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Show life MONDAY• SEPTEMBER 26• 2005 Burton proves stop motion puppetry isn't dead A9 Staying together From PARALLAX -A8 Luke Hickman Movie Editor For those of us who enjoyed "The Nightmare Before Christmas," Tim Burton has granted us another chance to dive into his odd world of stop motion Him with "The Corpse Bride." "The Corpse Bride" tells the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a shy guy whose family has arranged his marriage to Victoria, a beautiful girl raised by uptight poor parents. After an accidental rendezvous, Victor and Victoria really fall for each other. After stressing out during rehearsal, Victor finds himself in the woods practicing his vows. While practicing putting the ring on, Victor slips the ring over what he thinks is a tree branch, but it is actually the decomposed finger of Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), the Corpse Bride, committing himself to her. The Corpse Bride, even though completely predictable and not too original, is entertaining. This film is filled with disgusting and disturbing dead characters doing unimaginably gross things. My favorite character was the Egor-Iike maggot that lives behind the constantly falling out eyeball of only four people on this planet who still understood and practiced the meaning of being "Straight Edge." Straight Edge was never meant to pose for violence, or being "un-accepted" if you weren't straight edge. Bcnnick: Hardcore is aggressive. Of that there is no doubt. It's what drives the music. But when the line between expression of aggression and outright violence get crossed, people start to get hurt and they move out of the scene completely. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Studio Johnny Depp teams up with Tim Burton again, as the voice of Victor VanDort in this fall's The Corpse Bride. Emily. Even though rated PG, "The Corpse Bride" might not be suitable for all ages. Adults will most likely be able to laugh at the demented nature of it all. What is really unique about this movie is that the stop motion puppets were made of stainless steel covered in silicon. There were also no video cameras used for filming. It was shot completely with regular old single shot digital cameras and edited with Apple's Final Cut Pro program. The bottom line is, if you do not like "The Nightmare Before' Christmas" or any of Tim Burton's other works, then don't even bother seeing "The Corpse Bride." Lord of War confronts job morals Luke Hickman Movie Editor In the style of this summer's social problems film "Crash," "Lord of War" takes a brutal stab at the morality of our people toward the aspect of guns. With that in mind, know that "Lord of War" is nothing like 2003's "'Runaway Jury." Even though filled with satire to lighten the dark subject matter, this one hits viewers a lot harder. One thing I'm loving about the direction that major film |: • is turning is how ff: named artists and : directors are doing projects that won't necessarily earn them the big bucks, but credibility and integrity. They're doing shows that have meaning. "Lord of War" was written, produced" and directed by An- Courtes y of Lions Gate Films drew Niccol ("Gat- Sammi Rotibi and Nicolas Cage star taca," events. "The Truman Show"), a man known for pointing out flaws in our current or potential society. The main points in the film are based on actual events that happened from 1982 to present. Nicholas Cage (who also helped to produce the film) stars as Yuri Orlov, a man who sees the arms dealing industry as much of a necessity as the restaurant industry. "People always have to eat." Showing their support on the topic of the film are a num- ber of great supporting actors. Ethan Havvke ("Gattaca," "Training Day") plays an Interpol agent trying to bring Yuri down. Ian Holm ("Lord of the Rings") plays a competing arms dealer. Bridget Moynahan ("The Recruit") plays the "dream girl" that Yuri pursues. Also proving how much heart has gone into this film, Amnesty International, a huge human •~--']r.[y^\'r-~~~'"':' 1 " - '-•'. ' """_.•' "•••." rights c o m p a n y , is standing to help promote this film. "Lord of War" is filled with thoughtprovoking ideas that can pull you in either direction. For example, Ethan Hawke's character poses the question, "What is the real weapon of mass destruction: a nuclear weapon that hasn't been used against another human being in decades, or the guns found throughout the world that take in Lord of War, based on actual countless lives everyday?" In another scene, Nicholas Cage defends his business by comparing guns to cigarettes and cars, which also take lives everyday. "Lord of War" may be hard for some people to sit through with its graphic and all-too-real portrayal of society. It is bloody and violent, but at the same time powerful and bold. If you want to see a film that, in my opinion, should be up for some awards next year, do not miss "Lord of War." movie review/ Taylor: When my band played before Parallax we encouraged kids to "dance" and a lot of people got roughed up. Blake gave one of his speeches after