Friday, April 8, 2005
`Sin City' is synonymous with perfection
Review by Chris Hvizdak
"Sin City" is a perfect motion picture. Rarely does any film
deserve such accolades and those that do often make the grade
by a hair. "Sin City" more than passes for perfect and excels
beyond qualification in a number of aspects.
The movie itself could perhaps be best described as "chee
tah-fast, ultimate film-noir" full of mean ass characters doing
all sorts of wonderfully nasty and violent things. You'll be
sucked in by the depravity and gratified by all the nasty things
the good guys do to exact revenge on the bad guys. Go see
"Sin City"; that much should be evident. Exactly why "Sin
City" is flawless may require a bit of clarification.
The much applauded direct translation from Frank Miller's
beloved graphic novels to the screen is everything it's cracked
up to be. Director Robert Rodriguez and co-Director Frank
Miller have succeeded in what Rodriguez describes not as
making the comic into a movie but rather making the movie
into a comic. For the audience, this achievement has a number
of wonderful immediate and long term ramifications. We are
immediately treated to a movie which is innovative both visu
ally and in terms of story telling.
The cinematic and comic mediums rely heavily on visuals to
convey meaning. What "Sin City" manages to excel in is trans
ferring the pacing of a comic book directly to the cinema. This
results in an incredibly fast paced picture incomparable to few
others. What we see in "Sin City" is the future of film; it's a
movie for a new generation brought up on the rapid pace of
Most men missed out on
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By James H. Burnett in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (KRT)
For many American men, being told you do
anything "like a girl" is considered an insult.
Throwing. Hitting. Running. You get the idea.
But relies, if you haven't figured out yet what
makes for a hot wardrobe, it's about time you
learned to shop . . like a girl or better yet, a
woman.
While many women understand the concept of
buying clothing, mixing and matching items to
create multiple outfits, many men shop by man
nequin, purchasing outfits that don't work with
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Following the plastic guy's lead is not always a
bad thing if you're stumped, says our expert,
Clinton Kelly, co-host of The Learning Channel's
"What Not to Wear," the show that helps the hap
less dress to fit their bodies and ages.
Kelly suggests you follow these tips:
Shop for pants first. "Start on the bottom.
Generally men's trousers don't come in as many
colors as women's. They tend to come in neutral
colors, like black, charcoal gray, khaki. If you
stick with neutral on the bottom, that's gonna
make your life 100 percent easier, because with a
neutral color as a foundation, you can wear scane
thing more colorful on top."
Look for neutral-colored pants with a little flair.
"You can do /tory pant, a neutral color, with a
pinstripe. . alighter blue pinstripe, for *maple.
You can take your cue from the pinstripe, and
maybe wear a light blue sweater or shim You
have to take your cues (for compiling outfits)
from the garment itself. Maybe it's a windowpane
pant with a little red in it. Look for a red shirt or
sweater to match."
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video games and prime time cartoons. The images move fast;
the stories move fast; the characters move fast. This is how
movies will be constructed from now on.
"Sin City's" visuals are simply stunning. The film employed
an emerging production ethic championed by Director
Rodriguez in which all the actors are shot against a green
Buy business suits with mixing and matching
already in mind. "The idea of breaking up a suit is
so easy to do. Get a neutral suit; get it tailored to
fit you. And simply take your cues and wear the
pants with a nice colorful sweater. Take the jack
et and wear it with nice jeans and a T-shirt"
Make your fabric patterns complement rather
than clash with one another. "Women have a little
more difficulty than men, because there's so much
more color and pattern out there. They're more
likely to buy something really colorful on the bot
tom and then have a tough time finding a good top
to match. Guys have a tough time mixing and
matching pattern, period. The thing for guys to
learn is you t rant one pattern to be more dominant
than the other. If you wear a pinstripe on the bot
tom, you can do a bold check on the top."
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Go preppy. "Try something like a "Great
Gushy' look, something like a cable-knit deep-V
-neck sweater with contrasting trim,"
Rough it. "A great denim blazer would also be
good this spring, to sort of dress &yin a nice out
fit from the top down, And then there is the safari
looking jacket with pockets on the front of the
chest."
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wear a serial, but a saftui-lookbig sandal, leather
with lots of haniware, would be a good hem."
It= up your jacket. "A favorite look of mine is
pocket squaws. They add a little bit of elegance, a
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Students begin 'Working'
Twenty-five people found their way to the
Studio Theatre last night to preview
"Working," Behrend's spring production.
They were greeted by the acoustic stylings of
Jeff Stempka and Patrick Doyle whose ver
sions of classics, such as Jimi Hendrix' "All
along the watchtower," enthralled their lis
teners.
Stempka upped his performance by adding
vocals and harmonica strains. He seemed to
swallow his lyrics at times, hut more than
made up for that during the actual produc
tion. "He's quite good," said Randy Martell,
PSY 06.
The company opened the show with a
jazzy rendition of "All the livelong day,"
which has nothing to do with railroads.
From then on the stage was seamlessly trans
formed from a steel shell of a building to a
newsroom and everything in between.
Camille Jones, the show's only non-
Behrend performer, lit up the room with her
strong stage presence and even stronger
vocals. Her vivacious actions brought the
audience to attention and never let them go.
An authentic looking steam rose from the
stage as millworkers mock-produced their
suitcases. Watch out if you have asthma,
though; it could be an issue. Overall, howev
er, it worked its magic by placing the audi
ence within the scene.
The highlight of the show came with the
song, "If I could've been." This heart
wrenching song about how laborers have
feelings and intelligence that often goes over-
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screen and all the sets are created with computer graphics.
This allowed not only for the exacting translation of Frank
Miller's original images to the movie screen, but also enabled
the manipulation of every frame to perfectly suit the tone and
objective of what's going on with the characters. All this busi
ness might bring "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" to
mind. Don't let it. "Sin City has a gripping and immersive
story which may leave you more in awe than the visual effects.
With "Sin City", we are treated to the rare combination of a
master story teller and a master movie director coming togeth
er to produce a wonderful film. Neither of these men could
have produced such an amazing picture on their own and the
simple fact that the collaboration of these two men has result
ed in such a wonderful picture should be celebrated by audi
ences and encouraged as a model to be employed more wide
ly in Hollywood. Considering the production budget of Sin
City is reported as just shy of $4O million in a year when
Warner Bros. has dropped nearly $3OO million into 'Batman
Begins' it would be folly for the money men to ignore the
impact of "Sin City."
No matter how well Batman does this July, "Sin City" has
alreaoy paved the way toward a far more economical and
effective style of filmmaking. No longer will stories that
involve a great deal of action be confined to the realm of the
banal multi-hundred million dollar, slow as Molasses, margin
ally violent summer popcorn movie. Rodriguez and Miller
have ushered in a new age of faster, smarter, nastier movies
that suit a younger generation with a taste for the hard liquor
of moving pictures.
Review by Lacy Buzard
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The cast of "Working" had their first perform-
ance last night
looked brought the plight of the working
class to life for the audience.
A great surprise came when Tanaz
Balaporia opened her mouth solo for the first
time in "Millworkers." Nothing short of
amazing can describe the way her voice
streamed from her diaphragm. She began
with a vigor that captivated listeners and kept
it up for the remainder of the show.
"I didn't think a college production would
be as good as it was," said Andrew
Chernauskas, Soft Eng 04. "It was incredi
ble."
And so it was. From the supermarket
checkout with Amanda Golia to on the road
with Aaron Amendola, "Working" is sure to
please. The show will run April 8,9, 10, 13,
14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Studio Theatre.
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