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By 111-LEI. ITAUE
Associated Press Writer
Over the next few months,
filmgoers can take one of two
roads to seeing many or the best
new films from around the world.
The long road is to , wait for them
to open in a local theater. ,
The short road is to attend the
Toronto International Film Festi
val
An estimated 200,000 fans are
expected to attend the 10-day
public festival which begins
Thursday and offers 296 films
from 45 countries. New works by
Woody Allen, Louis Mane and John
Sayles can be seen along with
short films, features by new
directors and such perennial mini
festivals as Perspective Canada
and the popular Midnight Madness
screenings.
"The festival is so huge; it's a
real opportunity for people to get a
movie fix for the next year," said
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By MARK CORREA
Collegian Arts Writer
It really is a statement about
societtioday when a book such as
The !gook of Beer Drink
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copes littagb more than
20 printings.
The book, far from a classic of
Anierican literature, chronicles the
basic rules of SO games designed
to get players "slambasted,"
"fubar," "slotzled," "grogged,"
"blotto" or just plain drunk as hell.
Some of the games in the book
are designed to make a player
"negative chug," "deliver street
pizza," "blow groceries" or "talk to
Ralph on the big white telephone."
Other games are more relaxed and
designed for simple social drink
ing.
Essentially, Games is an exer
cise in bad taste really bad
taste. Taste so bad, in fact, that it
actually suggests using Milwau
kee's Best and Keystone for
Mr. Rogers searches
wants as many of his friends as
possible to watch his special, air
ing at 8 tonight, after the long
NEW YORK He only wanted holiday weekend.
By SCOTT WILLIAMS
AP Television Writer
one, but there are two titles to He wants to introduce you to a
Fred Rogers' PBS special, "Fred few of his personal heroes.
Rogers' Heroes: Who's Helping
America's Children." "We live in a world in which we
"The second was my title," said need to share responsibility," he
the kindly, soft-spoken gentleman said. " It's - easy to say 'lt's not my
known to millions of Americans child, not my community, not my .
(many e f t h em ti tt l e ) as Mr. R eg _ world, not my problem.' Then
ers. "Then they told - me, 'Your there are those who see the need
f r i en d s w ill vetc h it if we put Vows and respond. I consider those peo
name there, Fred." pie my heroes," he said.
End of discussion. "I have a chance to give a little
Rogers, host of PBS' , long-run- notice to all those people who give
ning "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," hope to our fairly despairing
"Ws not only the quantity, it's the quality. There's
a marvelous cross-section of independent and
studio films."
Piers Handling, the festival's
executive director.
"It's not only the quantity, it's
the quality. There's a marvelous
cross-section of independent and
studio films," said Mark Gill,
senior vice president of Columbia
Pictures.
Started in 1976, the Toronto fes
tival has evolved from a week-long
event ignored its first year by
Hollywood to a 10-day affair
crammed with celebrity press
conferences and that ultimate fes
tival status symbol, the world pre
miere. Among the features being
unveiled this year are the comedy
drinking purposes rather than the
paint-removal for which they are
designed.
The book is divided into five
sections of drinking games, desig
nated Boot Factor One through
Boot Factor Five, based on a play
er's likelihood of "praying to the
porcelain gods."
Interspersed amongst the pri
mary sections are smaller sections
describing etiquette and necessary
equipment, as well as smaller
space fillers listing hundreds of
all-too-colorful synonyms for
drinking, getting drunk, throwing
up and for beer itself.
Fifty different games are
described in all, from classics such
as Thumper (Boot Factor Two) and
Beer Pong (Boot Factor Four) to
lesser-known and scarier ones,
such as Beer Hunter and Kill the
Keg (both Boot Factor Five).
Somehow; Stite 'Mese favorites
Three Man and" Robopound are
missing from the book completely.
Games has absolutely no social
value. But who cares? The authors
know that it's not going to be taken
seriously, so they make sure not to
take it seriously either.
But the authors end up going too
far and making the book unbea
rably stupid on occasion. However,
after playing a few Boot Factor
Three games, the writing style
matters just about as much as that
class you missed last week.
For the serious college student,
this book will be nothing but trou
ble, but for the vast majority of
students at the University, this
book will probably be used much
more often than most textbooks.
-- Mark Gin
senior vice president of Columbia Pictures
Only You, with Robert Downey Jr.
and Marisa Tomei; Second Best,
starring William Hurt as a Welsh
postmaster, and a restored version
of the 1964 musical, My Fair Lady,
with Audrey Hepburn and Rex
Harrison.
"Its a huge, public festival and a
lot of the studios realize they can
get a lead on their films and find
marketing plans and advertise
ment campaigns," Handling said.
"It's not just a festival gang that
sees the films. It's pretty close to
a regular film audience."
But Toronto has been just as
important for some movies that
Odd couple
Pop star Michael Jackson and his new wife Lisa-Marie Presley wave as they visit the Versailles Castle near Paris yesterday. The
couple is staying at the Euro Disney theme park.
long and
society ... And I wanted to present
them in a way that would allow you
to know them."
Rogers said his production team,
Family Communications, Inc.,
found the heroes by calling pro
ducers and friends all over the
map, looking for people who are
doing good, and making a differ
ence in the lives of children.
"The toughest thing was choos
ing who to introduce you to,"
Rogers said. "You can find a hero
around any corner. That's what's
so hopeful."
The heroes you will meet are:
■ Glojean Todacheene, principal
Child prodigy shares her sound with kids
By CHISAKI WATANABE
Associated Press Writer
TOKYO She's perfectly at
home on the stages of the great
concert halls of Europe and
America. But on this day, violin
virtuoso Midori chose a humbler
venue: a school gym Wei folding
chairs and an ecstatic audienCe
of kids.
