Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 22, 1991, Page 5, Image 5

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    ENTERTAINMENT
‘Cape Fear’ sure to terrify and thrill audiences
★ ★ ★ 1/i
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There's .1 thrill
when <i movie fart is
about to sec n pic -
turn made by a inns
ter filmmaker I'.upv
/'ear is such .1 mov
ie Directed by one
of cinema's premier
direi tors, Martin Scorsese,
C.upo I r.ir doesn't disappoint
It is a remake of the terrifying
) Lee Thompson movie of
The earlier version
starred Robert Miiohum and
llregorv PeCk. and the newest
version incorporates them too.
if only m small roles
Robert.Do Niro plays a man
who has just been released
from a long prison term after
being corn ii ted of aggravated
sexual assault
His first move is to travel to
the small Florida town where
his former defense attorney
played fn Nick Nolle, resides
lie Niro is seeking revenge he
cause Nolle withheld informn
turn in his case that could have
gotten him off
It works as a companion
piece to the first film, hut is so
mui h more than that Because
of the time period, the Thornp
son version was only allowed
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De Niro turns in brilliant performance
to allude to i Miles that are
brought to the forefront of tins
film At the renter of this ver
sum. then, is a psycho-sexual
thriller
Max ( adv (L)e Niro) is always
leering last ivumslv at Suite's
lh year-old daughter And
when hi’ does, the camera does
This is more than unsettling
It's sir k and evil As the alldi
elite, we are brought into tills
depraved world willing or
not Suspense, in this' wav. is
built throughout the niovin
I)e NirO's (lady is more overt
!\ sinister than Mitt hum s was
And the tain11v whir li w as a
i oiler lion of victims in the
version, has some ipiali
ties that tiring them dow n to:
earth in Scorsese's vision
Nolle is a worsahnllr on the
verge id an intor-oltii <■ affair
with .i voiing !a w . ; e ris Mean
while, lie's neglecting the needs
of Ills wife, played by Jessica
Lange Their high school-aged
daughter is going into adult
hood without llii' benefit of her
parent's guidance This leads to
,i bizarre and frightening en
counter U'lween Lewis and 1 >e
Niro
C Liri x poses as tier drama
tear her Hr' rails himself the big
hail wrolf ami seduces her to the
point when- sho is totally sub
missivi' to his advances Hut
hr s not finisliiHi with the lor
moot, so ho stops His glares
ami sickening innuendos aro
disturbing to watch Hut fear
and loathing aro what tills (dm
is all about
Juliette howls is perler tl\
oast as the blossoming girl who
De Niro’s glares
and sickening
innuendos are
disturbing to
watch. But fear
and loathing are
what this film is all
about.
bis old os (’.ad vs ft* us, and uitl
matoly. the film’s Sho is nano
hut not stupid And (lady ;s on
tho verge of ruining hor young
Ido
T h is mm i o pro v o s onm
again that Mo Niro is not only
ono ol tho most versatile u< tors
In tho world, but also ono ol
tho most brilliant
Ho doosn’t simply main- sm h
dissimilar < harai tors in movies
like Ru^iiif! [lull and Awaken
mg' belifViililc Hi" takes the
characters and makes them his
own
Max Cady is .1 frightening
i nmbmiilmn of sexual (ivsfum
lion .iiiil an interpretation of
Christianity- .is .1 r.itlonali/ation
of .uni <1 tool lor vengeance
This is ,i violent .mu unsol
tling movie The i oru lusion
goes on far longer than il might
have hul Is etlei live, llevertlie
less H makes Cady into a sort
.i! anti (Ihrist .mil Nolle must
rely on tils twse survival 111
stun is to live am! keep his fain
llv alive At the same time
there is no wav that the l.miilv
ran stand In,and c mint on their
lather
I here are so many things that
make Martin Si !-esr siu h a
gre it tilmmake; One i|Ua III V
that is ntteil overlooked is his
style of pacing The picture is
M'lthiait one wasted moment
The : ainera mov es fluidly
and almost as often as a per
son s eves putting the action
sipi.irelv III the lap of the v lew
er The tension is hnllt from the
hrsl shot and doesn ! relent till
til the last
Martin S| orsese isn't Simplv
making a horror movie limit on
the universal fear of the tilt
known Hr explores what lies
under the surfat r ol things wr
do know
In what is a shrewd and dur
ing move, the original st orr hv
one nf tin- greatest film mush
t omposers is retained
Ihr lair [trrnanl Herrmann
(Trail'd a frightening and hrutal
soundtrai k lor Ihr lot.j version
td (h/ie /ear It is his store (as
adapted hv hhltOr llemstein)
that is utilized in the updated
lilm 1 t an hiirdlv think of a bet
ter store being (.mated Its
moody. atniosplierlt and nil
ll/etl to perfet lion
St orsese doesn't relv oil the
lliusit to make a st arv st roe
wink however Indeed, when
the lamilv is iNung stalked, the
St ore Is often ntit ft ell list'd It
is during the espositional
si enc-s that IIrrrmann's musit
is used to build the tension
\llhnugh not a perfet I film.
S' tsese i,• ,! a great tast, lie.id
ed hv De Ne * and Lewis, create
ae uimosplirtr that is immetli
ate and rile with lear In a s e.ir
that has seen too many thrillers
w ilh t at . jumping from shad
ow s to a are tin nudirtur. It's
refreshing let he st ated by
something real
By l ucas J Gutman
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