FOS AF nO el Page five The Other Other Reviews” by Steve D’errico If you’re a science-fantasy buff, and you like good rock, then this is. the movie to see. Columbia Picture’s® If you’re a science -fantasy buff, and you like good rock, then this is the movie to see. Columbia Pictures’ He- avy Metal is a Canadian lproducdon, and is named after the science-fantasy Magazine owned by _ the National Lampoon. The Canadian producer-director is Ivan Reitman, the same erson who brought you Animal House, Stripes and Meatballs. The movie Heavy Metal is an animated film drawn by jsome of the finest animators from, none other than, the Heavy Metal magazine, which is also where the writers are from. The imag- ination of these writers is just amazing. They had ideas ranging from Corv- lette-shaped spaceships to fully equipped space taxis, and all were truly clever and imaginative. f Heavy meddling in bizarre science fiction And to back up all of this imagination are performers like Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Devo, Sammy Hagar, Trust and more. Each play- ing good, down to earth (read heavy metal) rock, that has been well applied to the movie. A Heavy Metal double album sound- track by WEA Records is now available. The album is bound to be a success with all of the, attention it’s getting from some .of the radio stations. The movie itself is made up of six different stories. Of the six, there is a main story linking the others that starts and ends the movie. It is, however, rather difficult to see the connection be- tween the stories. Unfort- unately, the quality of the animation is not consistent throughout the film. Some of the stories have except- ional animation, a couple are just average and on is rather Mickey Mouse. The movie is about your basic fight between good September Li, 1981 3a 2 and evil, with a lot of different and unusual civil- izations getting involved. One of the more astounding items is the number of people that worked on each story. To those of you who don’t read science-fiction or follow any science-fiction movies, you may find the movie somewhat hard to follow, Family feud worth watching by Colleen McLeod As a rule to experience truly fine theatre in Van- couver is rare. Vancouver Playhouse’s production of The Notebook of Trigorin proves to be a wonderful exception to this law. ; The play is Tennessee William’s adaption of Anton Chekhov’s classic, The Sea- gull. williams has added new dimensions and full- ness to Chekhov’s original characters. This results in a delicate blending of the distinct talents of the two playwrights. The story is centered around a famous Russian actress named Arkadina, Boris Trigorin, her writer companion and lover, Kon- stantin Trepliov, her son and Nina Mihailovna, Kon- stantin’s true love. The plot emphasizes the destructive relationships between these characters. Konstantin is an aspiring young writer who desper- ately tries to gain his moth- er’s repect, which she re- fuses him. This is a constant source of conflict until it is tragically resolved. Kons- tantin is also consumed with jealousy of Trigorin who captures both the hearts of Arkadina and Nina. Nina Mihailovna is for who the original play is named, she is the seagull. Like a seagull she flies away especially with some of the stranger story endings start- ing off the next story. If you’re- not one who appreciates a lot of violence and sex in movies, then I certainly wouldn’t recomm- end you go to see this one. Though it is animated, it’s definitely not a Walt Disney movie. It definitely is filled with violence and does con- “te i ' been an awkward play. The from her prison, her over- bearing parents and Kons- tantin’s suffocating devot- ion. Nina is shot down in her flight to freedom and is mortally wounded by Trig- orin’s love. Trigorin, as characterized by Roland Hewgill, is vers- atile in dispaying a wide range of feelings. Martha Burns developes Nina’s character from sweet inno- cence to madness with much conviction, The part of the self-centered Arkadina is beautifully played by Pat- ricia Hamilton. Not quite as convincingly portrayed is Jim, Mezon’s Konstantin. Mezon seems to be almost embarrassed at his charac- ter’s emotional outbursts to his mummy. Playhouses Artistic Dir- ector Roger Hodgman has assured the flowing contin- uity out of what could have set changes alone are worth seeing the show. Designer Tony Onley is responsible for the simple but effective sets. If you only plan on going to ‘one production this year make it The Notebooks of Trigorin. For any Theatre or English student this play is a must. The show runs at the Vancouver Playhouse until October 10th. For more information on times and prices phone 687-4444. tain sex. Yes, that’s right, cartoon characters do have sex! The stories also contain some rather amusing com- edy, not that I would con- sider the movie a comedy, since it doesn’t contain all that much of it. So if you like this type of movie and you’ve got an open mind, then you'll find this movie to be entertain- ing.