| Show V w The valt Like Tribune M3 Inday August Zt 1SX 'Last Temptation of Clirist’ is flawed hut provides thoughtful perspective In the bemtmitig he a raetlt:d tv headarhlj bv voltes tit thinks md' belong to Satan er ) is own Hint r tone tailing him he a going mod Sometimes tie behtvts it a the tone of God In the end as he harg from tht 1'iOb he tobfb in the etbtob) ot d Film re vie tv knowing that yes fitt it ari oauhitt td son that is Ills- Tin Lost ! t tnpia'imi of ( hriM h 'lie ttor) of a man Colled on to he something more than a man a man who like others longs for an ordinary life of marriage and child rear mg lit struggles as do all religious people to understand what God re quires of him A crdnal renew of Martin Nor s new film is made diflu ult In st-- As the film opens Jesus is in con flict with his loyal friend Judas Judas berates Jesus for plying ins arpentry skills to build crosses for the humans Jesus confides thal he s eonfusad that he can t interpret the v oin s It is this central relationship — betwwn Judas and Jesus — that best exempli fies the unorthodox natuie of hi oi sese s film It is Jesus who evtiituall' will command Judas to bttray him to t ht Romans leaving Judas m his uw n pt rsonal crisis Jesus s journey as spiritual leadt i begins when he saves Mary Magda lene from being stoned to ocath preaching love and foigiveness as the way to salvation Jesus s trail to the ross here includes his baptism by John his resurrection of Lararus lus visit with the cynical Rilate It is while on the cross that the films most controversial scene un folds On the verge of losing con sciousness and in extreme pain Jesus dreams he is v lsited by a guardian angel who removes the spikes from his wrists and ankles lifts the crown of thorns from his head and says that God has tried him enough Now lie can live like a common man he can is making the rounds The story begins with wealthy Los Angelenos Mary and Joe 'he runs a construction busmessi honeymoon ing in Jerusalem While he is in the shower she has a vision and Christy arrives nine months later 4 ears later as a senior and cheer leader at Santa Monica iCahf High Chnsty decides not to repeat her big brothers mistakes' by revealing her identity The reaction — since Kaufman began shopping the script to the studios last week The best response so far is someone dove undej Ins desk r-screenwriter Christ' Tt n t ars ago Kaufman r Loe al First Bite ) took a yarn about t'hrist s younger sister hung in con temporary ( aliforma — to Orion Pictures Kaufman said that one ex ecuti'e low'd if another was not so losing 1 he script went bark into the drawer I But figure if Marts Scorsese an show Christ sleeping with Mary is5 $ wu w tn-s- Shoer circuit r Rruii 300 Ml ft r 3 a Vj ' a TyTTT 4 5 Stow Suuhib NvQ fU 7 (X) HR & fW (R) 12 00 2 JO 1010 FISH CALLED 3 16 6 30 "OK HARO' 4 66 7 " HILARIOUS "A RockmCfMM Lotie Seals 2 J?S ' W OT X i4C M 40 THtttMkN i OftfVf (PG 32C IO OWT O) W FUHNT pfVtf mm T!l 4 ?r 4100 SH OO K 4NC A fC bxeti imii limit— KtCCMCY— TM VAC' jlQC ( 9067765 wmow j o rji jtIHAN DAUV 1 15 M f 4“ A ND THE TERROR (R) IN STfREO (1 00) (3 10) 5 20 7 40 10 00 (12 16) (2 30) 4 45 7 00 9 15 CLEAN ANO SOBER (R) (2 35) 7 10 THt RIG BLUt (PG (5 °° 9 30 A IN OOlBY 5Tei?eO rn AT 31 b 515 720 9 30 HE Saj(Ii a OAKVT ew BAANW v 7000 OOM) 124$ VaMN M DAUV AT 300 5 15 745 10 00 emmm DAUV At 1 x 15 315 5 15 7 20 925 toc l g tf£u DAO v AT 5 10 710 310 10 