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AT THE MOVIES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I Empire of the Sun By DIAHANN Herald Special Empire of the Sun Is quite simply the best movie I have Men in a long long time It Is beautifully photographed well directed and features brilliant acting It la a movie full of Images to treasure with complexities to savour and questions confront It Is Steven Spiel bergs best movie Empire of the Sun Is based on a novel by J Ballard with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard I have never read the book but after this movie I certainly intend to do bo In Empire of tbu Sun Spielberg uses his signature seen through the eyes of a child viewpoint but this Is NOT a movie for kids to Illustrate the terrors the horrors and even the beauty of war A childs point of view Is a singularly effective one and Jamie Graham provides us with one of the most painful and tender insights we will probably ever know of war and how to survived Jamie Graham Is a naive spoiled indulged and privileged child of wealthy parents In prewar Shanghai When the city is invaded by the Japanese he loses his mother because he wants to pick up a toy be has dropped a Email model of a Japanese plane an Item of enor significance in our understan ding of Jamie In the ensuing hours after he loses his parents Jamie finds his way back to bis house only to find it empty with evidence that his mother was taken away while awaiting him He searches for food he rides his bicy cle around the house be combats thirst Eventually he returns to downtown Shanghai to surrender but he is rescued by two down and out Americans However they end up In a warehouse full of refugees already fighting for survival Jamie who has been rechrlstened Jim by Basic one of the Americans proves to be a survivor of no small talent We next see him in the last months of the war in IMS surviving 1 by his wits and his sire in a Japanese internment camp Here we witness his struggle to recognize the Japanese as the enemy he admires Family of the 80s Mark your calendar for a free public lecture series The Family in the 80a which is being spon sored by the Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Associa tion The series will be held at the Public Library April 12 Call the at f or details their courage their rituals their air- He is caught between being British never having been to England be ing an honorary American and be ing a student of Japanese culture Given these torn loyalties nothing la simple for Jim He can no longer be a child despite his age The movie follows Jim to the wars end a frightening time when things seem worse rather than better The movie raises some com plicated issues particularly that of survival How did those who surviv ed Nazi and Japanese camps do It Just what does a person have to do to stay alive through five years of a hell never imagined In anyones worse nightmares Jim does make It through to the end but at what cost And of the adults around him how many could look back on this time with a guiltless conscience Mr and Mrs Victor who are in the slightest sense substituting for Jims parents are reluctant and petulant caretakers driven mostly by Jim rather than any sense of duty or obligation This Is a totally unsentimental portrayal a surprise from Spielberg but it has some terribly moving scenes Jims Idolization of much more than cardboard villains And some of the images of the sun of the war of the bomb are likely to re main In the viewer mind for many years to come John Malkovlch plays the tough and negligently protective Basle a survivor under all conditions Miranda Richardson Elizabeth I in TVs Blackadder Is Mrs Vic tor the reluctant mother figure and the object of Jims first crush Both are excellent Christian Bale la In credible as Jim Graham the whole movie hinges on his performance and It la a riveting and superb por trayal The rest of the cost does not letBaledown I can t recommend this movie highly enough It is painful in many ways but the cinematography Is stunning and there Is a happy en ding of sorts However as philosopher and survivor Jean Amery wrote Anyone who has suffered torture remains tor tured Anyone who has suffered torture never again will be able to be at ease In the world 232 Qutlph Street Qeorgstown I NEW PHONE No 8 YOURE Warm YOURE Getting Warmer Youre a hot on a hot meal Stop by nearest Kentucky Fried Chic ken outlet and pick up a 20piece barrel of greattasting Kentucky Fried Chicken plus salads and bread Get it while its hot from February 1 until February 28 for Just 116AGUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN Bread may differ from illustration SECTION Wednesday Pay a Beirut survival How does a Christian organize serve and survive In worntorn Muslim Beirut Find out by attending a talk Feb entitled Toe In Lebanon an agent of change and hope In adversity The speaker Is Ghossan National General Secretary of the Lebanese The location Is the MetroCentral at Street Toronto Space Is limited so call est 223 to reserve seats Admis sion Is free Bridal show Welcome Wagon will be hosting a bridal show March at St An drews United Church on Moun- tainvlew Road Doors open at 12 30 and the program begins at 1 30 There will be gifts for every bride door prizes programs and displays Over 20 sponsors are participating For a free invitation call Debbie at or Cathy at B778653 Wildlife display A special show and sale at the North Haiton Golf and Country Club Feb features wildlife artist Christine Marshall and her work She will be exhibiting her most recent originals and an extensive selection of her limited edition fine art prints from 15 Christine recently returned from Africa where she completed her research for future originals A draw for an artist proof print will be held at the end of the show For more Hon call Our mistake In a movie review two weeks ago about Throw Momma From The Train an authors name was Incor rect The author of the book Strangers on a Train should have been printed as Patricia Hlghsmllh The Herald regrets the error euchre NORVAL Community Euchre had eight tables on Thurs day Feb Winners were Eileen Jackson Elizabeth Wallace Fred Workman and R Husaev Lone hands Mae Tost and door prize went to Lillian and Jean Cunningham Lunch committee Marg David son Pearl Burt and Kay McMillan Bridge winners Rivers and Elsie Whltham George Farrow and partner third lied Jeanne Servos and Norma Agnes McGregor and Hillock Investing talks The YMCA Is presenting two In vestment Seminars In February and March The first one Is called Understan ding the Stock Market and it will be held Feb 29 at 7 m to p at the cultural centre in Georgetown The second seminar begins March at m at St Joseph Separate School In Acton The topic is Investment Strategies The cost is per seminar or for both sessions Call 8531070 Acton or 8770163 Georgetown for more information Trace your roots Scottish Genealogical Workshop sponsored by the Ontario Genealogical Society to be held March 26 at a at Christ Church Elizabeth St at Queen St Brampton Speakers are Paul Smart on Scottish 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