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ATHIN LINE SEPARATES LOVE FROM HATE, SUCCESS FROM FAILURE, LIFE FROM DEATH. A LINE AS DIFFICULT TO WALK ASA RAZOR’S EDGE. RAZORS EDGE THE STORY OF ONE MAN’S SEARCH FOR HIMSELF. COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS A MARCUCCI-COHEN-BENN production a JOHN BYRUM FILM BILL MURRAY 'THE RAZOR’S EDGE" BASED ON THE CLASSIC NOVEL BY W SOMERSET MAUGHAM THERESA RUSSELL CATHERINE HICKS I »: mi •ciTijian cw 11 i __ AND JAMES KEACH *“lftJACK NITZSCHE JOHN BYRUM & BILL MURRAY SK17U ROB COHEN ROBERT P MARCUCCI and HARRY BENN “*“‘ rW JOHN BYRUM .. 1 ' ■ i DCinTutaturriuiuutv " ULJ READ THF. PENd 'IN BOOK i PENS OCTOBER 19 CINEMA 'Erendira' is enigmatic, playful Through such works as last year’s film El Norte and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” American audiences have been introduced to and entranced by the unique ly Latin American style of “magic realism.” And now that the genre has become the literary vogue across the nation, the time is right for the release of Ruy Guerra's Erendira. Written by Garcia Marquez, and based on a selection from his famous novel, Erendira could be described as a hallucinogenic, sarcastic ver sion of Cinderella. Irene Papas stars as a wealthy old woman who, as Erendira’s (Claudia Ghana) grandmother and guar dian, practically forces her granddaughter to work as a ser vant and handmaid. After a strange incident that results in their luxurious man sion burning down, the grand mother decides Erendira must pay her back for what’s been lost. Thus, they set out on the road where young (underage) Erendira becomes promoted by her grandmother as the desert’s most desirable prostitute. The relationship between Erendira and her grandmother is complex. While harboring no great love for her granny, Eren dira refuses to run away and ac tually, when given a chance at freedom, chooses to return to her life of prostitution. Her rebellion is piqued only when it seems she is falling in love, but even that is undercut most enigmatically.. While not as subtle or as poetic as the Latin American scenes in El Norte, Guerra and Marquez include an abundance of visually striking fantasy-like elements that fall under the ' heading of magic realism. Scenes such as a paper butterfly ■ becoming real and the grand/ mother seeping green blood are the most Obvious examples, but the subtler effects are even.more interesting, In one scene Erendira walks into a room filled with flying . paper money, kept aloft by. an' electric fan. She later lies on a bed covered with the same money as the camera pulls back slowly. While not exactly magical, these bits contain an otherworldly, feel that suggest a . touch of the supernatural. Irene Papas pulls a powerhouse performance in her characterization of the amoral grandmother. A smuggler, a madame and ostensibly a parent, she is both pragmatical ly businesslike and spookily mystical. While not the nicest character in the film, she is cer tainly the most interesting. Claudia Ohana does well to hold her own against Papas. Though her part is less in teresting, she brings to it something extra that raises Erendira above an object of sim ple erotic adoration. She also ages well through the course of the film, subtly showing the gradual maturation from post pubescence to adulthood. The abundance of creative energy in Erendira keeps the film original and captivating, and the addition of funky humor near the conclusion br ings an, unexpectedly ap propriate tone to the final scenes. Enigmatic, spooky, visually intriguing and endless ly playful. Erendira is also in tellectually stimulating. You won’t be bored watching it. If you've, already caught “Erendira,” check out the cam pus offerings. Walter Hill’s, eerie and exciting Southern Comfort plays Friday in Room 150 Geology. This Deliverance lik'e tale concerns a troop of city-bred National Guardsman on manuevers in a Louisiana swamp who provoke the wrath of the locai cajuns. A moody score by Ry Codder sets the ap propriate tone for this thriller Saturday has two top choices, the police drama The Onion Field, about the kidnapping and killing of a police officer, and Monty Python's I.ife of Brian, a wonderfully witty and mildly satirical taje of a reluctant niessiah. Onion plays in Room 150 Geology: Brian in Room 180 PLC. Sean Axmaker Hie ® V f°°^; I ^^TONIGHT * EVERY FRIDAY 9 PM Spinnin’ the platters from the past! “Jiving Johnny” Etheredee ag< Spaten Beer Tasting Party Monday DoppelspatenOptimater on draught SATURDAY Enjoy an evening of jazz Stan Fink Trio 9:30pm - no cover 453 UUillomette • 342-2298 u_J !L TINO’S SPAGHETTI HOUSE 342-8111 TINO’S • Full dinner menu • 23 varieties of Pizzas • Whole wheat and white crust • Pizzastogo -cooked and uncooked 15th and Willamette New Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11:00-Midnight Frl. 11:00-1:00 am. Sat. 5:00-1:00 a.m. Sun. 5:00-11:00 p.m.