JF W£ I RY DESIGN STUDIO 1502 Willamette St 3-13 2298 Regw-,1' Bui ^eis Ho/-. T-v.es 9a" ip~ 2pr~ 5p"' S.1- 1 .a"" 4pn NIRVANA • PRIMUS • PUBLIC ENEMY • ICE CUBE I ■_.• sdzi'jz i < RECORDS • *»»»■»« • • •»*■' ** ««ML • • • »MN* • • • • • •»»•« Lawrence Kasdan is .i terrific vt recnwrilcr ami has provtm himself a fine director Ho tuts written scripts for an c< let t it mix of top-notch films such as i 'li’ Hif; Chill Raiders at thf litsI ,\rk and Silver .iiJo The script lot Grand Canyon is worthy ol mention beside those The him however. is not One of Kasdans favorite actors Kevin Kline [days Mat k, an upper middle i lass eve utive who's living a •.eemin^lv nth life with his wife :i the. sun atid splendor, pis! .is we im.iyne Los Angeles life might lie like While driving home from the airport one night; hr takes a shorn at into South (.entrul 1, A His i at breaks down, and as he ,uv aits the tow trin k. In- Is t onfrontm! Iiy several youths who si sun intent on bringing him smut kind of harm This tense scene resolves itself when the tow track driver, Simon ployed in some way lor what might have Simon's work and invites hire, for tire.ikiasi after having a dream which won I allow him to let the action go unnoticed i hey tin mne triends and their lives and the lives of their respei live .11 ipiallitam es mesh in H t omplHalted tint re.disin way that seems true to life However, the film is so full of subplots that it bandy seems to have u storv line holding H together One of thi* important plot* arises whi n Claire. Mates wife. find* an aisindoned baby on th*-’ side of the road shn c nines to fata* u life-altering (]in iMon as to whether or not to kiwp it And Mack has to conir to terms with a night of Infidelity u night he spent with his se< rotary Simon is a noble person who has a deal daughter going to a special school He also looks after his sister, who's primary concern is her son, who seems to be falling deeper and deeper into gang life CoufiMy Pt^oso Sieve Marlin iDavis) and Kevin Kline (Mack) star in Grand Canyon Mac >, !s Simon up with his si:t If l.iry s Ires! friend. the only blat k w : man he knows Thorn's a good nto nn Mi tthi ii hi* wonders it ibis isn't a symptom til the while guy thing I he blending ol ibesr stories and most of the dialogue that arnompu nit s them is believable and inten t nig File problem lies in the whole wav the movie :s approat hod hirst of all is the amount ot things Kasdan tries to deal with At it hours, there are a lot of subjects ad dressed Kiisetan should have been mom judicious as to how nmnv things lie wanted to say As it is the film is populated with people who don't seem to func tion in the re.il world with believable lives tnsli id. they have incidents that hap pen and then they explore them through long, thoughtful discussions Hut real life- doesn't work this way, and this film is supposed to reflm t a realistic view of modern, urban life It seems like- all the characters have seen ever\ sex tally relevant movie and have created a belief system based on that This is an odd.movie in that just aUitit anv given SC ene !>\ Itself is scintillating and often insightful and Tunny licit as a whole, there's a level ol reality that the film never lands on Steve Martin has a nice extended i aiii.-o as a producei of big budget ex ploilotlon films whose lift; almost changes when he is shot His scenes almost always have coined,c over ton, s and he is the obvious comic re lief in a hint that olten lends to he pre.ic 11 \ and downbeat Tie script by Lawrence ami Meg K isd.in boasts excellent dialogue but is mired in its grand Intentions to fig ure H tin meaning of file it's like .in over-ambitious episode, of thirtysiimcihint; it ultimately seems to sav that it more people had meaningful dialogue me; . cillee. w e could save the world It's this w holly simplistic: view of the world that keeps the film Irom being as important as it might have been By Lucas J Gutman E maned Ccotctxjtof Coiirtoy P*0(o Joromy Sisto (I), Kevin Kline and Mary McDonnell star in this him ol urban hie and small miracles PRIMUS Cot : "' .I'd ‘'on' Page 5 i.lii 1 \\ <• nci'i-i mm things as m hi .iv s that you i .itt t In* .i lltllr tongui'in i h i k .ji i. m. 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'ii an who was a nationally ranked UNIX Il k rui er as a teenager, wanted to br .tis .ill niujot at lirst, I", rn though he'd dabbled vvilh tile i iassit.al guitar But whim hi' re< uived his hrst olectrir guitar l.ir !us 1 rib lurthii.n. i.is pi.ms changed We were outside of a few categories, but we stuck with the music because it’s what we liked Dan Krueger / ove on ico vocahsi/gu urisi Sulltv.m liati heard uf drummer Stan Robinson Min e thev lived III the same Oregon town Kuhn - on started playing piano vvhi'fi in' was seven. bill wish bin drnminor Ititlirr. ho soon gravitated to w.inl tin- kit .ti home Love on let’ didn't start out .is a band thus just ended up tii.lt vs.IS svllen til*' i i.-i idl'd to .pill si lion! nioVO to < Of skills .md phis id CJS1 fr.iti rnitv parlies It was .i svi-trd dt-i ision .it till' time So iii van s.od SS ■ t . ! e.o inon*'\ ,i v ision ol the band \ tew months later they nan. 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