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...necessities. If local retail stores suffer and some are forced to close, there will be poorer local selection and services. More people will desert local merchants to send their consumer dollars to businesses and shippers who have no interest in or commitment to the buyer or community. GARY JARMAN Corvallis...
Some such logic must underpin the recent state of cinematic adaptations of Shakspeare's work; Kenneth Branagh, Franco Zeferelli, Derek Jarman (substitute Marlowe for the bard), and now Christine Edzard, director of "As You Like It," all strive to expose the movie-going public to the genius of Shakespeare. Everyone should have a chance to see his work; they, quite rightly, porvide...
...terminally ill and those who are not. The film forces the viewer to confront the hypocrisy surrounding AIDS. While awareness is necessary, there is a gulf separating those exhibiting a quilt and those whose names are inscribed on it. Reflecting on living with disease and on mortality, Jarman concludes, "For blue, there are no boundaries or solutions...
...film is not an easy one to view; it might alienate some spectators at the beginning. However, it quickly and forcefully draws its audience in. After their eyes adjust to the blue, the viewers willingly surrender their feelings and rejoice at the crystalline brilliance of Jarman's words. Although the text--based on the director's journal--is the most apparent component of the film, "Blue" is more than words and music: the unchanging blue screen is fundamental to the strange and powerful impact of the piece...
Besides the voice of Jarman, those of three talented actors and frequent Jarman collaborators are heard. Nigel Terry and Tilda Swinton (of Orlando fame) worked with the director in "Caravaggio," "Edward II" and "Wittgenstein." John Quentin appeared in the latter. The impressive sound-track features, among others, the musician and producer Brian...