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music is repetitive -it--- ."-V. -i- .V Philip Glass Film Clips Absence of Malice Somewhat simple, but still refreshing look at irresponsible journalism. Sally Field's reporter charac ter presses for a big story on innocent Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman). For once, the newspaper takes the rap. Good food for thought. Directed by Sydney Pollack. Lawrence Kasden's film. Body Heat, is an attempt to revive the genre of film noire that flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. It's a film about passion and how it can destroy a man. But it's too close to the types of films it attempts to emulate. And because of this Body Heat seems dated; it's a polished well-made film that is stuck in a dead genre. Ragtime Possibly one of the best films of the 1981 Christmas crop. Based on E L. Doctorow's best-selling novel, the film explores America of the 1910s. Di rector Milos Forman found the right for mula for adapting Doctorow's interest ing narrative, as he tells the story of Ragtime around three intertwining plots; Executives (Continued from page 4). . Mobs, Hutton said, is about getting mobbed at a concert. So far the band hasn't had too much trouble fitting their music into their student life. However, they said that they had to be careful and make time to study. "We play one night on a weekend and study one," Hutton said. "We don't play dur ing the week except for really good pay. "When you come in at 5 on a Sunday morning, you don't feel like studying, so you have to work it out But girls have more ef fect than music," he added. Hutton said that they don't plan to give up their studies for music, yet. But they are ready for the day a contract is offered. "We've even gotten album covers drawn," Sharpe said. "Everything starts out in this red notebook (he holds the book up), or -in Henry's pad." The band just recently played at the Sig ma Phi Epsilon fraternity at UNC, and they have an idea for their next concert. . "We'll play at Chapel Thrill for free," Sharpe said. "They can save the money and buy beer for everyone!" d Jeannie Reynolds is a contributing writer to The Spotlight Vox-: S Br "8 By JEFF GROVE Philip Class has struck again. The bad boydarling (depending on your viewpoint) of both the rock and classical markets has signed an ex clusive contract with CBS records. If Glassworks, his first album for the label, is any indication, Glass has quite gotten the better of CBS. Glass, 44, is a classically-trained composer who leans to rock, par ticularly New Wave. A typical Glass composition has a short introduction and a short melody which are then repeated ad nauseum. The opening cut on the album, im aginatively titled Opening, features a piano solo with no real melody. It is basically a study in how long a listener Exclusive Engagement! can stand to hear two clashing rhythms played simultaneously. Michael Riesman's sloppy playing doesn't help matters. The other bands on the first side are just as monotonous. Floe starts prom isingly enough with a mysterious French horn passage, but an electric organ and soprano saxophone soon in terrupt with the effect of water boil ing. The whole thing sounds like the theme of a cheap news program. Islands features shrill flute and clarinet solos screeching over a dizzy ing cello figure. A piece called Rubric follows to start off the second side, sounding like the musicians turned the score for Floe upside-down and played the resulting music. ft ( Tn '(i ...jljltMiHjlMiWi HUM-illicit) . mm .iXM) - 4'li'4V iiiiiwv - ii4WP Wiiii-ii!iittVV ;)MllT tfMiuftU! r, v. . . HiiiiMj wmm .... nl , iil'.iiiiM . . . ifiVt-fitoiiij i.f i;.,i r (i WAV P. 5 1 n EAST FRANKLIN STREET 942-3051 2mm . It is only in the final two pieces that Glass shows any significant promise in this new rock style. Facades consists of a gentle cello theme played under a tranquil saxophone choir. The last work. Closing, continues the. mood of serenity with its fragile piano solo. But two pieces, slightly better than mediocre, cannot save an album like this. None of the pieces really have conclusions, they simply stop. Glass' work is undeniably music, yet it is far -from art. In recent interviews, Glass W r- f- I y-J t-i i f miiri ic kirn fA K iiaa saiu mai i iij iiiuiiv. 1 J ucutj vn repetition. But repetition, when over worked as it is in this album, can become tiresome. H. Jeff Grove is the assistant arts editor for The Daily Tar Heel. '' f&s S -wootv.-. . if"' s i v s ill .:-::-5::ti: :::-?:x::.::'::SSv5':.. STARTS FRIDAY! Spotlight, March 25,1982
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