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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1987)
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But writer/director Curtis Hanson does not quite pull off the right combination of cinematography and suspense to be compared to the master of thrillers. Don’t take me wrong—it is a good movie and it is suspenseful. It’s just that it will not be remem bered as one of the classics. The plot is too predictable. We know before the hero does what kind of mess he has gotten himself into. The story, however, is a good one and the scenes flow into one another quite smoothly. Steve Guttenburg convincingly pulls off his innocent portrayal of Terry Lambert, the “romantic fool” who tries to be a hero. His first mistake is sleeping with his boss’s exotic wife, Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert). What an odd couple! She is obviously having the affair out of pure and utter boredom, but he is blinded by love. Sylvia witnesses a near-murder from Terry’s bedroom window. She stops the potential killer from finishing off Denise (Elizabeth McGovern) just in time. The killer and the witness get a good look at one another. Later, Sylvia and Terry find out about a rape/murder committed just blocks away on the very same night. They connect the two incidents and feel compelled to do something about it. Since Sylvia’s presence in Terry’s bedroom cannot be revealed, he impulsively decides to call the police and pretend that he was the witness. He poses as the witness uncon vincingly; Denise suspects a lie from the first time she sees him at the line-up. Terry follows a guy he intuitively believes is the “one” but he wishes to prove the man’s the culprit on his own before he says anything to the police. After all, he didn’t actually see the guy doing the dastardly deed. He does discover that the man he is following is the killer. The killer is brought to trial but the defense finds a loophole in Terry’s story and the killer is set free. From that point on, the hero gets more and more tangled in a web of confusion. The police suspect that he is the killer because they know he lied about being the witness, they just don’t know why. Sylvia refuses to come forward with the truth; she’s more concerned about her husband’s anger and her reputation. The only way that Terry can clear himself is to set a trap for the killer. To do this he and Denise team up and once again Terry nearly botches the plan. Denise Connely seems to be the girl next-door type at first, but we discover that she is also tough-as nails and smart. The only thing that was entirely out of place about her character is her apparent lack of trauma after being so brutally attacked. That was just too unrealistic. But if she had just managed to cover up the trauma, at least she would probably not have the desire to be touched by a man so soon after the incident. Her sexual en counter with Terry is just too incongruous. Curtis Hanson just doesn’t give us a realistic female victim recovering from a traumatic event. 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S | •HH ms Rated R for language, violence, ex cruciating tension relieved only by stark terror. Intrepid viewers may expect to lose about half a pound in sweat. Sun-Thur 10:45. Fri-Sat 11:45. 52.50 Next: RUTHLESS PEOPLE The Bedroom Window reminds me of an attempt to imitate Brian DePalma’s Body Double, which did succeed in attaining the status of a Hitchcock thriller. In Body Double, there were many sur prises and shocks. The photogra phy and editing gave the audience a visually surreal motion picture. Body Double could give you nightmares or make you chew your nails for a week afterward, but The Bedroom Window is easily forgotten after you walk out the theatre door. now showing Alien*: Warrant officer Ripley, who alone sur vived Alien, finds her reputation in critical condi tion. Stars Sigourney Weaver. Late show at Bijou (686-2458). Bedroom Window: To protect his lover's iden tity, a man claims that he has witnessed a brutal beating. Stars Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon), Isabelle Huppert, and Elizabeth McGovern. Cinema World (342-6536). Crimes of the Heart: Dramatic comedy. Three sisters reunite and consider their various no torious lives. Stars Oscar winners Diane Keaton, Sissy Spacek, and Jessica Lange. Based on the Pulitzer caliber play. Cinema World (342-6536). Critical Condition: Comedy. Richard Pryor stars a a patient in a hospital during a power failure. Valley River Twin (686-8633). Crocodile Dundee: A celebrated Aussie adven turer, naive to city ways, spends some time in the Big Apple. Oakway (342-5351). Down By Law: A pimp, an out-of-work DJ, and an Italian tourist all end up in the same jail. Directed by Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise). Bijou (686-2458). The Golden Child: Eddie Murphy is the social worker chosen to find a kidnapped youngster in Katmandu. Valley River Twin (686-8633). The Little Shop of Horror*: Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters) takes on Steve Martin in this wacko musical romance about a bloodthirsty flower. Springfield Quad (726-9073). Lost City of Gold: Starts this weekend at Springfield Quad (726-9073) and West 11th (342-4142). The Minion: A former slave trader helps a Jesuit priest try to protect South American Indians from Spanish exploitation. Stars Robert DeNiro. McDonald (344-4343). The Name of the Rote: A medieval monk in vestigates a series of murders within the monastery. Stars Sean Connery, with F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus). Cinema World (342-6536). Outrageous Fortune: A pair of women search for their two-timing lover, who has mysteriously disappeared. Bette Midler and Shelley Long star in this cross-country comedy. Cinema World (342-6536). The Plateau: A day-by-day G.i. perspective of — - ‘ Oliver Stone the Vietnam war. Directed by (Salvador), who received a Purple Heart in 1967. National (344-3431). 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