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...telescope sits on the lawn outside Vachon Pavilion at Quebec's Laval University, its gently concave 40-in.-diameter mirror pointing at the sky. Concentrating and reflecting faint starlight into a camera mounted above it, the gleaming face of the mirror seems devoid of the slightest imperfection; it is so smooth, in fact, that it looks solid...
...Laos in 1953, but today there are more French people living there than at the height of colonial occupation. The result, happily, is a plethora of excellent French restaurants in the capital, Vientiane. One of the best is Le Silapa, tel: (856-21) 219689, run by Canadian Frederic Dionne-Vachon who came to Laos because he hated the Canadian winter. Housed in a 1923 shophouse barely three meters wide, the restaurant has a classical feel with a twist of Indochina. The menu includes a local fish, known as panine, as well as a purple sorbet made from local khatiep flowers...
Maybe this is the ultimate black comedy. Or it could be a loving story about the most unlovely folks. "In a way," says producer Christine Vachon, "it is the ultimate horror movie, where the people next to you at the office are incredibly evil." But the spookiest character, Gazzara's, is the man who feels nothing, is in love with no one, does not pursue happiness. And the sweetest, awfullest moments are in the connection between a normal kid (brave Rufus Read) and his mad, bad dad. "He's not a demon," Solondz says of the father; "he's possessed...
Cindy Sherman, the artist who rose to fame in the '80s for slightly creepy photos of herself in various guises, will now flex those creepy muscles as director of an unnamed independent horror movie. "She has great command of the mise-en-scene," says producer Christine Vachon, who worked with photographer Larry Clark on Kids. "She just needed a little push...
...pool of their own blood is not to be excused. Your articles were great, but they failed to convey the worry we older soldiers have for the well-being of our younger soldier brothers and sisters. Congress and the President: Don't waste their young lives! GARY J. VACHON Peoria, Illinois...