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Man and prey dance for survival
“We. are San Bushmen, sons and
MANDY GOOD
daughters of the first people,” a
hunter explains in the film. “We
know hunting. This is what we are
born to do.”
Their ancient ways of hunting
are invisible to the untrained eye,
as each hunter finds his prey.
They track the animals by the
sand, but that is only one facet
of their talent; hunting is a way
of life— something that runs
through their blood, almost a
sixth sense.
The amazing thing about this
film is that it is about a way of
life that has never been filmed
before.
Mini-cam techniques, where
cameras are mounted on animals,
were specifically developed for the
film, and show the unique points-
of-view of both the hunter and the
hunted, jn an effort to under
stand their ancient relationship.
A&E Editor
The Great Dance: A Hunter’s
Story, a documentary film now
playing in Portland, gives a unique
insight into the lives of an ancient
tribe still existing in South Africa,
and while the film offers a lot of
insight, it is portrayed in a manner
that is not for the squeamish.
The film made me turn my head
a few times, but at the same time
the raw footage is what made me
feel connected to the hunters in
the film. The Great Dance is very
explicit, with the hunters literally
bringing the audience along on
their hunt.
The !Xo San are a dying breed
of hunters living in the Central
Desert of Kalahari, and fighting to
retain an ancient way of life amidst
a rapidly encroaching modern
world. They hunt as their ances
tors have for thousands of years.
tion.
In the film the hunter runs for over
four hours before his prey is ex
hausted, then literally stares down his
prey until he stabs it with his spear.
This film makes you feel privileged
to watch. It is intimate because it
shows the hunters' own experiences
and is expressed by them in their own
words.
I highly recommend this movie. It
made me think about survival in such
harsh circumstances. Could I survive?
The Great Dance; A Hunters Story,
will be playing at the Clinton Street The
ater, 2522 SE Clinton, Nov. 8-14. All
show times are 7 and 9:15 p.m., unless
otherwise noted.
Keeping the Faith keeps video viewers laughing
MICHAEL CHOE
Staff Writer
So get this, a priest a rabbi and
a...Already heard this one before?
Maybe, but I’ve found watching,
instead of hearing, is much more
enjoyable.
Stylistically, Keeping the Faith
is all over the place. It’s satire and
parody, a romantic love triangle,
and it’s all conjoined by bringing
to life this old joke of a priest and
a rabbi. Why are these two reli
gions, set side by side, so humor
ous?
Starring Edward Norton as
Brian, a Catholic priest, and Ben
Stiller as an “improv”- sermon
rabbi, Jake, Jenna Elfman is the
vibrant blonde who gets caught
up in their antics. A wonderfully
talented cast is the key to this com
edy, which is also directed and pro
duced by Edward Norton.
Keeping the Faith starts rather
unsteadily as we see Brian
(Norton) in a drunken stupor stum
bling into a bar, where he tells most
of this tale in flashback. The movie
soon picks up the pace, as we learn
that all three main characters were
childhood friends separated when
Anna moved from New York to Cali
fornia. Here we also get a view of
both men of faith at work, both
being “movers and shakers.”
Rabbi Jake, for instance, likes to
stir up his congregation with such
new techniques as bringing the
Harlem Gospel Choir to sing a tra
ditional Jewish song.
A call comes to Father Brian from
Anna saying that she’s coming to
New York on business, and the
comedy ensues.
Anna comes back only to steal
both of their hearts, but while Jake
is free to pursue her, Brian, as a
Catholic priest, cannot. Anna falls
for Jake, but they conveniently
“forget” to tell Brian. The fact that
Anna is not Jewish is a big factor
in their relationship and she and
Jake have to keep it on the “down
low.”
The drama that engulfs them is
what makes this movie work. The
4.
The ultimate expression of this
relationship is the “chasing
hunt”—a run to the death. The hunter
literally runs down his prey, tracking
at high speed over difficult terrain and
in 120 degree heat, until the man or
animal collapses from sheer exhaus
characters are funny in their own
right, but this unique, heart-warming,
“backward Three’s Company," with
religious complications is one of the
funniest to hit video bookshelves in
a long while.
Overall Grade: B+
poetry Read'Ng
Judith Minty recently returned to
Michigan after teaching at the
University of Alaska. She ex
plores the woods and waters of
the Upper Peninsula wi th a poet's
eyes. She will be on campus Tues
day, Nov. 14 at noon in the Gre
gory Foium.
Barbara Ras was educated in Art
History at Simmons College in
Boston and in creative writing at
the University of Oregon. She
traveled extensively in Latin
America and published widely.
She will be on campus Thursday,
Nov. 16 at noon in the Skylight
Dining Room.
MANDY GOOD
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it slow and allow them to grow to
love you. This week, be an ac
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This week say it once and mean
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