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Spotlight 1 Monday, February 10, 1986 J Gilliam makes By ED CHAMBLISS Assistant Spotlight editor It's Christmas time, somewhere in the twentieth century. In the display window of a sidewalk shop, several televisions are on showing a gung-ho heating-duct salesman yelling why you should have your old metallic ducts replaced by new ducts in designer colors. An old lady walks by with her shopping cart, and the shop blows up. Fire and debris spew everywhere, killing the unfortunate passer-by. And that's the way the new bizarre film "Brazil" by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam begins. . . ? ^I fflHgjHn. Robert De Niro portrays Harry Tuttle, a rebel Heating engine Hooters, Loverbo\ By TRACY MIXSON Armed with rr Staff writer Hohner Melodic; If Brucc Springsteen was the keyboard knowr future of rock music 20 years simply as a "hoo ago, then the future of today's began an enerj music industry could be the night of entertaii Hooters. The only flaw The five-man band from mance was its lcn Philadelphia opened for Lover- ly 50 minutes ? boy Saturday night at Carolina of time for an o Coliseum and showed a packed not enough for h house that an opening act can They played n overshadow the top bill. from "Nervous Is Promoting their debut album added their uniq "Nervous Night," the Hooters Beatles' cover tur gave a polished performance for Sky with Diamo such a young band. They've built album should g a stong following since opening enough material for "Live Aid" in Philadelphia through a full pc last year, and Saturday they gave headline act. Columbians a taste of what has When sinecr E ^ nounced "We'll taincd for five years. the end of the fi Purple Rain? CREG RAWS Prince imitator Fonda Brooks sings to the crowd Fridt Nostalgia Lip Sync contest. The weekly contest is sponsored takes place at Scarlette's lounge. |The Bi<j Biid ,,,;25S:.i j j I1 itllili IvillL/IYIiilN ^SlSKk' French Fries, Cole Slaw, Rolls <^99 Otlt'i viood to Feb. 13, ; 'Brazil' a biz Despite the name, the movie has nothing to do with the country of Brazil. It is merely the name of a 1939 song played throughout the film. The film is the story of a Walter Mitty type character named Sam Lowry, a daydreaming worker for the department of records, excellently portrayed by Jonathan II iiywc. Sam is pcrfcctly happy in this strange "1984-ish" socicty where signs proclaim "Suspicion Breeds Confidence," and Consumers for Christ walk around playing carols and collecting money. Sam has his boss, Mr. Kurtzmann (lan Holm), in the palm of his hand, and while Kurtzmann is in his 82p , vfi ' , .tit B? - " ler, in Terry Gilliam's new movie, "Brazil" r. 'Lovin' every mi tandolins and a We Danced," there was little, if i (a harmonica- any, doubt from the audience i to mc nana about the statement's truth, ter"), the group And for most of those swept S>etic, non-stop up in "Hooter-mania," even rnient. tomorrow couldn't be soon of their perfor- enough. gth. It lasted on- It's been three years sihee" normally plenty Loverboy fans have seen their ipening act, but group in Columbia, and the footers' fans. Canadian quintet gave a solid lost of the cuts performance as Saturday's top Jight" and even bill, considering the group had iue sound to a little new material to work with ie, "Lucy in the since its last appearance here. >nds." Another In 1983, the band boasted a live the group complicated laser light show and to carry them sported a "Road Warrior" image rformance as a complete with all-leather outfits and bandanas on every limb, ric Ba/ilian an- Saturday, the lasers were gone, see ya soon" at although the lighting was still initial song "And pressive; the only bandana was Minority stude views and cull Minority students now have another voice at USC in one of WUSC-FM's newest programs ? "Upbeat." "Upbeat," which premiered in December, is aired 6 p.m. every other Wednesday and aimed at addressing minority students' concerns. Programs in February are dedicated to the 17th annual observance of Black History Month, which is being celebrated at USC with a variety of activities arnoni'/??r\ ki/ tKn A Iv/i ^uiii/.vu u; iiiv /"i.i.iucuu 1 w 11 UI Afro-American Students. Wednesday's show will have with the National Student E next year. Offering over 75 universit across the United States Applications for 1986 87 school can be picked up until Feb. li r:? --11 , m i ui iiiuil' IIIIO, ttlll ///-D11D raBSPwBS. I Russell House 108 !0N/The Gamecock iy night at the y I G0102 and M j 5V."?/?,d/d VI a in St. p**' *1 H* HdlU'Vl'OmliS) I I >vx6 * 5Vd/?, d/d | 10pw:k- $16.00 3Vj micro* ? 