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The Arts and Entertainment Supplement to the Daily Nexus, For the Week of November 18-24, 1993. THE POPPY FIELD, PAGE 4A vjBgQttnggpfflart^rttí*-.-. éÊÊÊÈÈÈ m sSsgggfflF;w iM m SB38S8P' ■m THE HASKELLS, ALL ABOUT CHAD AND THE MOMMYHEADS 2 A Thursday, November 18,1993 Daily Nexus Paid Advertisement Advertise in the Daily Nexus j Bc4 the end oí the Quarter ONLY 5 NEXUS left this quarter! Nov. 22, 23. 24 Î Dm . 2 & 6 AD DEADLINES: Love one another; 2 workin* din jrioMo2M¡j«*tioBl_ as I have loved you. —John 13:34 J 1 m Have Your Party, Banquet, or I don’t know anyone his therapy has been so far. Special Event at who doesn’t like Warren Which brings me to the Miller. reason everybody should, I know people who ha despite the opening of this ven’t heard of Warren review, go see this movie. I Miller. So what’s the point don’t care that it is remark of writing about a guy that ably formulaic moviemak 110 Santa Barbara St. • 965-2231 everybody likes? ing. I don’t care that War Because he’s got a new ren Miller’s jokes are actu movie out. If you haven’t ally funny one time out of seen the posters all over three. I don’t even care the place, it's called B la c k that corporate sponsors’ Diamond Rush. It stars names are splashed all everyone from the men’s over the movie. TONIGHT This movie is incredibly motion shots of skiers do and women’s Olympic ski shouldn’t be done. It’s ab teams right through to entertaining. The stunts out skiing and loving it. ing insane things in fantas some ad executive at are real — and what’s It’s amazing to me that tically exotic places (like Heavenly (who, as the mo more, they’re not Holly at his 44th film, Miller can Count Dracula’s Transyl vie goes to pains to point wood stunts, where every still produce this kind of vanian Alps) really fit out, only skied eleven days one miraculously survives. incredible excitement But techno’s otherworldly in the last season. 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NOV 19 • ARLINGTON CENTER F rid a y *7 ft 9:15 pm • 1317 State SL, Santa Barbara * Tickets and Info at Ski Shops Daily Nexus Hiursday, November 18,1993 3 A m m g m m wmm\ mm¡á, s xMPI W im ÊÊ fPl: ORSON'S NOT # ' $ A.S. Program Board Éïî'î#! FORGOTTEN An unfinished movie, les steps into and out of ers he found the idea for is proud to present especially one by an unre the filming. Originally in his third episode, which cognized genius of the me tended as a collection of probably would have been dium, is always the object “true” stories from around the most touching and of speculations and mixed the world, It’s All True spontaneous of the expectations. By following had to bear the burden of collection. Orson Welles through the being a worthy successor The core of the movie is difficult shooting of the to the revolutionary C iti the re-proposal of this cen complete and incomplete zen K an e. Rather than tral episode. The starting parts of It’s All True, a mo compete with himself, Or idea ts the chronicle of vie in itself is created, as an son Welles apparently de four jangadeiros (fisher autonomous and controv cided to go back to an un men) sailing on their small ersial period piece which sophisticated use of the fishing raft all the way to is much more than a medium, in order to be Rio to protest the lack of documentary. identified with the poor government support and Narrated by Miguel Fer and authentic look of his retirement benefits for rer and edited in the usual true stories. fishermen and their fami style of alternating histori However, the condes lies. The episode is shot cal background, film sequ cending Arcadian atmo with an incredible poverty ences and interviews, the sphere depicted in the rhe of means, casting people movie is a great inside toric of the poverty- from the village of the ja n with story for anyone who loves imbued first episode g ad eiros and the protes films and filmmaking. The (“Bonito and His Bull’p ters themselves. The epi documentary is compar makes evident that this sode is a deeply moving Souls of Mischief able to Filming Othello, was going to be no ageless apology of everyday life, but it is more interesting masterpiece. Fortunately, enhanced by beautiful since the struggle for au the first episode was soon light and shade shots of thenticity is inevitably to be abandoned. Political the fishermen’s faces, bound to the tentative pressures forced the direc sculpted in leather by November 30 neorealism of the filmed tor to move the shooting to winds and burned by sun action. Those who are in Brazil, during Carnival. It and salt water. terviewed are still proud to was just after Pearl Har A side note to the movie have been a part of the bor, and the Nazi influ is the supposed “commun 8pm never-finished produc ences in President Vargas’ ism” of Orson Welles, sus tion, viewing it as possibly government were feared in pected by authorities of the main event of their tire United States. subversive activities dur lives (“My name is Fran Welles had to take the ing his Brazilian period. In Campbell Hall, UCSB cisca Da Silva and I was role of a reluctant ambas Rio, the director the star of Orson Welles’ sador to sew and seal the befriended Jacare, leader movie”). alliance with Hollywood- of the jangadeiros, who The introduction is by brand golden thread. Thus died during the shooting. Tickets still on sale !!!! Welles himself, telling an Welles found himself And indeed the episode anecdote about voodoo shooting tourist-bait em has much in common with magic and his supposedly bassy ballroom scenes and many silent post-October Available at the AS Ticket Office cursed movie. However, absurd and totally Revolution epics, as the the real curses of Holly anonymous Camival-in- ensemble scenes of work To order by phone: 893-2064 wood — shifts of power Rio scenes. convey the harmony and and political manipula He was still looking for the pride of the collective. tions — soon become a “true” story, however ro But there is definitely a For information: 893-3536 evident. manticized it might be, difference between this The movie initially and apparently the fa v ela s and the filming of the So shape-shifts into a do do not lend themselves to viet working class heroes.