A2 - Sunday, February 13, 1983 - North Shore News strictly personal Layoffs may reach 100 _ FROM PAGE At possibility if necessary.” School Superintendent Rad — “Its an honest budget Wickstrom that each ex- will be well over 100 following the minister's penditure “has been severely _____._._Means nothing. _____. ___them that. —. I haven't the faintest idea how the effects were achieved. That is, I have read about how the creators of the original muppets were responsible and how they used “electronic muppets” in this movie—but that really I have to admit that I consider all sorts of stuff that gets labelled “trash” to be actual art. Such sci-fi flicks as Outworld and Alien, with plots as thin as old cowboy or “B” horror junk from the fifties, nevertheless pass as High Art in my mind simply because their special effects were superb. The same holds true for The Dark Crystal. As a story, it is a cliche from start 1983 INSURANCE AND LICENCE by Bob Hunter Cinematic High Art I TOOK THE FAMILY to see The Dark Crystal recently and once again I was completely blown away by the wonder of modern cinematic art. Just because the modern fantastic special effects show or pure animation flick occurs with such frequency that they have come to be thought of as “ordinary,” I doubt that anybody else in history would have called For somebody from the 1Sth Century, Star Wars would have been a religious expenence. Who is to say it wasn't, anyway? The ancient Greeks saw fit to name only Nine Muses to inspire human beings with the messages of the gods. Today, it would take 10,000 Muses to cover the range of artistic endeavors which are possibic. Under the term minds. It seems to me that even the Ninth Symphony or a portrait by Goya can hardly lay claim to any more ultimate greatness than I the vision offered in Fantasia - or, now, in The Dark Crystal. Certainly not in the sense that “art” is defined by art historian C. Kubler, who says “works of art...are can enter the space of the artist, or the time of the artist, to experience whatever rich domain the artist has fashioned.” This is not to say that Hanna-Barbera measures up to Rembrandt or that Heidi's Song is as deep as Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Much as I enjoy Bugs Bunny, I don't equate the frames in which Guernica nor Luke Skywalker with Hamlet. PARK ROYAL SOUTH a good combination for convemence & service teachers,” Regan said. Warburton agreed, “Certainly that is a a ae . \ np pore aD guidelines,” Margaret Jessup said. . The board was told by / jl aia! " S ax Nursery Lamps 0% INFANTS WEAR AND ACCESSORIES SUPERSPECIALS —- SNUGLI BABY CARRIER Nvy/Cmi cord. restrained, and that all surplus funds had been exhausted.” N REG. SALE to finish. “animation,” for instance, But this I do know: We are 44.99 29.99 But that doesn’t matter, theatre and photography and in the midst of an artistic SNUGLI DIAPER BAG Nvy/Cmi cord. 34.99 24.99 you see. Infact. anelaborate painting and dance and renaissance quite beyond SNUGLI TRAVEL BED Nvy/Cmi cord. 59.99 44.99 plot would have been puppetry and music enter anything that has come STROLLER CAR SEAT 99.99 79.99 _ distracting. magnificently into a syn- anywhere near to happening ih SI! . v Se thesis that could scarcely ' before in human affairs. And BASIC STROLLER by Jolly Jumper 40.00 29.99 5 h Under that ; innocuous have been imagined a mere a lot of it can be seen on the BOYS AND GIRLS INFANT ROMPER 7.99 3.99 eading “special effects” we lifetime ago. screens at nearby theatres. find ourselves reaching 2 In retrecpect, the major It's just that we forget to BOYS AND GIRLS INFANT 2 pc KNIT SET 19.99 9.99 new high-tide mark im the artistic breakthrough of our call it by its proper name. JOLLY JUMPER PAPOOSE CARRIERS 49.99 38.99 evolution of art from ie time may prove to have been The Dark Crystal, for in- stic ures scratc on Walt Disney's Fantasia. Inits stance, isn’t a muppet the walls of caves to Dolby most brilliant moments, that movie. It's art! PP Nikky Diaper covers — Veicro/Snap — NB/S/L/SL 5.99 4.99 Sound 70 mm Imax films film had the ring of the Go see it. If you don't infant Pram Suit — S/M/L 8.99 6.99 that require a three square- Collective Unconscious have any kids to take, Velour Sleeper — S/M/L — Assorted colours 14.99 10.99 storey screen to show. speaking directly to our borrow some. Terry Sleeper — S/M/L — Pink/AqualYellow 5 ee 7.39 Blanket Sleeper — Infant S/M/L — Pink/Aqua/Yeliow ; . Blanket Sleeper — Size 1/2/3 — Pink/Aqua/Yellow 999 7.99 Blanket Sleeper — Size 4/5/6 — Pink/Aqua/Yellow 12.99 9.99 ® ®@ infant Nightgown — Assorted colours 339 2.69 infant One piece Underwear — S/MI/L 499 3.69 Gi ine 0) Carters Training pants — Sz. 2-4 (2 per pkg.) 699 5.49 @ . Carters Terry Training pant — Sz. 1/2/3/4 — Asst.colours 325 2.25 Carters Intant Vest — Sz. 3-12 mos. — side snap 329 2.69 hich has been th ' Friday abo 4 Bootie sock by Trimfit — Asst. colours — 0-9 mos. 300 1.99 whic as en ¢€ scene o concem Fn a ula pa y . __FROM PAGE A1 __ repeated tragedies in’ of grade two Children at an a ioe 3 Co 1-99 Hospital in North Van-— washouts which have oc outdoor survival school si k by Trimfit — Asst " — Sz. 48 400 2.99 couver. curred on various of the north of Squamish, without pper sock by Trimfit §8{. Colours z. : One man on the scene said = bridges en route between telephone communication Receiving Blanket — Pink/BiuelYellow 329 2.69 of the side “It was hike Lions Bay and Squamish Hooded Towel set — Pink/Blue/Y ellow 699 5.49 thunder coming close You The B.C. Rail line running Terry Wash Cloths (4 in a pkg ) 3 29 2.69 could hear the rocks below the highway was also ° Fitted Crib sheet — White/Yetlow 799 5.99 cresmuoe on to cach other ~ closed by debris and Call Classified Printed Comforter 14.99 1430 ighways crews were floodwaters Printed Crib Quilt 12 99 . Pnday prepanng to con Parents of children at - _ struct a Bailey bridge to Upper Lynn School in North 986 6222 Porteble Baby Sitter Chal 33 a0 21.99 reconnect the highway Vancouver were cxpressing Merry Muscle Baby Exerciser 39 99 29.99 Jolly Jumper Original 2799 20.99 Food Mill by Jolly Jumper 1299 9.99 Circus Mobile by Jolly Jumper 4299 29.99 New Zoo Review by Jolly Jumper 1799 12.99 Family Choice Baby Book Hey 495to 6495 Sale 4.29 - 5.99 Corduroy Bassinette — Blue/Burgundy 89 99 69.99 Crib Exerciser 14 99 11.99 Gerry 4 Sure Gates 29 99 23.99 Rey 569 994 t0 BY ¥Y Stoyhanes THE FASHION CENTRE FOR CHILDREN Sale 45.99-59.00 _F PORTER & HOWAT INSURANCE PARK ROYAL SOUTH UPPER MALL FRONT ENTRANCE 925-1201 PAAR ROYAL 926-5616 PACIFIC CENTRE 6698 2513 1 ANDSOOWNE PARK 278 6334 COQUITLAM CENTRE 464 1741 OAKRIDGE 2761 3617 RICHMOND CENTRE 273 4323 Gutt OF ORD TOWN CENTRE 685 2622 SURREY PLACE 5684 2110