The AIDS Metaphor in `Beauty and the Beast'

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By DAN RATHER

am not generally known l for being a movie critic. Quite the contrary, although lust the other day Roger Ebert took me to task for my reviews of Oliver Stone's "JFK." From left Allele in Chains' Layne Staley, Stayers Tom Maya and . . . Wayne )Mike Myers; and Garth {Dane Garvey): Oh, those (This wart a Little puz- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine cast their votes for . . Most excellent metal/weds! zling, since f hadn't writ- ten any reviews of Oliver Straw's "JFK," but per- the pair as sa innocent 'They're WHO DO YOU LOVE? 'Wayne's World' is closer to a haps Mn, Ebert had me day in the life of a heavy-meati- nastier:' she said "And they play mistaken for Gene Sintel, Wayne and Garth vs. Bill and Ted: er than Bill and Ted's adven- better music. Bill and 'fed are a who works the morning tures." said Megadeth singer- tittle too squeaky clean." shaft at CBS News. Gene The Consensus From the Metal Section guitarist Dave Muataine. adding. Nitrate figured in several opin- and l have bath been "P.S. Anyone want to buy a used ions. Including that of Seattle known to wear sweaters; "We're nal worthy) We're not Garth's ability in the hockey goal telephone booth," band Alice In Chains' Layne Stal- the confusion was bound worthyl" say Wayne and Garth. persuade voters that the pair was Said John Bush of L.A.'m Ar- ey ("Wayne and Garth are much ta arise eventually.) Yesyou are, insists a panel of strong an defense? Dr did they mored Saint, "Wayne acid better musicians" I and New York But I do enjoy movies expert, in the area of righteous just think Sill and Ted were a bit Garth— they represent my up- band Pantera's drummer. Vninie t".IFK- included), and acelletice hard rock and heavy. lost in space and time' bringing." Paul 'They're complete hod- like anybody else who metal mundane Sample camomile from our mat And Torsi Maya. bassist and forma, play instruments and al- plunks down his money Forget Bun ea. Buchanan or faille tall the nary. singer of L.A.'s speed-metal most 'did' Madonna"). one of its a ticket and a tub of Steve West, drummer of the Clinton ve. ?meal Wayne and Sloe:. noted that the Wayne and several references to a "Saturday popcorn. I've gat my Garth ithe honorable dudes from band Danger Danger, voted for Garth Iconography and phraseol- Night Live" skit with Madame. opinions and my interpre- Aurora, 111 .1 have swept out the Wayne and Garth "'cause they really captured what ogy "has The tally wasn't totally anent- =MEd. Incumbents, Bill and Ted of San get way eCkile.t. babes." the fans are all about" mots Odorous Urungua of the Opinions, I like Kath- Dimas, as the most excellent rep. Pat Badger, bassist for Ex- Curiously. Araya, whose band reg. leen Turner and I think resentatives of metal fandom, treme: "Because Wayne and is notorious for its explorations of gut* 'n' alune band GWAR Uttered a vote of "neither," with Sissy Spacek is one of taking the hem of the Party-On Garth like Queen" evil, likes the sweetness of the Tens' most valuable a- Party with a resounding Jthwing. Guy Lacey, guitarist for the winning pair. "They are naive. an explanation that is unprintable in a family paper And pundits part& The vote wawa even close. In Seattle-based War Babies, said they are Innocent. they're gulli- Interpretations: The fact, Wayne and Garth took the Wayne and Garth "because they ble." he Raul- "They're independ- may want to note the choice of Mice in Chain,' Jerry Cantrell, news colors every picture nod virtually by aeclarnation, smell better." ent, but they sal to same degree ever made in Hollywood. which may algae a Jerry Brown- with not a single vote going to the OK, sa much for the key plat- follow the rules of society_" You know that already. If Like Insurgent challenge, Bill and Ted ticket_ form planka. Overall, the con- MIstraw Barb, who performs Ginger Rogers is up to her "1 prefer Bert and Ernie," he Did Wayne's facility with Can- senns to chal. Wayne and Garth with the graphic sex-and-death permanent wave in se- tonese earn him polnu an for- are just more. well, real then