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Crash takes ‘fearless’ character to new life Bridges, Perez help solidify film “Fearless” A devastating plane crash was the best thing for Max Klein. Faced with this near-death experi ence, Klein, played by three-time Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges, is over whelmed by his own immortality. Once deathly allergic to strawber ries, he cats them continually. He walks on building ledges, strides across busy streets and hurdles small children in a single bound. He even invites God to try and kill him. Although life has provided Max with a clarity he’s never had before, his wife, Laura, is in the dark. Laura, played by Italian actress Isabella Rossilini, is shut out of Max’s life after the crash. Max’s wife and son are parts of the past he left on the plane. Max claims he’s been reborn, un like Carla Rodrigo, another survivor, who thinks she’s dead. Carla, played by Rosie Perez, Woody Harrelson’s “Jeopardy!”-fanatic girlfriend in “White Men Can’t Jump,” lost her two-year-old son, Bubbles, in the crash. Through the airline’s psychologist, they meet. These two people — one who is more alive than ever and the other who is emotionally dead — i ... , Courtesy Warner Bros Laura (Isabella Rossellini) and Max (Jeff Bridges) are a loving married couple who must re-evaluate and rebuild their relationship after Max survives a brush with death in the new movie “Fearless.” help each other restart their lives. Directed by Peter Weir and pro duced by Paula Weinstein and Mark Rosenberg, “Fearless” is not your typ ical “post-traumatic disaster” film. Unlike the most recent airline disas ter movie, “Alive,” nobody eats any one or suffers hypothermia while stranded in the mountains. Perez and Rosselini add to the film with their opposing dialects. Carla’s strong Catholic background and Karla’s role as a ballet teacher gave each character more depth than be ing labeled as “other survivor” and “distraught wife.” Bridges is very convincing. He takes you from “gee, what a nice guy” to “he’s a total prick” with ease. From the opening shot, the cine matography is very “alive.” By fo cusing on minute details, it works on Max’s fascination with the “little things” in life. The unusual angles portrayed Max’s enlightened point of view. Combined with the power of the music, composed by Maurice Jarre, the film is very commanding. Although the film deals with a very common topic, it generated dif ferent emotions from the average “near-death experience” talcs. A dif ficult challenge, but one in which Weir succeeded. — Paula Lavigne ‘Shade’ illustrator Bachalo begins to diversify work FMB By William J. Harms Staff Reporter Artist Chris Bachalo is some what of an oddity in the world of comic books. In these days of art ists bouncing from series to series, book to book, in search of fame, Bachalo has taken a somewhat dif ferent route. He decided to remain with the book that helped launch his career. Only six months after graduat ing from California State Univer sity at Long Beach with a degree in illustration, he was offered his first job at DC Comics. 1964 Continued from Page 12 Benson as John Lennon, Gary Grimes as Paul McCartney, Tom Work as George Harrison and Terry Manfrcdi as Ringo Starr. Kim Ruwe, the event’s coordina tor, said she first saw the imperson ators at a conference in Nashville. “I thought it was great,” she said. “1 couldn’t tell the difference between them and the Beatles.” That seems to be the reaction worldwide. According to press infor mation for “1964,” the imitators per formed in front of people who knew the Beatles well. Alistair Taylor, former president of the Beatles’ record label, Apple Records, said their resemblance to the Beatles was uncanny. Ruwe said “1964” is a concert, “just like the ones the Beatles would do.” She said the performance begins with the Beatles’ first concert tour in 1963 and works its way to their final concert in 1966 at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. “Its just like a concert,” she said. “It’s just like you’re flashing back." The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union. Tickets are $2 for UNL students, $3 for the general public. -4U had -tried out for and gotten the job as artist for a new series called ‘Shade-The Changing Man.’ The script for the first issue was not done, so I was offered a fill-in issue of‘The Sandman,”’ Bachalo said by phone from his home in southern California. After completing the “Sand man” issue, Bachalo moved on to “Shade,” a book he has drawn for the last four years. While “Shade” is somewhat of a cult book and doesn’t enjoy all of the fanfare of some of DC’s belter-selling mature-reader titles, Bachalo said he has enjoyed work ing on the book. “It has provided me with a great avenue for art. The book is so weird and surreal that I can do almost anything I want, and that is what makes it fun for me. I also enjoy Peter Milligan’s writing,” Bachalo said. Although he has drawn nearly every issue of “Shade” since the series began, Bachalo has found time to work on other titles. Earlier this year, when DC merged its mature reader titles into a separate imprint called Vertigo, Bachalo drew the highly acclaimed mini-series “Death: The High Cost of Living,” written by fan-favorite Neil Gaiman. He recently teamed up again with Gaiman to produce the first issue of “The Children’s Crusade,” which was released on October 28. “The Children’s Crusade” be gins with a book-end, written by laiman with art by Bachalo. The crusade continues through several of Vertigo’s annual editions, and ends with a second book-end, writ ten by Gaiman. Bachalo is only suppling the art for the first book end. “Karen Berger, the Vertigo group editor, called me and asked if I would like to do it,” Bachalo said. “‘Death’ was very successful and I think they were trying to capture that writer/artist team again.” In addition to his work for DC’s Vertigo books, Bachalo has also done a limited amount of work for Marvel Comics. He drew a story for issue No. 400 of “The Incredi ble Hulk” and the art for the first issue of “X-mcn Unlimited.” In the coming months Bachalo will ease his workload at DC and concentrate his efforts on two new Marvel books. “1 will be doing ‘Generation X’, a new mutant book similar to ‘The New Mutants.’ It will be writ ten by Scott Lodell and will begin in July 1994.” Bachalo said. “I will also be doing the breakdowns for ‘Ghost Rider 2099,’ which will begin in February of ’94. “Issue No. 50 will be my last issue of drawing the interior art work for ‘Shade,’ although I will continue painting the covers. At some point I will also draw the second Death series called ‘Death: The Time of Your Life.’” The new series will be released in January 1995, exactly two years the original Death series and the launching of the Vertigo imprint, Bachalo said. 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