Page 4 Thursday, December 18, 1997 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG C OMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION POPCORN The Wings of the Dove The Westfield Leader Not So Fine-Feathered Friends The Official Newspaper of the Town of Westfield and the County of Union — Established 1890 — By Michael S. Goldberger Member of the New Jersey Press Association • Member of the National Newspaper Association • One Popcorn, Poor • Two Popcorns, Fair • Three Popcorns, Good • Four Popcorns, Excellent Periodicals – Postage Paid at Westfield, New Jersey Deadline 3 popcorns ers a sadly compromising truth about her We are frequently stopped in our ety- If it were any more sensitive, The Wings fragile young sponsor. It could be a way mological tracks by common words or THE TIMES of the Dove would chafe. Adapted from out for the calculating wench. Just how expressions that are really quite strange Official Newspaper of the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood the Henry James novel by screenwriter guilty Kate feels when she hatches her when we examine them carefully. — Established 1959 — Hossein Amini and directed by Iain deceitful little scheme is a matter for con- The word deadline is a good example of Periodicals – Postage Paid at Scotch Plains, New Jersey Softley, the meticulously acted, psycho- jecture, Henry James style. Righteous such words. Everyone has received and logically driven effort is 60 percent art Mertons unwitting (or maybe not so met deadlines in his life without reflecting POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the offices of the newspapers at film, 25 percent costume drama, and 15 unwitting) culpability in the plot may be on the origin of this very threatening word. P. O. Box 250, Westfield, New Jersey 07091 percent travelogue. When the high-man- a bit more complex. The literary father of What is a deadline? nered tale of love and deception takes a modern psychology, perhaps author Civil War buffs will be surprised to THE LEADER THE TIMES voluptuous turn midway through the pro- James knew that only a madman truly learn that the first use of this word in print P.O. Box 250 P. O. Box 368 ceedings, romantically inspired location knows his mind. That the rest of us tread was in Lossings 1868 History of The 50 Elm Street, Westfield, N.J. 07091 Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 filming in Venice differentiates the heady water in a pool of emotional uncertainty. Civil War in which the original sense of (908) 232-4407 • Fax: (908) 232-0473 (908) 232-4407 • Fax: (908) 232-0473 endeavor from the usual drawing room And so it is with the conscience-wracked deadline was described as follows: Sev- E-mail: [email protected] exercise, though thats where it starts. friends in The Wings of the Dove. enteen feet from the inner stockade was Meet Kate Croy, a designing lass ex- In this highly studied film, where plot the deadline over which no man could pass PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. quisitely played by Helena Bonham action is remarkably distilled to subtle alive. The current definition is, of course, Horace R. Corbin Gail S. Corbin Carter. Her beauty is matched only by her facial gestures real, inferred, or just cunning. Its how she has to be, or so her imagined the key words are askance, the latest time by which something must PUBLISHER GENERAL MANAGER profound desperation would leave you to furtive and deliberative. They gain fine be done or compzleted. Incidentally, we believe. After all, shes the quintessential visual definition via the eloquent visages hope that we wont be shot if we fail to Paul J. Peyton Suzette Stalker Joanna B. Marsh meet our editors deadline. MANAGING EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR MARKETING DIRECTOR poor relation, and London circa 1910 isnt of the talented three principals. Though exactly swarming with job opportunities cinematographer Eduardo Serra does a Karen M. Hinds David B. Corbin for women. fine job of capturing the haunting unique- OFFICE MANAGER SPORTS With no great expectations in sight and ness that is Venice, the detailed intricacy a sick sot for a Dad, it behooves Kate to required to record the aforementioned fa- Elk Farming May SUBSCRIPTION PRICE do as rich Auntie Maude (Charlotte cial expressions, in tandem with editor THE WESTFIELD LEADER & THE TIMES Rampling) says. Problem is, of course, she Tariq Anwars peerless effort, represents Be New Trend One-year subscription in county $20 loves Merton Densher, handsome rake the real photographic coup. By Louis H. Clark One-year subscription out-of-county $24 and idealistic journalist intelligently por- For those overly accustomed to the One-year college (September to May) $16 trayed by Linus Roache. And, no surprise