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Wednesday, April 8, 1987 Daily Nebraskan Page 5 A CMiii(D)tte9s iMsiiOKceire web Unlikable character kills interest in predictable film By Stew Magnuson Senior Reporter Whenever a movie centers on an unlikable character, the direc tor and film makers are taking a big risk. Of course, whether a character is likable comes down to the subjective opinion of each viewer. But characters I have little or no sympathy for usually turn me off to films. "Sincerely Charlotte" is a French film about selfish, irresponsible and immature Charlotte, a nightclub singer who may or may not have killed her live-in lover in Paris. She has one thing going for her, though: She is played by Isabelle Huppert, one of France's and possibly one of the world's best actresses. Huppert has an incredible screen presence and her acting talents are unquestionably superb. There's only one problem her character is a jerk. Movie Review Enter Mathieu (Niels Arestrup), the ex-boyfriend whom she walked out on years ago. Charlotte disrupts Mathieu's calm, domestic life with his lover Christine (Christine Pascal) and her 4-year-old soa Charlotte starts the mind games, letting Mathieu fall in love with her again. She cons him into loaning her money and escorting her to the Spanish border to escape questioning by the police. Mathieu and Charlotte are on the lam. They run into some minor set backs, including a "Postman Always Rings Twice" twist when they get in a car accident while smooching in a mov-. ing vehicle. Not too smart, kids. Rule one, always drive with your eyes open. , Eventually, the conflict with Mathieu develops: Will he abandon his domestic life for a life of avoiding the cops with Charlotte. Now, I've lost my sympathies for Mathieu. He lets Charlotte get away with . . . oops, I better not say it, it would give away the ending. She is still a jerk throughout the movie, and he's 4 'a 'irtn n ; Him si. . i " i j Review by Geoff McMurtry guitarists strolling dswn the tcp cf C;::t R-porter ths bur. Sssiciintcs xX cr.ee. All in it v;zs or. 2 cf the nest zzyts- Mcriry d ?A the Restcncs slim- sivctyun shows in recent mercery. uLtci o rrrrcditiva Drurcstick Afcenvards, Zcrcrcbaantiat'or 3- cm-d..Frca tlz ir.czr.snt ths bind cussed Kythlr he wis adced about, carried its hems cssiase, the crowd from Cutttes Ede to his solo pro- hzi its lcthargc tendencies. jeds (pcssitle another Love Dde- Leii s&gcr Fcter Zsrcrr.ha, cf fitica album cn the way) to the IuS Cutting Ed3 fcr.e, wandered Fkshter.cs. zU-:, dr'lr to nenbers cf the Lincoln's New Cress Guns, cr.acf r;"::.ee. V..2 r::t cf ths tend ths r.cet cripnel and interesting r : r3 1 ih th:3 c.V i ;3 n cn, Iced t:r.l to cc8 tlzZ, evened t:i:.:.::z the cr;.i cn ths d.r.cs ths she;. Although r.ct rserly as f- ;'nt f- vl'J cr cr.:r-:t:e c-ntr-3 C.s j " ' i::::tc:-th'yL.::.:iCre" '.ia- Jr. ')t::::,i;.:i:t; ycf set cf their cva c;;ca!lr, v.cll ' : " 3 7 . .1 ' !1? r:? creT.ed eer;3 ei even unveiled a ;t )c:::lti. 1 r.:;c:.3i:?thsr.::tt:r.3nr;ub..2. lr;::' c th: :r Ktn t:r.s in fee :.t "in r t.:ace: t' e c t here in Courtesy of New Line Cinema Isabella Huppert in "Sincerely Chsrlotta." A'JL, THE COMFORTS OF HOME WITHOUT THE RELATIVES tr im nnsanrrnrvfe 7 nf r 322 SOUTH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68508- 476-8551 just stupid enough to fall for her manipulation. "Sincerely Charlotte" lacks suspense. Diredor Caroline Huppert (Isabelle's older sister) telegraphs every move the players make. The ending is too predic table, and the question of whether Charlotte killed her lover wasn't enough to keep me wrapped up in the story. Director Huppert also makes a big question of whether the two will make love. But when they finally do, she doesn't make a very emotional or visual production of the event. The smolder ing fire sort of goes out in a spark in a train W.C. So what we have is a conniving, immature woman, toying with and using a spineless ex-lover who can't make the right decisions. "Sincerely Charlotte" at Shel don Film Theater, will show Thursday through Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m. with a 3 p.m. matinee Saturday. Entertainment Short O As part of Sh eldon Memorial Art Gallery's continuing efforts to bring art to the citizens of Nebraska, an exhibi tion of the work of Charles Rain will be shown at the Norfolk Arts Center through April 30. The exhibition, entitled "Magic Real ism: The Art of Charles Rain," is a selection of 14 paintings and 5 shadow boxes drawn from the Charles Whedon Rain Collection of Art that was given to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln upon Mr. Rain's death in 1985. Charles Rain, a New York-based artist who grew up in Lincoln, received his training from the Art Institute of Chi cago and in Europe, chiefly Berlin, Paris and Vienna. He experimented with many painting styles, eventually moving from abstraction to the highly realistic manner known as "magic real ism." The Norfolk exhibition consists of paintings in this style, in which unrelated objects, precisely delineated in a trompe l'oeil (fool-in-the-eye) tech nique create an aura of mystery and "magic" that is closely related to Surrealism. In addition to the paintings, the exhibition also features many of Charles, Rain's shadow boxes, which are miniature theater sets based on the Commedia dell'Arte, a raucous form of popular theater that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe during the seventeenth century. o mm A WW V A A W I Dusch Milwaukee's Dcst Old Milwaukee All Only Spring Special 15 ct. Diamond GO Wright's fine quality "IDEAL PROPORTION' 1 5 ct. diamond. 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