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...Reagan Administration has certainly had its share of embarrassments in the past, but the EPA tempest combines in one package many grievous errors this Administration seems prone to: subverting stated duties, maliciously politicizing a supposedly nonpolitical body, and demonstrating ignorance of the practical repercussions of its actions. In White House efforts to deal with the problem as quickly and painlessly as possible (i.e., with a minimum of further embarrassment to itself), one can only hope that federal officials do not lose sight of the motivation for the whole investigation: to get the EPA back on track safeguarding our environment...
Mazursky's title seems purposely and cheaply misleading Sure. William Shakespeare still draws in the crowds. But the connection between the Englishman's play The Tempest and the film is lenuous beyond the arbitrary similarity of names; certainly the themes and purposes of the two writers differ. Besides, Mazursky admits his original idea for Tempest came a decade ago, long before he knew the Shakespeare play, when he wanted to make a film about the relationships between family members. There are token attempts to maintain some of the Bard. But two hi-tech lightning storms and exclamations like...
Ringwald, in her major film debut, gives Tempest's most believable performance as a teenager struggling to establish her own identity stuck on a rock in the middle of the Mediterranean in an intentional parallel to Phillip's own search. When she tells an admiring Sam Robards. "I'm not exactly beautiful, besides. I'm a virgin," it is pure adolescent poetry...
...TEMPEST IS BEST in its simplest moments. Cinematographer Don McAlpine's opening shots of the stark geography of Phillip's island do more than just stir a feeling of wonder--they wrench it from deep down inside, ably abetted by Stomu Yamashita's eerie, haunting score, Miranda (Molly Ringwald) and Aretha provide welcome lightness with their a capella renditions of the pop tune. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?," a protest of the harsh conditions of their voluntary captivity. As the island's actual inhabitant. Raul Julia as Kalibanos is a nearly perfect primitive, adoring his goats and his Sony...
...want to see such parallels sensitively drawn, a fine modern interpretation of The Tempest does exist in the 1956 science-fiction thriller Forbidden Planet, with Walker Pidgeon as a Phillip-like character and Robbie the Robot as his Kal-bonos. Catch it on a Saturday afternoon double creature feature. At least it'll cost you less than Mazursky's offering...