Doubts drive artistic efforts From page 23 who have new ideas and whe push the bound: aries.” Push the boundaries is caactly what Smith wants the public to do. Though he and Marion both agree thar he’s produced his best work since turning 70, Smith remains full of doubts and werries. A note on the wall of his studi reminds him to challenge himself continually. It reads: “The painter who has no doubts will achieve little.” The commercial success of what he and Marion call the “pond paintings” — created after a visit to Monet’s garden in Giverny, France, and exhibited at the Equinox Gallery on South Granville last year — disappoints him in a way. It was a little too easy. The public could have been TV Highlights * MOVIE: HEAVY METAL (BRAVO! ch. 28) Set the VCR for this one. Out of circula- - tion for over a decade this ode to animation, rock-and-roll and futuristic vision was well - worth the wait. Great tunes. Great stories. And great art. What mere could you ask for in a Saturday night flick. Tune in to Bravo! at 5:39 p.m. 2 MOVIE: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (CHEK. ch. 6) This celluloid adaptation of Tom Clancy’s suspensefir! novel is perhaps the best of the submarine-genre movies. Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, ‘Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones and Sam Neill, this 1990 movie foliows the underwater trai of a Russian sub commander (played by Connery) who uses the nuclear-powered ves- sel as his means of defection. Start the pop- corn at 11:26 p.m. for the 11:30 p.m. broad- cast. - SUNDAY “\@ HOCKEY: VANCOUVER CANUCKS VS. COLORADO AVALANCHE (BCTV 7 Shiraz Earget approx size 3X5" *90 Shore for 183 challenged more. Says Manon: “People fove things that are familiar. They don't have to work at it as hard.” TYoday he rakes bis cues rom the young artists who he says are his “tiew mentors” -— Vancouver photo-nintage artist Jeff Wall and London bad boy Damien Hirst — and from children. “These are the real abstract expressionists, the young children. They’re not contrived and they have a basic honesty,” says the artist. “It took Picasso 70 years to learn to paint like a child — to have that lack of inhibition, to have honesty and not worry about trying to make it clever or con- trived or pretty. 1 think that’s what art is about.” Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting, a major retrospective of Gordon Stniti'’s work opens at the Vancouver Art Gallery this Sunday, Oct. 19 and runs to Jan, 11. ch. 21) Burnaby Joe Sakic leads the Avalanche into GM Place for an afternoon game against the Canucks. The puck drops at 2 p.m. ° MOVIE: FIVE EASY PIECES (LRAVO! ch. 28) This 1970 classic, directed by Bob Rafelson, is in many people’s estimation Jack Nicholson's best-ever on-screen performance (His legendary attack on a car with a golf club on the streets of L.A. is probably his best-ever performance). Nicholson plays a man who returns home after many years on the road; a life spent working in oil fields rather than what could have been a promising career as a pianist. Amazing depth of characterization makes this movie a Nicholson gem. And the chicken-salad scene in the diner is unforget- table. Showtime is 6 p.m. * DOCUMENTARY: LIFE & TIMES OF ROBERT BATEMAN (CBC ch. 3) The excellent CBC show Life & Tinies pays a visit to Salt Spring Island painter Robert Bateman. Despite being panned by the critics, Bateman’s wildlife works are loved by an ever- increasing legion of fans throughout the world. Airs at 10 p.m. - 1000’s of carpets imported from Iran, India, and China. Indo Gabheh approx. size 3x5” 100% wool Handmade v oS ~~ Persian Gabseh approx size 7X10" *690 indo-Gabbeh approx Size 1X6" ARPET SALES, CLEANING & REPAIR 1199 Marine Dr, | North Van BEST SE; aE s tian Bee PER ears e Seba mas iats uA . Photo submitted PORTRAIT of a young artist ... Gordon Smith sketching in Engiand in 1943. Got a craving for sush Angela's got a ro}i in the oven! Guess the baby's gender, weight, date & time of birth. Closest guess wins $200 gift certificate for Zen Japanese. Zen Japanese Restaurant Gpen Tues. - Sun for Dinner 2232 Marine Drive West Vanc. 925-0667 MPAA VIOLENCE COARSE RATING LANG CRITICS’ AVERAGE WEEK 2. Breakdown (new) thriller nai TA * Over 40,000 Tapes * * 3 Fiocors of Videos * "FIRST with New Rel « Every Monday @ Midnight<, HORROR ee | es | MOVES 3 DAYS & GET ANOTHER HORROR MOVIE FREE (catalogue tities only} A eA A * Recently Expanded Foreign Flim Section * Hundreds of B-movies in ciock * “Orhte-in” Claesics from tre 89s, GOs, & 70c!