1"'\ ... ,. '1 .. Page 24 - The Or/on - February 24, 1988 ..... ______,.-111, _ ...... __illlliB. ____ ~=.~.~~~I~.~.~ ...~.~;~~.~-~u~ ..~Jl~ .. ~.~' ~.. ~~~.~'~.-~~.~~~a_~ Realistic Characters Shine In Moonstruck by Annette Campo yeurs, to their wedding. university professor notorious for Staff Writer Before you clln 81lY, "Asti Spu­ seducing his female students. mante," Loretta and Ronny Cam­ It is the magical moon which There's something about a full mareri (Nicholas Cage) fall in brings them together for a flirta­ moon that makes people crazy. love, and it is in her fiance's ab­ liousdinnel' and an innocent walk Or wild. sence that Loretta finds out the home. Or maybe just a little nuts. tl'uth about why the two brothllrs The "beth). tuna" is also respon­ And when one lives in an Ital- arc no longer speaking. sible for Loretta's father's alTair ian part of Brooklyn, n fun moon It seems one day Johnny went with the naive and confused Mona may even bring out the romance to the bakery where Ronny (Anita Gillette), and the sweet, in a person's heart. worked and ordered same bread. almost newlywed-like sexual en­ The moon in "Moonstruck: a He somehow distracted Ronny, counter between her elderly aunt romantic comedy directed by causing him to slice his hand offin and uncle played by Norman Juwison, not only the bread slicer. and Louis Guss. arouscs feelings of love in the Now Ronny wears an artificiDl Besides the magical quality of tnain charactcrs, but also creates hand, and holds a grudge against the moon reflected in the roman­ a senoo of bitwrsweet romance in his older brother because, not only tic encounters of the CM1'8cters, every Cllst member. did he lose his hand, he lost his "Moonstruck" also aHows the The movie stars , as a 37- "bride" because of tile accident. audience to take 8 peak at how an year-old widow named Loretta, But Cher and Cage are not the authentic Italian family Jives. who becomes engaged to Johnny only ones who are "moonstruck." Directed by Jewison and writ­ The movie is full of believable ~ Cammareri () nat The movie also reveals the ten by , the grandfather who lives upstairs really out of sheer love, but be­ passions of Loretta's family and movie has a wonderful eense of with his five dogs, "Moonstruck" performances, not only by Cher j cause she feels this is her last how they become enchanted by family and a very real interpreta­ makes the audience feel like yell­ nnd Cage, but by the entire cast. chance to marry "Mr. Right." the light of the full moon. tion of Italian life in Brooklyn . ing and talking with their hands. Many of the cast members are .~ ~i I Unfortunately, Johnny must For example, when Loretta's From big family dinners to the "Moonstruck" is also about veterans ofboth stage and screen, ~~( fly to Sicily to be with his dying mother (Olympia Duknkis} gooll quaint neighborhood with its cor­ hardship and loss, and it is this and it is this collaboration of qual­ mother, and it is up to Loretta to out to dinner by herself at the ner bakery and mom and pop which draws Loretta, a widow, ity acting that makes "Moon­ ~i inviw Johnny's younger brother, local restaurant, she meets up grocery stare, to the Old Man and Ronny, who also last a love, struck" a film that should not be '/~ together. missed. 0 • to wnotn h" hasn't spoken in five with Perry (), a (), Loretta's /i Raifl•• ______... ______•__ - __ _ :(. [)lJ()'...... , a .....='.m...... !lm= .... n •• ,~H ... UC .... ~ •• !iEa' •• fR •••• I.gag. \ continued from page 21 of great music, the band has continued from page 22 melody. The interpretation into a petual" for an enco;e. This piece \ Bithorn, who plays a guitar solo guitar-flute Bong was excellent. was very complex and showed the t. and "Revolution." then played eight Robert Beasner '\ on "While My Guitar Gently The last Beasner sang was talent and patience found in both Riddle, donning a lang wig, Weeps," which rivals the original songs whleh had styles ranging "QuicltSilver.· At times the guitar of these performers;' .' from bluegrass to country to bal­ 1" round, tinted sunglasses and a solo by Eric Clapton. broke into quick strumming in­ The skill of both performers II. faded dernmjacket, is excellent as With the release of Beatles lads .. swad of the individual notes and combined to convince the audi­ il Lennon. He uses appropriate movills on videocassettes and the The audience, preferring to intricate picking Tanebaum used ence, classical can be mixed with Lennon mannerisms and his sing­ entire catalog made available on applaud after every set instead of in all the other Bongs. This tune bluegrass. ¢ ~l ing voice is very similar to the compact disc in the last year, after every Bong, did break the was also an addition tQ the pro­ original. Bestles popularity is definitely rhythm of the performance by gram. ~t His, and Curatollo's constant nat waning. giving some enthusiastic ap- . After some very heavy ap­ rapport with the audience, adds to If you're a fan of the Beatles' plause after Beasner's "Cindy." plause, Tanebaum and Ketchum the enjoyment of the show. music, this is one show you can't "Cindy" is an upbeat bluegrasa played the third movement of Besides the superb emulation afford not to atwnd. 0 song originally written as a fiddle Francis Poulence's "Moment Per-

?fJ tk OUR BEST SPECIALS ~. , Cheapest .J Fales/o: 1 • EUROPE INTRODUCTORY • ASIA MASSAGE ,( • AUSrRALlAI II' NEWl£ALAND ( Plus $17 NEW SET OF ( rallpasses. SCULPTURED mlernal/onal Rcg.$22 NAlLS SludenllD. 1 ful! hour t 1 I taurs anet L much more. PERM SPECIAL ASk IDrom $27.50 Ilee'rovel "llalag. Reg. $40 I(I $33.50 .\ :1/.\ ~ l & up, Rcg. $45 :.First :tI I includes cut i I Impression.s C;0UNCIL 893-2344 COIInell1'raWlI Servlcel 1725 Esplanade • Chico. CAII5926 ,J tm 1r."/1f::; SHIEH Sl\t~ HlAt/C15CO CA QAlj'i Exp. Feb. 29 h' M)~156Hnl 1m> 4QS4!U, -