ENTERTAINMENTpage 15 Technique • Friday, November 10, 2006 • 15 HEALTH WEEK EDUCATES THE VOICE OF THE JACKETS Students raise awareness on signifi- Tech’s play-by-play announcer, Wes ENTERTAINMENT cant global health issues in Tech’s first Durham, reflects on his career in Global Health Week. Page 11 sports broadcasting. Page 28 Technique • Friday, November 10 Music and technology mix R E E L R V I E W S Sonic Generator is Tech’s E new chamber music ensemble. Experimenting with the ways Technology can transform the entire live music experience, the The Fountain depicts timeless connections group will perform at the Tech By Daniel Griffin tury, a man moves through space and unexpectedly, leading to the direction of the film as a whole. Alumni House at 190 North Contributing Writer in his biosphere/spaceship with the fusion of the three narratives as the Aronofsky was recently in town Avenue at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. Tree of Life. film progresses. The initial direction for a short question and answer 14th. Exploring the meaning of life Aronofsky moves the action deftly of these parallels is, at first,unknown session following a showing of his and death is a tough task, but a new between the three time periods, using (an admitted intention of Aronof- film. sci-fi movie, The Fountain, manages changes in the tone of his narrative sky). He claims his goal was to He has been traveling around the Hip-hop bluegrass to tackle it by interweaving three to direct the changes in time. throw the audience into the film, stories that take place in a ten century These shifts often come quickly bewildered, and slowly develop the See Fountain page 16 band visits Atlanta time span. The Fountain, a new film by The Villebillies, a 10 Darren Aronofsky that opens Nov. member band hailing from 22, surpasses his previous films in Kentucky, will be performing almost every way. at 8 p.m. at Smith’s Olde If the name Aronofsky fails to Bar this Saturday to promote ring any bells, try the two other their self-titled debut album. full-length films he has directed, Pi Tickets are $15 in advance. For and Requiem for a Dream. additional information visit Though he has shown he pos- wwwsmithsoldebar.com sesses a talent for directing in his past films, the plot of The Fountain is difficult to describe on paper, as Open market the visuals take control of the film and its direction. enlivens 17th St. Three parallel plot lines continue through the film, using the same two Vendors will visit Atlantic actors (Hugh Jackman and Rachel Station this weekend to Weisz) to depict the parallels in all participate in the area’s second three stories. In the 16th century, open market. The market is open a Spanish conquistador is sent to Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7 find the Tree of Life, granter of p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. immortality. until 3 p.m. Though only the In the year 2000, a surgeon at- Photo courtesy Warner Brother’s Pictures second week of the market, all tempts to find a cure to his wife’s Under the direction of Darren Aronofsky, Rachel Weisz stars alongside Hugh Jackman in The Fountain. vendor spaces are sold out. brain tumor, and in the 26th cen- The film follows three storylines, each set 500 years apart, beginning in the sixteenth century. French economist’s book Folk legend impresses in L5P By Lindsay Deal Good,” a song about drinking beers bals kept time for this much slower provides slacker’s manifesto Entertainment Editor at the local bar, and continued with song. the alchool references in the mark- “Mariano” was followed by “Not a By Jonathan Saethang the extensive amount of time and Last weekend folk icon Robert edly less depressing “Gringo Hon- Drop of Rain” from his 2001 album Contributing Writer effort spent preparing for a job. Earl Keen, dressed in a classic black eymoon” about some newlyweds’ Gravitational Forces, and then by Maier, however, has a different shirt and pleated black dress pants, day across the Mexican border. the title track of his 2005’s What I Corinne Maier, a French econo- view on the importance of a strong took the stage following the denim Following the end of the third Really Mean. mist has rerelased her Europen best work ethic. –and-cowboy-hat-clad opening act, song, a number of good ole’ boys After the accompaniment of his seller Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Instead, she implores her read- in a night that in the audience band for the first eight songs of the Work Doesn’t Pay for an American ers to do as little work as possible, clearly depicted