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6 - The Red and Black ♦ Wednesday. October 17,1990
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‘Memphis Belle’ crashes and burns
Wednesday, October 17, 1990 Tate Student Center
Matthew Modine, batting 0-for-2
in film performances this year,
sleepwalks through a part that
could’ve been interesting. When
was his last good movie? “Birdy”?
What’s happenened to him?
To the movie’s credit, no attempt
is made to glorify war. The idea is
to show the nerve-racking routine
of bombing runs as it really hap
pened. I talked to a WWII vet after
the movie, and he confirmed this
realism. ‘'Memphis Belle” does a
wonderful job of building suspense
and mustering sympathy, even for
cliches.
On the whole, this is a fas
cinating, enjoyable movie, but to
think what it could’ve been. If
you’ve got a tasty mixture, why
even stuff it in the zucchini? Try
your best to scrape it out.
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Harry Connick, Jr., in
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Watching the new movie "Mem
phis Belle” is a lot like eating
stuffed zucchini. There’s all kinds
of yummy sausage and crackers
and onions in there, but no matter
what you stuff it with, you’re still
going to have to eat some zucchini.
The title “Memphis Belle” refers
to a World War II bomber whose
crew has flown 24 missions and is
preparing to fly its 25th and com
plete its tour of duty. Army public
relations sees this crowning mis
sion as an excellent opportunity to
boost morale, which is fading fast
at this midpoint of the war.
The movie dodges back and forth
between the perilous final bombing
run and the preparations of Col
onel Bruce Derringer (John
Lithgow, in a fine performance) for
the Memphis Belle’s return.
These parts make up the ma
jority of the movie and are the best
things about “Memphis Belle.” The
aerial fighting scenes are as
breathtaking as filmgoers have
come to expect in recent years. The
Army PR team’s misguided at
tempt to make heroes of men just
doing their jobs is poignant. The
makers of this film could’ve stayed
with just these scenes and a little
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padding and still come up with an
entertaining hour-and-a-half.
Unfortunately, they went for a
lot of padding. In an attempt to
broaden the film’s perspective,
“Memphis Belle” spends 30 min
utes at the top introducing the
crew of the bomber and trying to
create a sense of chemistry be
tween the players.
It doesn’t work. If the characters
had been given even a little depth,
that would be one thing, but the
script as written digs up some of
the oldest war movie cliches and
disguises them as characters. Just
once, I’d like to see on ensemble
piece where the individual people
weren’t “from all walks of life, but
like a family.” They’d he better off
not giving any background infor
mation at all.
Two of the actors manage to do n
little something with the little
something they are given. Eric
Stoltz brightens up the screen
every time he appenrs. It’s time he
got some bigger roles. Harry Con-
nick, Jr., in his acting debut, is
darn charming, and when he sings
“Danny Boy” to Eric Stoltz it’s one
of the movie’s warmest moments,
despite the inherent corniness.
Arts Gallery exhibits
annual marble festival
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
The Visual Arts Gallery at the
University is currently displaying
works from the Tenth Annual
Georgia Marble Festival. The show
will run until October 21.
The exhibit is a display of works
sculpted mostly from Georgia
marble, with pieces in Italian and
Tennessee marble, as well. The
works employ a variety of tech
niques and styles thnt demonstrate
the skill and talent required to
transform an inanimate block of
rock into a work of imaginative art.
The sculptures are the works of
present and former University stu
dents and other artists. Included in
the display is graduate student
Fisher Stolz.
“I used a combination of pneu
matic tools, diamond saws, ham
mers and chisels to play the rough
surfaces of the piece off of the
smooth,” Stolz said.
According to Horace Farlowe, a
professor of stone carving nnd
sculpture in the Art Department,
the University has one of the most
extensive stone carving programs
in the nation. All of the marble
used in the program is donated by
the Georgia Marble Company,
which is a sponsor of the Festival.
‘Through this festival, we’re
trying to encourage more people to
work in marble and other stones,”
Farlowe said.
The exhibit is located in the
main gallery of the Visual Arts
Building on North Campus. It is
sponsored by the Art Department,
Pickens County Chamber of Com
merce and the Georgia Marble
Company. Admission is free.