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EVENTS "Pilobolus" dance company, tonight at Newberry Opera House. Tickets: $27.50. Jump, Little Children, Thursday at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, N.C. Page 4 "Since it is a joy to have the benefit of tured on ? what is good, it is a greater one to ex- Were Kir perience what is good, and in art the ment of t best is good enough.* - Goethe nickname gle" becai For some reason, people love lists, picks up v whether it be "best or or "worst of." ' fight. But Personally, I don't like them. But ing. It's al they're like car accidents for me ? I he meant know I shouldn't look, but my curios- Africans ity always wins out in the end. So I Ali and se was asked to put together my own car people in accident: a list of the 10 best movies of at home, the 1990s. mentary ] Let me remind you, though, this list is based on movies I have seen. If there's a glaring mainstream omission ^ or some foreign or independent gem I you know of that's not on the list, I P probably didn't see it. Anyway, to cov- | er all the bases, I also included my 10 honorable mentions: "Dances with Wolves" (1990), "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" (1991), "Chaplin" (1992), "Malcolm X" (1992), "Lone Star" (1996), "Titanic" (1997), "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), "Life Is Beautiful" (1998), "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) and "Saving Private Ryan" HQQfi\ 10. Ed Wood (1994) ? "King of the Odd" Tim Burton directed this tribute to the worst director of all time. Johnny Depp turns in an exuberant performance as the angora-sweater-wearing, cross-dressing auteur. It seemed silly to me at first to make a movie about Wood, but after watching it a Lee and G couple of times, I realized how much ers. This ( he loved to make movies and that he shows Mu was an eternal optimist (a quality you than just; just can't hate), feurton surrounds Depp Ky. with a strong supporting cast, including Martin Landau in an Oscar- GoodF winning performance as the heroin- a clown? I addicted Bela Lugosi and George "The L's Joe Pe Animal" Steele as Tor Johnson. De- tin Scorse spite the film's cartoonish atmosphere, starring Burton is never condescending to Wood and Pesci. and treats him as if he belonged be- Godfathei hind the camera. It's a fitting tribute how a ne to a director who deserved it. ranks of tl terpiece,' 9. Babe (1995) ? Yes, I know it's a touches a1 kids movie. I know it's about a talking made pos pig. But I also know it's one the best heart of t of the decade. "Babe" is one of those that P?we kids movies adults will enjoy just as come too much or even more than their children. own 8??^ It treats its viewers as an audience money an that wants to see a cute, intelligent ese direct fairy tale, not a sugary sweet, poorly sentially a written film about talking animals. It rent boo was nominated for Best Picture and "GoodFel won an Oscar for special effects. James come of th Cromwell is perfect as the stoic Farmer ^ they ha Hoggett, who rarely says anything more better fin; than "That'll do, pig." As a cat-hater, one of my favorite parts is when Farmer 6- Fargo i Hoggett, alone at home, puts his wife's a dementi cat out in the rain and lets Babe inside he Radio's the house. And if the movie's off-key i?n" he rendition of "Jingle Bells" doesn't tug ny accent at your heart, you probably don't have an(t both one. That's wh< go" tells t 8. When We Were Kings (1996) ? McDonna Muhammad Ali is just a shell of the 8ets hwol man he once was. Articulate, power- scheme th ful and intelligent, Ali was perhaps the an origins greatest athlete/performer in the his- m hhns di toiy of sports. Luckily, he has been cap- William E *** EARN E $8.50/HOI Are vou looking for a Flexible schedulir Great base rate? Paid training? A friendly and pie Resume building < Inter-Media Marketi If you need extra c If you're an enthusiastic inc then this is the oppc NO COLD CALLIN Contact o i or sto| 420 I I * ] WJW HHB2S^EI23BS!S3B23EH3 *'y WES ^Hk a -3SHBB: |hb|^^ ilm in Leon Gast's "When We band who gets in way over hi igs." It's an amazing docu- and Steve Buscemi is creepie he 1974 Ali-Foreman fight, that old woman at the end of you ;d "The Rumble in the Jun- with all the cats. The film won lse it took place in Zaire. It for Best Actress and Original i diere Ali is preparing for the play. At one screening, the lat the film isn't just about box- Siskel walked over to Roger Eb Dout Ali's presence and what