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Show Levinsons Avalon Portrays Immigrant Family actual sets and not reproductions. The cars, clothes and furniture were all real. The real production sets, along with the acting, gave the illusion that someone traveled back to that time with a panaflex camera by Panavision, told a huge family to act as if the camera was not there and began filming. Among the numerous talented actors in the movie are Leo Fuchs, Armin Mueller-Stah- l, by Kevin Williams Forum staff writer- - account of an Avalon is a real-lif- e immigrant family, the Krichinskys, taking the viewers through a time frame of 50 years, extending into the 1960s. Barry Levinson is the director, writer and a coproducer for the film. Three brothers from the old country settle into Avalon in 1914, a Baltimore track housing neighborhood, and with their new wives, pursue the great American dream by hanging wallpaper for a living. America is comprised of traditions brought by immigrants, and this familys tradition was to gather for big group Elizabeth Perkins and Joan Plowright to name a few. Take 126 minutes of your life to see 50 years cf history. The actors of Avalon bring to life the real-lif- e family experience. What I liked best about Avalon were the scenes where the newcomers were figuring out the customs of their new home. Even the children bom in this country needed to figure out the customs of growing up. Everyone, whether they are raised or move to a particular area, are faced with making decisions based on values, beliefs and family customs. Those decisions made this movie very realistic. Levinson used a story of real people in a time that built this country. He also used the visual effects of the time and relied on a large amount of people who lived during the 50s and 60s. This show is extremely heart wanning and made me appreciate my heritage and want to know more about my background and what part it played in building this discussions about their duties and responsibilities to each other. The scenes of family debates and discussions are where the viewer feels the trials and tribulations of settling in a new country. The succeeding generations maintained their respect for family d to tradition, but were still futures. could their better new ideas that One of the sons and one of the nephews open-minde- in the second generation of the original immigrants, changed their last names to reflect the lifestyle of the times and opened a television retail store. The two families eventually moved from Avalon to the suburbs, where their lives Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright, Armin Mueller-StahAidan Quinn, and Kevin Poliak enjoy a neighborhood parade, in funny ties. Avalon cast: l, (1-- r) began to prosper with their new discount Like any family department store. leave and die, and members the biography, this story has its share of both, but still allows the story to continue interestingly. Levinson said that this movie was like watchinghis childhood, which makes sense, Lensman Isnt Exactly Disney, But Its Good by Elizabeth Peterson Forum staff writer The review of Lensman in the Cinema In Your Face magazine made the film sound pretty interesting. The animated film is basedon a series ofnovels calledthe Galactic Patrol, written in the 1930s by E.E. Doc Smith. The film was made as a tribute to Smith, who created the basis for most modern science fiction ideas. The main character in the film, Kimball Kinnison, is a composite character of Luke He Skywalker, Superman and He-mahas unfailing honor and bravery, and even a parent who dies tragically. When Kim is magically endowed with the honored lens, which makes him officially a member of the Galactic Patrol, his father dies a heros suicide, uttering last words about the fulfillment of destiny. Kim finds out later n. graphics set to music. It was reminiscent of The Wall, except for the fact that the songs were sung in Japanese, which doesnt exactly do the same thing for Lensman as Pink Floyd does for The Wall. (It was produced by Kodansha, a Japanese company, and the animation was completed in Japan.) The animation itself was by no means Disney, but it got the point across. The editing, however, was pretty awful. Acouple of times spoken parts were nearly cut off mid-sentenc- e. People actually laughed at some parts of the film, but that doesnt reflect so much on the film as the mentality of the audience. The end of the film was demeaning to the average intelligent adult. It ended with everyone on the crew ship laughing hysterically, just like every Saturday morning or after school cartoon. that his father had helped set up the patrol, but could never be a lensman because ofan It becomes Kims duty to make it back to headquarters with the lens. The lens contains a valuable message that will ensure the defeat of the wicked Boskones, creatures who fly around in giant raisin spaceships and take over planets by supplying the inhabitants with addictive narcotics. The friends Kim meet and the obstacles they overcome in trying to reach headquarters fill the rest of the film. 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Kirn even manages to fall in love with the brave heroine Clarrissa, who is a veritable Princess Leia, right down to the giant sausage roll hair. The film had some really neat computer since the plot parallels his own life and the lives of many of the performers of the film. Levinson had a wonderful response from the citizens of Baltimore in respect to his request for props. Collectors of the area were extremely honored to have a piece of their heritage become part of the film. The television sets used in the 50s and 60s were U S Department ot Health & Human Register for COMM 302-0- 1 - Forum. Pre-re- q: must know how to make good coffee. Forum Page 5 |