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CINEMA ‘Subway’ is unabashedly fun WEDNESDAY is LADIES NIGHT at the LONE * STAR { ALL '• DRINKS »jjw • icMto*2.00 I60-J>6uth Park street Luc Bresson’s "Subway”, is a hippish little dart with the look and color.of "Di.va".but with a " quirkish sort of charm- all"its own. The story is nominal:..a : blonde punk hr "a tux with.-' distinctively.anti-social tenden cies eludes a group of pursuers., irt.;. a -."Fftmch.-... Connect ion "-like chase and-, ftncis/rajuge iVr.the catacombs of the Paris'subway... . •. It .turns out that piiqk:• f reed;played-bv lanky '•. Christopher 1.arnheii jyfts.. flicsanle -I-ambert of • • •“( IreystokeJ’h blew [a safe at. ^ ritzv party thrown, by a.ibeautiful veiling socialite. '.’iMjiyfed Helena llsaln-lli- •'Adjani’). .Fred*.stole papers that would / caustiTlelena's-rich' husband to kill to retrieve. ' Meanwhile. ;as.the thugs work.to'.r&trieve'the„°. '4 papers/Kreci finds a colqrfCd pu’bcultute (pardon •" the piinj*. under'; the streets, of Paris.. The- 'in”. . habitants .'of* this underground .community in- • elude.Rollerskat«r,;°a purse spatcher .d'n wheels; • Florist.. a strefcteorner philosopher with plans for ; a heist that would make the subway cops reel; Drummer, a dude who taps bn everything in sight; and Big Bill. V weightlifting hulk who saves Fred more than once from handcuffs. Add a pair of cops named Batman and Robin and a father figure named Commisioner Cesberg. and you've got the cast for 100 minutes of quirky fun. Bresson’s subway world is a world unto itself, an escape from the outside world seen only in the opening chase and in a later scene when? Helena rejects her husband's lifestyle. Helenu finds herself mom at home in the magical world of the Paris Metro than at the tarring dinner par lies she must attend with her influential husband;'. ° 0ne"of the best Slones*in the film takes placeat.. such a dinner party. where Helena lets out her ’dissatisfaction jh..a particularly vocal manner '.before, leaving to perhaps .fin'd.a life underneath-' ..the street's .of Paris tviih Kited.. .■ • ' ' .t... '• •, Bresson paces h'is TiJm lbisurely.vdett.ing the characters- slow '.down .enough' “to let '.their pe.i;/ ’ ■ sonalifies, as .'skimpy;-as" they- are,: optic#"-the , viewer.-The characters lire hot 'complex but they.' , ary engaging. «Hdp the? ."cast iriombefs4'|)Iay»-with ■'V their/ptertrenpiigh tii exKifiltthe'spunk and. spon- . ' taitaeitv that makes them.fun'v' . -J . .• ' : . ' . : gjt's >Bressoh'«' playful . approach. to .the V cha raid ericaltd;the' v i spa I;presentation t hat makes aif otherwise'silly, tjitifry a fpn'Jitt.Urfiitp. There's - X an. ejegance to. his- style,;, exemplified in , his 'smooth'as-sjlik. scene-establishing tracking shots ■ a-nd 'the°-photography taken from . the- moving . - ^vehicles. ..The measured .quality 'of these shots .establishes, the easy pace of the whole film and ° the- surprisingly' good generic. rock soundtrack adds a solid, uptempo beat. , “Subway", is alot of fun because it never takes’ itself seriously. .After all. how could a film about an anti-sociai punk who takes refuge in a Paris subway while forming a rock band (a band that plays hackneyed rock with trite American lyrics, of all things. Oooh. the kitchy fun of it all!) be anything but a lark? It all works because Bresson adds the spice that makes this lark a thoroughly Wonderful little movie. "Subway'* starts today at Cinema 7. located in the Atrium Building at West 10th Avenue and Olive Street By Sean Axntaker Computers 1 ^ 2B What does the future hold fur this relatively new artist's tool? "We really are right at the.very beginning. Every year things are changing rapidly," Hickman says He sens two directions for computer art in the near future. One of these is the.development of more sophisticated systems which will produce even more realistic images. "Maybe only Hollywood could support this kind of development. It’s especially suited for science fiction," says Hickman He mentions George Lucas' "Star Wars" trilogy as a good ex* ample of the computerized image in art The other direction Hickman sees is the mak ing of very powerful systems that are affordable for schools and individuals. "Ten ytsars ago you would not find the VETRIX system in an art department.*' Hickman says. "It's very exciting. YVe'H have those power fill graphics computers in the hands of millions of "people. rather than just a few thousand" Many colleges and universities are introduc ing computer graphics into their art departments. "At the 0 of O- the entire department has been clearly the leader in the Northwest.” says Hickman.. He adds that there has been a cooperative effort of the architecture, allied arts and art education departments to incorporate the use of computers in the classroom. Those depart ments soon hope to offer minors and majors in computer and design. The exhibit will run through March 30. VV1STEC is open from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday * through Sunday, and is located next to Autzen Stadium at 2300 Centennial Blvd. Electronic Continued from Page JH The EEMC also offers workshops on syn thesizer programming and recording techniques for the small studio, but so far none have been held. "They're designed for high-schools or groups that are interested in electronic music and finding out about what makes it work " Thomas says. "That's something we do offer but so far we haven't had anyone take us up on it...we haven't found the format for getting ourselves in vited to do it. My idea is that maybe we should do one somewhere for free." It has taken the group two years to even ap proach self-sufficiency. Vernacular says, and each member has invested hundreds of dollars in to the project. Yet all four members of the EEMC agree that the rewards reaped from their co operative have been lucrative, though not in financial terms. "We've all learned a lot just by doing it, and it 's all information that is potentially useful to our careers." Thomas says. "If (Phyllyp) puts out a record of his own music, he now knows who to contact to promote it. to get it distributed and who to send it to, to get it reviewed." The EEMC is currently compiling a second sampler tape, this time of musicians in the Pacific Northwest. It has already received submissions from some 20 composers of electric music in Oregon. Washington and British Columbia. “We’re shooting pretty high on this one." Vernacular says. "We don’t know how far we're gonna get. but we’re going for a pretty profes sional package." Also. Vernacular says, they are ready to start recruiting new members into their co-op. “Members have to be composers," he says as he lists the criteria for membership. “If you join this group, you better be prepared to do some work." “And realize there's no monetary profit." Griffith says dejectedly. "But of course there is a profit,” Thomas says after the chuckling subsides. “You can learn a lot and your music is heard by a lot more people than it would be if you were working on your own.” Tapes of the EEMC sampler,'’Free Fall," are available at Mouse of Records and Earth River Records. The group can be contacted by writing to The Eugene Electronic Music Collective, F.O. Box 3219. Eugene 97403. 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