Bill theatrical bands Haunted Garage said. "They have cooler hairdos" quins and feathers, it's Hochman elgn-retations matters' Did 'and Ted. and Duchess, DeSade. doesn't see —Sleet only because America doesn't want to look at more bread tines. If Mi. WHO TO CALL/ before the shoo. queried, flashing a gap-Washed "Havana." "I ran every one of chael J. Pollard nearly "I knew that Kingsley was a grin. "I needed someone to le- Nick's films and realized he had- becomes a matinee idol. Today's Cast: Stone, brilliant actor," Levinson recalls. cher the movie. and you can n't done any love scenes since It's because America is "Rut could this guy . . . Gandhi watch Kevin for three haws. 'Rich Man, Poor Man.' Re sees rebelling against the Offi- Streisand, Levinson . play a New York Jew? It took People think he has integrity and himself as a character actor rath- cial Line. even the Official honesty—because he does.' leap of faith to believe he could er than a rnmantic lead and Definition of Matinee "If you cast wrong, it's not an deliver the accent and the char. Barbra Streisand didn't heal- obviously won't comfortable Idols. If Kevin Cotner easy day." admitted director Bar- sewn I wanted turn to read for tate when asked If she always with sexuality. Still, I saw a says that John Kennedy ry LevEn$On, who with Oliver the part, but he was the one who thought of kernel! playing Susan certain pain behind his eyes and was shot to keep us in Stone and Barbra Streisand ad- suggested it. Other actors of his 'Lowenstein, the female lead in almost a mistrust of women . . Vietnam. it's because "Prince of Tides." dressed a recent Directors Guild stature wouldn't have put them- which was essential. America wants a way to of America seminar. During the salon on the line, but he under- "Yes," she shot hack "Who "I thought lied be terrific," make sense out of two course of the 2t4-hour Mscusvon. stood my dilemma." else could I get to play a New Streisand and of the best actor painful episodes of the York Jewish neychologls0" they shared, among other tidbits. Oliver Stone ree0Unted, gown- nominee. "But env studio actually Tieta some of the agonizing that went tongue-In-cheek, the difficulty of (Stacie pea-tied ta Lev-mann, who turned us down on account of I was thinking about In to casting Oscar nominees finding a 6-foot-1 scum to play as it happens, played a therapist Nick" —Maine/ludo:: this the other evening "Balmy." "JFK" and "Prince of Jim Garrison. the former New in Mu awn movie "Rain Man "I when I saw Dtsney's "Anyhow," Streisand contin- REQLIEL DEPT. Orleans diatrict attorney on "Beauty and the Renal." Levinson said he was "amazed" whose invimUptinns "JFK" was tied when the laughs Subsided. "I Ira a great show: funny, at the number of people who based. Since he couldn't can couldn't have gotten the picture Reincarnation of sentimental, great songs turned down various roles in according to physical type, the made If I wasn't In it I certainly and a teUlthalented mat wouldn't have gotten to direct" "Bugsy " The part of gafigner director said he went with his 'Body Snatchers' of voices and drawings. Nick Nolte's name popped Into Meyer Lanky, In fact —for which gut Kevin Costner was hie II It's kind of a remake and kind The heroine. Belle, is her head after Robert Redford. Ben' Kingsley received a best choice. of a sequel, maybe that makes it a Aram are Page 42 supporting Whit Oscar =mina. "I like his small ears—Won't who had initially intended to play requel. . . . um—wasn't filled until a week you love those small ears?" Stone the rale, backed out In fawn of Please turn as page

