with the temper from "SLC Punk"). Yadda yadda yadda, some other stuff happens, people get mad and say stuff they don't mean, and in the end they all kiss and make up. The film is not without a thorough plot. But oh, the driving! The smashing and the fuel! The adrenaline and the fast editing! It's almost sexual, you think. see DRIVEN, page R12 and Loyalty, Beautifully Sung A Lot 47 with her. Within that same day, the two are married. Life seems to be heaven on earth until the Woo governor (Mongryong's father) must move to Seoul. Being that their marriage is a secret, Mongryong must leave with his family and study for his exam to become an emissary. He and Chunhyang exchange eternal "Chunhyang" Films Production P, joduced by Lee Tae Won Directed by Im KwonTaek Screenplay by Kim Myoung Kon Starring Lee Hyo Jung, Cho Seung t2&(offou,) by Katherine Marlowe pledges, and Mongryong swears one day he will return for her. Three years pass and Chunhyang hears nothing from her husband, and yet she remains completely faithful to him. Because of her desire to be monogamous, her life becomes see page R12 fir hunhyang" is a lovely f feast for the eyes as well as a novel approach to storytelling. The film has the feel ( of a fairy tale, an opera and a folk tale, combining both song and visuals to tell much of the story. Our tale begins on a stage where a pansori or Korean singing storyteller delivers the first few notes of his song. He sings the love story of Chunhyang and Mongryong, the daughter of a courtesan and the son of a governor. The film is narrated through song by the pansori, and the action cuts between his performance on stage and the visual story he tells. At times, his e song and the of the characters become one, and he sings over their voices. This method of storytelling becomes very engrossing to the viewer, pulling you irTto the story through the visuals and the poetic nature of the song. The story itself is a rather simple one. Mongryong sees Chunhyang from a CHUNHyANG, "Driven" is about driving. Get it? It's a pun. rauMwrnFiimiiuiji . "Chunhyang" isatal of lov told through tht framing sany m MJW Ssa (t device of a Korean linger and storyteller. dia-icgu- distance and immediately falls in love Directed by Im Kwon taek, the film followt two lover through a scent marriegt a la "Romeo and Juliet." Sylvester Station plays Joe Tango, a washed - up former rectcar driver who is called back in. |
