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Show 8M The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, January 18, 1985 Warm and insightful psychological studies In rock composer John Prines music, the stories ring true the New Yorker. The song describes a gamed wide exposure through other Midler recorded Hello artists. Bette .. in There, a tender look at the way old people are frequently brushed aside. Don Williams had a No. 1 country single in 1983 with Love Is on a Roll, which Prine wrote with Roger Cook, and John Cougar Mellencamp included Jackie 0, which Prine cowrote with the rock singer, on his latest album. But Prines own records have not stormed the sales charts, though and concerts have attracted enough new Prine fans over the years for his 1971 debut LP to be nearing the 500,000 mark by now. Coarse vocals The problem is that Prine has never found a place on the airwaves. Radio programmers are uncomfortable with his coarse vocals and his freewheeling mix of pop, country, folk and rock strains. He doesnt fix exactly into any of those categories. Apparently convinced there is no way around the radio hurdle, record companies prefer to deal with safer, though far less gifted, pop entities. They look at Prines sales fipures rather than listen to his artistry. Thats why you may have to order his new album by mail, though Prines manager, A1 Bunetta, said some chains are stocking it. Return to folk Prine, who moved into some radical rock textures in 1979s Pink Cadillac album, returned to his early largely acoustic setting in his last album, the frequently dark and despairing Storm Windows. In Aimless Love, which was recorded during the last 276 years, Prine shifts to a slightly more country feel. There are moments of brightness and humor in the LP, but the heart of Aimless Love deals with people who are nearly immobilized by their loneliness: a guy alone with his bottle in Me, Myseif and I; a woman sitting alone at a bar in The Oldest Baby in the World, trying to resolve her sweet dreams and her faded looks. The character in the albums title track is nervous about even looking for love; afraid to have his heart touched; without a glove. The albums most gripping tale is Unwed Fathers, which Prine cowrote with Bobby Braddock. Its a marvelous blend of indictment and art. The lyrics, would be equally at home on the pages of Ms. magazine or By Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times Writer LOS ANGELES One of the rewards of being a pop critic is that you get hundreds of albums a year delivered to your desk. One of the drawbacks is that you and have to listen to most of them most are so dreary that major record companies ought to be ashamed to put their logos on them. his John Prines Aimless Love" first album in almost five years deserves to be on critics Top 10 lists. Dont be surprised if Aimless Love, a warm and insightful series of psychological studies, ends up on some of those lists. pregnant Appalachian Womans plight, unsupported by the childs father. A sample line: From a teen-ag- e lover, To an unwed mother, Kept dercover, Like some bad dream. un- Rather than dwell on the potential melodrama in the songs, Prine sings with a reporters detachment, wrapwhich are as ping the stories as imagining someone you love feeling helpless and unwanted are in melodies that perhaps that he was moving into more of a rock drection. But Prine wanted these sonjs released before he moved on. Aireless Love" can be ordered ($9) through Records, as warm as a babys first laugh. Bunetta said record companies did show interest in Prine a. ter he wrote Jackie O Oh-Bo- y Box with Mellencamp, sensing 67800-533- Lo Angeles 90067, 3, word-of-mou- th Authors experience Until I read John OHaras Appointment in Samarra during my first year of high school, I didnt real- - RECORDS TAPES DURAN DURAN ize that much of the most powerful fiction is drawn from an authors own experience. I had previously thought of novelists as people who simply used their imagination to make up stories. OHaras book changed my thinking because some scenes seemed to describe people and events that I had encountered. They rang true. Prines music, too, rings true. It speaks with consistent insight and heart His lyrics, which add interesting twists to often familiar or sentimental images, come as close to the grace and discovery of poetry as you get in a pop song. Several of Prines songs have Now on VHS & Beta -- SING BLUE SILVER VHS rot if Bea.--i STEBfo This documentary of Duran Durans 1984 American tour is packed with witty and spontaneous incidents From the mformalitv of pool halls to the tense build up of a major show this film captures the fun and reality of the three months during which Duran Duran played 51 shows This video includes music taken from four Duran Duran albums, including Duran Rio '. ' Seven and the Ragged Duran Tiger and their newest album, "Arena" d, John Prine releases new album VIDEO 85 minutes Coux TVF TXF THORN 285? JUST EMI SOUND TAPES RECORDS VIDEO W. 7200 S. W. of Stokes Bros.) 48 (Just Sale Ends Sunday February 3rd 566-02- Hours: THE SUNDANCE PARK CITY, UTAH INSTITUTE free parking Plenty of Mon.-Sa- JANUARY PRESENTS 52 t. 10-- 9 Sun. Noon-- 18 THRU JANUARY 27 a Rl m 3 3 C D c-- Independent Film: Premiere 8 00 pm January Cntre Theatre, Broadway & State Salt Lake City, $1000 78, Friday, 3 C THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN Dramatic Competition Friday January 25, 4 00pm Egyptian Theatre Saturday January 26, 4 00pm Egyptian Theatre Sunday January 27, 8 00pm Egyptian Theatre, $4 00 C L a Independent Film: Dramatic Competition Saturday, January 19, Egyptian Theatre, 5 00 pm Tuesday January 22, Egyptian Theatre, 8 00pm Friday January 25 Holiday Village Cinema II, $4 00 II c-- Independent Film: Independent Film: Dramatic Competition Dramatic Competition Friday January 25 6 00pm $400 19 3 00 p m. Egyptian Theatre Monday, January 21, 6 00 pm Egyptian Theatre, $4 00 BLOOD SIMPLE VAMPING Egyptian Theatre Saturday, January 26, 8 00 pm Saturday January , HEARTBREAKERS ALMOST YOU T a $ International Showcase ; Wednesday January 