Small-town homophobia
addressed in ‘Season’
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the hard-edged Micki in hopes of
helpingTier settle down.
Charlie’s lines are cliched and
contrived in a tediously elementary
manner. He asks Micki, “What are
you running from, or what is it that
you are searching for? Everyone does
one or the other.... Don’t regret the
things you do.”
It becomes clear throughout the
film that Charlie lacks substance, and
he simply becomes a sort of cheesy
martyr fiill of fluffy insight.
One thing Charlie’s wisdom does
heighten is the sense of Micki’s inse
curities and dissatisfaction.
Roberta, on the other hand, has
found the place to land after a full life
of traveling. Tragically, that place has
left her somewhat empty and broken.
Roberta’s character is full of angst.
This and this alone seems to define
Roberta’s character and serves as a
constant impact on her development.
Roberta’s defensiveness toward
Micki leaves audiences with another
sense ofjhe film’s inadequacies. They
may wonder what these women are
feeling and what motivates them.
The film successfully and boldly
confronts lesbian sexuality through
humor and in an erotic manner.
Micki’s friends and fellow les
_bians from New York are briefly
inserted in “Out of Season” in a
humorous sequence where they
define the different types of lesbians.
The women also express their sexual
ity by dancing together in front of the
homophobic town at a bar. The same
effect is presented through a single
sexual encounter. These scenes show
no fear in saying what these women
have wanted to say for so long.
“Out of Season” is not as stylisti
cally successful or as intriguing as the
1998 Festival’s full-bodied “High
Art,” but “Season’s” touches of natur
al lighting and setting contribute to a
sense of realism that makes the char
acters and relationships plausible.
Nothing is technically spectacular, but
all is based on simplicity rather than
spectacle. It is this simplicity that suc
cessfully conforms to the small-town
feeling of the film.
“Out of Season” manages to
imply the influences of age and time
and their impact on the development
-'Of relationships between people. The
roles of sexuality, fortune and fate are
adequate explorations of the dissatis
factions in life. Still, “Out of Season”
leaves audiences wanting more.
Film twists ’80s formula
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the film neglects to illustrate fully his
relationship with Maggie. The audi
ence is left confused, wondering what
their friendship is based on. This poor
character development hinders the
film most, and by not having a solid
connection to the characters, the plot
starts to drag more than RuPaul.
The end result is a film split into
two parts, the first half being a come
dy that introduces a number of inter
esting characters and situations and a
second half that turns into a drama and
basically leaves those interesting char
acters back in the first half. - _
Overall, the idea of looking back
at the ’80s with a ’90s-trained eye is
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Title: "Edge of Seventeen"
Stars: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes
Director: David Moreton
Rating: unrated
Grade: C +
Five Words: Shallow character
development hinders film
interesting, but Moreton fails to com
plete what starts out as a great film.
Maybe he should have added Eric
to the criminal, the jock, the princess,
- the basket case and the brain in “The
Breakfast Club.” Or he could’ve made
Cameron gay.
‘Straight’ a powerful story
By Samuel McKewon
Senior editor
David Lynch’s “The Straight Story”
is an amazingly simple yet brilliant little
film, sort of like its title.
It is not something one would
expect from David Lynch, he of nasty
little fantasies such as “Blue Velvet”
and “Eraserhead.” This is the Lynch we
last saw in “The Elephant Man,” a kind,
subtle craftsman who draws out spec
tacular performances from his actors.
Here, that performance is given by
Richard Farnsworth, who will not only
gamer an Academy Award nomination
but will probably win it. Farnsworth is
Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old man who
finally decides to mend relations with
his brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton),
who has just had a stroke.
With his own health starting to fail,
Alvin sets out to make this journey
from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis.,
on his riding lawnmower, partly
because he has no driver’s license, part
ly because he wants this done his own
way.
His subsequent journey takes him
to places and meets him up with people
and little more. Many of the film’s long,
thoughtful camera pans focus simply
on Alvin riding on his mower or the sky
or just the fields in the background.
Midwestern life unfiltered.
Somehow, Lynch makes all of this
seem about as exciting as any movie
this year. We identify and admire the
realness of it, even though we don’t
identify with Alvin. The movie’s back
drop takes us to a place Midwesterners
are quite familiar with and bathes it in
integrity and strength. Like the
Midwest, Lynch portrays these stoic
characters as they are - sans makeup,
frills or any filthy language.
