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By DOUG BELL
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Compared to the general
run of crime mysteries.
Looker is a rather quiet,
modest film. It offers
^ nothing that couldn't be
achieved within the scope oi
a TV production. Only the
presence of Albert Finney
lends it any real distinction.
Finney plays a plastic
surgeon who performs
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He alters their features only
slightly, according to
measurements provided by
the models' employers,
making them "perfect."
Three of the girls encounter
mysterious deaths. Finney
latches on to the fourth
(Susan Dey) to protect her
and unravel the mystery.
He learns that the multi
million dollar firm for whicl
the models made com
mercials has developed c
process by which they are
duplicated and animated or
video by computer. In short
once the models' dimensions
are computed, they become
superfluous; the computer
can make commericals
without them.
IT'S A reasonably interesting
idea that com
ments on the increasing
Portfolio
Portfolio, the USC
student magazine,
and the University
Bookstore are cosponsoring
a short
story contest.
'<* First prize is a $50
gift certificate to be
used in the general
book department of
the University
Bookstore. Second
prize is a $25 gift
certificate for the
general books
department, and
third prize is the
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Writer's Market.
Winning entries
will be published in
the December issue
of Portfolio.
Deadline is Nov. 19.
Entries are open
^ to short stories in
any caiagory ana
will be judged by
professionals.
Send entries to:
Writing Contest,
Portfolio magazine,
Drawer A Russell
House, USC, or
bring entries to the
Student Media office
on the third floor of
Pliccoll Uni IP" 11
1 VVHOOV/I1 I1UUOU. V/Ull
777-3888 for more
information.
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omnipotence of computers.
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perfunctorily. The murders,
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predictable. The final
showdown, however, is
cleverly done, showing the
evil executive (James
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particularly demanding,
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ne models, rne computers
'ender them unnecessary as
nodels, but is that a reason
or killing them?
Directed by Michael
>ichton (Westworld, The
\ndromeda Strain), Looker
s generally satisfying.
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