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‘Subway’ is unabashedly fun
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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
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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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