Hand-held heartache

Cinema-vérité-style Husbands and Wives mixes
classic Alien one-liners in with dramatic fireworks

Husbands and Wives x * * % (Tri-Star) Rated Mature (at the
Park & Tilford, Granville, Station Square, Coquitlam and Richport

cinemas)

Agatha Christie -- an archeologist because, ‘‘the

K NOW WHO makes the best husband? According to

older his wife gets, the more interested he is in her.”

Gabe Roth (Woody Allen) and
Jack (Sidney Pollack) are no ar-
cheologists. Just ask their wives.

{t ail started with a routine get-
together for Gabe and his wife
Judy (Mia Farrow) with old friends
Jack and Sally (Judy Davis).

Before heading out to a restau-
rant, Jack and Sally casually an-
nounce they're separating. While
Gabe is shocked, |, Judy i is livid. (It
seems the revelation hits too close
to the Roth’s rather shaky home.)

It’s only later when the calm,
cool and collected Sally turns on
the fireworks after she spots Jack
with his new lover, a 21-year-old

. aerobics teacher who is heavily in-

to horoscopes.

Gabe, meanwhile, is also at-
tracted to youth — Rain (uliette
Lewis), the most gifted: student i in
his writing class.

As a result; the insecure (or the
surface) Judy flirts with co-worker
Michael (Liam Neeson),-a hopeless
romantic who weeps over Keats’

when in his cups.

Unfortunately for Judy, he pines
for somebody else —- Sally. (Oh,
.what a tangled web we weave!)

~ Allen has once again written

‘some terrific women characters,
all superbly played: Farrow as the

- passive-aggressive Judy who gets

- what she wants by playing the
helpless “Oh, don’t worry about
me”’ type, Lewis as the 21-year-old
flame to middle-aged moths.like
Gabe and, best of all Davis as the

; opinionated neurotic.

Her first date after breaking up is
classic Allen: A rather nervous guy
begs off after their first drink

: because her intense rage with her
philandering husband makes her

FILM REVIEW

biurt out that all men should be
emasculated (not in those words).
You've got to see it.

No real plot here, just a mix and
match of various couples struggl-
ing either to stay together or stay

_ apart.

To give this firm a documentary
flavor, there’s a fot of hand-held

camera work. While some may
ots,

complain about the bobbing s

- most will be busy savoring this su-

perior Allen blend of one-liners
and heartache.

Blade Runner * x (Warnes)
Rated R (at the Capitol 6)

- Director Ridley Scott’s cut of his

_ 1982 cult favorite drops Harrison

Ford’s film noire narration and

CORRECTION NOTICE

In our. current flyer KODAK
PHOTO CD PLAYER should not
‘have read 2X TELEPHOTO
AND CROPPING FEATURES.

Kerrisdale Cameras apologizes
for any inconvenience this
error may have caused. ~

Seafood & Grilli

!
Selections from Our Dinner Menu
Sole Fillet — roasted in a nutty almond crust; with old
fashioned tastar

q- Halibut Fillet in parchment and aromatic herbs
, Tiger Prawns with fresh herbs, sweet peppers, garlic and
tomato 13.95

Sairmon Fillet —
sesame aioli

in-house smoked and grilled; with dill ond 95

Wood Grilled Swordfish with a light block bean sauce 13.95
Mahi Mahi — roasted in a com meal crust; with mint and ng

Cioppino — an amay of

mato saffron brot

h seafood in a

Fillet of Black Cod — naturally smoked; with creme fraiche he of

ginger and

New York strip loin with cracked four peppercorn cream . 14.25
Blasted Free-Range Chicken with fine herbs and cheese

on a bed of tomato coulis

12.95

Roasted Duck — au jus on a bed of three bean ragout . 13.25
2448 Marine Drive West Vancouver

922-3312

deletes an incongruous happy
ending.

But it makes little difference —
the faults are still there.

The futuristic story of a cop hun-

ting down violent androids is stil!

draggy with muddled philosophy
about loss of humanity.

Harrison Ford is wooden to the
point where we believe he’s an-

‘droid too, except that the repli-

cants {as they are called) show
more emotion.

While it still doesn’t hold
together as a whole, the occa-
sional action scene and set design
give it a passable nod.

SHOWTIME HOTLINES: |
Famous Players ........... 681-4255
Cinepiex Cdeon . 687-1515

Wednesday, September 30, 1992 = North Shore News — 24°." >

Deep Cove actor to
appear at Playhouse

ACTOR JOHN Moffat is taking
his first stab at Shaw in the
Vancouver Playhouse’s upcom-
ing production of The Mil-
lionairess.

The Deep Cove actor, last
seen in the Playhouse version
of Macbeth, plays Adrian

Blenderbland, an English bore ©

and friend of the millionairess’.

“just the text is challenging
itself,"”, says Moffat, whose
credits include The Miser, The
Heidi Chronicles and Burn
This, for which he won a 1990
Jessie Award.

“The punctuation is
challenging and the writing is
dense — one has to approach
is with lightness in order to
make it enjoyable for oneself as
well as the audience.’’

North Vancouver actor
Nicola Cavendish stars in the ti-
tle role as Shaw's Epifania
Ognisanti de Parerga.

Moffat says it’s delighful to be
working with Cavendish again.
The two have appeared on

JOHN MOFFAT -

stage. together twice before, in
Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit and ~.

‘The Dining Room.

“She's a very good actor.
We're having a gas. And (Brit- :
ish director) Denise {Coffey) is
wonderful and_ incredibly pa-
tient.’ .

The Millionairess opens Fri- |

BERBER
BONANZA

ON NOW AT
C

Berber Carpet is a very popular style known for its durability
_ and ease of maintenance. Our Berber Collection has more
colours, more textures, more flair than you've evar seen before
and for a limited time all our Berber Carpet.

™= IS ON SALE
COMMERCIAL LOOP .
Brand New Confetti Fleck Col.

$7795
ECONOMY BERBER -
Special Buy 4 stock colours: $735

DENSE 24 OZ LOOP 95.
12 new earthtones and pastels WS
PATTERNED BERBER
’ Desirable loop design $4 235
HEAVY 36 OZ LOOP aw
Truckload pricing - best value $ 1 323
WOOL BLEND BERBER .
Original natural took $4 5s
STAINMASTER LOOP $91 95
- BERBER SAXONY |
California designer look
earthtone shades with tweed $D3%
* SPECIAL OFFER x
ALL AREA RUGS
1/2 PRICE
OPEN FRIDAY 'TIL 9:00 SUNDAY 11 TO5
BRING IN YOUR ROOM MEASUREMENTS

5 yr. stain & wear warranty
(You have tc mention this ad)

12595 Bridgeport Fiat.
Richmond 270-0304
76th & King George Hwy.
Surrey 591-7884