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Costner would have to be as dy namic an actor as Jimmy Stew art. and the film would have to be good enough to touch the hearts of many generations to come Well. Costner is no Jim mv Stewart, and field of l)rrams is no It's a Wonderful Life but it sure comes c lose Kay kinsella (Costner) is a novice Iowa farmer who. for the first time in his life, does something "totally illogical " lie plows under several acres ol _Movie Review_ valuable corn to build a base ball field on the advice of a faceless. mysterious voice Without giving away any more of till1 plot (II someone tries to tell you the plot, just plug your ears and run away), let's just say this is the point in the1 film where Imlievabilily ends and magic lake’s over l.ike a fairy tale which sweeps thc> audience along from one miraculous event to another, the events whir h take place in lieltl of Dreams are en tirely unbelievable, ine redible. the kind of stuff that c ould nev er happen Hut the beauty ol the film is that it asks the ques tion "What it these things could happen7" And. sitting m the audience, enraptured, one c annot help muttering the very same question to oneself. Whether the events of the film are likely to happen or not. the film t.ikes the audicnc e on a journey and introduces some ol the freshest c haracters to arrive on the screen in a long w hile The- first of these characters is lames Karl Jones, w ho por tray s an aging former liitiOs ae livist and Pulitzer Prize winner whose only wish is to disap pear from the public: scene for ever This is Jones' best perfor mane e in years, and he make: Ins charac ter ric h and lively bringing a down-to-earth elo quence to the’ screen that is im possible to dislike. Costner and |ones play off c-ac h other excel lently. their interaction <i splash of c old water on many d weary moviegoer's fat e Costner himself plays a childlike, eternally likable guy. and does a good job. Although he is the "main" character, he plays such a strait laced guy that he is rarely the focus of the audience's attention. Costner is inure of the "leading man in this film, tying all the charai ters together but remaining the least-memorable There are some hidden gems in this film in the supporting roles. Kay l.iotta. who plays legendary Black Sox playei “Shoeless" |oe lackson. is ut terly convim mg as this long dead ball player l.iotta. who has starred in the minor but ac claimed films Dominit: and Eu Hone and Samolhinn U ild, ha? the uncanny ability to look no! at a movie camera but seeming ly right into tin; audience. Hit short times on screen are elec trifying and fill the film will < tackling energy. I.ike Hurt I .ancestor's smal cameo, the other minor charac ters in this film turn out to la the most memorable This it due in whole to the film's su perb screenplay, in which even the bit parts have something amusing to say. Some moviegoers may claim not to believe the premise of the film This should not even f>e on issue as it defeats the whole purpose of seeing a mov ie in the first place Hut believe the premise or not. the film is an undeniably sweeping and heartwarming tale, the first film since It's a Wonderful Life that captures the audience in its magic and never lets them go The film is emotionally charged, like nothing of its kind brought to the screen in years As one character says in the movie, this is a film where "dreams come true." These dreams come true not only for the characters but for the audi ence members as well. It turns viewers into giggling children for two hours, and reminds all what the magic of Hollywood can really create. Non Continued from Page 8 about intersection, of the Hast and West, of the beautiful and grotesque, of the silent and the sounded.” At the heart of Noli lies some accidental encounter through which the workings of fate are revealed One of the characters is often not what he seems to be perhaps a ghost or a person fallen from high estate. In "Sotoba Komachi.” a young poet who visits the city park to find inspiration meets an am lent woman who will never die. As they dance, she brings him a vision of the beau ty of her youth, a vision so pro found that the poet dies in ac knowledging it Mishima's use of original Noli dramas varies in his plays. Sometimes he uses only gener al Noli themes, and other times his plays parallel the originals closely. “The Damask Drum” is essentially the re-creation of an ancient Noli drama in a modern setting. for example, the old man of the original “Damask Drum” who sweeps a palace garden Immomes in the modern version a janitor who sweeps a law of fice in downtown Tokyo. Me falls in love not with a prin cess. but with the client of a fashionable women's clothing designer across the way. .'Wi'f * *u*nu The Man In a Case H f'ulttut Pnu W> nnrr (VVxJv trim t Xrrctvd by I Vi Oboft A C iMW Ucoft "The Ixtiion of irnprw* rmrni Uni worth thr dinugc ciuird bv the disruption." May 19th & 20th- 5pm POCKET THEATRE (VtlUrd Hail* $1 donation l n*-v1 by prrrmuMn id broadway Publtohm# Co In both versions, the man be lieves that beating a drum will win him the favor of his belov ed, but the drum is inaudible because it is made of damask, a light fabric. And in both ver sions. unrequited love drives the janitor to suicide. "In 'The Damask Drum.' the janitor's ideal love for the woman bridges a divided world of good faith and bad faith," Schtnor said. "She sends deceit and death, hut his love inter sects life and death, lie is a revenant — one who returns, a ghost, a pilgrim and his love is the magical intersection be tween both worlds." Barbara Sellers, a doctoral degree candidate in theater arts, is the movement coach. Krik Ireland, a senior in theater arts, designed the set. Performances of the two Noh plays are scheduled for 8 p.m. May 24 to 27 and |une 1 to 3 in Arena Theatre. Tickets are $2.50 for students and seniors and $;t.50 for the general public, and are avail able at the University Theatre Ihix office in the lobby of Y'il lard Hall’s Robinson Theatre The box office is open from 12:30 to 4 p.m Monday through Saturday, and from 0:30 to 8:15 p.m on perfor mance nights war ware with a Conscience Audi BMW Porsche Volkswagen Alfa Romeo Mercedes Benz German Car Specialists 687-0040 1975 W. 7th » Eugene