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DIRECTOR NEIL JORDAN sees the world through weird-colored lenses. His new film. The Company of Wolves, reels off variations on the Red Riding Hood theme developed with imaginative cittematic flourishes but little psychological subtlety. The result is something of a cross between the Lord of the Rings and Garcia-Marquez, but without the characterizing felicity of Realismo Magico...
...Riding Hood motif dreams of Rosaleen provide the ostensible framework for all the werewolf permutations. We only rub against reality during the very wispy frame scenes that depict nothing much: Rosaleen breathes heavily in her sleep. Rosaleen's unconscious takes over, Rosaleen meets handsome men, Rosaleen meets hand-some wolf...
...which the secretary rode was blocked by over 100 SDS [Student for a Democratic Society] protesters sitting in front of and behind it as it tried to move down Mill Street. Finally, McNamara emerged from the car in to the jeering crowd and was hoisted up on the hood of a convertible parked at the curb in front of McKinlock Hall...
...hood he agreed to face questions from the crowd "for five minutes" about American involvement in the Vietnam...
...scum of the earth? I like Dirty Harry, Rivers doesn't mess around with stupid questions like "who is responsible" or "Is it legal." He gets right down to the good stuff, like now to blow up a terrorist's Renault while he is sticking his head under the hood...