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Show 6M The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, January 31, 1986 lIVi INTIRTAINMINT Complex film flawed by simple treatment By Terry Orme Tribune Staff Writer When you consider how women are portrayed in many Hollywood films, it Is easier to forgive the male portraits in German director Margarethe von Trottas Sheer Madness. But the flat characterizations are annoyingly manipulative nonetheless, and detract from if diswhat is often an interesting film. turbing Sheer Madness explores the dark, and ultimately tragic, relationship that grows between two women. Olga (Hanna Schygulla) teaches women's literature at the local cola woman lege. She's with more than one man in her life. Ruth (Angela Winkler) is the direct opposite. Shes introverted, unable to communicate with others. She is dependent on her husband, who turns that dependency into a cruel manipulation. Olga and Ruth meet under bizarre circumstances. They are both guests at a common friends house in the country. One night Ruth disappears, spurring a search. Olga finds her hiding in a cavern built for wine storage. Ruth is sitting in the dark with a noose around her neck. From this haunting beginning, von Trotta spins a story about the friendship that grows between these two and the jealousy and anger it arouses in their lovers. Ruth is an artist whose psychosis is reflected in the fact that the only art IST IS J 0 &MaQ'ic 1075 presents o 0 Q 6) o 0) o 0 Q Qgj G ; ; ! KA1," MEET MR. F.X. BROWN Kingsbury Hall University of Utah Three performances: January 31 & February 1st 8 PM Matinee, Feb. 1st 2 00 PM Mat. 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"MARK TWAIN" starring she creates is black and white copies of the masters The suggestion is that she has been smothered artistically, as well as psychologically, by her husband who has his own psychotic fear of losing his wife. Yet, there is a hint that Ruth is capable of more, and that, indeed, she has an entire body of unseen work that is uniquely her own. There are instances when von Trotta inserts a feeling of hope that Ruth will climb out of her shell. These moments are soon dashed, though, ny the machinations of her husband. The virtues of this film are found in the performances by Schygulla and Winkler as their characters grow into a complex friendship. Olga and Ruth are like opposites who feed off one another. The fact that they are so different is what attracts them to each other. Von Trotta effectively takes us inside these characters. We experience Ruths strange dreams, filmed in black and white, and are left wondering what they mean. The problem with Sheer Mad:; ,s comes when the film begins to simplify the complex situation it has created. The men can't cope wi.h Olga and Ruths friendship because it threatens their own relationships with these women. What begins as a provocative and complex look at the needs and wants of friendship eventually turns into a shrill diatribe against mens manipulation of women. Sheer Madness is in German with English subtitles. It begins a limited run Friday at the Blue Mouse. IIVI INTIRTAINMINT IIVI INI IBTAINMINT IS BIST tSI The SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER Night Vision series continues at center A retrospective of James Dean films will be featured during February at the Utah Media Centers ight Vision series. The media center will show the three films in which Dean starred: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. The second series for February at the media center is entitled Unforgettable Love Stories, four films from the 40s by such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Mervyn LeRoy and Max IS 572aWJ SBSDEk III TRIAD CENTER 82B0ETO "QieQatheringfPIace rw Ophuls. The media centers Contemporary Cinema series selection for the month is A Diary for My Children, by Hungarian director Marta Meszaros. The film took top honors at last year's New York Film Festival. It will play Feb. 7, 8 and 9. All films are shown in the Salt Lake Art Center Auditorium, 20 S. West Temple. Tickets are $3 for adults, $2.50 for senior citizens and $1.50 for children. Double features are $4 for adults, $3 for children. Heres the schedule for the month: Letter from an Unknown Woman Max Ophuls directs Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan is this story about a womans lifelong infatuation with a musician. (Friday and Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 p.m.) East of Eden James Dean stars in Elia Kazan's adaptation of John Steinbecks novel about two sons who compete for the love of their father. (Friday, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7.30 p.m.; Sunday, 5:30 p.m.) A Diary for My Children This 1984 film tells of a rebellious young d woman coming of age in War II Hungary. (Feb. 7 and 9, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 8, 5:30 and 9:30 p.m.) "Waterloo Bridge Mervyn adaptation of a Robert Sherwood play stars Vivien Leigh as a MR. MISTER JAMES TAYLOR JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP SCATHED WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD SAOE. PROMISE JAMES JOHN COUGAR K3JLENCAMP SCARECROW Rfva Portrait MAGIC TOUCH including EverydaySong Fof khj Far Away FEATURING LONELY OL NIGHT. SMALL TOWN & RAIN ON THE SCARECROW Ma MOTOR WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD RCA STANLEY JORDAN THATS WHY I'M HERE moMERE THATS WHY M CduwtHa sAAiis ZAPP MEUSA MORGAN The New ZappIV Do Me Baby U ih?5j post-Worl- III 's who enters into a doomed love affair with an English army officer played by Robert Taylor. (Feb. 7, 9:30 p.m.; Feb. 8, 7.30 p.m.; Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.) Rebel Without a Cause" James Dean stars with Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo in this drama about a teenager at odds with his insensitive parents. (Feb. 14, 9:30 p.m.; Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16, 5.30 p.m.) Bette Davis "Now, Voyager" plays a spinster who, through the help of her psychiatrist (Claude Rains), breaks out of her shell. With Raul Henreid. (Feb. 14 and 16, 7.30 p.m.; Feb. 15, 9 30 p.m.) Giant" James Dean joins Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor in George Stevens epic about two generations of Texas cattle barons. (Feb. 21, 9 p.m.; Feb. 22, 6 15 p.m.; Feb. 23, 5.15 p.m.) "Notorious" Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains star in this combination love story and espi- - . HEART HEART DIONNE WARWICK FRIENDS DOKKEN UNDER LOCK AND KEY Capitol Arista EJektra c TAIRSIHIP FREDDIE JACKSON Rock Me Tonight MSUSA MORGAN THStSWXfH DO KE EASY Capital '' ' v . WHITNEY HOUSTON knee deep in the hoopla & Arte I Include: wt built ti FREDOE JACKSON ROCK ME TONIGHT KNEE DEEP IN THE HOOPLA WHTTNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY HOUSTON Capitol Grunt Arteta STARSHP Tia MMPLEMMDS ONCEUPONA 7IKE A AM .& essui ... 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