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Thumbs ‘Up’ for R.E.M.
Rock band R.E.M. is on a roll again
with its new album Up. ’ despite losing
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Volume 100, Issue 44
‘John Carpenter’s Vampires’isso
bloody andpoorly written that it
leaves the audiencefeeling anemic
ByAmyJennaro
for the Emerald
Director John Carpenter ("Halloween”
and “In the Mouth of Madness”) has been
trying for years to revive his popularity in
Hollywood after a string of high-budget
flops. His latest movie, “John Carpenter's
Vampires,” isn’t going to help him.
Based on the John Steakley novel of the
same name, the film has a promising start,
moving with a good pace as the initial plot
twists unfold. Master vampire Valek
(Thomas Ian Griffith from “Kull the Con
queror”) desires to assemble a horde of vam
pires to overtake the
earth. But a botched
lobotomy (don’t ask)
not only prevents
him from going out
in the daytime but
also “weakens” him.
The only way
Valek can grow
strong is by stealing
the black cross, an
ancient relic of the
Catholic Church
with mystical pow
ers. Valek forms an
alliance with the
corrupt Cardinal
‘John
Carpenter’s
Vampires’
DIRECTED BY:
John Carpenter
STARRING:
James Woods,
Daniel Baldwin,
Maximillian Schell
RATING: R
Alba l the Uscar-winrnng Maximilhan
Schell), one of the few clergyman who
knows the location of the cross, and recovers
the relic. Soon, he becomes all-powerful and
gains a couple of blood-sucking followers.
The Vatican, naturally anxious to get the
cross back, secretly funds vampire expert Jack
Crow (James Woodsjto destroy Valek. Joining
Crow on his mission is the hang-faced Tony
Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), the hardened Fa
ther Adam Guiteau (Tim Guinee) and a hook
er Katrina (Sheryl Lee). Playing on the hook
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In a scene from ‘John Carpenter’s Vampires,’ James Woods stars as Jack Crow, a member of a team of mercenaries sent by the Vatican to annihilate a nest of thirsty
vampires. The film is presented by Columbia Pictures and opens in theaters today.
Modernist painter s work to snow at the University
Courtesy photo
The painting“Adobe Houses” is an example of C.S. Price’s modernist work.
The work of Northwest modernist painter
C.S. Price will be on display at the
University Museum of Art Oct. 31 to Jan. 9
By Kelly Woolfolk
lor the Emerald
The University Museum of Art will premiere an ex
hibition titled, “C.S. Price: Landscape, Image, and Spir
it,” which displays 32 paintings by Clayton S. Price,
one of the Northwest’s first and most prominent mod
ernist painters.
The exhibition, which starts Saturday and will run
through Jan. 3, marks the first major examination of
Price’s work in more than 20 years.
Roger Saydack, guest curator for the exhibition, said
the display “is a wonderful opportunity to get people
acquainted with modernism,” and added that he con
siders price to be “a major American painter.”
Saydack, who is a leading authority on the life and
work of Price, will be holding an introductory lecture
tonight at 7 p.m. in 177 Lawrence. A preview of the ex
hibit will follow from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Both events are free
and open to the public.
The exhibition divides Price’s work into three seg
ments: paintings of animals, landscape paintings and
paintings of boats. Saydack described the themes as a
depiction of Price’s evolving thoughts and styles.
“1 was trying to choose paintings that created a group
that represented how he felt at different times," Say
dack said. “I wanted to show parallels in the evolution
of each, consistent in each subject.”
Price was born in Wyoming in 1874. His early art re
flects the stark frontier land where he spent many days
working as a cowhand. Saydack said Price’s portrayal
of animals reflects this experience.
"He worked with animals and understood them better
than many other artists who have portrayed animals,’
Saydack said.
Price’s artistic career was jump started in 1915, when
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