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agely if my schedule i is.
disturbed by'so much as a minute.

Repeatedly i in the last few ee .

as more and more movies and
“television shows are being shot i in \
the Varicouver area, 1 have run in
to somebcidy who asks me to stop
my car atid wait a couple of ;
ohile’a scene is being shot
h a-picture, stacring:

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assistant. He or she has the unen-

side e/world, trying to'make it and.
still while a bunch of hams do their
hing in front of some other hams
hind the camicras, and the sound
t has to be right, you know.
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Commerce sense: they create jobs, :
“which: generate ¢ consumer power

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ense: that they give us a shared!
perience and. this helps us to find ;

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powerful mass educational tools

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land the theatre screens can poison on
“minds from a great ‘distance, and
-with a pervasiveness utterly
unknown through history until.
“now. ‘ ok

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‘things. They are ghite different ©

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magazine articles, which are";
created by a solitary neurotic sit-'|
ting ata word processor.

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say, books or. columns”
or magazine articles, :
which are created: by a;
solitary neurotic sitting.
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‘_mavie-making. “epiphany"’ has
come to mean a great. tran-
scendent moment at the end of a-,

-° film which leaves everyone utterly,

course, beyond that, there’ $s.

the entire publishing industry, with
its ‘advertising Wars.and organiza-
tional fiefdoms and editorial... *
power. struggles, but that's. another

/tale best, jsaved for another time.:.
” The; point is, publishing is

‘ behin ¢losed doors. Movies are
often a/public event,

“And/while mere writers’ or
«publishers are seldom recognizable ::
na crowd, movie stars create’

: crowds of their own.’ ‘First. off, :
». Simply the crew! It takes a email | '
army to make. a movie, even a 2!

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‘Return of Epiphany. .
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exalted as they abandon their pop-
corn and head back. out into reali-
ty. *
Such endings all bul guarantee
commercial and critical success —
but they are darned hard,'and
" usually expensive, to get. >
,My director had wanted an
cpiphany | ending. 80 my central’
function in life became a matter of
“. securing this elusive apocalyptic
‘shot.
~ “Inthe end, we found ourselves
trying to hold back a crowd of
perhaps a couple of thousand pec-
ple while waiting for a Cessna to
fly by with the cameraman taking
_ fantastic footage of our actress,”
Shs was perched on a cliff, singing
, an aria. Got it?

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in the North Woods somewhere in
‘areal Tom Thomson setting, it

was our job on the ground to keep”

the holidaying masses away from
the location for what proved to be
nearly an‘hour. | .
. Same of the masses got a bit’ a
ticked off, naturally. 1 didn’t |."
“blame them. It was just that, gee
“['m.a humble student producer: :
and I know this is Mother's Day,
and the weather. is the nicest ‘this’
“year, and i¢is wonderful how ab-
solutcly ‘everybody i is out with their
_-frisbees, but'could you just stay.’
“ back for one more minute, ple:
_ We managed to do it. The cit
& genry, cooperated. ‘The actress sang
her. heart out. The plane: buzzed |
by. But there was too much ture):
: bulence, and'so we didn't get ny

“ prompted. the B.C,
to urge outdoor recreationists to.
and common sense:
when lighting campfires. 7
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usc: caution

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people-caused wildfires

Forest: Service.’ from. misused. campfires,"

7 Campfire caution’ ‘urged

"sheeaterd the province's forests: fare
Peter Fuglem, provincial fire con.
trol-officer. °

Anyone spotting a L forest. fire can

report it by phoning 0 and asking

for Zenith 5555.

wiey to. our
and Attita Fritz toe ‘our. Vancouver location. :

We are ‘pleased to , weicorie Peter Cow-

ley’ back fo Vancouver and as the:new.

Manager of our. North Vancouver location? *

Peter has spent the past 4 yearsias Recre-

‘ation Gireéctor al’Panarama Resort near
‘tnvarmere Before that Peter was‘an active

player in Socal’ tennis fournaments and al.-
member of the UBC, ‘Tennis Team for 4
years. Peter has extensive experience iny.

tennis and can help you with all your ques-| -
tions about tennis or golt : i

We are, ‘pleased! to ‘announce. that
/Attiia Fritz t has joined, our. staftin the
past § yéars, Attila has been ranked i in
he tdp.5.in Junior Tennis, and; jhas

| glad.to “yere with you.”

represented Team B.ce in the’ Junior "
Nationals, Antila; ‘brings with him, tech-
nical expertise; in both racquets ‘and
racquet stringing which: he will (be :

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