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Page 20 — Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, August 4, 1993 Entertainment JOIN US FOR FUN! A Sal ag yt S GARDEN CENTRE 25-2 km. South of Acton 853-2480 ATURE GQLE. HALTON HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT 9312 cuatisy sevice] m7 877-5281 (ARIO POMPE/ ceo MAIN Si eric PARK PLAZA" PIZZERIA Monday, Tuvediay & Wednesday Medium 3 Pizza, One Garlic Bread &2 Pops $11.99 Pick-up or Delivery Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Free aver in town & Thursday ‘Out of town charge Jumbo 3 Item Pizza, (Acton, Ballinafad, Limehouse) 2 Garlic Bread & 4 Pops $16.99 SUMMER SPECIAL Late Night — Saturday Night Special! Hours After the stroke of sun sven, 412 40% OFF all orders “10 Tues & Wed 4-12 Thu Fi Sat <3 Pick-up or delivery SPECIAL | SPECIAL ! SPECIAL Expires Expires Expires La August 31/93 | August 31/93 | August.31/93 ARTHUR F. ur is sponsored by: Fried Green Tomatoes perfect in can By Lawson Oates . and Dawn Wood Fried Green Tomatoes (watched on video) is based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by American writer Fannie Flagg. We had to see if the movie could challenge the novel’s brilliant character development. We were not disappointed. The story is set in a small town called. Whistle Stop, Alabama, during the ‘20’s and ‘30's. The story is told by Ninny Threadgood (Jessica Tandy), a widowed senior in a nursing home, to Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates), a mid- dle-class housewife coming to terms with her identify in the “80's. Couch is fascinated by the tales of the managers of the cafe in Whistle Stop and the events that take place in the small town. At the core of the story are the lives of Idgie Threadgoode (Ninny’s sister-in-law) and Ruth Jamison. After jointly witnessing the tragic death of Idgie’s brother, the two follow a checkered friendship that climaxes in the rescue of Ruth from her wife-beating hus- band. The two then open the Whistle Stop Cafe, but are hounded by the mysterious JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES LTD., REALTOR 46 [HIS WEEK GEORGETOWN MONDAY, AUGUST 9™ HOLY CROSS CHURCH MAPLE AVENUE 1:30 - 8:30 P.M. *Please bring photo I. The Canadian Red Cross Society death of Ruth’s husband, visits by the Ku Klux Klan from Georgia, and social problems ranging from racial tensions to class snobbery . towards Depression drifters. Their personal relationship is in no way celebrated for its physical component, but for its spiritual component. The movie only hints at the rela- tionship using such devices as ties on Idgie and her turning down of overtures from men to identify her masculine ori- entation. The other side of the movie, the liberation of Evelyn, blos- soms with humor. From a chocolate bar-eating nervous wreck, Evelyn is coached by Ninny into a dynamic cosmet- ics salesperson who explores her identity through renova- tions and a mystical female superhero called Towanda, who rights wrongs against women across the land. Under the guidance of vet- eran Executive Producer Norman Lear, the difficult task of turning around a novel into a movie and maintaining its emotional impact has been achieved. The screenplay was done by Flagg and Carol Sobieski. They were able to pull.the most memorable moments from the novel and shape them into a movie screenplay. Director Jon Aunet was blessed with a stel- lar cast that carry away every scene. Jessica Tandy, fresh from her Oscar performance in Driving Miss Daisy, is graceful and yet powerful in her delivery. She does it with ease. Additional strong perfor- mances are presented by Cicely Tyson (as Sipsey, the cook), Gary Basaraba (as Grady Kilgore, the town sher- iff) and Stan Shaw (as Big George, who cooks the barbe- cued meats). If you are looking for an excellent video, then Fried Green Tomatoes is for you. It is available at a number of local video outlets. Movie etiquette a thing of the past By Patrick Freestone During the filming of a fea- ture film, nine microphones will have to be replaced. The heads of the sound recorder will be cleaned 287 times. These facts, among others, are presented in a new trailer cur- rently being screened at select- ed Cineplex Odeon theatres. It is not an advertisement for a new sound system, but rather a plea for silence during the fea- ture presentation. The trailer is a response by Cineplex Odeon to try and stop the growing problem of unnecessary talk during a movie. However, the problem of talking during a feature film is really only a part of the story of the deterioration of the movie-going experience. It began in the late ‘50’s with the rise of the suburbs and the first multiplex cine- 3 B Gone were the movie palaces where patrons wove through a series of elaborately decorated vestibules, foyers, lobbys, lounges, promenades, and waiting rooms designed to impress and excite. The rise of the multiplex meant the shoe-horning of as many auditoria into the corner * of a shopping centre as it could handle. The lobby was elimi- nated, replaced by the stores and shops in the mall. A clus- ter of unadorned screening rooms offered only feature films and concession stands offered the patron no architec- tural fantasy. By the early ‘70’s the homogenous multiplex was entrenched and the days the cinema itself could excite and delight the audience were gone. In the ‘80’s the VCR became affordable. Soon every household had one on which feature films could be enjoyed. The movie-going experience was no longer exclusive to the SUMMER OF ’93 SAVINGS SPECTACULAR 10 Mountainview Rd. S. 877-5177-8 A Bommeyes | a | pp BACKVARD CANS LLBO 2. ¢€ (on Mountaiavii move theatre. The living-room became the theatre; a theatre free of long ticket and conces- sion lines. A theatre where constant talking and moving about is permitted. If some- thing is missed, all you have to do is hit the rewind button. This behavior-is transferred to the move theatre. And why not? It’s easy to confuse the living-room with the multiplex cinema. Forgotten is basic movie-watching etiquette. When talking results in some- thing being missed, the mur- murs begin, “What'd I miss?” What'd he say?” and finally, “Quick, hit the rewind button”. Also, I think there is a corre- lation to the fact we don’t read books much anymore. Reading demands a fair amount of engagement of the mind and imagination. A film, like a book, demands a commitment on the part of the viewers. The viewer must give himself over to the film. This requires con- centration; concentration not required at home. While noble, the efforts of Cineplex Odeon strike me as being similar to spitting into the wind. After all, it was Cineplex Odeon that first introduced the multiplex to Canada. They also own the mother of all multiplex, the 17 screens at the Eaton Centre Cineplex Odes Perhaps they ‘are architects of their own destruction. As long as talking continues, patrons will stay away. INSTANT RESERVATIONS CANADA 2000 Return Airfares from: Vancouver $349.- Calgary $319.- Edmonton $319.- Winnipeg $229.- Halifax $199.- St.Johns $249.- ‘Add Airport Tax & GST to above prices. Flights operate from Toronto #1 ONT REG # 1120980 |$BPROOS TRAVEL 873-2000