began to chant impressive 25-song set, the band left audience. promising a more fulfilling experi- the differences “...it’s a little creepy “Robert Earl the stage for three songs, leaving only For many people, college is the ence in the workplace. In a sense, it between red- Keen, Robert Keen and his guitar. bridge between education and an is the reverse of anarchism; instead neck honky- when that chant Earl Keen”. “Now you’re stuck with me,” said occupation, of causing tonk and quality gets in your head “ T h a t ’ s which is the- c h a o s t o Texas-style folk good, but its See Keen, page 19 oretically the p r o m p t music. while you’re on the a little crepy application change and Keen played road and you’re like w h e n t h a t of learned uphe ava l, to a house nearly chant gets in knowledge Maier pre- full of loyal fans, ‘Robert Earl Keen’” your head while into a profes- scribes idle- both old and you’re on the sion. ness. young, during Robert Earl Keen road and you’re At Tech, Bonjour his two shows Texas singer/songwriter like ‘Robert many stu- Laziness was at Little Five Earl Keen’,” dents spend a bestseller Points’ Variety said Keen. He four (or five, in Europe Playhouse last Friday and Satur- then gave in to the audience’s six, and so be fore it day. demand with Willie, and they all on…) years was trans- After releasing his thirteenth repeated the chant, this time pro- prepa ring lated from album, Live at the Ryman, earlier viding the chorus to the song. themselves French to this Summer, this king of the Texas Next came “Wild Wind,” fol- to take on English for music scene is currently touring the lowed by “Mr. Wolf and Mama a role in its American nation to promote it. The album, Bear,” a song described by the artist the corpo- release. recorded in Nashville’s historic as “a song about some really, really rate world, The book Ryman Auditorium (former home nasty animals.” equipping e x a m i n e s of the Grand Olde Opry), includes As the lights dimmed, Keen themselves the nuances live performances of some of Keen’s paused for a moment before the with a solid of the cor- classic hits such as “What I Really next song. “After the show, inevi- e d u c a t i o n porate world Mean,” “Broken End of Love,” and tably, somebody will come up to and a strong work ethic. and scrutinizes the worthlessness “Amarillo Highway.” me and ask ‘Why didnt you play After years of work in college, of the workplace. Saturday, Keen played both old ‘Mariano’?’” he said. With it only makes sense to work extra and new songs to an eager crowd minimal drums, hard in the worplace, not to waste See Bonjour, page 21 of fans. taps on He opened the show with “Feelin’ the cym- 16 • Friday, November 10, 2006 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Cate Blanchett walked away citing The quick editing style of the that it was time for a change. Fountain”, in the film as well as from page 15 creative differences. previous films has been replaced His progression as a filmmaker is Rachel Weisz’s soft prodding of Fountain New fans may have a chance to by precise camera placement, facial on clear display and is veryexciting Jackman to “finish it.” discover him as well since the MPAA close-ups, and swift tracking shots, to see, especially in a day of increas- The shift between reality and country (and will continue to do so) recently set a PG-13 rating for the giving this film much more sophis- ingly vapid filmmaking. thought is not extremely subtle, but to promote The Fountain. film instead of the original R rating. tication and emotional power than The cinematography is breathtak- I fear that most will have difficulty Aronofsky fans will not be With the birth of The Fountain, gone its predecessors. ing, the most spectacular being the distinguishing what actually occurs disappointed by the long awaited are the days of the steady-cam and Aronofsky says that he had run space sequences. All of the space and what does not. Still, Aronofsky’s project, which temporarily shut hip-hop montages used heavily in the course with his style choices in nebula formations were created by decision to leave most of the inter- down in 2003 when Brad Pitt and Pi and Requiem. Pi and Requiem for a Dream and felt filming chemical reactions and mi- pretation to the viewer is what makes crobial processes with a high-zoom The Fountainworth seeing. camera and microscope. Although you may leave with Indeed, no computer generated more questions than answers as the images were used in the film what- film jumps across ten centuries, you soever- a fact that makes the imagery will be entertained into thinking.