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Page a HERALD Wednesday Septembers Love deceit examined in new movie FILMETER By Robert DIMatteo In Movie Theaters SEX LIES AND VIDEOTAPE began as a form of therapy la which patients could safely act out their anxieties The result was an emotional nakedness that proved influential to dramatists and film makers hoping to plumb new levels of psychological depth At its worst though has come to ply a talky self indulgent heavy handed emotionalism That s why Steve s first film is such a surprise a dark com edy of manners about the fates of four people in Baton Rouge Shot for only million the movie has a stripped down look and abounds in the sort of intense slightly awkward tions that sound too real to be script ed Actually they were partly impro vised Emotionally direct and unflinching it might be called a psy but it s a fulfilled The story is elemental for all its complications Free floating Graham James Spader returns to Louisiana where he visits his former roommate John Peter Gallagher now a yuppie lawyer and Johns somewhat tamcal wife Ann Andle John is having a clandestine affair with Ann sister Cynthia Laura San Giacomo and Ann feels neglected though she doesnt know why Soon she talking to Graham who confess to her that he is impotent He can only gain physical pleasure by watch ing his taped interviews with women who confess their sexual habits Ever interested in a new man Cynthia be comes the latest subject for Graham probing camera Soon Ann too sub mits to Grahams interviewing prowess Because of its simplicity the movie depends upon its actors to an dinary degree They all come through with fresh idiosyncatnc mances McDowell is a revelation as the sensitive discontented Ann As Cynthia Laura San Giacomo almost steals the picture with her irresistible taunting humor and husky voiced sex In the sketchiest least sympa thetic role Peter Gallagher neverthe less creates a threedimensional philanderer And Spader whose per won him the best actor award at Cannes is so daringly on his own wavelength that he may strike some people as mannered has said that video is a way of distancing ourselves and cut ourselves off anesthetizing our responses On the surface his film can be read as video perhaps even a bit moralistic But it may say something a little different than So himself realizes Video is not the enemy but how we use it Vid eo helps Graham heal himself as much as it destroys him And through the sexy unrepentant character of Cynthia the movie transcends any This is a debut film to trea sure GRADE W New Home Video COUSINS Paramount As remakes go this Americanization of the 70s French comedy Cousin Cou sine is not too bad This new version comes across like a slightly saucier version of an Alan film Its warmhearted with a vengeance risque with a constant edge of lyrical Sassy Bonnie has lived her own blues music fti DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS LIC PATIO Across From GO Station King St Georgetown 8773541 VIDEO PLUS Wet of Georgetown Fruit Market BRING HOME A STAR THIS WEEK 134GuelphSt Unit Georgetown Ontario DELICIOUS Rotisserie Style BARBQUE CHICKEN 232GUELPHST DIAIIANN Herald Special Veteran blues slide guitar si Bonnie played the Interna tional Showplace at Canada Wonderland on Aug 28 A woman with a past a great voice and a sassy attitude 1 am t about nothing if not about attitude gave a lolticking per formance backed by an excellent fivepiece band Raitt is simpl one of the interesting women in rockpop beautiful talented and funny she makes sex kittens like Madonna and Paula Abdul look silly and boring Or even sillier and boring than they already do has lived hei music and a lot of that music is blues Songs ranged from older material iih as her bluesy rendi tion of Del Shannon Runaway we ve been listening to Green and Sippie Wallace Woman be Wise to new material from her latest album Nick of Time The latter tunes are marvelous including the beautiful reggaeinfluenced Have a Heart written by Bonnie Hayes Cry on HOURS Tutl 10 ID ID 00 9 y 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generous in giving other musicians a lot of limelight and a great deal of credit The International Showplace is smaller and more intimate than Kingswood but one has to sit on benches without backs An under capacity crowd attended the con cert but those who were there were fans and loved every mo ment has always been on the edge of the big time a has never quite broken through It is a mystery to me how someone who began playing back in releas ed her first critically acclaimed album in and has such an enor talent can still be a well kept secret Her two encores included Nick f Time about growing older talked about licking her problems and being healthy and alive River of Tears dedicated to LowUJ George Paul and Richard Manuel friends who did not make it through and an ex quistte version ol John Angel a country flavored tune that brought some of the audience to tears herself seemed over come at the end of that one Bonnie is a terrific per former and should not be missed next time around Her between song patter is delicious and almost worth the price of admission alone However with her voice and guitar and fascinating repertoire she could never say a word and still blow many musicians out the water GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET CINEMA 2nd SMASH WEEK Two Thumbs IP FOR PARENTHOOD SISKELSEBERT STEVE MARTIN Parenthood It could happen to you IcWSINS A UNIVERSAL RELEASE Evenings at Sat Sun Matinee 1 5 p 00pm CINEMA 2 JOHN HUGHES FILM JOHN CANDY He s crude He crass He s family Evenings at 3rdGREATWEEK Matinee Sat Sun at 2 00 UNCLEBUCK AMYMADIGAN JOHN HUGHES CINEMA 3 8 Show Only on Wed TUESDAYS PASSWORD ThisWMksPiisswnrrils THURSDAYS UNDERWATER ADVENTURE