Grand Canyon
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is his wife Claire. She’s unhappy with
her life and what she perceives to be
a growing emptiness within herself.
Danny Glover is Simon, a tow
truck driver who rescues Mack after
his car breaks down in a very danger
ous neighborhood, a place complete
with armed teenagers, overhead heli
copters and flashing lights.
Steve Martin is Mack’s best friend
Davis, a producer of violent films.
He’s hip, Hollywood and has an an
swer for everything, that is, until he’s
shot by a mugger for his watch. Then
his theories on life change drasti
cally.
But when he recovers he returns to
creating trash films; films that, by
Davis’ own admission “are rocks that
contribute to the landslide of the
dehumanization of life and the world.”
Mack’s secretary, Dee (Mary
Louise Parker), also plays an impor
tant part. She’s a young woman who
exemplifies the problems of loneli
ness in the world.
Her best friend Jane is played by
Emmy winner Alfre Woodard. Jane
is the wise one, who finds a happy
ending on a blind date with Simon.
“Grand Canyon” is a dramatic look
at life, complete with tears and laugh
ter. Certainly it is a fitting addition to
Kasdan’s list of great “real life” films
like “The Big Chill” and “The Acci
dental Tourist.”
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Nils Utsi as Paste (left) and Mikkel Gaup as Aigin star in the International Film Exchange release
“Pathfinder.”
Pathfinder
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“Pathfinder” has an ethical mysti
cism brooding in its action. Raste, the
Lapp spiritual leader, tells Aigan that
a common bond exists between all
Lapps, or members of “the brother
hood.” Aigan denies that he is part of
any brotherhood.
“I am on my own,” he says.
Raste warns Aigan against becom
ing like the Tchudes, men who have
“lost their paths” and are susceptible
to blinding emotions, such as revenge.
Raste inspires the boy and gives
him insight and inspiration that guide
him through the experiences that will
be the key to his maturity.
“Pathfinder” promises to be of great
interest from the simplicity of its first
few suspenseful scenes. From the
killing of a pet dog to the first appear
ance of the weapon-toting, black-clad
Tchudes hiding behind leafless trees,
cold-blooded darkness looms.
“Pathfinder” received an Academy
Award nomination for best foreign
film and is the highest-grossing Nor
wegian film ever made. It is refresh
ing and inspiring. Most Hollywood
action-adventure films could benefit
from learning the kind of respect Guap
gives to suspense and plot.
Showtimcs arc 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7
p.m. and 9 p.m.
People
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“Headphones,” I thought. I remem
bered something vague about head
phones. I watched the needle on the
signal meter jump, indicating that
something was going out over the air.
I prayed it was my voice.
I kept talking as I fumbled for the
headphones. I couldn’t take my eyes
off the signal meter.
I have no idea, even now, what I
said. I may have been blasphemous;
maybe I recited Shakespeare. All I
know is that when I slipped the head
phones on and heard my own voice
going out to millions of listeners, I
sighed a silent prayer of gratitude.
Then I played a record.
It wasn’t till I tried to stand up a
minute later that I realized I’d gone
weak in the knees.
After that episode, which I consid
ered the “birth pangs” of a star being
bom, I saw clear sailing ahead. From
here on out everything would be easy,
as if you could pile up terror and have
it all at once.
I don’tknow much about jazz. I’m
still not sure exactly what “fusion” is.
Sounds like atomic energy to me.
But the records were labeled, for
the most part, so I pulled them from
the shelves and set them up. I played
the songs that had titles I liked. “The
Big Avocado” is one I particularly
remember.
Fusion isn’t big on lyrics, appar
ently, which helps to explain what
follows.
I’d set up a record and gotten my
first phone calls. Well, I’d picked up
the phone. Somehow I couldn’t get
the caller on the line.
This seemed a bad omen: If I
couldn’t work the phone, how could I
expect to fly the plane? Or the mix
board?
But the record I was playing was
peppy and up-beat. It kept me feeling
happy.
Then Eli came in.
“What arc you playing?” she asked.
I shrugged, “Heck, I don’t know.”
She went to the turntable and tried
to read the spinning label.
“You know you’re playing this at
45?” she asked.
Fony-fivc RPMs, the D.J.’s night
mare. There hadn’t been any “chip
munking” vocals to iteer by.
“No, I said, and thought maybe
now was a good time to try “blood
rushing to the head.”
When that song ended, 1 switched
to the more traditional 33 RPMs. The
music became moody and Asian
sounding. The kind of music that wants
you to lie down and face your Karma.
The rest of the show went along
kind of like that.
I never did get any fan mail, but I
finally did get the phone to work and
I got two calls.
One guy, obviously a man of taste,
called to compliment me on the fine
music. One guy called to complain.
I take that as a positive response.
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Fungo Mungo
“Humungous”
Island
Southern California’s funk band
wagon is plenty crowded without
groups like Fungo Mungo climbing
aboard. On the liner notes to its major
label coming-out, “Humungous,” the
San Francisco quintet gives thanks to
fellow Bay Area artists Limbomani
acs and Primus, among others. The
gratitude is understandable —
“Humungous,” a bland, homogenous
work, does everything but lift lyrics.
The most annoying thing about
FM is its insistence on odd sampling,
a trick the Maniacs pulled off nicely a
couple of years ago on the brilliantly
funny “Stinky Grooves.” Unfortu
nately, “Humungous” has none of the
humor that made that or any Red Hot
Chili Pepper album so good.
Instead, these guys deal in tired
platitudes and rehashed themes.
The media-bashing “Sex Sells,”
and “Hype is Stupid” state the obvi
ous, while “Do You Believe in God”
lambastes televangelists (yawn), ask
ing, “If I pay will I be saved/If I watch
everyday?
FM extols the virtues of friendship
and community with “Downtown
Oakland” and the comball “Homies,”
two of the many tunes that borrow
heavily from the Chili Peppers.
FM catches fire only occasionally,
most notably on the “Brothers and
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