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/C THE GAMECOCK • Wednesday July 6, 2005
mun H irTTT THEY SAID IT
I B I B J I % /1 B “Art washes from the soul
I I i I % / B B the dust of everyday life.”
A 1 T I I i\ — PABLO PICASSO
MOVIE REVIEW
Spielberg strikes again with remake of War of the Worlds'1
“WAR OF THE WORLDS”
Directed by Steven Spielberg
★★★ out of ☆☆☆☆☆
By LESLIE DENNIS
THE GAMECOCK
Steven Spielberg is no stranger
to aliens. Having already directed
two space creature features, “Close
Encounters of the Third Kind” and
“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,”
Spielberg now attempts to remake
one of the most frightening and
enduring alien stories of all time —
“War of the Worlds”. H.G. Wells’
novel has been re-imagined
numerous times, but the two most
famous of the adaptations are the
groundbreaking radio broadcast by
Orson Welles and the 1953 film,
which won an Academy Award for
special effects.
In this incantation, Spielberg has
packed each frame with realistic
special effects that pop out of the
screen and into the nightmares of
viewers. Spielberg calls on John
Williams, the composer of the
“Jaws” musical hook and the
indelible “Star Wars” theme, once
again for a frightening musical score
that perfecdy compliments the
overall feel of the movie.
The film begins and ends with a
God-like narration from Morgan
Freeman, foreboding the doom of
the story and setting the mood of
the film. Tom Cruise portrays Ray
Ferrier, a father who doesn’t
completely understand his
responsibility and is forced to take
charge when he has his son and
daughter for the weekend.
Unfortunately for Ray, the weekend
he is taking care of his children,
Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel
(Dakota Fanning), happens to be
when the aliens decide to attack.
When a strange lightning storm
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SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
s, Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning star in the Steven,
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Jve Points Association hjraunchedj a pw
aD«l|t|n the Weekend iu revive Glpfinbias
_«>cal.arti|tt ®frthefountain in Five
: first Uati of each month
'ecember to showcase original artwork.
>ne’s excited,” said Debbie Parker, executive
director of the Five Points Association. “This sort of
thing is only natural for our village-type city.”
She hopes to see Art on the Weekend expand down
Saluda Street and through Five Points.
s|t' According to Parker, Five Points had a healthy, vital
— art scene in Columbia 25 to 30 years ago, and she
IfllRtfeee it thrive again.
Five Points Association is inuodtiet|i£f&§s event
injunction with “Paint 5ive Points,” where .10 local
iers have been commissioned to produ
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idefiburg-Kitchens was at the fountain to
display her wheel pottery. She pointed out that a lot of
shapes in pottery represent femininity. When asked of
her inspiration she said, “The clay lets you know what
it wants to be.”_
Painter Ellin Bastuns'‘ajgistic motivation was rather
different. Baskin says that when ___ Kpassed
^vay^K^r|ied to God fifr healinj d inspiration to
Baskin. “iV% w ork beg; > have new color, and F was
dble to pairjt faster.”
% She is rrtosfc proud ofher bridge paintings anct hopes
0o earn a lit ing doing what she now^njoys me st.
; Sandra I larr of the Midland Cl# Arts So :iety said
site hand? milds cemeafy art and oftt 1 draws
inspiration rom the fet#fe form. B, j ,
Midland (^prefers hand
to thINmeel when working with
longer than wheel, but it’s a different
technique,” said Guinn.
Artists Laura Kirkland and R. Cockrell looked on
as Guinn kneaded his fingers through an emerging
clay form and both noted the importance of local
artists and their hopes of seeing them thrive in the
Columbia area.
Can the “village-like” area of Columbia support
another thriving art scene? If the word continues to
spread and, possible.
The Five a worthy
attempt to
to the area.