1 ( 3 IN STEREO 00 -- 0- v WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (PG) (12 451 (3 00) 5 00 7 15 9 30 910 OrOCX) HO 64 ' H SO MARRIED TO THE MOB (R) BOB GOLDTHWAIT IN HOT TO TROT (PG) (1 00) (3 00) 5 00 7 159 30 ImEA'M y MARK HARMON IN STEAUNG HOME (PG 13) (12 45) (2 55) 6 05 7 15 9 30 EDDIE MURPHY IN COMING TO AMERICA (RJ (2 30) (4 50) 7 10 9 30 Oenn Cwnmnrwr CBS r' otJWMl MifjMiANO JOHN CLEESE IN A FISH CALLED WANDA (R) OLANUOlu I (M)H jKOtLEY SQUARE as p ’PG Nf 278 4711 vjoi bo BETRAYED IR) IN STEREO (1 00) (4 00) 7 00 10 3 CHUCK NORRIS IN HERO AND THE TERROR (P) (1 IS) (3 IS) 6 15 7 IS 9 30 COCKTAIL Itf) IN STfREO (12 4 5) (3 00) 5 15 7 30 9 46 tob nHfasTatiiHso 466-626- 6 T 23HB 10 969 MAW ALL SCATS 2 - rJt 11 ? 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and dial 2 100 “‘BFTRAYFQ" 6 00 7 a Mr 00 4 JO nny PTtKTU MICHELLE Si Salutaay Matinees 2 adaptation of the Niko Kaantakis novel will open Friday at the Centre Theatre illem Dafoe portrays Jesus in “1 he Last Temptation ol Christ" Martin Scorsese’s W sT -wiuow" lGI 700 V JO RteriMr siHiM mm cos an (j (P&l 7 15 9 30 SoluiOay Matinees 12 JO 2 45 6 00 -- ) Sountiiul - -- the publics ready tor Magdalene The Last Temptation of Christ ‘ as Scorsese points out m a proiogut is a fictional txploation ot this elt mi ntal spiritual tonflict But The Last Temptation is not without its problems It is an adnnia hie but far from pertw t film any thi”g So Christy produce- f a met Religious comedy making rounds Los Angt les T itnes berv ire HOLL4 MX)L) — Veteran Robert Kaufman said that ‘The Last Temptation of Christ is ushering in the second coming of his rtligious corned' P provixa’ive arCstio woik in hich be ixploies what he and Ka CdiilsiXis m t as the dual subsan’t if hnst s haianUakls writes it is a story of the yearning so human so su pel human of man to attain God It is a struggle fought by all people the incessant men lless bat tU between the spmt and the flesh and my soul is the arena wheie tluse two armies have (lashed and Oi as 1 rui ri I the jn u't and rontro'ers' surround mg its opeiiir g On cine hand tlirit s III U limitation — taring the r Ha — to automata ai! pna laim the film a uastt rplei e and It) Us rt hut f tht ar logance of those small minds who ha'e condemned the work without having sttn it On the cither hand Scoistse usitg nov Nikos Karantzakis s l3 ear-olel is reinterpreting events and a life fit Id sacred b' more than a billion i hnstidis Scoiseses adaptation of tibliial events is certainly unortho dox He is working m the realisin' me dtum of film and the notion of a bbli cal storv with explmt depit tious of tht siena i io s violent andstxual lorn pontnts is sure to offend some But Scors'se has deftiv walked the line between exploiting the medium for its power while maintaining a dtgrte of good taste as w ell The Last Temptation of Christ is not a mean spirited flippant or lascivious depiction Nor is it the som It that per and boring quasi-spcct- j usually suffices for biblical epic Si orsese succeeds in niakirg a film cf errv Once e hilij F r A (12 00 5 15 7 45 10 451(3 00) CHUCK NORRIS IN HERO AND THE TERROR (R) (1 00) (3 00) 5 00 7 00 9 15 TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (PG) (12 45) (3 00) 5 IS 7 45 IQ 09V TIMES PUBLISHED ARE FOR TODAY ONLY ) BNTFL BIG (PG) 75 9 REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW BIG? 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