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Dennis Quaid and family n Tomita star in Alan Parker's Come See the Paradise, a well-done movie that unfortunately
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By Don Peters
Emerald Associate Editor
Director Alan Parker has taken on con
troversial and socially-conscious films
before.
The results have been impressive. His
Midnight Express won him an Academy
Award, and Mississippi Burning was
nominated for seven Oscars. Shunt the
Moon and Angel Heart also caused stirs
But Parker's latest offering — Come
See The Paradise— falls far short of past
efforts. Parker is given an extraordinary
topic (World War II Japanese-American
internment camps) but fails to come up
with a convincing product.
Come See The Paradise stars Dennis
Quaid as Jack McOum. a labor movement
agitator who flees 1936 New York only to
meet Lily Kawamura (Tamilyn Tomita)
— a movie operator's Nisei (Amorican
born) daughter in Los Angelos' Little To
kyo district.
Predictably, Quaid goes to work as a
projectionist in Mr. Kawamura's movie
theater, sees Lily anti falls instantly In
Invo. Despite family objections. Lily and
lack run off to Sonttln to get married anti
oscufKt California's anti-Japanese laws
Thn first half of (ho movin is long
winded and shallow. Thn lovn sconns be
twoon Qoaid and Tomita am sappy,
aophomoric, and tako away from what
could have boon an excellent movie.
There am some good parts to Jake's
courtship of Lily, such as Quaid doing an
impromptu mimic of a song-and-danco
routine from an old Japanese musical,
but such scenes are few and aren't
enough to carry the film.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor provides
the turning point of the movie. Parker fi
ll.illy displays his talents as he shows the
relocation and internment of 100,000
Japanoso-Americans, two-thirds of whom
are American citizens.
Scenes such as where the Kawnmuni
family burns and breaks their posses
sions rather than sell them off to gougers,
and glimpses of life in the Manzanar in
ternment camp, are the most powerful in
the movie.
Although Quaid gets the top hilling,
Come See The Paradise is really Tomita's
film. Given her limited background in
movies such as Karate Kid II and soap
operas, Tomita is marvelous. Quaid's role
is a surface one, ducking in anti out of
scenes and never making much of an im
pact.
If there is a surprise in Come See The
Paradise, it is Lily's younger brother
Charlie, played by Stan Lgl. Charlie bo
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Chinese orchestra, ‘All That Brass,’ winter carnival on tap this weekend
SONG AND DANCE
FRIDAY. FEB. 8
Chung-Hstng. a Chinese orchestra from
Taiwan, will perform a concert of Chi
nese music at 8 p.m in Beall Concert
Hall, 981 E. 18th Ave. The concert will
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feature the use of authentic Chinese In
struments. Tickets, available at the door,
are S3 general and SI students and se
nlors.
Mon Tima, Eugene's own reggae and
world boat band, will perform at 9:30
p in. in the Community Center for the
Performing Arts. 291 W. 8th Ave. Ad
mission is $5 at tho door, and doors
open at 9.
Hoodoo Ski Bowl's Winter Carnival
will start with night skiing until 10 p.m.
and continue through the weekend. Por
this seventh annual event, festivities
will include sleigh rides, a barbecue,
beer gardens, fireworks, a pig roast buf
fet, music by the band Counter Clock
wise, a parade, and a mow caatia and
obstacle course. For more information,
call 342-5540.
SATURDAY. FED. 9
Back Porch Blues, an acoustic blues
band, will perform at 9:30 p.m. in the
Community Cooler for the Performing
Arts, 291 W. 8th Ave. The band was re
cently recognized by the Cascade Blues
Association for its contribution to blues
music. Admission is 55 at the door, and
doors open at 9.
TUESDAY. FEB. 12
"AM That Brass", a concert by Univer
sity ensembles, will be performed at 8
p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th
Ave. Taking part in the show will be the
trombone ensemble, the tuba choir, a
French horn quartet, and the trumpet
ensemble. Tickets, available at the door,
are $3 general and $1 students and se
nior citizens.
VISUAL ARTS
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A Family Album Show, put on by the
EMU Craft Center, will open its annual
exhibit which will continue through
Fob. T7. The 11th annual exhibit will
feature various works done by . Craft
Center staff, volunteers and instructors.
An opening reception In the EMU Fir
Room will tako place from 7-9 p.m. on
the first night of the show.
EMU CULTURAL FORUM PRESENTS
BLUES TRAVELER
an electrifying blues quartet
with special guests local band NINE DAYS WONDER
Sat. Feb. 23 EUGENE HILTON BALLROOM 8 pm
Tickets: $8 U of O Students, $12 General Public, available
at EMU Main Desk, Face the Music, Record Garden,
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