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The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 11, 19857 v. i "X 3 v: ft - i x'OJ I 1 -V ALvsr: if t- w i j o'-: r f?" v: o-- ralcon oilers exciting premise; characters are dull, undeveloped I? DTH Boom-Boom Simmons Snitters The Daily Tar Heel took its third consecutive Student Newspaper Invitational Tournament championship by scorching the rags from Duke, Maryland and Virginia in Raleigh this weekend Debate fc: Beware of movies billed as true accounts. More often than not, they can't stand on their own as entertainment. John Schlesinger's new film. The Falcon and the Snowman has an exciting premise: Two middle-class California youths begin selling secrets to the Soviet government. The premise, however, becomes subject to a number of "true story" pitfalls. One problem in The Falcon and the Snowman is that the characters on whom the story is based are as undeveloped as they are dull. Timothy Hutton portrays Christopher Boyce, a high school graduate whose job gives him access to classified government information. Hutton's performance is reverentially dull; he comes off more as a disillusioned Junior Achiever than someone who has serious problems with CIA infiltration of foreign governments. As Andrew Daulton Lee, a drug dealer turned message boy for Boyce, Sean Penn wins the Eric "Roberts Robert DeNiro look-alike contest and even hints at his character's sliminess. Although Penn at least musters more energy than Hutton, the two actors seem to play off of each other's blandness. Ultimately, Penn is just too tame, making Lee about as harmless as a time-sharing condo salesman. Hutton and Penn are not totally to blame, however; their characters are written with little or no development. Instead, they are quasi-Christ figures, innocent victims of complacent middle-class values and pawns in a deadly game of political intrigue. At the beginning of the film, Hutton leaves a seminary Steve Carr Review where he has been studying. It seems that such a departure would require something of an explanation. And how does he manage to befriend a drug dealer?, Well, in the end the film reveals the two were altar boys together. Director Schlesinger, a British expatriate, has a keen critical eye for the seamier underside of American life. Both Midnight Cowboy and Day of the Locust were vicious dissections of the American dream in all its slimy glory. In both of those films, however, the characters were just as important as the social perspective Schlesinger took. In The Falcon and the Snowman, Schlesinger treats his characters in much the same way the governments treat them pawns. The only distinction is, that they, are used to convey a message, which makes for a tedious, uninvolving exercise. Perhaps the ultimate problem with The Falcon and the Snowman is that it uses its facts as a crutch. Validity becomes a substitute for quality. And since jthe wonder of film is that it creates its own little world, when a film drains reality for impact, that's a sure sign there is something aesthetically wrong. from page 1 We need to use our political strength to affect town issues like the housing shortage or improving the bikeways to campus," Berger said. Wallace agreed, adding that off campus students could mobilize their power around Student Legal Services to fight landlord problems. Discussing the parking problem on campus, both candidates agreed they could work to improve parking for future generations of University stu dents. Because increased traffic could pose a problem with an on-campus parking deck, Wallace said she pro ' posed an off-campus deck with a shuttle service to and from campus which would operate into the night. Berger said the University needed a land use policy before it made plans to solve the parking problem so it could target the best place to build a parking deck. The candidates differed on whether they supported constitutional funding o ol Of o o o a o o o q; o o o o o AT THE UNION SILENT DOUBLE FEATURE NOSFERATU a PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Tues..Feb. 12 7 & 9:30 GREGORY'S GIRL Thurs., Feb. 14 7 & 9:30 a o C3 o a CD a la a o a o o 4th in Semi-autobiographical Film Festival Fri.,Feb. 15 7 & 9:30 Q Tickets $1.25 at Union Desk 1 w o 7 & 9:30 w BLACK AMO COLOU Sat., Feb. 16 SHGDT MGDN CSun..Feb. 17 7 & 9:30 g o o o io $3250 Transmission Tune Up. 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She opposes constitutional funding for the Black Student Movement. Tm against fully funding the pro gram expenses of any organization because organizations change from year hearings. to year," she said. Berger supports BSM constitutional funding and said the BSM, as a cultural In addition, Berger said about 80 support system for black students, was percent of the BSM's budget went to an important minority recruitment tool its publication, the Black Ink. "If you for the University and should be fund the DTH to give it editorial protected from possible opposition by freedom, why not fund the Black Ink1n CGf members at annual budget he said. GAKCEiR SOCpTY a Delta Tau Delta Fraternity announces it will hold Formal Rush in the Club Room of the Carolina Inn AMADEUS 2:00, 7:00 ONLYTHE 4TH MAN 4:50, 9:50 ONLY STRANGER THAN PARADISE 3:00, 5:00, 7:30 and 9:30 EXTRA! 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