From a script written by John
Roach and Mary Sweeney, “The
Straight Story” is less about the destina
tion than it is the journey, which doubles
as a journey back through Alvin’s mis
takes and triumphs in life. He is no
saint, doesn’t portray himself as such
and is a bit stubborn. It takes a little of
that to ride a mower on the road with 30
cars ambling slowly behind you.
So when Farnsworth’s character
comes across a young runaway
(Anastasia Webb) who has a few of the
same qualities, his advice is real. His
experiences are real. And Farnsworth,
who could’ve been the old man preach
er and still made his performance work,
takes the trickier road, admitting failure
and even that he may not know. “The
Straight Story” understands, unlike few
movies do, what old-age wisdom is
really about.
It understands the Midwest, both its
beauty and its unrefined nature, perfect
ly, too. The phrase “colorful character”
wouldn’t fit here; just as “Blue Velvet”
helped redefine new, almost non-bind
ing limits on subject matter, Lynch’s lat
est work redefines the notion of reality.
The roles are less about character than
they are about ideas of life, embodied
by actors, mostly unheralded. It creates
a refreshing effect - the film never asks
us to identify with the people as much it
does with the ideas they convey.
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Title: The Straight Story"
Stars: Richard Farnsworth
Director: David Lynch
Rating: G (absolutely pristine)
Grade: A
Five Words: Simple, beautiful, honest:
“Straighf works
A large supporting cast is led by
Sissy Spacek, who plays Alvin’s daugh
ter. Stanton is in the film’s more power
ful scenes as the suffering Lyle.
The film, though, belongs to
Farnsworth, and Lynch is a wise enough
director to get out of his way; the acting
never seems to have been directed,
though the movie still has a distinct
Lynch feel in terms of camerawork.
It ought to be strange that this par
ticular director can pull “The Straight
Story” off. Lynch’s last movie, “Lost
Highway” was a jumbled mess. Before
that was the disaster of “Twin Peaks:
Fire Walk With Me.” Does it mean he’s
matured?
Probably not. Occasionally though,
he turns out ground-breaking stuff.
“Blue Velvet” fit the bill much more
neatly. “The Straight Story” lives in an
entirely different universe but is maver
ick in its own way. There are so many
movies right now that tell how it ought
to be or how they want it to be or how it
is even though we know differently.
“The Straight Story” is different,
but not because the movie tells it like it
is. It doesn’t tell at all. It just is.
Robert Henri helped advance modem art
HENRI from page 12
stricken immigrants.
Many of the members of the presti
gious Art Academy said Henri was
painting ugly pictures and setting a bad
example for his students.
Needless to say, his work and the
work of his students was ostracized
from the Academy’s many art exhibits.
“He was a trend-setter because he
kind of broke from the Academy,”
Dawson said. “He challenged the way
that artists were accepted in the art
world.”
Henri and his pupils in turn
shunned the Academy and put on their
own art exhibits, essentially spear
heading the do-it-yourself approach to
exhibiting and marketing art that is
deemed unacceptable by the masses.
Upon his death in 1929, Henri was
seen by many artists as an inspiration.
A pioneer, much like his father, Henri
put an indelible mark on the progres
sion of American modern art. And
today, just as with his students of the
past, people continue to make art with
a freedom championed by Robert
Henri, a man whose work few truly
know.
“I don’t think that his style was so
much emulated by his students as the
fact that they were inspired by his spir
it and his enthusiasm for life and his
very firm belief that students should
paint what they see,” Dawson said.
“He was an American patriot. He
truly believed in American artists.”
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dows 95 and Printshop Deluxe, $300. Web TV setup
with remote keyboard, $100. Call 464-3543.
Keg refrigerator, complete with C02 tank and tap.
$395, OBO. 488-8874.
Four tickets together for the Texas A&M game. Call
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770-0399.
‘88 Nissan Pulsar SE, 5-speed, T tops, A/C, AM/FM
cassette, excellent condition, $2,500. Call Steve at
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• ‘94 Altima, 4 door, GXE, 5-speed, air, 84K, nice,
$5,350.
• ‘85 Prelude, 2 door, 5-speed, moon roof, clean,
$1,750.
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1993 Suzuki Swift GT, 25K, 5-speed, tinted windows,
power mirrors, AM/FM cassette, very clean, perfect
school car. Call Pat, (402) 450-3779.
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One M/F roommate to share large 2 bedroom, 2 bath,
W/D, close to campus. 580-3441.
