Tuesday, January 24, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 9
Excerpts from the cable television program At
The Concession Stand:
Tom: Testing . . . one, two, three. Testing . . . one,,
two, three.
Glenn: Hey, the cameras rolling. This is At The
Concession Stand, the movie review program. And
across the aisle from me is Tom Mockler, film critic
for the Times of London.
Tom: And across the aisle from me is Glenn M.
Stuva, of the Lo 3 Ancles Times. And sitting before
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me is a bottle of Sebastiana Gamay Beaujolab wine,
bottled in November 1983 a truly fine wine. The
films of 1933, like fine wine, should be savored. ,
Glenn: Which brings us to our topic this week: The
Films of 1033. It's true that fine wine should be
savored, but unfortunately last year's crop was
more like a bottle of cheap ripple: Itll get you drunk
but it doesn't taste very good.
Tom: Actually, I didn't even find them very intoxi
cating. I probably should have saved my money for
cheap ripple. Well, at least the popcorn was filling.
Some people thought 1083 was an exceptionally
good year, but I can't agree. I was supposed to think
of 10 of the best films, but I can't even think of 10
especially good ones.
Glen: I can't think of 10, either. So I came up with
a best six of the year. Here they are:
1. The State of Things
2. Zelig
3. Silkwood "'
4. The Hunger
5. Strange Brew
6. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Honorable Mentions include Risky Business, Sud
den Impact, and Breathless.
Movies I wish I had seen: King of Comedy, Tender
Mercies and lots of foreign films that never play in
this part of the country.
The most overrated films of the year are easily
Terms of Endearment and Fanny and Alexander.
Yes, I'm criticizing Bergman.
Tom: You're a cruel man, Glenn, although I can't
really disagree for the most part. For me, this year
consisted of a lot of movies that had good critical
reputations, but that I missed. Foremost in this
category was The Big Chill I couldn't seem to get
anybody to go with me. Maybe I should switch
toothpaste.
Another film that I'm sorry I missed was Betrayal,
with Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons. It never made it
here, and never may. Others included Reuben, The
Correction
Because of a problem with the printing, two of the
poems in Monday's "Serendipity" column by Mary C.
Reilly were illegible. The poems are reprinted here to
avoid any further eyestrain.
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There is a fine straight line pulled tight
Stitched and clamped on either end
Between the wondrous and unique you
that dares to precariously tiptoe forward
And the strong force of society, family
and friends, supporting, pulling, prodding,
and nudging
Both encourage you to strike a balance
in developing and realizing
your special potential
in the art of personhood
Cocktail Waitress
Would you care for anything to drink
(smile and wink, smile and wink)
May I take those empty glasses?
(shrug off passes, shrug off passes)
Would you let me light your smoke?
(gasp and choke, gasp and choke)
Oh yes, I have some change I think
(clink-clink-clink-clink)
May I get you another pitcher?
(Coors Lisht, Miller, or Budweiser)
Here's your change $6, $7, $8
(what a cheapskate, what a cheapskate;
Go home with you or to a party?
(someone save me, someone save me) (
I won't be your date, girlfriend, or mistress.
(I confess I'm in distress)
Cant you see it's just a job?
(go home and sob, go home and sod)
Brighten someone's day
send a personal in the
Dally Nebraskan .
Right Stuff (l couldn't get anybody to go with me to
that, either), Tender Mercies starring Robert Duvall
(I dont like stories about country singers), and The
King of Comedy ( can't stand Jerry Lewis, even if he
is playing a straight role.). Glenn seems to have
stepped out for a moment, so 111 ramble on some
more.
I agree with Glenn's selection of The State of
Things as the best film. Wim Wenders is perhaps the
best director in the world today.
Zelig was a good film, but certainly not Allen's
best.
Meryl Streep deserves the Academy Award for
Best Actress, by all rights, for Silkivood (even
though she won the award last year).
David Bowie deserves the Academy Award for
Best Actor in both Merry Christmas, Mr. Laurence
and The Hunger, although neither film was out
standing in its entirety. He's pretty sharp in his MTV
videos too, although he can't dance as well as
Michael Jackson. The Silliest Film Award goes to
Return oftheJedi, for the triumph of special effects
over story line.
And yes, the Most Overrated Film citation goes to
LincolnHollywood's own Terms of Endearment.
Glenn: What were you talking about while I was
gone?
Tom: What difference does it make? I covered for
you while you were in the liquor store. Some job this
is.
Glenn: I wasn't at the liquor store. If you must
know, I was using the restroom. But that's neither
here nor there. What in the hell were you talking
about?
Tom: The endearing film about endearing people,
the one that makes you laugh and cry and comes to
terms ...
Glenn: Terms of Endearment, eh? Yeah, that was a
pretty dumb movie. The only two things that I
enjoyed about the movie were Jack Nicholson's per
formance and the scene where Pebra Winger dies.
Nicholson's always good, and it was such a relief
after nearly two hours of her whiny voice for Winger
to be silenced by death.
Tom: And even that was contrived. I love ya, Bob
but I'm not sure about your taste in women. Troy
Bishop can't act, either.
Glenn: Troy Bishop is a twit, as are the director
and writer of this overly sentimental trash heap of
celluloid. I don't want to forget Jeff Daniels, either.
His performance had all the force and dynamism of
a boiled carrot.
Tom: "Flap" Horton? Who ever heard of somebody
named "Flap"?
Glenn: Good point, Tom. Well, the guy by the
camera is waving his arms. I guess that means we're
out of time.
Tom: This has been another edition of At The
Concession Stand. Until next time, remember to
vote for the candidate of your choice and obey most
traffic law3 they're there for your protection. This
ha3 been Tom Mockler ...
Glenn: And Glenn Stuva. See you next time.
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