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By Doug Bell
' "The Big Chill" is warming up quite <
. critic's circles. It is the second film by Lawre:
scripted such classy modern-day spectacles
Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Arl
For his directorial debut, he offered 1981
Heat," a smoothly crafted, crime-romanc<
William Hurt as a languid, lusty lawyer wr
woman. A movie of definite merit, it
nonetheless: its resemblance to the lurid no1
Cain was too close for originality, and the cl
lacking a dimension or two.
The major accusation against "The E
unoriginality. It is impossible to avoid com]
John Sayles' 1980 "Return of the Secaucus
films share the same premise: old friends w
kinship as teens in the 1960s reunite for a wc
painful, nostalgic process of reacquainting t
ingfully reassess their lives.
KASDAN'S CRITICS don't mind so mu<
closely parallels Sayles'. Their main gripe is
with its huge, big-name cast and ample
achieve a level of meaning, subtlety, wit am
comparable to Sayles film, made with unk
shoe-string budget.
I'm not particularly concerned about 1
similarity. I believe it's relevant, and I agre
falls short of its intended effect. But the
funny, thoughtful, splendidly-acted enterta
The script, by Kasdan and Barbara Bened
arrival of seven old chums at the funeral o
who has committed suicide. The mourners
the home of happily married Kevin Kline ("
and Glenn Close ("Garp").
The entourage includes Tom Berenger a<
Tom Selleck-like TV show, Jeff Goldblum
nalist guilty of selling his soul to Peop
William Hurt as a wandering drug
emasculated (a la Jake Barnes) in Vietnam,
a frustrated civil lawyer in search of a
Williams plays a bored housewife.
THEIR REUNION, though occurring u
cumstances, is for the most part spontane
and bubbling with convincingly brij
Goldblum as the awkward, convivial journ
memorable.
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But the movie loses all conv
\ controversy in confidence is essential, such a
nee Kasdan, who sions when the group decides
as "The Empire business of searching for a cli
c." fatal unhappincss.The true "d<
's steamy "Body supplied by these moments, but
j-thriller starring strained and downright embari
ecked by an evil The characters, in addition t<
was overrated do a good deal of self-analysis
vels of James M. control video recorder always o
haracters were all cissistic investigations. But,
deploring their material succes;
Jig Chill" is its mitted an unpardonable sin by
paring the film to /The soundtrack consists of
Seven." The two i from the '60s, including the R
ho shared a closei tions. The songs perhaps offei
:ekend and, in the,
auuici tragically ^
Mary Kay Place is! |S5^^H|sSlC^6Si
lover and JoBeth
ous, lively, joyous
?ht conversation. 9?N0 * Hare
alist is particularly Eight talented performers compi
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By Doug Keith It
The Dread Beat keDt the Golden Spur w
crowd dancing for three hours Wednesday
night. w
The White Animals created the Dread w
Beat. "Dread" is the frenzy caused by a live tl
band, and the Spur crowd was in a dancing, G
screaming frenzy over the White Animals. G
From the time they stepped on the stage, it b
was obvious that the band would be enter- s<
taining. They opened their first set with
"Girls," a song from their first LP, "Lost tl
Weekend."The audience clapped to the b
uptempo beat of the song that is in produc- U
tion for the next White Animals video. "
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THE FIRST set has an incredible variety a
of musical styles and sound, as did each of b
the three sets. After "Girls," the Nashville- u
based band went on to play tunes ranging
from the Monkees' "I'm Not Your Steppin'
Stone" to their own humorous version of the C
Batman theme. a
Throughout the show, the band mixed r<
their interpretations of popular songs with B
White Animals originals. Rich Parks whizzed tl
through Eddie Van Halen-style leads on the a
classic "Tobacco Road" and "I Need V
Somebody to Love Me," both from the 1)
white Animals LP, "Nashville Babylon. a
The biggest crowd-pleaser of^the night, r
however, was the 1960s classic,'"Gloria."
Lead singer Kevin Gray kept this extended
version lively by adjusting some lyrics, and as
Gray sang, "My girl...from USC," the Spur
crowd screamed its approval.
ALTHOUGH THE audience for the show
was disappointingly small, the White
Animals didn't lose any enthusiasm. After
the show Gray said, "We like to play. We've
played for 10 people before."
As the night went on, the excitement
generated by the band never let down. Most
of the audience was on the dance floor the
entire show, moving to music from the Kinks
and the Beatles to Devo and the B-52's. One
crowd member said, "They're a great group.
> but has no deei
iction in those scenes wherein reference for idei
s on those angst-ridden occa- jections to spur c
i to get down to the serious
ue to the departed comrade's THOUGH IT
epth"of the film is supposedly comment on the
sadly, these scenes are forced, shot in Beaufort
assing. 1982. Though it!
3 interacting with one another, than as a pictur
? exemplified by the remote- from Michigan,
n hand to aid them in their nar- and should give
irritatingly, they all end up Though the c?
sfulness ? as if they had com- Kasdan fails to r
forsaking their '60s radicalism. friendship, life a
at least two dozen dod songs cruel world that
oiling Stones and the Tempta- pleasing on a su
r viewers in their 30s a deeper look.
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rise the cast of Columbia Pictures' new comedy, "The E
n, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berenger, William Hurt, Meg T
udience
's surprising, though, that the turnout
asn't better.
The band uses no set play list, but plays
hatever the audience wants. Yet, the sound
as always clean and professional, thanks to
le talent of sound engineer Tim Coats, who
rray refers to as "the fifth band member."
Iray said, "We don't want you to hear the
and. We want you to hear the band's
3una.
Along with previously recorded material,
le band also played several songs that will
e on their next album, set to be released
iter this year. Two of the new originals,
You Started Something" and "This Girl Is
line," are excellent rock/new wave songs,
nd they could prove quite successful for the
and,although the White Animals'style falls
nder 110 single category.
THE WHITE Animals have appeared in
Columbia several times, and the audience has
lways been impressed. The band's two
:cords, "Lost Weekend" and "Nashville
labylon," capture the band's powerful, enlusiastic
style and have received much
irplay on alternative stations such as
/USC. Wednesday's night performance onr
reinforces the fact that the White Animals
re headed for success.
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Golden Spur
From Staff Reports
The Detectives will be booked tonight
in the Golden Spur.
After playing the group's rock'n'roll
last night, the Detectives round out its
stand at the Spur tonight.
The first set is scheduled for 9 p.m. Admission
is free.
Miller pitchers will be the special from 8
to 10 p.m., costing $1.50.
>er effect
itification, but are used too insistently as insxcitement.
carries no critical weight, I feel obliged to
film's locale. Much of "The Big Chill" was
S.C. ? the rest in Atlanta ? in the fall of
serves no particular function in the film other
esque paradise for the affluent expatriates
the low country scenery is splendidly filmed
natives of the area a proud thrill.
ist is talented, intelligent and even dazzling,
nake the profound statement about time and
ind death, love and camaraderie in the cold
he intended. Like "Body Heat," the film is
rface level, but diminishes with each deeper
lig Chill/' directed by Lawrence Kasdan. (I. to
illy, Glenn Close and Kevin Kline.