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 —
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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.
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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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