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Wednesday, August 29, 1934 Pago 13 Daily Ncbraskan n 11 IL fcj) . 1 0 rl (ginuk 1W m m V.. O ill cufu --,V iw mm" 2 roeli9 onntsMiies tectaicsl slop AnaJysls By Billy Schaffer backup band, the "Spiders From Daily Nebraskan St&rr Editor Mars," (especially Mick Ronson on lead guitar) Bowie excelled in "Ziggy Stardust" is a concert all three areas, movie. Filmed in London in 1973, The film is 90 percent Bowie, it took 10 years for completion Bowie close-ups singing, Bowie when David Bowie himself pro- criss-crossing the stage in a leo duced the final mix. It is a docu- tard that will set Danskin back 20 mentary chronicling the last con- years, Bowie backstage with his cert Bowie performed in the make-up staff, etc. The remaining persona of Ziggy, sort of a man 10 percent of the flick is divided who fell to earth with a guitar, between shots of strobe-lit fe- Ziggy was one of Bowie's first males swooning in the audience, trips into portraying diverse char- and an occasional guitar solo by acters from his strange imagina- Mick Ronson. Bowie has costumes, tion. If this movie does nothing make-up, good looks, sexual an else, it indisputably validates drogony and charismatic magic. Bowie as the king of glitter rock, But 90 minutes might border on that bizarre genre of music that overkill except for the die-hard reared its purple-and-orange head Bowie fanatic, in the early 70s. Glitter rock was The most important aspect of music that combined outrageous the film is the fact that it is a costumes, heavy-duty rock riffs, document of the incredible origi and a theatrical approach to stage nality of the performer and the performance. With the help of his fact that all this was done 11 years ago. Taken in context, the Zigsy Stardust show was obviously one of t he greatest rock extrava ganzas ever assembled. The power of the lyrics and performance still make MTV look like sugar candy. A person I met in Chicago who knows David Bowie told me that he is a fragile kind of creature that you want to take home and cuddle and feed a good meal. That may be true offstage, but as a per former, the guy's got that special something that only guys like Jagger, Hendrix, and Prince gen erate. Eleven years old or not, "Ziggy Stardust" is a powerful statement of originality and creative vision. Technically, the film is sloppy. Somehow, that doesn't matter that much. V I i i Photo Courtety of 2Qth Century-Fox David Bowie as Ziggy Stardnst. 'Dreamscape ' included in growing list of winners Review by Wsrd W. Triplett III Daily Nebraskan Staff Editor One of my fellow workers recent ly accused me of being too kind to many movies. "Oxford Blues" was the latest example, a film that apparently hasn't met with a lot of great public opinion. Plenty of things were going on in "Oxford Blues" that made it a predictable rehash of an old theme, but nothing that really made it a damnable excursion into banality either. Plus, Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy show signs of being good actors. 0 . . .uuus yuur ruuni nueu ruJLtujLi an inexpensive alternative! D D 0 0 Q 0 Q D li o 0 j 0 0 D 0 Q n wm . 0 WJ 0 llncoln's largest selection of poste as low as $5.00 ' . east park plaza off all posters & frames with this coupon (thru Sept.) D D D D Still, since the negatives are more fun to write about and pick out, here are the negative things about "Dream scape," a science fiction adventure about psychic invasion of the human subcon scious. First of all, it does not have Ally Sheedy in it. Second, it does have Kate Cap shaw. She copped a lead role here, and weak roles in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Best Defense" all in one summer. Yet "Dreamscape" proves that she really can't act very. well. If that's not the problem, then her agent is going for the quantity of roles, not quality. But who needs awards anyway? Third, "Dreamscape" characters are shallow and one dimensional. The story risks becoming a regular boring sci-fi tale because of it. Fourth, and most unforgivably, the dreamscapes that make up the most fascinating part of the movie are too short. Then, there are not enough of them. Fifth, there's the problem of toying with the facts of the script. The mind-linkers can go into a person's dream right after the person falls asleep. I haven't con tacted the sleep lab or anybody on this, but I Ve always heard that dreams occur right before a per son wakes up. (That could be explained if the characters were going to wake up then, but the doctors involved have to forcibly shake the dreamers back into reality.) Inconsistencies in science fic tion are nothing new, and I doubt if a good one should leave you time to think about intangibles like this. But even so, with my apologies to my co-worker, I liked "Dreamscape" because of its orig inal idea and special effects bom bardment. I would recommend it almost without reservation. But the idea suffers when the story bogs down to a one-on-one dream land fight, which could have been more imaginative. The idea is an intriguing one that can be taken beyond the film. A university research team is investigating the possibility of reaching another person's sub conscious through a dream- A futuristic Frankenstein wire hock up has been perfected by the time the movie starts, and two psy chics actually are capable of enter ing a subject's mind, encounter ing whatever may be irking that person. They hope to destroy the demon and make sleep peaceful for that person again. Continued on P&!e 19 r s V mm &mm jo There's an alternative when class and work schedules con flict, or you can't get the classes you need. St udy Vietnam, human behavior, management and com puter science and earn Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) 'credit- when you enroll in Tele courses which start Sept 8 and 9 on the Nebraska Educational Television Network (NEW). Match your class schedule to your life with weekend instruc tion on NETV, books that arrive in the mail, and a UNL in structor available by toll free telephone. Take your tests at your nearest public library or on the UNL campus. You also can take a course noncredit,for personal and professional growth. Telecourses preview Sept. 1 and 2 on NETV. Available fall semester 1984 are: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HIS TORY (Political Science 260s) This three credit hour course pro vides a full record of the Vietnam conflict, and examines the impact of war on American society. Tuition: $127.05 credit $40 noncredit Materials: $39.50 (tax, handling included) Schedule: Class starts at noon Sunday, Sept. 9. 13 weeks. No repeats. UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BE HAVIOR (Psychology 171s) This three credit hour introduction to psychology surveys the physiological, intra-psychic, and social-behavioral perspective of human thought and behavior, sensation, perception, moti vation, learning and memory, and more. 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