ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 1 y
March 29,2000 • the Seahawk " f
Hiroshi Sueyoshi’s functional ceramics on exhibit in Randall
our shows that are so
often paintings,"
Hayes said. “The
students who come
in, with the cximputer
lab and the copy ma
chine, it gets a lot of
traffic, and they stop
and they look. That’s
what we love about
this wall..."
Randall Library
purchased two of the
pieces on display.
“Door Woman" and
one of the five
“Bottle People.”
“Sherman said[to
Sueyoshi], ‘we’d
like to get a couple of
pieces and let us
know what really
represents your
work, your style,’”
Roberts said. “So re-
designs come from
my interest in and re
flection on nature
and the human con
dition. Sometimes 1
focus on geological
images using land
scape, movement
and air. Other times
1 try to create a uni
verse with people of
allkind.s. Hike to see
the balance or rela
tionships between
the two.”
Several of
Sueyoslii's students
in his ceramics class
at Cape Fear Com
munity College
(CFCC) attended
a“Meet the Artist”
reception March 23.
Tom Hogan was
one.
ally Hiroshi picked sueyoshi stands at the entrance to the ex- ,
out those two pieces. , * j i ti [a* a teacher] since
TTieywerehisideaof hibit, beside the first piece, titled Sentine . ,a,t July,”he said. “1
what he thought was his kind of design right now.” enjoy it very much, and I hope to make some-
Sueyoshi describes his own woik in a quote
posted on the wall of the exhibit: “My ideas and
thing someday that will be able to display like
Hiroshi.”
Movie Review: Erin Brocl(ovich
by MEGAN O’BRIEN
A&E Editor
Randall Library is now hosting an exhibit with
the latest pieces by Wilmington artist Hiroshi
Sueyoshi. Sueyoshi worked with university librar
ian Sheraian Hayes and Ubrary secretary Beth
Roberts to display his works between the reserves
desk and the copy room downstairs in the library.
“One of the things we do in special collec
tions is collect the papers of what we consider to
be significant southeast North Carolinians.” Hayes
said “We have some artists, and Hiroshi was
directed to us as one of the mcwe significant, unique
artists in this region...We were interested in his
letters. Generally when we get the papers of an
I artist, we either get donated or we purchase a few
of their works so that the student can also see some
of their works.”
The project evolved from there, according to
Hayes, resulting in the library inviting Hiroshi to
do a show.
it was mostly just Hiroshi having his art and
just tainging it in,” Roberts said. “The kids have
really enjoyed it and we’ve gotten really positive
comments about it.”
The space that holds Sueyoshi’s work is nor
mally used for two-dimensional artwork, like
paintings and mosaics.
“We were also very interested in trying to use
this long hallway space a little differently than
“Dogma” was dumped by its studio,
Miramax (owned by the Walt Disney
Company). Lion’s Gate Films picked
up the movie and released it last No
vember. Most critics liked “Dogma”
and claimed that Smith didn’t demean
the Church with his style of humor.
The movie also became the Smith’s
highest -grossing box office film.
Smith’s “Clerks” has been made into
a prime-time animated TV show for
ABC. It has been scheduled to pre
miere on May 31, which has made
Smith upset because he feels that the
show won’t be given a chance to suc
ceed during the summer; few shows
that premiere during the summer stay
on the air. He has considered turning
the episodes into a movie, but that re
mains to be determined.
While the Smith lecture is one of the
most widely-publicized events of the
last few months, many students com
plain that the event is too steeply
priced.
“I would go, but I didn’t want to pay
10 bucks to see him,” junior Mark
Riedel said.
Tickets are $10 for students, faculty
and staff, $18 for general public and
$20 on the day of the show.
by KYLE HORTON
Correspondent
Julia Roberts gave a performance barely
short of perfection in the new film “Erin
Brockovich.” The film is based on the true
story of a single mother who rallied a small
town of over 600 people to take on a
multibillion dollar company.
