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...drug that so twists the minds of their victims that they self-destruct rather than endure the hallucinations it induces. These in turn become occasions for the special-effects displays that are technically impressive but are also more resonant of other recent movie successes of Young Sherlock Producer Steven Spielberg than they are terrifying or witty or appropriate. The old-fashioned heart of the film rejects these modern transplants. The oxymoronic result is a sort of busy inertness. And a movie that never makes us feel as good as it often looks...
...snapping up presents at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's gift shops. Calvin and Sharon Petersen of Mantua, Utah, bought build-it-yourself paper medieval towns (price: $6.95). Cathy Smith of Medford, Ore., bought a framed print of Nathaniel Currier's lithograph The Favorite Cat ($38). For his mother, Steven Prince, a Los Angeles businessman, selected a shawl imprinted with the tree of life ($25). Says Prince: "Museums sell items of quality. They bring art to the people...
...learning quickly that all the scholarly world's a stage and all the scholars merely players. "I've always regarded this hoo-ha as slightly absurd," he says, "and once it is over, I shall go back to being as ordinary as dirt." --By Otto Friedrich. Reported by Steven Holmes/London
JAWS 1975; STEVEN SPIELBERG...
...crowds swarm around them like rock stars," marvels Steven Sanderson, 34, the Stuntmen's lead electric guitarist, who is extensively tattooed, sports a cowboy hat and wears shades indoors. Why would these grandparent types appeal to the 18-to-50-year-olds? "It's unlike anything else," Sanderson says. "The first time I heard them at a rehearsal, it brought me to tears. It was one of the most emotional things I've ever seen. What happens is that the words take on a whole new meaning when they sing the songs...