10 p?ck* (24.00 kink j m 799-5 i I icmM 933 Main arre, but worl officc, the workers watch old movies like "Casablanca" on their computer terminals. n..? _ t-. r. ... uui iii iiigin, sam nas circams and nightmares in which he flies through the clouds in search of a beautiful blonde-haired girl. In these dreams a huge evil creature, dressed in Oriental battle armor, takes her away and holds her captive. Sam awakes to a cold sweat, never able to save his dream girl. One day, back in reality, Sam sees the same girl and falls hopelessly in love with her. To find out more about her, Sam accepts a promotion his mother (Katherine Helmond) had wrangled for him at Information Gathering. O - I miii naics mis jod ana even has to share a single desk with another man. This wouldn't be so bad, except the desk sticks through the wall, and the man on the other side keeps pulling more of the desk into his office. Nevertheless, Sam finds out the girl's name, Jill Layton (played by newcomer Kim Greist), and she is in trouble with the government. Sam's nightmares now become daymarcs and actual reality as he goes against the security forces to help his dream girl. He is occasionally helped out by the outlaw-heating repairman-commando Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro). This character is by far the best in the movie, even though we only see him very rarely. His actions are always comical and usually outrageous, such as always carrying a pistol and "escaping" by sliding down a guy wire after finishing a job. Tliic film ic I *%t>t - ? I 1 a > d Him i.-> juAi ucuig icicctM'u in /vmerica, out has already swept many European film festivals. "Brazil" is a strikingly visual film, as is to be expected by long-time animator Gilliam. If "Time Bandits" was Gilliam's fantasy, then "Brazil" must be his nightmare. According to Gilliam, the film is a lighthearted nightmare set iti the other side of now. This "retrofuture" feeling is accomplished mixing various things from various eras. Tclevison screens from the 1960s arc mixed with the clothing of the late 1940s and the cars and technology of the future. Harsh shadows and brightly lit smoke are inute of it' B^ around singer Mike Reno's head. i and all of the group's members had shed the leather for more vjUBF conservative clothing. \ tWf | With a host of hits, this group J/' no longer needs to rely on a im- f 1 age to fill a concert hall. y It? ML ! The* performance started HfahuL^^ksjA somewhat slowly, with the band playing cuts off "Lovin' Every Minute of It," its recent release that has received little attention I compared to the success of its | ? previous three albums, "Lover- j boy," "Get Lucky" and "Keep ra But mid-way through the set, Loverboy kicked in with a string Loverboy entertained of former hits, including "Hot Girls in Love," "Turn Me ped the hard-driv Loose" and "Working for the performance. Weekend." A double-encore cap- The sirong auc nts express ~ ture on WUSC |mm many features: | ? a special close-up on Sweet Auburn, a revue of the music of , America's greatest black performers, including I lla Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Millie Holiday; a ? an interview with Na'im IT h Akbar, nationally secognized as an expert 011 Black clinical psycoiogy; We urgenth ? clips from a leb. 9 Ciospel a Concert. to aid in me "Upbeat" welcomes input in had mono V the form of information, ideas m ialif\/ for and production assistance from MUailTy TOr Q all minority students. I time. Call 2 UTT ? 'X C I ,r Jf | RHo"I . on Feb I Remembe i^^todak rd a*d< Diskettes" t^AAmc " so CaWi ?I | gr * Also told individually I b^^IbLjAI 1807 Street of F' thwhile trip I reminiscent of the G-Men films, while the bright colors and unusual shapes seem to recall the recent version of "Flash Gordon." ? In fact, George Gibbs, the supervisor of special effects has been responsible for the effects in "Flash Gordon" as well as "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Conan the Barbarian." Most of the sets look like and share in the excellence of those from "Blade Runner." It is obvious "Brazil" is a social satire. When someone is arrested his spouse is given a receipt, and when the prisoner is "in-tcrror-igated" by torture, he is told, "If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating." The entire film is like a not-quitc-right "1984." The government is obviously in charge, but the dominated public gets away with a lot of rcbclious activity ennip vinlpnt nlVierc r>r?mir?o1 Certain scenes and camera angles are obviously ^ directly taken from other films, and the most blatant of these is a scene where Sam and an army of renegade heating engineers are escaping from the Ministry of Information building and being chased by the security forces. Shooting, the security forces march down the steps. This is exactly like the Odessa Steps scene in the 1925 Eiscnstein silent movie classic "Potemkin," except that instead of an old lady getting shot in the eye through a pair of glasses, a cleaning lady, who is waxing the floor, gets it. And instead of a baby carriage tipping over as it ^ rolls down the stps, it is the floor waxer. "Brazil" is a thriller, a quest, a fantasy, a black comedy and a love story all mixed together in a short-circuited Wearing Blender. Expect something bizarre, strange and at some times, incomprehensiklo v . If > . w.v. i wu mo; iiuu yv.un.M.11 laugmng ai someinmg and suddenly realize, according to Gilliam, "I shouldn't be laughing at that, that's horrendous." But "Brazil" is a remarkably excellent film. It fits together like the pieces of a puzzle. 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