Two winners from
two veteran directors

Hamlet **" (Warner Bros.)
Pars Roval

Rated Mature «at i>:
and Dunbar cinemas.
OME TO me, my
mejancholy Dane.

Well he ~ not exccth
melancholy. Ay placed by Mel
Gibson, Hamlet i an energetic but
contused prince who loves br
mother. Gertrude Glenn Close:
almost as much as ne loathes nes
steprather old uncle Claudius
tAlan Bates!

A> even high schoo! student
Arrows. Dad's gheest Paul Scottetd:
apoegrs and demands that Hamlet
exact revenge ior his | murder
most foul” After much -oul-sear-
ching. he does fttering the stage
with malt the cast.

Viel makes a rousing stab at the
tithe role. adding uneapecied
dasnes of humor and «igor to
hehten the intensity, The rest of
the Casi a goed. with 2 special nod
to lan Blolm ds the pontticatag
Polonius. Best of ati, however, are
Alan Bates. connnimg to Avep: his
throne. and Pasnonate Dut some-
what naive Close

Franco Zeiterel: orters a quick
Pace. lavish Costumes and sets
and an atmospher ~core by in-
nie Morncone. Aithougn it doesn't
betier Laurence Olnser’s 1948
moody classic. is stl a robust
and satisiving Hamlet.

Alice =*°* (Orion) Rated
Mature tat the Park an¢ Royal
Centre cinemasi

Alice Tate (Ma Farrow) has 50
much guilt. it has become a pain
inthe back. When -he wasa
child. ike every good Catholic girl,
she wanted to be a nun. Now. she
Ss. a rich nusband
Wilitam Hurv and a tasteful con-
do. Stull. she can't suppress her
lusty Gay dreams of Joe Joe
Montegna:. 2 Musician.

Now Per back 1s really kdling
her and it cant be diagnosed. Her
cane. wealthy friends pomt Der in
the directon of Dr. Yang theye
Luke in Ris last pertormance: who
Qe Her potent herbal concec-
avons

Soon she’s on the road to self
discover. She turns invisible to
eavesdrop vietts her dead mother
‘Gwen Verdon and shares ajast
dance with the phost ot her first
lover Alec Baldwin |

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film review

Eknow 1% sounds bizarre. Hew-
ever These fantasies blend
seamlessiv with Alice’ real world
or Mannattan. Hs a surreal cin
thar Wood. Allen has used beiore
in Zeig, Play [i Again. Sant and
Purple Rose at Cairo. Here. he has
perfected (he formula.

Sta Farrow has a great workout
playing comedy. including a hilar
tous scene when her inhibitions
are stripped away by Yane’> med-
cine and she makes a vamp pass
to a stanled Moniegna. Ay well,

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Her dramanc scenes are handicd
wack subtie pornancy. The sup:
poring roles, as usual are phased
TO permtecton
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