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‘Narrow Margin’: Not smash, not trash
By NOEL MURRAY
Contributing Writer
The best thing about the new
movie “Narrow Margin” is that the
title lends itself to the following bit
of fun dialogue:
“How is Narrow Margin?”
"Thin.”
Ha. Ha. Ha.
But seriously, folks, “Narrow
Margin” is thin- frustratingly thin.
Anne Archer plays a ... well,
we’re never told what she does for a
living. But she does witness a
murder. Maybe that’s what she
does for a living. At any rate, she’s
a murder witness with no stated
background, which is convenient
for the audience since it avoids con
fusing things like character devel
opment. She’s just a lonely murder
witness with organized crime on
her tail.
Gene Hackman — and rarely
has the first syllable of his last
name seemed so appropriate —
plays a deputy district attorney
who will never be a full-blown dis
trict attorney because he’s too
clean, too “unpopular with the
right people." Hackman’s job is to
get Anne Archer to Los Angeles so
that she can testify in the murder
trial, a task that she is less than
gung-ho to perform.
Hackman arrives at Archer’s Ca
nadian hideout with a detective,
played by M. Emmet Walsh.
Walsh’s character is the best in
the film, and is, therefore, quickly
shot. In fact, he is shot as soon as
he and Hackman contact the
murder witness. At this point,
Hackman and Archer flee from the
hideout, and through the woods, to
Canadian Rail they go.
The two-some spend the re
maining hour-and-a-half of the
movie ducking around the corners
of a railroad car, trying to avoid
three “professional” hired killers
who couldn’t successfully crush an
ant, let alone aim, shoot and kill
their prey.
If all this sounds spiteful, well it
is, because the potential exists to
make a good suspense movie from
this material. Actually, one was
made back in 1952. It was called
“Narrow Margin” and it starred
Charles McGraw and Marie
Windsor as two people being
stalked on a train.
This dry remake has none of the
suspense of the fifties thriller it
emulates. Really, there’s no sus
pense here at all.
Granted, the plot is not really
predictable. Granted, there are
■MOVIE REVIEW
How is Narrow Margin?
Thin.
some gasp-worthy moments.
Granted, the film is not an outright
bomb.
All the actors do their best, I
suppose, although maybe it’s time
for Gene Hackman to ditch his
Protestant work ethic and stop
doing every project he receives.
When all is said and done,
though, the pacing of this film is so
plodding and the writing so — here
it comes again — “thin” that its few
virtues (if not bombing can be
called a virtue) are buried.
Basically, this is just another
movie, and with a fall movie
schedule that includes new re
leases by Martin Scorcese, Stephen
Frears and the Coen brothers,“just
another movie” is the last thing
anyone needs to be spending time
and money on.
‘Narrow Margin’: Gene Hackman and Anne Archer star in
the new Tri-Star Pictures release from Carolco
Loef shows local art
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
The Loef Gallery, located
downtown on the corner of
Jackson and Clayton, specializes
in displaying the work of local
artists. The gallery is the show
case for the Visual Artist’s Guild
of Athens, a cooperative of local
artists that includes an eclectic
assortment of painters, sculptors,
woodworkers, potters and others
working in various media.
The gallery is named for Harry
Loef, a renowned patron and sup
porter of the arts in Athens. The
gallery carries on the tradition of
its namesake by exclusively fea
turing local artists.
The cooperative not only pro
vides a venue for artists to sell
works, but it also encourages an
interaction and supports commu
nity among the artists.
“It’s given me an introduction
to other people working in other
media. It also keeps me in touch
with the other people working in
glass. It’s definitely a community
situation,"said Brenda Sloane, a
contemporary stained glass
artist.
The community spirit carries
over to the actual administration
of the gallery. Each artist of the
40—50 member guild takes a
turn working in the gallery and
being a coordinator of their bi
monthly shows.
“It takes a lot of work and ef
fort from everyone involved to
maintain the gallery, but the
work benefits both the artist and
the community,"said Connee
Flynn, an artist who does woodb
lock prints.
Above all, the gallery strives to
maintain high standards for all of
those involved.
Portrait and landscape artist, Mi-
kelle Kinnard said, ‘The good
thing about the gallery is that
they have a definite standard for
the work they display”.
“We’re getting new artists in
the fall and the art is improving
all the time,’’said artist Joan
Hills.
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