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6 thursday, September 11,2008 MOVIE SHORTS ELEGY Jesus, the last time I saw a movie this sad was Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fountain.” At least that one had some hope ful redemption. “Elegy” is a truly dark, as cold and lonely as the love life of its main character, ably played by the tremendous Ben Kingsley. There’s no uplift to this one, no happy moral. Just a sad story about old men and death. F: ■'yiwqjL" jfak I AVEDA INSTITUTE I CHAPEL HILL ■k ijfTf Pv KOOQ 'jf 6 m I I BBIMBiBHiiBI I Inc MBI’S IASETUU. TEAM I | mcWUHHW I Students interested in trying out for '/l the Varsity or Junior Varsity Men's Basketball Team must attend a H I MANDATORY ■ INFORMATIONAL j~/ MEETING W Thurs.. SepLli Spm B Dean Smith Center Please enter the Smith Center at Entrance A and sit in Section 221. Every full time student interested must be in attendance, including junior varsity players from past years. TOTOJB will be conducted in Qgtofeer but all paperwork must be filled out completely before you are allowed to tryout. THE BEST IN STUDENT '**"■ ■k ' ! / ,; lIIUIAPI l 111 CHAPEL ill- Director of cinematography Jean-Claude Larrieu does a fine job making the look of the film match its mood. Lots of dim interiors and cloudy skies make things so emotionally stuffy that the theatre becomes quite claustrophobic. The shots are beautiful though, once you learn to deal with the despair. Penelope Cruz is great in her supporting role, though see ing her in another dark room romance under such different cir cumstances might make fans of Diversions “Vicky Christina Barcelona” groan a little. “Elegy’s” emotional power is con tained in one of the most incredibly moving death scenes I’ve ever seen, and from Dennis Hopper no less. All in all, those who suffer from depression should steer clear, but if you’re looking for some old fashioned catharsis, this one’s for you. - Jonathan Pdttishall " i MAN ON WIRE irtctr£rk “Man On Wire,” the story of the man who walked across a tightrope illegally strung between the two towers of the World Trade Center, is a poetic account of a man who lives to walk on air. Unfortunately, it’s also kinda boring. Utilizing mostly archival footage and “America’s Most Wanted”-style reenactments of the more illegal events, the film details Philippe Petit’s dream of crossing the gap between the two tallest towers in the world. Petit is a Frenchman who wears a top hat, uses a unicycle as his main mode of transportation and ON SALE NOW • 1 J Jl"i I I | £-S| BOX OFFICE (919) 843-3333 iM-F lOam-Spm) OR ORDER VOUR TICKETS ONLINE WWW.CARpLINAPEREORMtN6ARTS.ORQ *jj SHOWING AT UNC S MEMORIAL HALL ■Fa Bhs jyyNg fen hu^ 7 919-967-9053 V 300 E. 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UNC-OH 10/2 LLOYD COLE" (S2O) 9/18 BEN FOLDS FIVE (sold out) I 11/20 CHRIS HUMAN 8r HERB PETERSON" (522/525) 1“ "Advance ticket sales at SchoolKkJs Records (Ralelgh)^^^^^^^^^^| CD Alley (CH), Bull City (Durham), Katie's Pretzels (Carrboro). jj Buy tickets on-line: www.etix,com I For Credit Card orders CALL 919-967-9QS3 www.catscradle.com th uo\Tco°l c e T2 BEST THE ARTSCENTER J is probably well-versed in the art of mime. He also tightrope walks across vast spaces, such as between two towers on Notre Dame and a bridge in Australia. His vigilante stunts are detested by officials and adored by onlookers and the people he charms into helping him with his eccentric —and entirely illegal stunts. But the movie stays mired in the planning stages of Petit’s stunt way too long and delves too deeply into the mechanics of the stunt. The film relies on the reenact ments too heavily, and by the time they finally stop hiding from secu rity guards and begin setting up the stunt, you wish he’d just go ahead and walk across the damn wire already. But when the story finally meanders around to its main event, the movie suddenly shifts back to the sense of beauty and wonder that the first act hinted at. All of the talking heads breath lessly recount what it was like to watch a man walk on air, and tear up as they remember how it felt to be a part of such a beautiful moment. There’s even an amusing archi val interview with one of the NYPD officers who arrested him, describ ing the obvious internal conflict between his sense of duty and his sense of wonder. It’s a pleasure to be given a peek into the mind and adven tures of Petit in all his wacky French-ness. Unfortunately, the movie only gives us a glimpse of the incredible man on the wire, which just isn’t enough to make the movie as engaging as the premise would suggest. -Rachael Oehring BANGKOK DANGEROUS If you decided that you’d rather see your entire life come to an embarrassing end than see Nicholas Cage star in yet another one-man show action movie, I wouldn’t blame you. After all, what happened to the quirky and exciting Nicholas Cage of “The Rock,” “Con Air,” and “Face/Off”? Well, the Cage of old is not back i k UK/p r-- > f WHOSBAO? Wk *. FRIDAY, SEPT 19 WHO’S BAD? 4 i 1 • SATURDAY, SEPT 20 STREET DOGS "i $ (fr ' THURSDAY, SEPT 25 THURSDAY, OCT 16 BLACK KIDS RAY LAMONTAGNE MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL '■ V / \ ‘V • . '.J .p THURSDAY, OCT 2 WALKMEN lailg QJar MM —but things could be worse. The good news and bad news about “Bangkok Dangerous” is that it’s a forgettable action flick. There’s nothing noteworthy about the film, but certainly nothing despicable. This is an advancement for Cage, for sure. Sure, the story line is melodra matic and predictable and has a tacked-on love story that has lit erally nothing to do with the rest of the film. And of course Cage takes him self way too seriously. From his “dark” narrative solil oquies to his tendency to stand over people he’s just killed for at least 20 minutes, Cage’s perfor mance necessitates more than a few winces. But anyone going to a movie called “Bangkok Dangerous” star ring Cage expecting anything bet ter than this deserves to be disap pointed. The fact is, Cage drives a medi ocre action flick and succeeds in what must have been his child hood dream to be a mildly cool middle-aged action star. At least for this movie. - David Bemgartt
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