8The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, October 21, 1986
Slake Edwards makes 'Life -
Anyone tired yet of movies about
people whose lives are supposed to
be just like yours? After the wave
of adolescent teens-in-turmoil films,
the wee-just graduated-from-col-Icge-and-don't-know-what-to-do-now
films, and the my-parents-are-splitting-up-and-le-ignored-them-for-so-long
films, we should be. Yet
there is now another, just like the
rest in its intent to reach out and
grab the public with its "realism,"
but focusing this time on a com
pletely unappealing man turning 60.
Blake Edwards' "That's Life."
starring Jack Lemmon, Julie
Andrews and Robert Loggia, is
irritating, long-winded and chock
full of cliches, and for anyone who
goes to movies for a little diversion
from their daily lives, this is certainly
not going to cut it. The sad thing
is that this utterly exasperating film
starts out very well, leading innocent
moviegoers to believe they're in for
a treat.
Jack Lemmon is Harvey Fair
child, a wealthy (but of course,
unsatisfied) architect living in
Malibu in the kind of house that
most people only dream about. He
is two days from his 60th birthday
and can do nothing but complain
about everything from the impend
ing occasion to the gout he thinks
he sutlers from. Initially, all of this
'Children'
Helen Keller was a blind and deaf
woman who was waiting for some
one to enter her dark and silent world
and teach her. Anne Sullivan did just
that, with pumped water rushing
over Helen's hands.
The new Randa Haines film
"Children of a Lesser God" modern
izes this classic scene. James Leeds
(William Hurt) discovers what his
deaf lover Sarah Norman (Marlee
Matlin) hears the silence
underwater.
Adapted from a stage play by
Mark Metlof, "Children of a Lesser
God" explores the touchy relation
ship between deaf and hearing
people. Hurt plays a teacher who
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is rather amusing, as he rants and
raves about his job, his unfulfilled
dreams of becoming as great as
Frank Lloyd Wright, and the rotten
day he's just had.
Julie Andrews is his compassion
ate, loving wife. She is a singer (or
so we are led to believe, though there
is never any proof of this), and she ,
not Harvey, is the one who really
has something to worry about. She
has just been to the hospital for a
biopsy of her throat, and she fears
her singing career may be over.
However, she refuses to tell her
husband about the possibility, so all
she has left to do is listen to his
unending monologue of despair and
keep her own fears to herself.
The film continues to recount the
events of the weekend, from the
party preparations to the arrivals of
the Fairchild's son and daughters.
There is Meg, who is pregnant (and
married to a brain-dead guy who
apparently thinks she is unattractive
because of her pregnancy); Katie,
who is studying saxophone at Jul
liard and has just broken up with
her live-in boyfriend Steve; and Josh,
features Oscar-caliber acting
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tries to teach deaf high-school
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reading and speaking. Matlin's
character is a deaf co-worker at the
school where James works who
refuses to learn any communication
but sign language. Their strong
characters clash violently at first, but
finally mold inseparably to one
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Hurt and Matlin fill their roles
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weekly television drama series.
While it would be nice to watch
Harvey soften up a little in the
presence of his children, his behavior
only becomes more abominable, and
he winds up alienating just about
everyone in the course of the family
dinner. But the fun has just begun.
Harvey proceeds to go to confession
after attempting to seduce one of his
clients the next day (though his
priest, played by Robert Loggia, is
taking shots from a flask while
listening to the confession). Harvey
comes to the conclusion that he must
be impotent, and then seeks help
from a fortune teller who winds up
seducing him and giving him the
crabs.
Poor Julie Andrews has no idea
any of this is going on, and is still
preoccupied with the results of her
test, as well as what in the world
could be making her husband so
morose all the time after Harvey tries
to bicycle himself to death on an
exercise machine in the middle of the
night. She is all the time empathetic
toward him and her children as they
fade in and out with their problems
and come to her for advice and a
shoulder to cry on. She doesn't wise
up to the fact that Harvey's behavior
is self-indulgent and destructive until
the last few minutes of the movie.
attraction was so strong that the two
are now sharing an apartment
together off-screen. The sexual
electricity can be overpowering, but
intellectual understanding is always
present.
"Children" is a brilliantly-wrought
story of apologies and acceptances.
James and Sarah finally learn to
accept one another as they are but
only after many arguments and
apologies.
Since Sarah refuses to speak, she
and James speak in sign language
which James immediately says out
loud to aid the hearing audience. If
nothing else, anyone who sees the
movie can pick up a few choice
signed words. Hurt learned how to
sign for the movie but Matlin,
hearing-impaired from the age of 1 8
months, signs better than she speaks.
Several other characters fill out
the world of this romantic twosome.
Afghan
ing refuge in neighboring Pakistan,
he said.
In the rural areas, where the
Afghan resistance fighters are chal
lenging Soviet authority, the Soviets"
sometimes take villages and "over
night shoot everyone alive."
Calling Soviet strategy "a form of
genocide," he cited examples of
Soviets poisoning drinking water,
destroying irrigation systems and
exterminating domestic animals.
The Soviet aim. he said, is to force
the Afghan farmers and herdsmen
to leave their land and to destroy
the Islam culture of Afghanistan.
Zalmy said the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan is part of the "world
wide strategy."
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at which point he has become so
annoying as to be detestable.
The blame for this film, which
scarcely resembles real life except in
its depiction of a family with some
problems, can be put on Blake
Edwards, who not only directed but
also wrote the script in conjunction
with Milton Wexler. Lemmon and
Andrews are fine actors who deserve
better than this, but Andrews stands
out as the one who really shouldn't
be there. She is always graceful and
engaging to watch and really does
have a superb singing voice, which
is never put to any use in this movie.
Lemmon, as well, requires more than
this film offers, and it amounts to
nearly two hours of wasted talent.
Edwards, who has been respon
sible for some of the funniest movies
in recent years, has this time attemp
ted to merge the humorous with the
touching and realistic, and some
where along the line, the point is lost.
The script initially moves quickly,
drawing us into the turmoil of the
Fairchilds, and then leaves us
stranded, forced to become involved
in petty complaining and useless
bickering.
Basically, "That's Life" is not life
at all. Those who want to see a
representation of real life should
stick to real life, and those who want
diversion should see another movie.
Piper Laurie plays Sarah's distant
mother who finally admits that she
hates her daughter for being deaf and
ending the parents' marriage. She
changes her feelings when she
realizes that Sarah wants to be
independent but doesn't know how
to be. Philip Bosco plays Dr. Curtis
Franklin, the headmaster of the
school for the deaf where Sarah and
James are employed. He often warns
James about being too innovative
with his students and worries that
James will "ruin" Sarah.
Under Haines' beautiful direction,
"Children" is a skillfully-acted and
thought-provoking masterpiece.
Hurt could easily be nominated for
another Oscar, and Matlin should
be appearing in more types of things.
But the two probably will not make
another movie together; they ought
to know they won't be able to top
themselves.
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next one would be who?" he asked.
"You have to think about it."
Zalmy accused the Soviets of
"stealing Afghan children," sending
them to the Soviet Union for ten
years of indoctrination. o
The Soviets are forcing young
children to leave their parents and
go to the Soviet Union, he said.
He characterized the state of
Afghan resistance as being in control
of some parts of the country while
being almost non-existent in other
parts.
Zalmy said UNC students can help
the Afghan resistance fighters by
conveying stories of the Soviet
atrocities and encouraging the U.S.
government to increase support to
the the resistance.
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The Delta Upsiloh party caused
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"There was a lot of congestion,
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