As Erin Brockovich, Roberts dons a re
vealing wardrobe and. an abrasive attitude to
play a part unlike anything she has ever done
before. The role earned Roberts a $20 mil
lion paycheck, an unprecedented amount of
money for an actress, and also gave her a
chance to shed the likable, romantic heroine
routine for which she is best known.
The movie is based on the true story of
the dyslexic, uneducated single mother who
brought the multibillion dollar Pacific Gas
and Elecuic to its knees. The story is set in
Hinkley, a small California town that is the
site of a Pacific Gas and Electric plant. The
Hinkley plant consciously used a toxic, car
cinogenic chemical, chromium VL without
regard to proper containment procedures. As
a result of the contamination, residents of the
town developed often serious illnesses with
symptoms ranging from malignant tumors to
nosebleeds.
The film opens with Brockovich’s failed
lawsuit concerning a car accident that left her
with mild neck injuries. Angry at her law
yer, Ed Masry, for losing the lawsuit,
Brockovich bullies the attorney (played by
four time Academy Award nominee, Albert
Finney) into giving her a job. In the course
of her work, Brockovich stumbles across the
Cape Fear student Jan Treadway has respect
for Sueyoshi’s technical skill, but she also enjoys
the more emotional aspects of his work.
“I like his mystery, his reducing things to tlwir
essentials the way he does." Treadway said. "I
love his playfulness, such as using the cup and
saucer for a head on the female fonn.”
The native of Japan began his carvx'r with an
apprenticeship with MasaiK*o Nanii in Masliiko.
Japan.
"1 started with apprenticeship, 20-some years
ago, which is the time I pixxluced nothing but I'urK -
tional, utilitarian ware, so that’s where 1 started,"
Sueyoshi said. "I've been making functional
pieces a long tiine, so I think I'm starting do a
little bit more form. They (form and function] are
my interests, and they’re of starting to take shape,
combining together My heart is functional pot
tery...”
Sueyoshi came to America in 1971 to help
design and build Humble Mill Pottery in
A-sheboro. He moved to North Carolina in 1974
and to Wilmington in 1978.
"He came from Japan, and he has really been
well-respected in the art community for his whole
career,” Hayes said. “He leaches at Cape Fear,
particularly in some of the adult clas.ses, and many,
many people in the community have taken art
classes from Hiroshi. I think it’s an intere.sting
show...it’s different.”
Hinkley file and follows a gut instinct that
leads her to uncover the contamination. It is
Brockovich’s tenacity and ability to relate
with the residents that fuels the lawsuit
against the company.
“Erin Brockovich” is a comedy, drama,
and romance all in one. The film is directed
by Steven Soderbergh, best known for I998’s
“Out of Sight” and “sex, lies, and videotape,”
the 1989 Cannes hit.
“Brockovich” features outstanding per
formances from the entire cast. Roberts de
livers brash dialogue with confidence and al
titude that would make even the toughest of
adversaries nervous. Albert Finney, as
Brockovich’s boss, gives depth to his char
acter by exuding a tough exterior while still
revealing his soft spot when it comes to
Brockovich. Aaron Eckhart (“In the Com
pany of Men,” “Your Friends and Neigh
bors”) is virtually unrecognizable as
Brockovich’s biker neighbor-tumed-love in
terest and babysitter. Marg Helgenberger of
“China Beach” fame and Peter Coyote who
most recently starred in “Random Hearts”
with Harrison Ford also gave strong perfor
mances.
“Erin Brockovich” is fast-paced and well-
directed. With fresh and interesting writing,
well-developed characters, and often outra
geous wardrobes, the film is at times laugh-
out-loud funny and other times deeply mov
ing. The film accomplishes a rare balance
of mixed feelings and film genres, and thus
is an unusual motion picture with a little
something for everyone. In the tradition of
past hits like “Rocky” and “Rudy”, “Erin
Brockovich” is a crowd-pleasing tale of the
triumph of the human spirit.
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