Cather-inspired composer
to produce radio program
She’s not the first person to be
inspired by a book, but she’s the only
one to see an Opera in Willa Cather.
Libby Larsen, the composer of
“Eric Hermannson’s Soul,” which is
based on the Cather short gory of the
same name, will be sharing her talents
with the residents of Cather’s alma
mater and former home.
The renowned American compos
er has been invited to Lincoln by
Nebraska Public Radio Network to
co-produce an entire day of program
ming, which will feature highlights of
LarsenTs career and include a live per
formance of her five-pairt song cycle
“Songs from Letters.”
Renowned for ter distinct love of
American music, Larsen’s work adds
yet another dimension to the
American patchwork of classic music.
She cites influences from Bernstein
and Copland as well as stride pianists
such as Willie “The Lion” Smith.
Today’s programming focuses
largely on her influences and is
designed to offer listeners an opportu
nity to experience the evolution of
energetic American compositions.
Larsen received a Grammy Award
in 1994 for the album, “The Art of
Arlene Auger” and her opera makes
its world-debut at Omaha’s Rose
Theatre on Nov. 17.
NPRN can be heard in Lincoln at
90.9 FM.
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The rest of the movie fades away
into a game of bloody hide-and-seek,
punctuated only by Carpenter’s lame
attempt to introduce a romance
between Montoya and Katrina. ■■
What “Vampires” needs most is an
injection of originality. The characters
and images in this movie are age-old
stereotypes, made worse by the ridicu
lously predictable Western motifs.
Crow lacks any significant, or even
semi-interesting, dialogue. His John
Wayne-like aphorisms involve more
cuss words than actual content, and his
comedy consists of phallic jokes made
to a priest
Lee’s appearance as the beaten, bit
ten and whipped Katrina provides the
only female presence in the film.
Unfortunately, when she’s not being
exploited and manipulated by her male
counterparts, she’s shaking as if she has
a bad case of delirium tremors.
Actresses were probably beating
down Carpenter’s door to play this
ground-breaking female part
In contrast, Baldwin’s Montoya is
supposed to be a manb man: loyal to his
cause and courageous in the face of
danger. However, Baldwin’s dry, pre
tentious delivery leaves him detached
from the rest of the characters.
And fierce loyalty to a cause never
enters the picture. Baldwin gives his
rage against the vampires less passion
than the task of reading entries out of
the telephone book.
The final character worth noting is
Valek, the 600-year-old vampire with a
vendetta against the Catholic church.
While the actor’s 6-foot-5 frame is
imposing on screen, his drawn-out
screams and evil grins fail to hypnotize
his victims or an audience. This vam
pire induces sleep ‘more than he mes
merizes. .... "
Overall, the only thing Carpenter
accomplishes with “Vampires” is
another flesh-filled, blood-drenched
horror movie, devoid of innovation.
Stone pushes TWA conspiracy theory
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal inves
tigators say movie director Oliver Stone
is producing more fiction than fact in
an ABC special promoting the theory
that a missile shot down TWA Flight
800.
James Kallstrom, who led the FBI
investigation into the Jufy 17,1996, dis
aster, said Thursday there is no evi
dence of a missile attack.
“The real facts are glossed over by
the likes of Mr. Stone and others who
spend their life bottom-feeding in those
small, dark crevices of doubt and
hypocrisy,” he said.
ABC News said the program,
which has not yet been scheduled for
broadcast, is as an entertainment spe
cial and not a traditional news story.
“There will be no confusion with
the audience that this was in any way
something ABC News was involved
in,” said ABC News spokeswoman
Eileen Murphy.
Despite an intensive two-year FBI
investigation into the crash, Stone said
he questions the results.
“Youhave to pay attention to what
eyewitnesses saw,” he said. “The
streaks of light There were a lot of wit
nesses, like the Kennedy assassination.
A lot of people saidbullets were fired
from die grassy knoll. How could we
ignore that? BufwedkL”
TW4|^ght 800 exploded minutes
after takepff from Kennedy
International Airport, killing all 230
people on board.
Investigators initially thought a
bomb, missile Or mechanical malfunc
tion could be responsible. The theory
was supported by more than 200 wit
nesses told the FBI they saw streaks of
light in die sky about the time the plane
exploded J
After months of analysis, however,
investigators concluded the witnesses
actually were seeing the plane disinte
grating.
The investigators concluded that
the center fuel tank: exploded, but the
National transportation Safety Board
has not yet identified the cause of the
explosion.
“The notion that thousands of pro
fessional and courageous investigators
... who worked day and night for what
was right are somehow part of a mas
sive conspiracy is truly a story that
could only be created by the warped
fairy tale world of Oliver Stone,”
Kallstrom said
Stone conceded an accident could
have caused the crash but said a Navy
long-range missile also could have
brought down the plane.
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