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Show Ete. June wt Ng For 13-year-old ‘Jane Eyre’star, period costumes are hardest part By Henry Sheehan Orange CountyRegister Anna Paquin has storyto tell that could probably drive a certain type of actor around the bend. Just Wealso had to look like we werestarving to death and freezing cold when, in fact, we had plenty of food andit was notatall cold. In fact, it was rather Holly Hunterin her first feature, Jane Campion's warm as it usually is in the studios.” For “The Piano,” the period dresses were far more comfortable and nicely made. But that turned Not only that, but Anna, who considers herself a action takes place in a muddy New Zealandrain for- before she was nominated. Nor any of the other Not that Anna mindsrunning around in the muck. “If you'd like to try spending three months in period costume which you'renotallowed to get the tiniest spot of mud on, thenbeing told you get to walk in the mud, I think you'd be pretty happyas well.” she explains. “For three monthsI was told. ‘Oh no, sorry Anna, please don't sit there because you're going to get mud onyour dress, and it won't match continuity blah, blah, blah.’ Then every once in a while, youget to go walk through that enormous big mud patch 13, she won the Oscar for playing the daughter of 1993 “The Piano.” normal New Zealandgirl, hadn't heard of the Oscars prizes — including the Los Angeles Film Critics As- sociation awards — she wonthat year. Most impressive is the girl's demeanor. She was only 11 when she calmy stepped on stage to accept her award. Is that Anna's normal response to excite- ment, to be calm and collected on the outside? “Well, no, actually, that’s not what happens,” she says with little laugh. “If I looked quiet and calm when I was up on that podium, then I did OK, because I wastrying to look quiet and calm. And not as if I was about to start doing backwardflips on the stage, jumping up and down anddoingsomersaults.” Paquin is on screen again, this time playing the childhood version of Charlotte Bronte’s heroine in “Jane Eyre.” She took about a month to film it in England before Christmas and said there was only one seriousdifficulty involved in makin; Young Jane, an orphan, has spent a childhood being mistreated by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children. When the movie begins, she’s being hustled to a crummy boarding school for orphaned girls. Before she departs, she tells Mrs. Reed, played bydistinguished English stage actress Fiona Shaw, just outto be a problem,too, because mostof the movie's est over there; it's a lot of fun If these complaints makeit sound like the young actress finds filmmaking a chore, that’s not the case They wereelicited by a journalist digging for anecdotes. So Paquin makes a point of saying that she doesn't find filmmaking hard workatall “It’s not hardif you're not thinking about it being hard,” she explains. “If you think about howhard it is, it gets hard. But if you're not actually expecting it to be hard and don't really knowexactly what you're doing and are basically just doing as you'retold, it’s not hard.” And anyway, she’s given up on periodfilmsat least for a while. This year, she'll be seen in “Flying whatshethinks of her andherbrattylittle son. Wild,” thelatest feature from Carroll Ballard, direc- “To be perfectly honest, the bit where I tell my aunt that I hate her more than anyoneelse in the tor of “Never Cry Wolf.” Set in Canada, it features Paquin as a young girl who comesacross parentless Boose eggs as they hatch “She adopts them, takes care of them,” Paquin says. “It's coming to be winter. they've got their primaryfeathers and are readyto fly. They need to migrate south for the winter, and in order to avoid entire world except her son,I did havea tiny bit of guilt — that's underestimatingit, actually,” Paquin confesses. “Basically, I had just met her. One minute it was like, ‘Hi, Fiona, how are you’ Nice to meet you.’ Thenthe next minute it was, ‘I hate you more than anyone else in the world except your son!’ I actually went to apologize, because I just felt really bad. Paquinalso had a problem with the period cos- tume, something she’s becoming expert in. In most of her scenes, which take place at the boarding school. she and the other students wear the plain cheaply madeuniformsof the time. But apparently the film's costumers made them with even less thought of girlish comfort than 19th-century milliners did I can't actuallysayit's fun being confined into tight dresses,"’ Paquin says. “I wasn’t able to move very much. They just made heaps of them for the orphans, and theyactuallyhadto alter the dresses of me and the girl who played (Jane's friend) Helen Burns because we found we couldn't raise our arms. clipping their wings or keeping themin cages, she and her father develop this plan. He doesflying with a hangglider. If he could convert his hanggiiderinto a microlight airplane, then they could teach them to followand migrate south. That doesn't work. So they get the idea that I fly the airplanes because I'm the one they supposedlythink of as their mother. Then they follow me, and weboth fly them south for the winter. It’s actually based on a true story The problem camewiththe flying scenes. which are, as usual, largelyshot close to Earth. Typically. it was another costume problem ‘When it was like 90 degrees, you'resitting on the ground in a snowmobile suit for flying, becauseit's supposed tobe cold up there, but course, it’s not on the ground,” she said. That's the kind of thing that’s quite hard sometimes Anna Paquin won the Oscar for her role in Jane Campion’s ‘The Piano. Advertisers will co-opt another meaningful song Designers of the future: By Mark Brown Voodoo Lounge” outtakes. The Orange CountyRegister first In some corporate advertising 8 a office somewhere, there's an ad exec laughing until his Evian comes out his nose It was bad enough when Nike took the Beatles’ “Revolution” to sell overpriced shoes. Now some investment company as co-opted the Chambers Brothers’ 1968 call to arms “Time Has Come Today for a commercial that's airing installment was “Voodoo Brew.” This latest is “Voodoo ° Between A the twothere pare are now eight CDs with 10 hours of music on them — all documenting Stew Stew.” the making of an hour-long album It's excessive, sure. But sadly they're the best Rolling Stones pox sets out there. bootleg le. ae De eee gitimate: if nothing else. their ex. istence points up what a disser. vice has been doneto the Stones that’s hardly one of the Stones’ legacy There's plenty of great mo- dos demos to the final mixes are herein pristine sound, with plen- few monthsago, the highlight of ty of unreleased songs thrown in for good measure the first set is a full dise of Keith Richards with just an acoustic best. Everything from the Barba ments in either box As I wrote a guitar, playing his favorite songs On the new set. there's an entire discof just instrumental mixes of the album “Loveis Strong” and ‘Out of Tears” are OK onthealbum, butin their raw instrumen. tal formsarereal works of classic High school students? his weak lyrics. The core of the By Barbara Gash Knight-Ridder Newspapers When 17-year-old Beyonca Hammons goes to her high school prom this month, she'll Stones — Richards, Ron Wood Charlie Watts — is still strong and own creation Stones beauty: the downfall isn’t so much Mick Jagger's vocals but sure. wear a backless gown of her Hammons started with sketches, then drafted a pat- tern, constructing trial dresses heavily during the NBAplayoffs. The irony, of course. was that to refinethe fit. Her fishtail designin pink iridescenttaffeta is one of four original outfits the song was originally a stern warning to the Establishment that changes were coming. It cameat a time whenradicals were bombing financial institutions very much like the one nowshilling its goods she is modeling in the Oakland Technical Center fashion show on the Royal Oak. Mich. cam- pus The show represents the cul- with the song minationof this year’s Fashion Design andTailoring program at the center. geared toward That's not the end of the song’s history. It had a pivotalrole in the 1978 movie “Coming Home,” a preparation for careers in the film that grappled with the legacy of Vietnam andthe broken livesit left. “Time Has Come Today” was the terrifying music playing while clothing industry maste lor. i4 years Taught for the course in cludes sewing basics. textiles tailoring and dressmaking tech Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda and Jon Voight peered overthe brink into niques, fitting and alterations If that weren't bad enough, behind the song flash images, in- The two high school level classes a@ lectives that give Students madness and death causedbyfallout from the war cluding a ripoffof the baby-swimming Nirvana “Nevermind® dustry.” Griesser says. “I te them the fundamentals, hoping to win them over to sewing and design, but I always encourage Talk about overkill. Vigotone them to goontocollege if possible The Beatles’ “Revolution” was employedtosell over-priced shoes. Legendary singer George Jones tells his side of story Jones, ™ he said. ByDiane Samms Rush Knight-Ridder Newspapers Longtime fans of George Jones know that he hashada colorfullife. Three of his four mar riages were best described as stormy. His ad. dictions to alcohol and