said, "This is why I go to the n to both black Americans and That's certainly good enough: . The viewer gets to know e how he interacted with the 5. Reservoir Dogs/Pulp F Africa, almost as if he were (1992/1994) ? The Quentin C It features insightful com- cles. Fm not a big fan of Quentin from Norman Mailer, Spike tino, but I was completely overw ZjM&k ranfc j CKAsdCkc^> betf |m(iviS (hj Chrk fcjohkr reorge Plimpton, among oth- by the raw violence and langi Dscar-winning documentary "Reservoir Dogs." It was like r hammad Ali was much more I had ever seen. It was stylish a a prizefighter from Louisville, It jumped around in time w the use of the traditional flas And that damn ear. Now my blo< Bellas (1990) ? "Funny like sure and heart rate shoot up 'm here to f**kin' amuse you?" rocket when my barber pulls i isci as only Pesci can be. Mar- straight razor. "Pulp Fiction" li se directed this gangster opus changed the way movies were Robert DeNiro, Ray Liotta It made studios actively seek 01 . It's not the family saga "The er stories and younger talent, r" is, rather a film that shows unfortunately spawned man} ighborhood kid climbed the imitators. An ensemble piece, le local mob. A technical mas- urrected John Travolta's dea 'GoodFellas" has odd editing doornail career and showcase* ad expertly filmed long takes lesser-known talents like Ving I isible by a stedicam. At the and Samuel L. Jackson. Perh< he film, though, is the idea best thing about "Pulp Fict r corrupts. The gangsters be- Tarantino's "quoting" films of tl rich and too strong for their It makes you realize original! I, indulging in drugs, easy always the key to a great film; i d even easier women. Scors- times takes a back seat to pre 3d 1973 s Mean Streets, es- tion. tbout a bunch of low-life, lowds. The things we see in 4. Hoop Dreams (1994) ? Ur las" are what would've be- weekend's Holyfield-Lewis fias ie "Mean Streets" characters of the biggest head-scratchers d been a little smarter and decade for me was why "Hoop D anced. wasn't even nominated for an Steve James' film follows Arthi (1996) ? For me, this is like and William Gates as they li ?d, psychotic version of Pub- pursue their hoop dreams. Bott > "A Prairie Home Compan- men are talented players given ith, the characters have fun- portunity to play at an elite CI ;s and tell unusual stories, area school. Agee is forced t< revolve around Minnesota, after his family falls behind in i sre the similarities end. "Far- Gates stays. Agee finds basketb he story of Margie (Francis cess at an inner-city high sch ind), a sheriffs deputy who finds failure in various forms ved in a kidnapping/ransom classroom and at home. Gat at goes terribly wrong. It has greater success, but life still il, quirky style often found smooth ride. Agee's school gets rected by the Coen brothers, in the city tournament, eventu* [. Macy is perfect as the hus- ing to a strong team led by Ri lXTRA CASH **j UR GUARANTEED! part-time job that will give you: iq around vour busv class schedule? ?asant work environment? experience? ng has what you're looking for! ash and lots of it, we can help! dividual who likes to talk on the phon >rtunity you've been looking for! G, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! ur Columbia office at 53-7950 d by and see us at Rivermont Drive 1 * itC. rhe Gamecock Me fihti I Griffith. But this film is less about hasketball than about life. It's an incred^ ible story about the fives of two young r men who begin in similar places but >take very different paths. As a side note, both played Division-I basketball, Agee at Arkansas State and Gates at Marquette. 3. Unforgiven (1992) ? "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." Those are some of the last words William Munny r . ,*? jr (Clint Eastwood) says to Little Bill (Gene Hackman). It also says a lot about the western as a genre. Like jazz, it is one of the few purely American art forms. It certainly doesn't deserve to die out, but it looks like it will. "Unforgiven" is probably the last great one well see. It stars Eastwood as an ex-gunslinger who was reformed by his now-dead wife. After finding out about a prostitute who has been "cut lage of UP>" decides to roirnd up his partLOthing ner> Ned> and after the reward. nd hip. Things don't ?? as planned, though, T J7IV ithout and Munny is forced to revert back to J * hback his old ways. It's a dark film, and Eastxl pres- wood isn'tan avenging angel, he's a > like a tough-as-nails killer. The prostitutes Dut the want revenge on the men who violatiterally ed their "co-worker" but are unpre- Hra If made pared for a man like Munny. The film atedgi- won Oscars for Best Picture and Diwhich rector. I don't think this is a film for awful everyone's tastes, however. I do j. reg_ know if the western has to die, this is d-as-a- one hell ?f a way to go out. ? d some lhames 2. JFK (1992) ? You don't have to buy SfSp-llikt ips the int? Oliver Stone's politics to appreion" is ciate a movie like this. Granted, he's le past a little ?ff the wall, and he never shies ty isn't away from controversy. "JFK" isn't the oid tsome- story of Kennedy, or even the assassi- lo?