Show UNSEED O TKiis 375b OIL Bwsaew Mtoft SEMI TRANSPARENT EXTERIOR STAIN Rm $1195 Ask tits sxpsrts As a Jesuit pnest von Sydow is an oasis of compassion SI 250 IA BY WEBER PAINT 222 W 36TH STREET OGDEN 383-443- 1 PAUL D HOPKINS DOS Complete Family Dentistry INCLUDING ORTHODONTICS (Call about our 80 plan) IN ROY 773-96- k 11 DAIIURUPTCY? ADVERSE CREDIT? no cnEDiT? OVER FINANCED Let us help establish or your credit while driving the new or used car or truck of your choice or any of our bank owned vehicles with little or no down payment today OAC Call 24 hours 451-604- 0 r nrYouNG's PONTIAC GMC CADILLAC 570 N MAIN LAYTON UTAH 544-344- 2 5 ' GWffi ROBERT DIMATTEO auras - a actors Certain blend have of qualities that they carry from role to role But the Swedish actor Max von Sydow seems to have two auras - one that shines through in his Scandinavian films and another that comes through in his American ones In Ingmar Bergman classics like “The Seventh Seal” (1956) and the 1988 epic "Peile the Conqueror” von Sydow exudes a sense of moral gravity In American films like “The Kremlin Letter" (1970) and “The Exorcist” (1973) he’s a darker often villainous presence Now "Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes" (airing Monday Aug 6 on NBC) gives von Sydow a role that is more in keeping with his European films Playing a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima during the American bombing of that city von Sydow is an oasis of quiet compassion in the middle of chaos “Out of the Ashes" is the often harrowing tale of what happened after the United States dropped a single atomic bomb with the explosive force of 25 million pounds of TNT on the Japanese city on Aug 6 1945 Networks don’t often premiere prestige projects in the middle of the summer but NBC is airing "Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes” to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the event The movie is a story anchored by the humanistic presence of von priest Father Siemes “I liked liked the project” the idea and said the actor recently over the 1 phone from Sweden "I think it’s important we are reminded of the mistakes that have been committed in history So many people are too young to remember anything about World War II And there is so much talk now about nuclear weapons I think it's good to bring this catastrophe back to our consciences We must learn from history" In addition to Father Siemes the film’s interwoven episodes feature two American airmen (Judd Nelson and Ben Wright) shot down before the attack Dr Hara (Stan Egi) a research doctor thrust into the situation of caring for casualties a post- - 1' interwoven tragedies: scenes from Hiroshima man (Pat Morita) whose son is and American whose missing daughter-in-lais pregnant and two Japanese mothers (Kim Miyori o of "St Elsewhere” fame and Ohama) searching for their schoolboy sons As these characters wander through the smoky rubble-strew- n landscape hysteria and suffering all around them one is moved - at the same time that one wants to look away from the screen As Americans we carry the legacy of responsibility for the bomb: Right or wrong it was our use of it that inaugurated the era known as the atomic age "Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes" builds on that awareness without resorting to harangue Filmed in a desolate area of Los Angeles the drama creates a conwasteland One of vincing post-nuk- e the strongest images occurs after the bomb’s ' detonation: A kind of chemical "black rain" pelts the people It’s inky and horrible Equally chilling: A woman combs her hair which is falling out at the roots while she and another woman talk about how they always wanted to look like American movie stars The NBC movie conveys the courage that ultimately saved the people of Hiroshima “It took these people two weeks to realize what had happened to them" said von Sydow "They thought the Americans had poured gasoline over the city Or poisonous powder But nobody really knew what it was They weren’t Nat-suk- informed” STANDARD-EXAMINE- |