I 1983-P- age ClTl Cn I AIIMIVilN I COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, Friday, Feb. 11, 3B Streep stars in 'Choice' movie Spellbound By Miko Isaacs that he can't help but find the lovers' passion and Mlssourtan stott wrltf exuberance irresistable. 'GodspelP gets facelift It is a movie of contrasts love and hate, inno- It is difficult to take your eyes off Meryl Streep cence and experience, growth and stagnation, life while watching "Sophie's Choice." Submerging meets a pair of lovers, Nathan (Kevin Kline) and and death. in Stephens production into her character with astonishing intensity, Sophie. The three become the closest of friends What ties the movie together is Meryl Streep. Streep's performance will likely to re- be remembered in fact, almost inseparable. And yet, there is al- She is absolutely riveting watch as her face By will an asset, in- as one of the finest in Debby Applegate size be helping to American movies. ways something tragic hovering over their acts to memories that haunt her and people who Missourian stall writer volve the audience. As Sophie, a Polish-Cathol- ic accent, Holocaust survivor, relationships. surround her. Her Polish her constant 'There is much audience partici- Streep is nothing short of masterful. is kind groping for the right word in English, and her Pol- It the This is largely because of Sophie's past which For most actors, each new play of- pation, with them going 'yeah' and of role demanding actresses strive for only ish in the for one of " and comes spilling out in long soliloquies and flash- and German flashbacks make a new script new "boo.-- she says an intimate the bestmake memorable. mov- fers and characters "It's backs she relates to patient Stingo. The more we the most fascinating characters in modern to bring to life. But in "Godspell," to space so it works. It's amazing what Based on William Styrtm's best-sellin- g powerful, understand' her horrific experiences in Aushwitz, ies. we do with novel, "Sophie's Choice" be performed at Stephens College can the chapel." is about a series of the more we McNichol is a good opposite for her as Stingo, 18-2- understand about her painful exis- Feb. 0, many actors will play relationships among two men narrator, well some- Ms. Hartman was and a woman in the tence in Brooklyn. the and Kline does with the themselves and improvise through- also worried summer of 1947. It initially follows a young, inex- The relationships in this movie are never as times implausible part of Nathan. that the play, which became popular perienced out much of the play. 1970s, writer, from the South called Stingo cheerful as they pretend to be. Nathan and So- But it is Streep who envelops us and holds our during the early would be (Peter McNichol) Only two actors, Stephen Monroe as he arrives in Brooklyn phie's affair is controlled by the former's abrupt, attention until the end. Her broken heart is what Judas, dated. But she said that the cast has looking tor noising, female as Jesus and Mark Smith as the for today's audi- companionship and a demonic swing in moods. His mercurial nature breaks our heart, and everything sad about this of adapted play sense of purpose in his life. fills us with great of have definite roles. The rest the ence by improvising. fulfills Sophie's need to suffer. For Stingo, his movie a sense tragedy. actors use their own names and have Stingo moves to A- - "We out with the a boarding house where he struggle to mature has consumed him for so long Grade: own started parables, designed their makeup. a few lines. Then we inserted stuff The actors are not the only ones in there. About one-thir- d of the play is facing a new challenge. Director improvised." she said. "We poke fun Nancy Hartman, a third-yea- r the- at many things valley girls, disco, ater major, is directing a play for Brooke Shields. Most of the funny 'Entity' not worth getting excited the first time. stuff in there we put and we're proud about Ms. Hartman is enthusiastic about of By that." Mlko Isaacs all kinds of machinery to eliminate the evil be- directing. "You really learn a lot Mlssourtan stall writer ings. about diplomacy," she says. "Some- The improvisation also helps the become to EBWDBW7 DeFelitta shoots the action using extreme close-up- s times I feel like a Girl Scout leader. audience more attached What do you get when you cross the plot of "Pol- and slanted angles to produce a disoriented, Things will get going and I'll have to the characters. Ms. Hartman said. tergeist" with the mean spirit of "The Amityville claustrophobic effect. There is always a mirror in say 'okay, cool it guys: we have to "The last Supper scene is really touching. at- Horror?" The answer is Sidney Furie's "The Enti- ter's suffering. Carta is slapped, punched, the background, representing voyerism and inva- work now.' If there is any friction The audience becomes ty," a sadistic and unimaginative thriller. slammed against doors, smothered, and repeated- sion of the soul. It's all been done before. the creativity is stilted." tached to Stephen because we make Barbara Hershey, a character actress from TV, ly raped. Much of "The Entity" looks like it was stolen The play, a special event spon- him human. He forms a unique sored by the Office of Religious relationship with each stars as Carta, a single mother continually at- from Steven Spielberg's well-mad- e "Poltergeist," life, character." Carta eventually goes to a psychiatrist, played will Firestone-Baar- s "Godspell" is open to tacked by evil, invisible spirits inside her home. another supernatural thriller that was a box-offi- ce be performed in the free and the by Ron Silver (who looks like actor Michael Doug- Chapel on the Stephens cam- public. Tickets are available at the As the film begins, before you can even say "rip-off-," hit last summer. las with a nasal, New York accent). He is con- box re- Carta's furniture begins to shake, her room In "Poltergeist," however, Spielberg worked to pus. Ms. Hartman had worried about Stephens office and must be turns cold and she is violently pinned vinced, of course, that Carta's problems are in her how the chapel's small size would af- served. Evening shows begin at 8 to her bed mind and doggedly create a believable family living in an authentic where unseen demons assault stands behind that conviction fect the play. She now believes the There is a 2 p.m. Saturday show . her. despite contrary evidence. suburban community. He was out only to scare, This is the first of many such attacks. What not to celebrate the pair, and torture of human be- makes "The Entity" so unpleasant and monoto- She also approaches parapsychologists, who be- ings as DeFelitta does here. nous is that the story lingers on the main charac- - lieve there are spirits in the house, who come with Grade: F Try a Missourian Want Ad

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It "An movie B Mother Lotto (PG) Uptown ence ever for the opening of a tuned important University Museum of Art and although there were fewer That rating was slightly lower H a movie I want you to see... ff Theater. Archaeology "Personal Orna- (P.) homes with television sets in 1977 than "Roots," which had a 40.5 rat- j if I had a child... I would take my child Sophie's Choice Campus ment in Ancient World," in- p the . . - I. when No. 1 ing a 61 share on opening night film.".-.- .. - i -- ..... Cinema cludes 130 items of personal "Roots," television's and m to see this .. The Verdict (PG) Forum The- miniseries, was broadcast. six years ago, and improved h adornment from the museum's after Vm "It begins so powerfully, pulling right ater. Co. of all the strings. p permanent collection and local pri- Ratings from the A.C. Nielsen that. 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