/ervolce. isenta- nation. It s really about Jim Garnson (Kevin Costner), the New Orleans D.A. j Schindle who believed the assassination was " u f tu itil last Parttof a ?reater df gn perpetrated de :co, one by the government planted on the Steve Zaillia] . nfrL0 shoulders of a scapegoat, Lee Harvey v .oltne t i, u Thomas Ken Broome" Oswald (Gary Oldman). Much of the T, reams r-T- n name. It was Oscar him is fiction. Jim Garnson was not ? ? fi1 rrAgee the white knight that Stone depicts, 'JJ fovoiiw but an alcoholic and womanizer. A re- , , terally ... , m documentary i tvoung veahng scene with a mysteiy man (Don- , ' ti..nn aid Sutherland) never even took place. c , . toe op- mi. t-i j i s.- 4.1, Schindler, a hicago- The film made people quest,on the ownedafact< , leave truth as told by the U S. government, terrealjzin , tuition, forcing the government to address ques- h( all sue- fons't haddodged for; nearly three have^fo/Jev v...,. decades. JFK was nommated for Best ~u _ m ool out of how one m in the Picture and won awards for its edit- ofthousands es has mg. Itwasntmtendedasalustoryles- ucdmoretha isn't a son. It was meant to create a dialogue seven 0scars further about one of the most tragic events and Direct0| dlylos- m U.S. history, even if that meant giv- themostimp L J TTT 1 asnaru woras canno SITE OF THE DAY The Caricature Zone. http://www. magixl.com Wednesday, March 24, 1999 RGll Prod'sy instrumental in tfArhinc r ? || by Sharon L. Lynch Associated Press HNEW YORK?Hilary Hahn seems to take center stage among elementary schoolers with the same enthusiasm she does performing in the world's bestknown concert halls. Standing on the threshold of what critics assure will be an outstanding career, the 18-year-old virtuoso violinist took time out between New York Philharmonic performances to meet Monday with fourth- and fifth-graders struggling to make their instruments sing as hers does. * The meeting was the first for Hahn and the students of P.S. 183, but several felt they knew her already. The kids have been following her career via the World Wide Web. And they came prepared with questions. Why did she pick the violin? How does she memorize all that stuff? How much does she practice? 'You only have to practice on the days that you eat," she told them, parroting the rule a violin teacher once gave her. "It's like sleeping or breathing." ?nnr] Hahn is in town for a two-week stint at Lincoln Center, where she is perplMltl forming four days with the philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall and two with a WKM chamber group in Alice Tully Hall. Mi JUS " s er s?0011" appearance with the phiiWm IrSlS^ harmonic, the first coming when she R HEfl was 14 and was asked to stand in for K RFRflj Midori, another violinist who gained inMm ternational acclaim in her teens. KljP ^me> Hahn had already I spent several years training at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, where , the curriculum is designed so students can practice several hours each day and rl fl ill 11 S1 n^l school she visited Monday, Hahn treat' E ed 11 children to the Andante and Allegro sections of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonata in A Minor, and also showed them a quick bedtime exermW^Km es themselves, sat mesmerized as Hahn .J^1|r| swayed in time with the music and her fingers flew across the strings. 10-year-old Lucy Tung was brave . conspiracy theorists a enough to crack out her own instrument. The fifth-grader whispered to herr's List (1993) ? This self when she made a mistake, but Hahn greatest, most powerful greeted the finish with a warm smile cade. The screenplay by and hearty applause. * a was adapted from the "It's not that easy, it's hard to memeally book of the same orize," the girl said. Steven Spielberg" s first "You're on your way," Hahn assured i. 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