Thursday, September 16, 1993
"In The Line
of Fire"--
right on
target
by Danette Parrett
Entertainment Editor
What do you get when you
cross a tough, uncompromising
Secret Service agent who is being
watched by a psychopathic, ex-
CIA human, and who also has
his sights set on the present
President? What unravels is an
intricate game of cat-and-mouse
that keeps the audience on the
edge of their seats.
Frank Horrigan (Clint
Eastwood) is the hard Secret
Service agent who has served
through the Kennedy and Reagan
administrations, and refuses to
see yet another attempt on the
President's life. He discovers that
Mitch Leary (John Malkovich),
a.k.a. Oswald, has a plot to kill
the President. Horrigan is
determined to save the President's
life, even if it means sacrificing
his own.
It seems that both the agent and
the assassin are willing to trade
their lives for the President's, and
the President's life becomes a
prize for either Horrigan's
redemption to the Kennedy
assassination or a permanent
place in history for Leary. The
chase between the two keeps the
screen alive with excitement,
until the very dramatic end.
Clint Eastwood turns in a
performance equaling his in The
Unforgiven, which earned him a
Best Actor award from the
National Film Critics. In the
Line of Fire is still out in
theaters and I would rush to see it
if you haven't already.
Nothing to do?
Try "Much Ado"
by Dawn Anderson
Collegian Staff
Kenneth Branagh, the genius
who brought Henry V and Dead
Again to the screen, is not only
an original filmmaker but also a
master storyteller. This summer
he presented the only
Shakespearean offering, Much
Ado About Nothing.
Apart from the scholars who
will flock to check Branagh's
accuracy to the original play,
Much Ado About Nothing
exemplifies what is missed in
modern cinema—class.
Set and filmed in the lush
Italian countryside of Tuscany,
the play tells the classic story of
love, deception, and treachery.
The cast includes such notables
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as Denzel Washington (Don
Pedro), Keanu Reeves (Don
Juan), Michael Keaton
(Dogberry), Robert Sean
Leonard (Claudio), and Emma
Thompson (Beatrice).
Propelling this film is its
atypical casting of legendary
character, brilliant score, and
superb direction on Branagh's
behalf.
This is not the pretentious
Shakespeare the public is used to.
It is a vibrant, passionate, and
dramatic piece destined for a place
in film history.
Although the director has a few
self-indulgent moments, the film
is virtually flawless. It is
perhaps the best thinking
person's film of the summer.
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4. Unforgiven
3. Falling Down
2. The Bodyguard
1. Scent of a Woman