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with 'Alien,' " he says. "It always advanced special effects tech. "STUNNING. POWERFUL. REMARKABLE." rune on a parallel track, but the alques, including the computer- characters are different, The set of generated technique used ekten • eircurturtantes are different_ but Steely in "Terminator 2." "A STAGGERING ACHIEVEMENT." the mythology I. the same." —Andy More - 1111.-W.. MARRA, Teller-TV Solo say. he optioned the rights to the latest version several years LEGENDS "A MASTERPIECE." ago; the license he had to make the - "..,[MIC4111.13 1678 Philip Kaufman Vernon was David Lean's Last only for one picture. "I had to ga "ELECTRIFYING:' back and acquire a new option for Project Still Going - au.wia ewer, stair remake or sequel," According to Solo, Warner Bras, which will "Nostrome.- the 643.million in- distill:nue the latest venter!, now ternational epic that was to be owns the rights to novellas Jack directed by Sir David Lean. seemed Honey's book. "Body Snatchers," to have died with the legendary published In the early '53s. Origi- director log April It Or did it? nally Allied An.ists, which made Although TriStar. which had the 1956 veteran that starred Kevin committed 47 million in exchange McCarthy, owned the nabu until for the North American distribu. Lorimar bought their film library. Uon rights, has "no more involve. Subsequently, those rights ended mull in the project" according to a up at Warners when that studio company spokesman, Lean's pro- abutebed Lorimar. ducer Serge Silberman 'Is produc- The latest version, directed by ing tha film I whichl Ls going Abet Ferrara 1"Ktng at New ahead." Lean's widow. Sandra, said York") and budgeted at around 412 from her London home this week_ million. Involve. an EPA anteater Based on the 1904 Joseph Conrad (Terry Kinney! who gets assigned novel, "Nostrorno- tells a story of to oversee the cleanup of hazard- greed in a ficlatteua Central Amen- taw 1VMIt0 an a Military base in can country. Lean had been work. Selma Accompanying the scientist ing on the genet since 1987 with his to the location ta bin wile—played -Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor KEVIN COSTNER by Meg —and two children. Zhivago" collaborator Robert Bolt The fun begins when many of the alter Knit writing a version with ante-normal local citizenry begin Chnstopher Hampton. to get that blank look about them, According to Lean biographer and feu and paranoia rake over Stephen M. Silverman, the cast everybody else_ included Dennis Quaid, Julian Gordon says that each "Body Sands, Isabella Rosaeillni, Irene Snatcher." film has tended to re- Papua Paul Scofield and Anthony JFK Quinn. No word yet as to whether fleet the nation's current climate. The original novel and director they would still be involved. fq‘TAh Don Siegel's film were a metaphor When Lean died, TrkStar can. kivaAtiblEita-,1(ifulliat 1,, ILTL?,:,14114 for the McCarthy witch hunt., lie Celed the production and. after paints out, while the 1978 "Body aeme negotiation, rights reverted Iffiffin l h1Thlf OR\ 9MKE 1;40.0164Thli ''f,)E1i11.111f klikWtoNT1111' Snatchers" took tintat '70e pay- back to Paris-based producer Sil- berman I Kurosawa'. "FlanTh who mirt "inaramiZeifilm"710t11401111INT raN, chababbie. And the latest install- 1.rezzo us ■ ment? "It's about the destruction of could not be reached for comment. MT family by the pod people," he Sandra Lean laid "no comment" says. "It tape into the current when asked who might direct; penputa of whets happening to there are reports that Francis Ford Now Coppola or Martin Scorsese are a 91191111•2911E • 1.1149111111 • MMIMI •• Wm. • •IlvaluT • Talapna •• ual, IT large •• Virreal the nuclear family." Mar MIMI MIT 9999 vaellt 0991. aaa 1 7.9a favored. Spokespeople for both dl- II MT.. 5111.0%. Im3 WO fee M MM. 7 11041-7. ormarl As for the pesky pods them- Com eleX • co la 7 95 rarena ca MMus sung rectors declined comment. TIT994.11.14 • 11111911.4 Were rartanale selves. Gordon soya they'll be even ael t_97 • 7C9 • INININTIIIMI • wawa law' • mow ...Dads we Aar 1.4, 50 • IH. ti rat him _cu 7,41415.14 I*271-4.0 Ibis If the film come. back to life. 11917.91 lb MN NW Wm • QUM cmria, ,I1■11 • /Min more frightening NA WM. 0901 111011.2931 =W., www Lean's widow said. "I'm going to be 1,01 a CIO aa 71.11:44MS 71414 W., 'Ai .....4. • came RM, although the pod people will • eanearia -.11. MA 0. Am ;0..... involved because I watched David 11.1.1.11.• • MOM ice•m. o • Mamma eau aso ..43.13 mrarnntry .11 look like humans on the outside, on poOrm hl....1.1=1. ig.,..,.-, Own• 1 ,M1C Poweu UM .0 . ,finny ,,,,r, voi141.1•11 [preparing! it for six years. 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