Show C4 — The Herald Jou trial Logan Utah Wednesday August 14 2002 SHERMANS LAGOON since rou plcv up that SOUFFLF OUR HALF MmeNcemeoNtop hesMLPtue iMMMeofmt CffBtmSK0V aroonp ear poop mm ns sin poop' MIN6 tfilms l8Daxp8©HM3©m I MANA&PP fD IOOKI STUFF A CMCKFN poop is poop natFSMSKH Un CAUJI $(1888 (F©ir (Fight NEW YORK (AP) — Three decades after the brief ascendancy of blaxploitation movies the people in front of and behind the cameras can still fee) disrespected That’s the most heart-rendi- aspect ng respect of “Baadasssss Cinema” a documentary debuting Wednesday on the Independent Film Chan- CATHY nel (11 RECEIPTS ID DISPOSE Of: UNMOVED SINCE MHN RAPERS ID DUMP: UNTOUCHED SINCE 3 LINE 300 pounos of smnd- - SHINS UNASSEMBLED HOME Off ICE FURNITURE NEW NMZINCr H0W MUCH STRONGER MEBCMtM- INS THINGS INTO THE HOUSE THAN OUT Of THE HOUSE pm) The retrospective kicks off IFC’s blaxploitation tribute featuring “Foxy Brown” Wednesday “Superfly” Thursday and “Shaft’s Big Score” Friday (All four will be rebroadcast 1 Saturday) 'The documentary includes interviews with some of the era’s stars and directors (Pam Grier Gloria Hendry Fred “the Hammer” Williamson Melvin Van Peebles) and clips from memorable movies Academics and film critics also have their say while director Isaac Julien offers the social backdrop for the phenomenon The 1FC Original film’s title is a genuflection to what is generally thought of as the seminal blaxploitation movie Van Peebles’ “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — which Julien calls “the Godardian film of blaxploitation cinema It’s the only art film from the genre All the rest of them are trying to be like BEETLE BAILEY AP Photo Pam Greer appears in a scene from the film "Foxy Brown" in this publicity photo The movie ia among those featured in the Independent Film Channel’s blaxploitation tribute called "Baadasssss Cinema" a documentary debuting today at 11 pm the failures of the black civil rights move- and ment” said Julien who is British-bor- n black and can sound like he’s on the outside looking in By showing drugs as an important element in that failure he said the movies portrayed something about black America “that is not a 'Hollywood films” ' Julien's documentary simply defines blaxfilm of the ploitation as “a commercial-minde- d ’70s for black audiences” The genre which lasted roughly from 1971 to '75 was also characterized by violence funky fashion oversized Afros distinctive R&B and soul and empowered black protagonists both male and female' Often the movies were crime dramas tenanted by pimps and drug dealers — and that’s what drew criticism back then After his movie came out in 1971 Van Peebles remembers: “What Hollywood did — they suppressed the political message added caricature — and blaxploitation was bom ” Van Peebles But even from the get-g- o colored “The acknowledges intellegentsia were not too happy about it” HAGAR THE HORRIBLE positive image” Noting similar complalints this year when Denzel Washington won an Oscar for playing a cop Julien said “You still from a certain articulated discourse that get black perspective where they say ‘But these are negative images these are not positive I just think images of that’s just such a ridiculous way of looking at - COUU? we &er THROUGH ONJE M6AL WITHOUT HAVl Sl3 AH APSUAAENT ?? Williamson who played in the National Football League before taking up acting says with some anger: “NAACP and CORE — they're the ones who created this terminology: black exploitation That has to be clear on the record It came from them It didn’t come from the white press” v He wonders: “Who was being exploited? All the black actors were getting paid They had a job They were going to work The audience wasn’t being exploited They were getting to see things on their screen that they had longed for” Hendry — whom Julien calls “the Halle Berry of the ’70s” — also resented the term “How dare you pigeonhole us?” says the actress who appeared in “Black Caesar’’ “Hell Up in Harlem” and “Slaughter's Big Rip-OfGrier star of “Coffy” “Foxy Brown” and ' Quentin Tarantino's 1997 blaxploitation tribute “Jackie Brown" recalls in