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Oregon Daily Emerald 346-3712
‘Bebop’ movie shallow,
but music, action save it
Movie review
Aaron Shakra
Pulse Reporter
Let’s get one thing out of the way:
“Cowboy Bebop” Isn’t about deep ideas.
The 24-episode television series, which
aired in 1998, has spawned “Cowboy
Bebop: The Movie” which opens this
Friday at the Bijou Art Cinemas.
The original subtitle of the film
was “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,”
but could not be retained due to
copyright issues with the Bob Dylan
song of the same name. Because the
film was released in 2001, many fans
have viewed illegal copies circulat
ing around the Internet.
The film operates much like an ex
tended episode of the series, which is
a good thing. Anyone not familiar
with the show can view see “The
Movie” without confusion, but for
those who know the show, the film
only adds meaning to the story. The
general premise is this: The movie re
volves around a futuristic bounty
hunter and a crew of others, who
spend most of their time aboard a
spaceship called the Bebop, waiting
for work. The 116-minute film opens
in the middle of a bounty hunt, but
quickly shifts to a terrorist truck
bombing that releases a deadly virus.
As expected, the animation in “Cow
boy Bebop: The Movie” is astounding. Itis
animated in the same style as the series,
only it is more detailed for the big screen.
The fight sequences are especially no
table and intricate—these aren’t big bat
tle sequences, but rather up close and
personal. And composer Yoko Kanno’s
music, in keeping with the series, is stellar.
These both point toward a general
Cowboy Bebop sensibility: While still a
Japanese anime, it’s a decidedly Amer
ican one, through its appeals to music,
visuals, busty women and Hollywood
esque moments of action. Perhaps the
film genres aren’t far apart anymore.
There is nothing of particular depth
here, but that doesn’t quite mean it’s a
stupid film. Recommended.
Contact the Pulse reporter
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com.
Lime Tree
continued from page 7
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. in the Are
na Theatre, located at 104 Villard Hall.
Director Eric Michael Mac
Gionnaith, a Ph.D. theater arts stu
dent focusing on Irish drama, sets the
play in an Irish pub. With the help of
set designer Lara Shimasaki, he has
transformed the intimate Arena The
atre into a veritable brew house. The
set is complete with a bar boasting
working taps. In addition to the 40 re
maining traditional theater seats, au
dience members may also sit at the
pub tables placed in the acting space
or in the balcony and are offered pints
(of root beer), bowls of pretzels and a
rousinggame of darts.
Actors mingle through the entire
space throughout the play, take seats
at tables amidst the audience, chat
with and tell their stories directly to
the virtual pub-goers. MacCionnaith
said he wants to shatter typical the
ater conventions in order to involve
the audience in the story.
“One of the things I’m really inter
ested in is dissolving this barrier be
tween audience and actors,” he said.
“It’s a very interactive thing and the
actors are right there; right next to
your table, sitting at your table,
standing next to your table,” he said.
“And if you want to give some feed
back, you’re right there for it. The au
dience is encouraged to interact.”
MacCionnaith said more adven
turous theater-goers will love the
style but said he realizes other audi
ence members might be unaccus
tomed to being involved.
Audience interaction is just one of
many challenges the five actors face.
The cast has spent the past seven
weeks tackling the nuances of Irish
dialect. The script also proves diffi
cult because it is devoid of any stage
directions or clues as to how to ap
proach the play, which is written as
lengthy, uninterrupted monologues
spanning four to nine pages. Mac
Cionnaith devised the two addition
al characters of Seamus and Morgan,
who interject throughout the stories,
in order to aid the actors and con
tribute to his naturalistic vision.
Avery Bell
continued from page 7
“I think the stuff we’re singing
about is a little bit deeper and politi
cal,” she said. “It kind of goes hand in
hand—I’m pretty mellow and quiet.”
Besides writing its own lyrics, the
band also produced its own album,
from recording the music in
Wilbrecht’s basement to creating
the hand-drawn CD insert.
“We’re very D.I.Y.,” Lawhon said.
Jake Houck added that he is
proud of the album’s quality.
“It feels good to hand somebody a
record we’ve made and one that
sounds so good,” he said.
Avery Bell also produced local
artist DJ Gueevo’s (a.k.a. University
alumnus Esteban Mendez) first al
bum, “Estebonics.”
“(Avery Bell) kind of influenced me
to go underground with my music,”
Mendez said. “We’re music snobs.”
Mendez added that he attends Av
ery Bell’s concerts and enjoys listen
ing to the band.
“They’re really good,” he said.
“It’s loud and it’s melodic.”
While Avery Bell members focus
intensely on production and music,
each member also has a separate
job. Jake Houck and Lawhon will
graduate in June, Lucas Houck
manages Hammy’s Diner and
Pizanos Pizzeria on campus, and
Wilbrecht works at a group home
for mentally disabled adults. But
when the band gets together, it’s
never all about business — the
Houck brothers climb trees and
pummel each other in true sibling
fashion, and the jokes never stop.
“I love my bandmates,” Wilbrecht
said. “They’re like my best friends.
We’re almost a family.”
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Even with the additions to the
script and the innovative design, ac
tors caution that this is not a play
containing lots of action. However,
actor Kris Santoro said audience
members who want to experience
the art of Irish story-telling will be
engrossed in the production.
“It’s a great story and there’s these
really human moments,” he said.
“It’s three guys and they’re not any
of them angels, but they’re all hu
man and they’re people that you per
sonally could know. You’ll see ele
ments of your friends and your
family and yourself in all the charac
ters on stage whether you’re a guy or
a girl, and I think that reflection will
have a lot to offer.”
Tickets are $6 for the general pub
lic, $5 for senior citizens, University
faculty and staff and $4 for University
students. Tickets are on sale at the
UO Ticket Office in the EMU and at
the University Theatre Box Office in
Villard Hall on performance evenings.
Contact the Pulse reporter
at markbaylis@dailyemerald.com.
Houck said they plan to join
Wilbrecht in Portland after gradua
tion, where they will continue to
pursue both their personal and mu
sic careers.
“We’ll take it as far as it will go,”
Jake Houck said. “I would love to be
famous.”
Wilbrecht said the band’s biggest
challenge will be acquiring a devot
ed fan base in Portland. However,
the band says once it accomplishes
this goal, the sky is the limit.
As Lukas Houck put it, “We have
the explosives, you provide the fuse.”
The band will play with Drumatti
ca and Deflower at WOW Hall on Sat
urday. The show starts at 9:30 p.m.,
and WOW Hall is located at 291 W.
Eight Ave. Tickets are $7 at the door,
and Avery Bell will offer its album for
purchase at the performance.
Contact the Pulse editor
atjacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com.
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