23, Holiday Village Cinema I, 5 00pm Thursday, January 24 Holiday Village Cinema I 5 oopm., . u ?Z $400 WHERE THE ? - GREEnI ANTS DREAM i- t H- Director Werner Herzog Producer Lucki Shpetic Principal Cast Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye Car v i - 4rk 46 John ScHesinger Producer Gabriel Katzka Edward Teels Principal Cast Timothy Hutton Sean Penn, Lori Singer wo boyhood friends from Southern California made headlines m 1977 after they were captured and later sentenced to prison terms for selling classified information to the Soviet Director 7 r Union Hutton), Christopher Boyce (Timothy code-name- " The Falcon. ' stole plans for American spy satellites Daulton Lee (Sean Penn) 'The Snowman," carried them to the Russian Embassy m Mexico City where they were sold to the Soviets Ones motive was fo protest his country's military policy and the others was to finance a drug smuggling operation. Based on Robert Lindsays best selling novel and from the director code-name- of MIDNIGHT COWBOY, SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST and MARATHON MAN comes this complex tale of friendship and extraordinary espionage Producer Mark Upson Principal Cast Brooke Adams, Griffin Dunne. Karen Young, Marty Watt magme a romantic comedy that arts off with the leading lady getting run over by a taxi How about a love story about a man trying to leave his wile7 Sounds mixed up, right 7 ALMOST YOU is a 'relationship" human affection is offered with macabre humor It is a film m which bittersweet story where the mam characters tall out ol love before the story begins and tall back in love after the story ends The film is about everything in between Alex and Erica Boyer (Griffin Dunne and Brooke Adams) play a young married couple who don't get along very well They are bored alone and they are bored together They think maybe a vacation might help As Enca is leav ig the travel agency with airline tickets in hand, she is suddenly struck by a taxi So much for the vacation Her three week convalescence provides Alex with incentive to do some extra marital shopping fi&n oQ&rtQRa), Director Bobby Roth Bob Wes Bobby Roth Principal Cast Peter Coyote Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure Max Gail James Laurenson Carol Wayne Jamie Rose Kathryn Harrold Produce's n HEARTBREAKERS two men m hen thirties artist Arthur Blue iPeter Coyote) and businessman Eh Kahn Nick Mancuso) best friends s nee childhooa hnd their relationship severely tested when each is suddenly caught up m his respective struggle for love arw success ( WJh Coyote playmg a contemporary L A painter and Mancuso playmg a well dressed very straight businessman who inherits his lather's business the two maintain their friendship despite their d'sparate ufestyies Each sees m the other the very thing that they Blue themselves seem to lack sees Eh as successful al love and money and Eh sees Blue as creative, unique and spontaneous Each man's search tor security dominates their friendship, as they compete lor love and professional recognition mo immm T Pioducer Ethan Coen Principal Cast John Getz Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M Williams Emmet Walsh Samm-Ar- t lack humor abundant originality fj and a brilliant visual style make D Joel Coen's BLOOD SIMPLE a directorial debut ol extraordinary promise," so says Janet Mashn in the New York Times A great deal of dying is done in BLOOD SIMPLE and none of it done right The plot concerns four people a bar owner his wife, the bartender whom the wife runs off with, and the unscrupulous and scuzzy private detective hired by the forlorn husband to kill the runaway couple Their paths cross, and tangle to the point where the plot becomes a series ol ingenious mistakes and misapprehensions When the bartender, lor instance, finds (he bleeding lifeless body of the bar owner he thinks the wife shot her husband, he loves her so much that he cleans up the mess and takes the body a way to bury i( But the bbdy is not so dead as it should be This him has a ghoulish potential, but its visual cleverness and hilarious mood make it ultimately a real audience pleaser Director Frederick King Keller Executive Producers Nathan Boxer Patrick Duffy Frederick King Keller Principal Cast Patrick Duffy Catherine Hyland, Rod Arrants, Fred A Keller, David Booze promising jazz saxophonist Baranski (Patrick Duffy), burned out, lacking musical inspiration and in financial trouble, returns to his hometown, Buffalo, Once N Y, from gigs in New York and Paris After meeting the Fat Man, a powerful fence and antique dealer, Harry reluctantly agrees to robbery for hire The target is to be a house left unattended during a funeral During the break-i- Harry steals a large sapphire and diamond ring, but is nearly discovered when the beautiful woman of the house returns from her husband's funeral Harry falls lor her and returns later to the scene ol the crime determined to meet her under better circumstances cm RESE R.ViAJJO N S yi t'erner Herzog has returned wf from the Australian outback with-- ? this vivid and stylized chronicle of the? clash of old and new cultures On a desolate stretch of central Australia, a giant uranium mining company is f TST threatening the sacred Aboriginal tribal gounds, holy lands, where itb believed that the green ants gather dream The Aborigines fear that if their 40,000 year old legend is 2.2 desecrated disaster will follow The 222 companys ostensible willingness to -cooperate, attempts at bribery f'"" - intimidation and confrontation, and 222 finally blasting bring the matter to a .222 The Australian Supreme CourtZZZ becomes the forum where the head legend ol the Aborigines must casb222 with English Law Herzog has said, JC2 isn't simply an environmentalist him We did not want to be like anthropo logical researchers, strictly following their rules I wanted to show legend: and mythology that come closer to thinking and way of life of the Aborigines Tickets available in Park City at Memorial Building 427 Main Street or at the theatres beginning one hour prior to the event. 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