At the ripe old age of 22, the
former child prodigy hasn't for
gotten the powerful pull that music
can exert on the very roue&
"It is a joy for me toe as
experience in which area are
directly exposed to MuSleA sehl
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arrived without backing. - Sayles'
Passion Fish, Hal Hartley's The
Unbelievable Truth, Red Rock
West and Diva are just a sampling
of the films that fouud.American
distributors thanks to their suc
cess at this festival.
"On an acquisitions level,
Toronto is the most important
North American film festival,
mainly because you have an over
view of world cinema," said
Eamonn Bowles, vice president of
theatrical distribution for the
Samuel Goldwyn Company, which
last year picked up the acclaimed
Thirty-Two Short Films About
Glenn Gould.
Other features showing this year
include Allen's comedy Bullets
Over Broadway; Red, the last of
the "Three Colors" trilogy from
director Krzysztof Kieslowski;
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle,
with Jennifer Jason Leigh as
Dorothy Parker; and Columbia's I
Like it That, the first studio film to
hard for some special heros
of Mesa Elementary School on the where training, education and dis-
Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, cipline are offered to any young
N.M., for the past two years. In a person who wants to study dance
small community beset by the ills seriously.
of alcoholism and unemployment, ■ Dr. Sam Ross, founder aird
she has used Navajo wisdom and director of Green Chimneys, a
hard work to make the school a working farm where troubled
safe place where children can young people can heal and find
flourish. solace in caring for animals.
■ Olomenji O'Connor, a high Rogers was asked whether there
school dropout who created Pro- was a common trait shared by his
ject Peace, a mediation and con- four heroes. "I think the main
flict resolution program for pupils thing about them was how readily
in five of Chicago's inner-city they spoke of the importance of
elementary schools. the kids in their lives," he said. "In
■ Carola de la Rocha, a dancer other words, they are receiving
and teacher who founded the Los givers."
Angeles Mexican Dance Company, How's that again?
whipped through Rimsky-Korsa- on instruction. In her native Osaka,
kov's vivacious "Flight of the hundreds of children auditioned
Bumblebee." for a chance to have a lesson with
Midori is regarded as one of Midori. Seven were chosen.
Japan's " greatest violinists ever, The violinist began her free
winning critical praise for a style performances for children when
that combines perfectionism with she became concerned about the
boldness. lack of funding for arts and music
Although she is based in New education in the United States. Her
York, she maintains strong ties to first free concert was in Omaha,
her native Japan. Her concerts for Neb., in 1992.
young people cover the length of The idea quickly caught fire. For
the archipelago, from the northern her 1994 Japan tour, the fotmda
island of Okushiri, where an tion was flooded with four times as
earthquake and tidal wave killed at many applications as planned con
least WO people last summer, to cert dates.
thejat s c ut of
Ilan. At. Seibi Elementary School,
_MO Youpg peoples' concerts headmistress Tatsuko Iwasaki was
have been going on since 1992, delighted with the effect Midori's
Sikhs the
,vhdiaist established a appearance bad in boosting inter
;tenet ladori and est in daSSICaI music among the
Friends: students.
At thigh schools and children's "I'm hoping this will open a door
hospitals, she mixes Miztart and for them," she said.
Beethoven with - chats about the Midori took up the violin at age
ateit/SagiletVelketetkia of 4 Her .vitiillt-teetSter Mother, Seem
Alma betsee: Dot% Said 'Ai bought the child a
Some kids even get a litte hands- violin of her own because she was
be directed by an -African-Ameri
can woman, Darnell Martin.
Albert Fimiey plays an Oscar
Wilde fan in A Man of No Impor
tance and Isabelle Huppert stars
in Hartley's Amateur. Director
Malle reunites with My Dinner
With Andre actors Andre Gregory
and Wallace Shawn for a film ver
sion of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya,
retitled Vanya on 42nd Street.
The festival's "Latin American
Panorama" includes works from
Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Argenti
na. Other countries represented
include Algeria, Australia, Den
mark, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland,
the Netherlands, the Philippines,
Portugal, South Korea and Tunisia.
"Somebody could come here and
just see a lot of the fall previews,"
Handling said. "But Toronto prides
itself on featuring a lot of first
time filmmakers, as well as giving
you a smorgasbord of films from
around the world."
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 194
Woody Allen
new film to premiere at festival
"If you're simply a giver, you
can fall into the trap of manipu
lating others; when you're a
receiver, you're in a position of
vulnerability and not the powerful
one," Rogers.said.
"To be able to receive seems to
me to be a very mature way of
being. Tobe able to give and
receive is ihe stance that I would
like to grow into as the years go
on," he said.
"There's a generous current in
the American spirit," he said. "And
if we can simply give voice to that
once in a while, I think it's a good
message."
so fascinated with the instrument
it was impossible to get her to .
leave her mother's violins alone.
Midori's explosive talent quickly
became apparent, and at the age of
10, she came to New York with her
mother to study at the Juilßard
School. Only a year later, she made
her professional debut, with Zubin
Mel4a and the New York Philhar
monic.
Although critics praise her now
maturing style, in person she still
has something of a child-like air.
Small and slight, she loves, to read
and cook for her little brother. She
used to take a stuffed SnoOPy with
her on tour.
Her reputation for coolness
under proem. soared When, at 14,
she was playing with Ibe Boston
Symphony at Tanglemx* In the
midst of Leonard Bernstein's Ser
enade for Violin and String
Orchestra, her &string Snapped.
Calmly, she borrowed:the con
certmaster's violin and resumed.