Pulse briefs
Learn to shake it
Israeli-style Thursdays
Are you tired of booty-shaking at
dance clubs? The Oregon Hillel and
the Jewish Student Union have a dif
ferent movement experience to of
fer. Dance the night away every
Thursday — Israeli-style.
Lessons and dancing go from 7:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. each week at the
Agate Auditorium; the first hour is
for beginners, and advanced stu
dents can find their niche in the sec
ond hour. International instructor
William Harvey travels from Port
land to teach on alternating weeks.
These dance events are free for stu
dents, and community members can
pay on a sliding scale from $3 to $18.
—Jacquelyn Lewis
Cheap Jewelry Sale
returns as fund-raiser
Want to score some cool, low
priced jewelry and see student art as
well? The eighth annual Cheap Jew
elry Sale will provide both these op
portunities in one.
The sale, which will run Thursday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobby of
Lawrence Hall, will feature at least
400 pieces of handmade jewelry cre
ated by intermediate and advanced
metalsmithing and jewelry students.
Each student designed 20 to 40
items, and the rings, pendants,
brooches, earrings and other acces
sories were fashioned from everything
from silver to rubber. Each bauble will
be available for $15 or less. The funds
raised will be used toward guest lec
tures and studio equipment for the
Department of Art.
—Jacquelyn Lewis
Sandler
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from Los Angeles — devises a
scheme with her boyfriend (Philip
Seymour Hoffman) to rip Egan off.
While avoiding her harassing
phone calls, Egan is introduced to
Lena (Emily Watson), a woman
. who sees through the man’s out
ward anxieties to the tenderness
that lies underneath.
j What follows is the unraveling of
Barry’s tightly wound exterior, first
releasing anger toward those taking
advantage of him, and finally finding
the self-confidence to do something
about it. In typical romantic come
dy fashion, it’s love that gives Barry
the tools to break out.
But “Punch-Drunk” is anything but
typical. It constantly defies the pre
conceptions people take with them
into movies, floating just above reality
in a kind of Technicolor dreamland
where anything is possible.
A harmonium figures prominent
ly in “Punch-Drunk Love,” and pro
vides a perfect musical subtext for
Egan’s childlike sensibility. Ander
son chooses his moments for music
carefully and every scene feels
richer for it.
Oh, and then there’s Adam San
dler. He’s amazing. That’s all there
is to it. Decked in a suffocating
blue suit, Sandler finally has a flesh
and blood character to throw his
displaced energy into. It’s as
though Anderson made the movie
for the sole purpose of silencing
critics who have written him off as
a no-talent ham. And Sandler rises
to the occasion.
The moments that have made
Sandler a star in his comedies come
from the anger that erupts from in
side him. This is a perfect match for
Anderson, whose previous work ex
amines characters that guard their
hearts with a self-destructive shell
that can only erupt in fits of gut
wrenching emotional truth and rev
elation. Think Julianne Moore
breaking down after losing custody
rights of her son in “Boogie Nights.”
Think Tom Cruise sobbing to his dy
ing father in “Magnolia.”
Moments in “Punch-Drunk” that
elicit laughs at the start hang around
just long enough to reveal the sad
ness and anger that govern Egan’s
life. Take the scene where Egan
trashes a restaurant bathroom. We
see the Sandler from previous films
but feel the frustration more deeply.
And when Egan screams at his sister
from a pay phone in Hawaii, we
O/i, and then there's
Adam Sandler: He's
amazing. That's all
there is to it
cheer him on.
In Anderson’s films, the lives of
his characters hinge on these erup
tions. And this is why he’s the
bravest storyteller around. Such
scenes would feel melodramatic and
false in the hands of a lesser direc
tor, but Anderson pulls it off without
an ounce of pretense. He recognizes
that these moments exist in real life,
challenges his actors to make them
real on screen and asks an audience
to believe.
Barry Egan is a guy who goes
through hell to ultimately find har
mony in his own life. When he gets
to the end of the journey and the
music swells, the only thing you can
do is sit back and smile.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com
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and share their experiences on the month of fasting, RAMADAN
Thursday, November 14, 2002
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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