raucous razzmatazz of Hollywood film- again, the crusading Mr. Densher is hardly making, this sophisticated change of pace Do you know what the most expensive well heeled. The willful Miss Croy is might at first feel like being dragged to the meat in the world is? Not ostrich, not forbidden from seeing him, at risk of losing opera. But the thrust into a higher gear, a buffalo, not kangaroo. Its elk. Ive had it her equally headstrong aunts patronage. reinvigorating dollop of culture, pleasantly out west, and while its very expensive, Town Ordinance Gives Communities Kate grudgingly breaks it off, hoping against reminds how good a tonic intellectual cin- its delicious. Now I discover in a New hope that fate will somehow intertwine ema can be, given the proper dosage. And York Times article that elk farming is a their lovelorn souls again. its much tastier than cod liver oil. regular business. And here, I thought, they Basis to Follow on Cellular Towers Fate doesnt take long, soon arriving in However, viewers who binge on a steady went out and shot elks for dinner when they really farm them. At its meeting on Tuesday, December 16, the least three additional providers on their tower. the personage of Millie Theale (Alison diet of art films may be stymied. Unlike the Elliott), Kates wealthy antithesis from mass of Ivory-Merchant films the Clas- According to the article, elk meat sells Westfield Town Council is expected to enact a law Currently, Public Service Electric & Gas Co. has the United States. As one wag at a cocktail sic Comic books of the movie world The for $4.50 a pound, and they talk about which will regulate cellular telecommunications a substation on Rahway Avenue which could be reception for the heiress observes, Shed Wings of the Dove co-opts little of that using everything on and in a pig except its squeal. They even sell the buck elks antennas and towers in the town. In the age of used to mount antennas. There are also towers of be the queen in America, if they had one. genres dress-up party pretension. In high- Anxious to spy his delinquent love, lighting the mixed emotions and ambiguity antlers to Asia at about $40 a pound. The pagers, cell phones and other wireless communica- 100 feet in height along the railroad tracks which Merton latches onto an invited guest and of human relations, director Iain Softley article delicately says its used there as a tion technology, the question is no longer if cell are used for high tension wires. These towers, happens on the scene. The taboo relation- details the quandary without necessarily health vitamin, body charm, when we all know its for pollen and is sold by the phone providers will seek to construct towers and through this ordinance, could also be used to mount ship is renewed, and theres a wicked twist making some ostentatious fashion state- in the offing that is, once the troika ment. That isnt to say that John Beards ounce over there. And an antler rack weighs antennas in our communities but when. antennae. become familiar enough to form a proper production isnt visually appealing; the from 40 to 100 pounds, so its no wonder The ordinance, officially introduced by the West- Under the Westfield ordinance, cellular towers, love triangle. First, all three become fast evening scenes in Venice are particularly that the number of elk breeders has grown to 3,000; many of them are former beef field council on December 2, is expected to become of a maximum 125 feet in height, could only be friends, in rather short order at that; but enticing. Its just that the thrifty scripts Millie quickly reserves a special place in her emphasis is on less being more. Hence, The farmers, and we all know the hard times a model to follow as towns try to cope with the located on the far northeast and southwest corners heart for Merton. Whenever Millie inquires, Wings of the Dove glides to its thoughtful beef has fallen upon. increasing proliferation of these types of communi- of the town on the Springfield and Scotch Plains Kate and Merton, ever-so-cautious, con- conclusions with surprisingly little flap Why Wall Street hasnt found this new tend that they are merely old friends. and even less flutter. bonanza, Ill never know. But it will start cation equipment. borders. In non-residential zones in the center of soon. Becoming their willing benefactor, the * * * * * According to the resident expert on cellular town, these structures would be restricted to being affluent American bankrolls a romantic So, Ive been wondering how I can get The Wings of the Dove, rated R, is a in on the ground floor without falling into communication on the Westfield council, Council- mounted atop buildings of at least 45 feet in height. sojourn to Venice. Aunt Maude is non- Miramax Films release directed by Iain plused.