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Wednesday, September 19, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B7 Arts & EntertaHnent A w orkshop titled O ur Cartogra phy: the N ew Wave o f Fam ily Photo Album s invites people to bring evi dence o f the passage o f tim e in a family or group - personal photos, and/or published images from his torical events associated with that history - and create a m oving, time- 38th Annual United Way of Oakville Bathtub Race Events start a t 1 pm D o w n to w n O akville For more info: 845-5571 Oakville Reaver A&E Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Ext 254); Fax: 337-5567; E-mail: baldwiri<a)haftonse9rch,cofn Create a scrapbook at Gairloch based scrapbook for their w allet or coffee table on Sunday, Oct. 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. in G airloch Gardens. This w orkshop is in conjunction w ith the current exhibition, Sunrise O ver Tiananm en Square, at O akville G alleries in G airloch G ar dens, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Shui-B o W ang, seen here with a still im age from his m ovie S u n rise O ver T iananm en S q u a re , discussed the A cade m y A w ard-nom inated docum entary at G airloch G allery on Sunday. Disaster adds relevance to exhibit By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR hui-Bo W ang turned 41 on Sept. 11. H ow ironic that the M ontreal-based artist, w ho recently opened his ex hibition Sunrise O ver Tiananm en Square at O akville G alleries, celebrated a birthday on the day so m any died in N ew York City and W ashington. In fact, the recent disaster seem s to add relevance to W ang's exhibit, especially since his film, also titled Sunrise O ver Tiananmen Square, dem onstrates how natural it is for oppressed people to idolize and follow som eone who prom ises them a better life. But it's not O sam a bin Laden w ho is the co-star in W ang's docum entary, it is M ao Tse-Tung. The star o f the film, w hich was nom inated for an A cadem y Award in 1999, is Wang him self, giving a personal account o f the rise of C om m unism and, ultim ately, the C ultural Revolution in China. S W ang introduced the film to a captivated audience on Sunday, referring to it as a "sm all and very personal" fdm that he d idn't w ant to make. "M y life is nothing special," he explained. But to C anadians, his life is special, and his fdm lets them know w hat it was like to grow up in a C om m unist country, adoring its leader to the point w here he deified him and, as a young boy, participated in the stoning o f a dead baby because its death was a sign o f corruption. W ang's grandfather, a m em ber o f the C om m unist party w hen it w as first established in China, was a high-ranking officer in the "new C hina." His father, w ho follow ed suit, attracted suspicion and attem pted suicide w hen W ang was ju st a boy. So, W ang received his training as a com m unist at hom e and at school, but his artistic training and inspira tion was developed in a neighbourhood library, w hich closed in 1966 when the C ultural R evolution began. "T he W est represented darkness," he says in his film, (See `As a youngster' on page B4) OAC Film Festival features fabulous flicks The O A C Film Festival is set to open its sixth season w ith a new lineup and new venues. On M onday, Sept. 24 at Silvercity. The G olden B ow l (UK) will tell the story o f A m erigo (Jerem y N ortham ), the descen d an t o f an illustrious but cash-strapped line of Rom an Princes. He is about to marry the daughter o f a billionaire tycoon, M aggie (Kate Beckinsale), w hen his previous rom ance with her A m eri can friend C harlotte (U m a Thurm an) resurfaces and triggers a disastrous series o f events. This adaptation o f a H enry Jam es novel prem iered in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival. Rated AA. Time: 140 m inutes. The W idow o f St. P ierre (France/C anada), w hich is based on a true story set in the 19th century, will follow on W ednesday, Oct. 10 at Show case theatres. L a Veuve de Saint-Pierre, a rem ote French island off the coast o f N ew foundland, is throw n into turm oil w hen a sailor stabs a m an to death in a drunken braw l and is sentenced to death by guillotine. H ow ever, St. Pierre has neither a guillotine nor an execu tioner. W hile the tow n w aits for the French governm ent to send it a sec ond-hand guillotine, the prisoner is rehabilitated by the w ife o f his cus todian, the captain o f the garrison. B y the tim e the guillotine arrives, the prisoner has becom e the m ost popular m an in the colony. Rated PG. Time 107 m inutes. Innocence (A ustralia), a heartfelt love story for the ages, w ill be show n on M onday, Oct. 15 at Silvercity. A ndreas, a retired music teacher and widower, relies on his d au g h ter fo r com panionship and support and is possessed by m agical m em ories from his days as a youth ful music student in post-w ar B el gium w hen he loved a passionate young w om an nam ed C laire. T hrough a series o f co rresp o n dences, he m anages to locate Claire and orchestrate a precipitous m eet ing with her. Claire has been in a loveless m arriage for the last 20 years and w hen she encounters A ndreas once again, the two instant ly find their rom antic passions rekin dled. Rated AA. Time 95 m inutes. Bread and Tulips (Italy), w hich w ill be screened on M onday, Oct. 29 at Silvercity, is a w om an's fairy tale o f hope and a comedy. Rosalba is a 40-year-old hom em aker who longs to escape the restraints o f suf focating fam ily routine. W hile on a charter bus tour with her family, Rosalba spontaneously decides to fulfill a long-suppressed desire to see Venice. A one-day spree o f free dom in the city o f her dream s grad ually extends into w eeks and even tually she gets a jo b in a florist's shop, finds lodging w ith a m ysteri ous Icelandic waiter, and rediscov ers the jo y s o f life. Back hom e, her husband hires his plum ber, w ho has an obsession for crim e novels, to track her dow n and bring her home. Rated AA. Tim e 115 m inutes. O n M onday, Nov. 5 at Silvercity, the hapless character o f Francois w ill be resurrected in The Closet (Le Placard, France), a new, lightw eight com edy lam pooning political cor rectness. Francois is a very bland man w ho w orks as an accountant in a rubber factory and is about to be fired. D esperate to keep his jo b , he quickly spreads a rum our that he is gay, hoping that com pany m anage m ent w ould not dare fire him for fear o f getting accused o f discrim i nation. It w orks. H ow ever, Francois now has a different problem - he m ust live his lie, w hich grow s to typically farcical proportions when his hom ophobic co-w orker Felix (G erard D epardieu) is forced to befriend Francois to keep his jo b in the hum an resources departm ent. Rated AA. Tim e 94 minutes. T hese film s w ill all begin at 7 p.m. in the designated theatre. Silvercity is located on Dundas Street W est, ju st east o f Hwy. 403 in M ississauga. Show case is located at 3325 H arvester Rd., betw een W alk ers and G uelph Lines, in Burlington. Tickets are available at the door, w hich opens at 6:30 p.m ., or in advance at B ean T h ere (106 Reynolds St.), Bookers Bookstore (172 Lakeshore Rd. E.), Chapters (O akville Tow n C en tre I) and O akville Place M all (240 Leighland Ave.) For m ore inform ation, contact the O akville A rts Council at 905815-5977 or cineline@ yahoo.com . 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