Roommates needed. 3BR house, $210/month. 10 min
utes walk to campus. Call Mark, 477-6805.
2 BR house at 2820 S St., woodfloorslw/Dhoo^ps!
off street parking, pets OK, $520. Call 476-9551.
3 bedroom house, close to campus, $645. 432-2288.
3 bedroom, 2 baths, W/D and parking. $700 at 738 Y
St. Available now. Call 432-6644.
4 bedroom, 2 baths and paiiking. $700 at 2424 W St.
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near UNL $750,432-0644._
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Two bedroom apartment homes available close
to UNL. Reserved parking, balconies, controlled
access, laundry. Call 476-9825 for a private
showing. A Concorde Management & Develop
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Brand new 3 bedroom, 2 baths, 2 garages, family
room, fireplace, 3 blocks to campus, no pets or smoking.
Available now, $875+. Call 432-0415._
Just built— 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, lawn
service, $1,200+ utilities. Available November 1st.
4315 Orchard. Call for showing, 402-598-8823.
New 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse. Five minutes from
campus. 432-5075 or 423-67|47._
Nice 4 bedroom, 2 baths, close to campus, available
immediately. Call 475-2323.
Walk to campus, off street parking, remodeled 2 bed
room, appliances furnished. 2410 Vne, 432-6476.
!! CLEAN & ATTRACTIVE !!
Efficiency, 1342 B Street. Free electric. $280
1 Bedroom 2000 J Street. Clean. $305
2 Bedroom 1505 S. 19th, New carpet $410
No Smokers or Pets 440-3000
112618 Q, new 2 bedroom, all appliances, double garage
$575. Call 430-6328.
*****475-7262*****
All sized apartments...from efficiency at $299; one
bedroom unit at $329; to two bedrooms from $429.
Just minutes to campus if you bike or walk. Quiet con
crete construction! Laundry.
1 bedroom, 931 Oak or 1120 E St., (heat paid), clean,
close to campus, available NOW or second semester,
no pets, $300-$315.474-5327.
1256 S. 26th, 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Clean and roomy,
laundry, no pets, $525-$540. 466-9526.
1 BR, 2338 E St., mostly graduate students, all new
paint, carpet, appliances, microwave, ceiling fans. Re
served parking, no smoking/pets, $375. Call 432-3686.
1BR, new building, full kitchen, microwave, dishwasher,
C/A, washer/dryer, off street parking, spacious,
$460/month. 474-7140,
Clean 3BR apartment, newly remodeled kitchen and
bath, rent $410 plus electric. For more information call
Melody or Pat 402-434-2610 or hearing impaired/TDD
402-434-2613.
Clean and Quiet
1910-20 J Street. 2 bedrooms, $425/month. No pets.
Call Jim, 430-9014.
★ UNIQUE 1 BR ★
Gas/water/trash paid, 3 closets, dishwasher, blinds,
laundry, parking, between campuses, 3 or 6 month
lease, great layout. 2504 Vine Street, $355, 489-4857.
Nice 1 bedroom condo in Water Park Building. Easy
access to UNL campus, downtown or Gateway.
Available November 1st. For details call 438-0777.
Nice large efficiency, heat and water paid, off-street
parking, close to both campuses, no smoking, no
pets. $300 + deposit, 2540 “S” St., first floor,
432-5573.
NOVEMBER 1st!
East Campus! Large 2 bedroom, fireplace, balcony,
parking, $450/month, 4220 Huntington, 423-0902 or
580-0902.
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1,2 and 3 bedroom apartments, 3 year rent freeze.
Call for locations and prices, 477-2600 or
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Spacious 1BR apartments, central air, D/W, off street
parking, on site laundry. Close to campus. Reasonably
priced. 465-8911.
Studio and 1BR
Vintage-studio and 1BR close to both campuses,
$300-$340. 432-2288.
Sweet apartment! Huge with 3 bedrooms and 1,600
square feet. Must see. $850 a month with hot tub,
washer/dryer and dishwasher. Call 477-5067.
Three bedroom, newer, 240 S. 26th, double sliding
door, balcony, built-in microwave, off-street parking.
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cluding nights and weekends. Please send resume
with cover letter to; KOLN/KGIN-TV; PO Box 30350;
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Are you looking to start your Advertising career? If so,
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The main functions for this position include desktop
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by designing, proofing and ordering labels and
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Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Ad
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