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Bertoli By David Baker Gamecock Staff Writer For those who haven't heard and for those who can't tell from the movie's ad campaign, Bernardo Bertolucci's Luna is about the near-incestuous relationship between a mother and son. I * <nK/\k% U/\ r? r\/\ri 11? 11 ut'^iiis wiicii uic sccu io planted (when the son is still an infant) and proceeds to the point in time, 15 years later, when the relationship reaches its most dangerous stage. The mother, Caterina Silveri (Jill Clay burgh, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award as best actress for her performance), is a world-famous opera diva who transplants her career, along with her son Joe - * * * * t- ? r kt \ r i. iMaunew Barry;, nuiu i>t*w i ui ^ to Italy when her husband suddenly dies. The move is hard for Joe, and son after it 's complete, he becomes addicted to heroin. "I just don't care ... about anything," he tells Caterina. after she catches him with a needle in his arm. It's when Caterina tries to get Joe off the drug that their reiauonsnip uegms uj lihuisu. Bcrtolucci is deliberate in exposing every moment, situation, word and nuance which draws the couple together sexually, but he neglects to fill in the gaps in the world that surrounds them. The pre-title sequence and the major plot angle that goes with it is not clarified, or even alluded to, until the very end of the film, and by then it seems more like a copout than a credible explanation for 'Wali'att ?I?,?? By Michael J. Margotta Gamecock Staff Writer After only seven weeks on the market, The Wall had planted itself as number two on the sales chart. This rapid advance on the charts is not restricted to Pink Floyd fanatics, nor is it uncommon to the band. Once again, Pink Floyd has been able to produce an album displaying great effort, artistic talent, and those unique nnoliii fto V* o nnnKla fWrnm frv Kn ijuaiuico ii ict i ^nauic iiiciu IU uv commercially successful. f or ( Vfi iAA, ?aR * 4T iccis L anything. Also, at two hours and 25 minutes, the film is much too long lo Keep me viewer interested in what it has to say. The most serious misstep Bertolucci made with Luna, however, is that he neglected to balance the melodrama with some lighter moments. There's not a touch of comedy anywhere in the film, a fact which is all the more disappointing when one thinks back to Bertolucci's 1900 and the delightfully daffy character played by Cominique Sanda, that of a spoiled socialite who often decided __i i i .l ^ r At i J' sue nan seen enougn 01 me wunu s injustices and so would close her eyes and pretend to be blind ? once while driving down a busy street. The cinematographer of 1900 (and Apocalypse Now), Vittorio Storaro, also photographed Luna and his work is nothing short of magnificent. Bertolucci's beautiful imagery, coupled with Storaro's camera movements and framing, is breathtaking. If onlv the storv had been worthy of the visuals, Luna wouldn't be such a waste of time. But at least Luna aims for quality. The only thing Rene Cardona Jr.'s Guyana, Cult of the Damned aims for is being remembered as the most hysterically distasteful piece of exploitational garbage to Uii ttirv r< I 4 I 1 mi uictme acieeiib 111 uie liious. And though the decade has nine for the band, this double album, consisting of relatively short cuts, is the first album Floyd has released since 1977. Animals was cut early in that year, and was somewhat of a departure from earlier albums. Animals broke some traditions and precedents that the band had previously set for their music. It rocked harder, and the dreamy, acoustic tunes that make Pink Floyd sound so uniquely pleasant only .opened and closed the album. The Wall has returned to the _ placid and sometimes illusionary qualities of the acoustic based melodies, and incorporated them with the best of the high energy ""ideas that were brought to life in Animals. In The Wall, there is a controlling theme or thought \ 4g? ?& ^>9 I .... *? te?V< ' J mm\ li. ,A'.lr>.?4ei ./?'' ^v. k^e.'. .>,k.'? 4 - ' i. it -una'ex 9 OM. >1 Dura years and 11 months to come, there's no reason to think the movie will not score a bull's-eye. The only trick it missed was having a musical group called the Kool-Aides sing a song called "Disco Suicide" over the main and pattern, common in many of Floyd's previous works, holding the album's diversity in sound together. The lyrics on the album were written by Roger Waters. David GilmOur, lead guitarist, pftllahnratps u/ith Watprs nn thrpp of the cuts. Although Waters wrote the majority of the material on the album, Gilmour produced the album, therefore, in reality, it is more of a joint effort on the part of Gilmour and Waters than one might originally think. Structurally the album is sound. Although the album is dominated by short cuts, it is in no way a commercial pop attempt, ine common theme of the wall ties the work together. "The Wall" itself is an existen Lt * jir m r 11T r ai * iti mu i i~hi 1i t iff Lplores ble Jill Clay burgh in 'Lu/ end credits. Stuart Whitman, in a careerkilling performance, stars as the Rev. James Johnson (read Jim Jones), a mad messiah who leads his followers from San Francisco to Guyana, where he instructs I a tialistic entity. It is not necessarily representative of one particular thought; instead it has a fickle _ character that makes "the wall" symbolic only of a force that has an incapacitating quality to it. In some cases on the album, "the wall" is merely a material object; in others, it is a metaphysical idea that has a profound impact on the victim. Yet, at other times, this fickle, illusionary quality of "the wall" ran also m?kp "thp wall" a desirable goal. Due to a continual melody line throughout the tunes, the image of "the wall" becomes almost haunting to the listener. The album proves that the music of Floyd can still cause the mind to travel off into space. On side three 1 JU I s i ' [ ??r? 1 incest ; mm*J*** " |MH^HHb ' HsgfflL *465 a 4:/l:^ j la them first to kill a US senator and then to kill themselves. One thing is for sure ? if such things as ghosts exist, Cardona and every executive at Universal Studios are being haunted by 913 of them twice nightly. | 1 f L_ of the album, Gilmour takes melodic guitar into oblivion. Yet, Floyd is attempting to communicate this message of "the wall" to a wider audience. So Gilmour runs tend to instill a tranquil, contemplative feeling in the listener. 'The Wall' is meant to be listened to, and then related to. If one cannot relate to the album, on uiViofoirap lai;nl than thmr frtairo mol Tf ? 1U tV V V/i IV, tllV/ll tllVJ IIU* V ??IVV one form of "the wall." But, if you happen to buy it, you will meet more than a form of "the wall" ? " you will have found your own. As an added note to avid concert goers, Pink Floyd will appear in -only two cities this tour. They will open for seven shows on February 7th at the Sports Arena in Los -Angeles and arrive at the Nassau Coliseum on the 23rd for seven more shows. Floyd's members ..explained this shortened tour is due to their "ridiculously elaborate" special effects show. It _appears the premier band in light shows is about to set yet another trend in concert entertainment. i i is dt^mmat&d b^short