Reggae Festival ’83
Reggae Festival ’83 features Arousing Spirit, pictured above, a
Eugene-based reggae band whose drummer. Bibs Goff, spices the
sound with Latin and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Other bands included
in the festival will be Strictly Roots, The Jay Walkers, The Hoodlums,
and I*Llumination.
The Festival will take place Saturday,. July 23, in honor of the birth
day of His Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I Jah Rastafari. Music
begins at noon and will continue into the full-moon evening. Take W.
11th to Veneta, right on Territorial Rd., left on Demming Rd. Follow
signs. Tickets are $4 at the gate, or $3.50 before Sat. at Mr. Mike’s
Records, 223 W. 7th in Eugene.
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At The Movies
The Land of Look Behind
This documentary, focused on Jamaica in the days and weeks
following Bob Marley’s death, has a poetry and mysticism that can
partly be attributed to the influence of Werner Herzog (Alan Green
burg had worked with him and used Herzog’s cameraman Jorg
Schmidt-Reitwein in this film). But much of the virtue of the Film
making is that it allows the poetry of its subject to shine through. For
the Rastafarians, who expound on Jah and Zion and Africa and their
spiritual heritage and Jamaica’s needs,-speak with a musical richness
of language that makes them sound like oracles in a trance. Which
they are.
The camera style, whether panning the lush but treacherous forests
of Look Behind (fit for “only bird, mongoose, and rat”) or focusing
on the various priests and devotees of reggae, imitates the pace of gan
ja consciousness. Even broken-down airplanes and villagers standing
in the roads seem in a trance. Yet the poverty and crying social needs
of the country become obvious as spiritual leaders and peasants alike
keep returning to the need for more money, and as the camera pans
Kingston’s slums and its Gun Court (where the arms of prisoners
desperately wave through narrow window slits while their voices float
out: “Life sentence, man. My name is Keith.”) It becomes a true ques
tion whether the peaceful Rastafarian philosophy with its emphasis on
social justice and inner knowledge is a kind of opiate: are they lighting
up to escape the crushing realities of life in a society that’s been ruined
by colonial control? Or is it (as they say) the hope for social renewal?
Whatever the answer, this, is a colorful film of surprising images and
inspiration and joyous music: “We miss Marley, man, yes; but the
work must go on.”
—Pamela Seaworthy
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Oregon Premiere: July 21*27
Look Behind: Thurs-Sat 7:30
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Entertainment coming ups
July 23 — Hawaiian Experiential Gathering of Ancient
Heritage — traditional music, dance and healing
techniques, 11:30-1:30
— David Banks, 12-string classical solo guitar, 12 & 2
pm
— Wylde Thyme, traditional and modern Celtic music
July 30 — Chris Sorenson’s Baroque & Renaissance Flute
Duet, 12:30 pm
— Arousing Spirit, Eugene’s own Calypso & Reggae
Band, 2 pm
Aug 6 — Rococco Consort, Baroque Music, 11 am
Ain’t No Telling, Ragtime & Blues, 12 and 2 pm
Aug 13 — Mambo Sox, original rock and roll, 1 and 2 pm
For Play, improvisational theater, 12 pm
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Best Friends and Lovesick: Oakway
Cinema, from July 21. 342-5351.
Charles et Lucie and Atlantic City:
Cinema 7. July 28-Aug 3. 687-0733.
French comedy about a middle-aged cou
ple's renewed romance when they sud
denly inherit a large fortune; along with
Louis Maile’s very interesting study of un
likely relationships in the casino town of
Atlantic City, starring Burt Lancaster and
Susan Sarandon.
Class: McDonald, from July 22, 344-4343.
Flashdance: Springfield Cinema, from Ju
ly 22 on. 726-9073.
The Grey Fox: Bijou, July 21-28 on.
686-2458. Beautifully photographed
Canadian Western; the story of Bill
Miner, a gentleman outlaw who, after
serving 33 years for robbing stage coaches,
gets out of jail in 1901, face to face with
the twentieth century.
Jaws 3D: West ) Ith Tri-Cinema, from Ju
ly 22. 342-4142.
The Land of Look Behind and Black Or
pheus: Cinema 7, July 21-27. 687-0733.
Documentary about Jamaica, Bob
Marley’s funeral and the Rastafarians (see
review); with the colorful and intense
Brazilian love story set during Carnival in
Rio.
La Nuh des Varennes: Bijou, July 29-Aug
4. 686-2458. Intellectual, sensual, and
realistic view of France during the revolu
tion: King Louis XVI is fleeing Paris in
one carriage while following close behind
in the next, Casanova, Thomas Paine and
author Resif de Bretogne engage in specu
lation about society and the future. Stars
Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla,
Jean-Louis Barrault.
Octopussy: Valley River Twin, from July
21. 686-8633. A new James Bond film.
Outsiders and The High Road to China:
Fine Arts, from July 21. 747-220).
Porky’s II: Springfield Cinema, from July
21. 726-9073.
Reds: Cinema World, from July 22.
342-6536. Warren Beatty’s romantic and
intense interpretation of the life of John
Reed, starring himself as the ardent
American communist, Diane Keaton as
his wife Louise Bryant, and Jack Nichol
son who is wonderful as Eugene O'Neill.
The Return of the Jedi: West 1 ith Tri
Cinema, July 21-Aug 4, 342-4142. The
third film in the Star Wars series wraps up
many mysteries from the earlier movies
and adds great excitement of its own, in
cluding an unprecedented array of special
effects.
Rust Never Sleeps: Late film at the Bijou,
July 21-23. 686-2458. Neil Young concert
film.
Snow White: Cinema World, 342-6536,
and Springfield Cinema , 726-9073, from
July 21.
Staying Alive: Valley River Twin,
686-8633, and Springfield Cinema,
726-9073, from July 21.
Superman IM; Cinema World, July 21 on.
342-6536. Having exhausted other plot
possibilities in Superman I and 11, Super
man tries being obnoxious for a change.
Richard Pryor is good.
The Survivors: West 11th Tri-Cinema, Ju
ly 21-28 on. 342-4)42.
The Three Stooges in 3D: Late film at the
Bijou, July 27-30. 686-2458.
Trading Ptaces: Cinema World, July 21
on. 342-6536.
Twilight Zone: Mayflower, from July 21.
345-1022. Four episodes based on Rod
Sterling’s TV original—two make it, two
War Games: National, from July 21.
344-3431. Computer fantasy gets con
fused with reality when a boy and his com
puter begin to play Global Thermonuclear
War ... a close call.
Ptease Note: Many theaters do not know
their schedules two weeks in advance; it
would be a good idea to call to confirm
their offerings during the second week of
this issue.