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'Last Embrace' baffles viewers By TOM MOORE Last Embrace is a fair film, despite a hopelessly confused story line. Screenwriter David Shaber actually had two stories on his hands, and if he had separated them he might have given birth to one good movie. As it is. Last Embrace changes midway from a spy thriller to a tale of personal revenge, leaving the . viewer intrigued but befuddled somewhere in between. Roy Schneider plays Harry Hannan, a secret agent recovering from a nervous breakdown brought on by the death of his beloved wife in a shoot-out in a Mexican bar. Hannan returns to New York City, only to find that his own agency is trying to kill him; he doesn't know why. a movie review Nor does Hannan know why a beautiful graduate student has moved into his apartment during his absence. Hannan is additionally disturbed by an ancient Hebrew death threat left for him at his apartment, an additional burden for the worried spy, which also encumbers the plot. The intertwining of these mysteries the attempts on his life, the new roommate and the old threat keeps Last Embrace from being a really good movie. Director Jonathan Demme works effectively against the muddled stoYy line to make Last Embrace an enjoyable film. Demme's virtuoso command of film technique keeps the story suspenseful in spite of moments of confusion. In Last Embrace, Demme captures the look- and feel of detective thrillers in the popular style of the 1940s, such as The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. The camera in Last Embrace never stops moving; it views everything suspiciously, waiting like the film's paranoid hero for doom. Demme gets fine performances from Roy Schneider, as the nervous secret agent; from Christopher Walken, as Schneider's creepy, evil-minded boss; and from Sam Levene, as a Jewish man who assists Schneider in his plight. The best performance in the film comes from Janet Margolin as the vengeance seeking graduate student. The part gives Margolin a chance to show off her talents perhaps she will get parts in better films in the future. Hopefully, Demme will have much better scripts to work with in the future. If he does, then he should soon rank with Coppola, Altman and Allen as a great American . director now making films. -. sl Si7c.it a. n.q.e. Hsre 1 vj Fair to present civic displays Need free entertainment to fill up your Saturday afternoon? Come out to the People's Fair. The fair will be held on Saturday, June 1 6, from 1-6 p.m. on the lawn of Carr Mill in Carrboro Attractions will include musicians, poets, slide shows, a poetry "workshop, and performances by singer , and pianist Nyle Frank and juggler Ken Kaye. More than 40 citizens' groups and service organizations will present displays and distribute information about their services. The fair is sponsored by the People's Alliance, a group aimed at helping workers and consumers gain more, control over decisions that affect their lives. : ' : ; Among the groups participating are Kudzu Alliance Citizens Against Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, the Chapel Hill Anti-Nuclear Group Effort, the Women's Health Counseling Service, the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group, Lollipop"' Power, Carolina Friends School, the "North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Committee for Solarand Appropriate Technologies, the Animal Protection Society, the National Lawyers Guild, Southern Exposure magazine, the War Resisters League, Carolina Gay Association, and the. National Abortion Rights Action League. " Any group not already involved in the ' fair that wishes to participate can call the People's Alliance at 929-1936 to register.. Visit the People's Fair for an afternoon of entertainment and relaxation while meeting with community residents to , share ideas, sing, eat and enjoy. LINDA SMITH Triangle quartet to play jazz in Pit The agile, upbeat sound of the jazz quartei Hands will be heard in the Pit at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Hands is a familiar group in the Triangle area, having performed regularly in local clubs, as well as in the UNC Jazz Festival and the Cafe Deja Vu Jazzfest '79. Quartet members are Bobby Mack on the tenor sax, soprano sax, flutes, zourna. congas and percussion; Frank Kimbrougl. on keyboards and percussion; Lyles West on bass and David Wonsey on drums. Original music is composed for the group by West, Kimbrough and Mack. Hands performances have been hailed as "nothing short of brilliant" (Ron Kertzner, the News and Observer) and "first rate" (N.C. Anvil). 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