we played about how he didn't like violence at shows, and scolded us for promoting it. He just loved Provo and didn't like seeing kids get hurt. Bennick: Salt Lake City has always been a rough place when it comes to hardcore shows. Its no wonder that Parallax wanted to, and wants to now, create an alternative. Secrist: The tough guy element: stupid music + stupid lyrics + jocks = violence at shows. When a band is calling everybody faggots and pussies because they aren't dancing hard enough, and their logo is brass knuckles, we tried to stay away from that scene and believe it or not it is huge. (See Hatebreed.) The Provo DIY Hardcore Music Scene Bennick: Provo has more of a do-it-yourself community that SLC when it comes to music. This hands-on approach means that the people involved with music in Provo take a lot of pride in their community and want to see it remain safe and violencefree. The unity and sense of community there is astounding. Hardcore is largely about community. Taylor: The local music scene - as far as the hardcore scene in Provo - is amazing. The bands rock and the people come together. SLC is a little different. You have to prove yourself, it seems to be a little more about fashion then passion sometimes. However, there are some astonishing bands in SLC. Nowhere I have been can beat the unity of Provo. I would like to see the scene continue to grow the way it has in the past few years thanks to bands like Parallax. Parallax's Songwriting Harajuku: 1 was at a Parallax practice a long time ago, and Blake was working on new lyrics. He knew the method in which he wanted to scream them, so he gave the band a beat. He slapped his hand on his thigh in the rhythm he wanted to sing, and everybody just incorporated whatever melody, harmony, notes, and music they felt would work. It was pretty intense to see them just throw shit out there and it fit. ii Secrist: Our close group of friends inspired lyrics to quite a few songs. Utah needs radical people. I usually write a skeleton of a song on my own and then the band put the meat on it. When the song was done Blake came and put vocals to it. Secrist: You have bands crying about their girlfriend/boyfriend with lyrics that sound like they are being read from a 13-year-old girl's journal. There is no problem talking about a relationship in your lyrics just make it interesting. I feel our lyrics were interesting, thought provoking. Some vague topics were: homophobia, impermanence of youth, life, and death. In a scene where boring riffs and boring lyrics, bands who still are using themes that hardcore bands from the 80s are the norm. We were taking new structures to songs, not your average verse/chorus type song, seven-minute songs that hardly repeat but repeat themes. Although our music was in your face and abrasive it has an effeminate quality to it, you can't picture meatheads playing. Taylor: Blake used to talk between the songs and explain what they were about. He really cared about what he wrote about. Blake didn't want to just write songs, he wanted to influence people and teach people. He didn't write about superficial things. Parallax fans knew every word of every song and they all sang along at the shows. It was unbelievable to watch... kids crawling over each other to get to the mic... I can't think of another local band that commands that sort of power... so much love. Secrist: There are a lot of fashion bands and tough guy bands, but there are still some amazing bands: HerCandane, Gaza, I shot them. I want to see more bands from here getting out and touring. I'd like to see more bands in general. Anybody can do it. It isn't just a chosen few who can start a band and play shows it just takes a lot of hard work. Blake Remembered Secrist said that members of Parallax will soon be getting railroad spike tattoos with Blake's ashes mixed into the ink. In accordance with Blake's wishes he was cremated and his mother Laura Hamblin offered to give small amounts of his ashes to any of his friends who would like to mix them into tattoos in remembrance of Blake. Many people have taken her up on this and she herself recently got a small railroad spike tattooed on her outer ankle with Blake's ashes. In addition to beautiful tattoo sleeves covering both his arms, Blake had large railroad spike tattoos on both of his shins. He said getting them felt like ten years of skateboarding and scraping his shins rolled into a few hours. The railroad spikes symbolized, among other things, his affinity for those on the margins of society. Trains are constantly on the move. Blake hoped to never become complacent, apathetic, or static in an existence of instability, and impermanence with so much change desperately still needing to be affected. Additional reporting done by Shawn Mansell. Western (Dancing Every Saturday @ 200 S. 100 E. in Pleasant Grove U I Only 15 minutes from Provo. Free dance s. lesson. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. $2.00 with this ad & student I.D. Call or text 226-3040 More info at www.westerndance.org Expires 10/05/05 §ierra~West Uf&Desk (801) 863-8794 Visit us online at www.netxn |