cocaineled to his being called “No-Show Jones” for missing perfor- mances. He was a mainstay of the tabloid press in the 1970s, when he was married to fellow performer Tammy Wynette. Jones said in our recent telephone conversation. lief to get this off mychest." “It’s a big re- I had asked him howhefelt about dredging up stories of manyof his escapades, during an interview with Ralph Emery. (“Ralph Emery on the Record With George Jones” will air at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, repeating at midnight, on TNN.) George was candid in the TVinterview, as he was in his just-released autobiography, “I Lived to Tell It All: The Possum Finally In both the book and the Emeryinterview Jones explains that his managers and promoters would book him and take the customary 50 percent earnest moneyup front, withnointen tion of delivering Jones. In the meantime. he said, the promoters and managers would book him for legitimate dates while his no-show reputation grew and gave him morepublicity Also, he said, club owners, knowing of his reputation, would advertise that Jones was coming, though they had never booked him. Thenight of the alleged concert, club owners waited till fans were mellow with drink before announcing that Jones wasn’t there. They'd Suggest that everyone stay and party, and many did. So the clubs profited, even after refunding ticket money. And the no-show leg- end was fueled even more Jones’ life began to change for the better after he met Nancy, his wife of 13 years, who begged him to gointo treatment for his addic. generation of country singers look up to him andwant tosing inhis style. There's somefine girls and boys in this business,” he said, adding that what especially pleased him was that many of them are more traditional in their approach to country than one would know fromlistening to their al bums. A lot of times, when they sing with me, they say they're glad to get back totraditional country, but their labels won't let them. I un. derstand what's happening now Regarding his owncareer, Jones said heis booked for about 120road dates this year. He wantsto cut back to about half that next year But make no misiake, even though Jones will turn 65 on Sept. 12, his reduced road schedulehas nothing to do with age and every thing to do with enjoying his time with Nancy and other special peoplein his life I feel 35," Jones told me. “They've got to Speaks,” co-written with Tom Carter (Villard. tions She saved my life between her and the put up with meas long as they show they want ‘The only thing I wish I could live down is good Lord,” Jones said. He told me he has been sober for 11 years. Tl stay home $23). the no-show thing, being tagged ‘No-Show 4 l asked Jones how it felt to have the new ny me. And when they'retired of me, that's when The way I figureit, George Jones will be around for a long time more. ’ he truly cares about us.” Dareee Wallach said Moreyra learned basic sew ing and pattern-making this year. Shewill model her origi nal strapless black satin eve. ning dress in the fashion show Shealso attends the adult eveningclass at the center. and she and Wailach are enrolled in a summer program at the Fash: ion Institute of Technology in New York Wallach’s first sewing-tailor- ing project, started in January was ambitious, but she loved doing it It’s a black tuxedo. to be wornin the show by her fa ther, Bob Wallach, The jacket and pants are accented by nar. hooked. Theresa Shaouni thinks of fashion design as her for e than half of my stu dents do gointothe fashion in leg box set of Rolling Stones alistic in his expectations. and businesses of their own ia fur. ther education Ther 30 are enrolled this se has come out with a second boot- us and helped with our pro jects, Christine Moreyra a high school junior. “He row bands of black and white handwoven nbbon ur Yeah, it's just a commercial But it's galling to see images, music and ideas that once meant something put into some yuppie nostalgia blender and come out as a craven come-on for some moneychangers dreams of going to New York or Paris for further study Her classmates are also en thusiastic. “From the begin ning, Mr. Griesser encouraged scholastic credit while training students for entry level jobs album cover and other rock-icon images. I was a bad, bad boy,” access to com andindustrial equip. Hammons is planning to study fashion design at Cer Michigan University and Other students are equally personal expression of Koskey Hopeoftenhanc art silk fabric before cor ctin a garment of it Joslyn Hick man, who is c ‘oordinating the show withfrie d Alana Garvin erns for the gar s sh s. She'll be t fashion merchandising at E ichigan University in the 3 |
