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Check out Cage and MacClaine
in “Guarding Tess”
by Jen Dagan
CoiUgian Staff
We usually see Nicholas Cage
as a criminal with a crazy life. In
“Guarding Tess,” we see him on
the other side of the fence as
Secret Service agent, Douglas
Chesnic.
His job for the last five years
has been to protect former First
Lady, Tess Carlisle (Shirley
MacClaine). She is the widow of
an assassinated president. Mrs.
Carlisle is tired and old, and
hardly ever leaves her home. She
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in the neck! She uses her secret
service protection agents more as
servants than as body guards.
Finally, the time has come
when agent Chesnik can say
goodbye; his assignment with
Mrs. Carlisle is over. NOT!
She makes a request to the
president that Chesnik stay on for
another two years. With the
president on his back, Chesnik
must stay. Now his chances for
an exciting assignment are on
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chance for excitement when Mrs.
Carlisle’s driver kidnaps her.
Agent Chesnik solves the puzzle
to save her life.
So, do they ever become
friends? I think you know the
answer to that before the movie
even starts.
I like this movie. I love
Nicholas Cage and he does a good
job with a different kind of
character. Shirley MacClaine is
excellent too. It’s a light-hearted
comedy and about the best movie
out as far as I’m concerned! I
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“Dazed and
Confused?”
by Scott Moore
Collegian Staff
On a visit home last weekend I
got a tip from a friend: "Dazed
and Confused” was playing at a
nearby discount theater. Oh, the
joy! I had only been waiting for
this movie to arrive in my town
for the past six months. "Dazed
and Confused” is a tale about
rites of passage, high school, and
of course, chugs in the 1970 s
which has been praised by every
magazine I have read. Does it
live up to the hype? You bet it
does!
"Dazed and Confused" is
directed by Richard Linklater,
whose 1991 movie "Slacker”
received serious accolades and
gave a name to a generation.
In "Dazed," Linklater recounts
the events that occur on the last
day of high school in 1976.
Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion"
opens the film, providing the
perfect soundtrack for rolling
joints on the way to school.
There is no single, central
group of characters or focal plot
line. Instead, the action follows
several cliques of kids who only
sometimes interact: the football
players, the stoners, the
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intellectuals, and the freshmen.
Randall "Pink" Floyd (Jason
London) faces a dilemma.
Should he go along with the
other football players and sign
the coach's "no drugs and
alcohol" pledge, or continue to
hang out with his pot-head
friends, like ever-wasted Slater
(Rory Cochrane)?
Other characters have trials to
overcome, as well. For example,
Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins),
an incoming freshman, must
endure the brutal initiation rituals
that welcome a student to high
school.
The soundtrack of "Dazed and
Confused" sets the mood
perfectly, utilizing songs by
Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and
Faghat. Even though this movie
is retro, it seems so real and so
NOW, and that's not just because
those 70s styles are coming back.
I guarantee you'll See at least a
portion of yourself in one or
more characters. This movie is a
classic period-piece that still
manages to say something to our
day and age. My
recommendation: go with a few
buddies to see "Dazed and
Confused" that is if you can
find it.
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