the film that critics would say: “Oh my God we shouldn't show pimps to white America They'll think we’re all like this Oh my Gold can we do other films?” Her rebuttal: “Yeah but no one will come and see ’em” Julien who has taught film at New York and Harvard universities said in an interview that the vitriolic reaction to blaxploitation movies PEANUTS WHAT MAKES YOU THINK JTS ANY HOTTER NOW THAN IT ALWAYS IS? -Z- C African-American- ' New on Julien — who previously made a documentary on black music “The Darker Side of Black” — said maybe a hundred films were made during blaxploitation's heyday and “probably not more than 10” were interesting Some prints already are lost It’s Still he said: “Blaxploitation lives on definitely part of the language of Hollywood cinema” The recent parody “Undercover Brother" home-vide- starred Eddie Griffin as an Afro-toppagent for a clandestine outfit called the BROTHERHOOD And “Austin Powers' in Goldmember” rs Beyonce Knowles as crime fighter Foxxy Cleopatra ' Besides “Jackie Brown” Tarantino’s movies have made nods to the blaxploitation era In “Reservoir Dogs” there’s a discussion of “Get TV series that Christie Love” — a mid-’7tried to capitalize on the genre’s popularity — and in the catalytic scene in “True Romance” which he wrote the characters are watching the movie The Mack” Meanwhile black films and filmmakers have gone in various directions defying easy categorization “Genres come £nd go” Tarantino says in ed co-sta- ’70s-inspir- ed 0s ’ “Baadasssss Cinema” “It’s only been in the last six years that all these actors who were associated with these movies can actually talk proudly about them They always had to kind of like almost apolo- gize for them Because they took such heat” videoD VD By David Garmaln AP Movie Writer Selected s’ film” f” MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM ’ could be attributed to a lot of anger at the time “In an allegorical sense they epitomized all o But the disc carries no bonus material Here’s hoping thd studio has a special edition DVD reissue on thedrawing board DVD $2999 (Miramax) releases: “In the Bedroom’' The indie triumph that earned Academy Award nominations for best picture stars Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson and Marisa Tomei and Todd Field and Rob Festinger (Field also directed) Spacek and Wilkinson play parents who move from grief to vengeance after a tragedy resulting from their son’s involvement with an older woman (Tomei) It seems reasonable for cinema 'lovers to expect a fully loaded DVD tracing this unas- suming little film’s path from bare bones under $2 million production to acclaim at the Sundance and Toronto filirifestivals to almost $40 million at the box office FOXTROT REAL LIFE ADVENTURES Win CLOSE TO HOME Quh: The heart pumps (a) oxygen (b) junk r: food around the body "And one you hove repaired the chimney m : give you the key to unlock your frwootf Next paint the garage and IHglvo you the location of your titanium driver"-- ' ' I':''" h4il li t V ' i L Murphy play policemen mismatched sidekicks who are paired up bn a reality-T- V cop show engineered by a calculating producer (Rene Russo) The movie’s a tepid satire mixed with a standard buddy-co- p plot about drug and arms deal- ing' The DVD has about 12 minutes of deleted and alternate material half of which is made up of fairly amusing takes of Murphy improvising ' a soliloquy The disc also has a making-offeturette DVD $2698 (Warner Bros) a- at bridge By Phillip Alder ' “Showtime' For a change Robert De Niro and Eddie Charity bridge events are played around the world One of the oldest is the Charity r Challenge held annually in England AfterWard the ' entrants receive a booklet with af commentary about the deals which always adds flavor to an event For one thing you1 are almost certain to disagree with something the analyst v wrote Today's deal occurred in this year’a event which : raised almost $15000 forthfe v National Society for the Prevention of purity to Chil- dren Look only at the West hand If the bidding goes as given what would you lead? 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