1995_02 The Daily Collegian February 1995

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iff; i Arts & Entertainment
Around the) Town
The good, the bad and the breasts
By Joe Rosato Jr
Downtown, Coney Island
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The "giinslinger rode into
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Doss' and two new clubs ^*gM^^^«?
^ViBH   CU.XVJ-   IVVW   1-lV^YV    ^lC*I^O days> Her clothes were as dusty
^as the road she traveled on. A
rumble Weed crossed her path
New Fresno clubs are springing up tike babies in a nudist ^ shg looked at the wanton
colony. I may have to venture off my well-trodden Tower WOmen of the local brothel. She
District path and check some of them out. Strangely enough, the stopped in front of the saloon,
two new clubs, The Old Fresno Ice House, and The Fulton, are dismounted from her steed and
. both downtown I've been a fan of downtown since I was a child walked the creaky wooden
and my parents took me to eat at Coney Island Dog. Something planks to the front of the double
about hotdpgs and downtown goes with youth. .           ; doors. She flung them open and
It-goes handjnhand with what I've always thought- The stepped into the saloon in one
beautiful buildings of Fresno's downtown would make great quick Swoop. The doors contin-
clubs, restaurants and art galleries. Other cities, like San Diego, ue£j to fling back and forth be¬
take their classic architecture and make cool art districts out of
them. Our own Tower District is a prime example of how to take
an old section and make it hip. I mean, the Northside is clean and
harmless and all, but you lean on one of those sheet-rock walls
and you run the riskof demol
pants who is on a vendetta to
catch the slimy bastard who
- killed her father 20 years ago.
The bastard is of course Herod.
Herod is the corrupt mayor of
Redemption, a small town in the
Old West.
Elle.i shows up in Redemp¬
tion to sling her gun in a deadly
quick-draw tournament spon-
Sharon Stone stars in TriStar    sored by Herod. Her real agenda
Pictures most recent release The    is to kiUHeirod, apparently with
The Review Guru
By Shelly Silva
Quick and the Dead." "
The film was directed by cult
hero Sam Raimi ("Darkman"
and "The Evil Dead"). The film
also features an all star cast in¬
cluding Gene Hackman
.("Unforgiven") as Herod and���Leonardo DiCaprio ("What's
Eating Gilbert Grape") as Kid.
a barrage of really bad one-lin- -
ers. We soon discover the entire
saga of her past through spo¬
radic flashbacks. The film also
introduces all me gunslingers in -
the tournament who are just dog
gone bad and ugly.
By the end of .the film there
are only two people left stand-
The movie isn't bad if you   ^g, any guesses? Yes, it all boils
understand Raimi's style. He    down to Ellen and Harod.Harod
r.
Tve been a fan
of downtown
since I was a
child and my
parents took me
to feat at Coney
Island Dog.
Something
about hotdogs
and downtown
goes with youths
ishing a building. Not to men¬
tion the personality of an area
like downtown Fresno.
This Friday at The Fulton
is the Thrillbillies, a not-so-or¬
dinary country band, and Sat¬
urday is the Bridesmaids. All
for a buck.
Speaking of a buck. I think
I've finally got this Cafe Inter¬
mezzo cover charge thing
down. It's $1 to get in on Thurs¬
day nights, but they give you a
ticket that you can apply to¬
ward your purchase.. Not a bad.
deal. They do that to.keep the
rave children from hanging out
there. Well, I'm glad we got
that figured out. It was requir¬
ing the moSt of my math skills.
Next Thursday at Cafe Inter¬
mezzo is Good Medicine.
Our old favorite Nate But¬
ler brings his version of The
Beatles back to Club Fred Friday night for their second anniver¬
sary show, and rockers East Side Indians play there Saturday
night.
Another cool'downtown venue is back in business after a
more-than:five-year hiatus. The Warnors Star Palace, adjoining
the Warnors Theatre is pTrtting on shows again. In the late 80's
the Star Palace was the hot spot for alternative and punk rock.
Bands like Wire Train, Toy Dolls and all the local bands played
there. Although there won't be punk shows anymore, you cang<
and see the Led Zeppelin tribute band, Houses of the Holy,
tomorrow night. Jimmy, Robert, John,'and the dead Bonzb all
jamming again. And the train kept a-rollin'.
Worried about procreation?. Planned Parenthood will be
hanging out at Ragin' Records in the Tower District this Saturday
from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. If you're looking for something to do,
you could show up, buy some used Barry White CDs and pick a
' contraceptive thafs right for you. A good time should be had by
alL jT\ ^S-s
See ya out.
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hind her as she saddled up to the
bar. The regulars kept one eye
on her and the other on their
drink.
She asked the bar keep, who
had his back to her, for a room.
He said whores next door. With
a evil in her eye she ... wait a
likes to bombard the screen *ith
comic book-like visuals He films
tight close-up shots on the ac¬
tors faces and over exaggerates ,
visual metaphors.
In one scene, when
Hackman's character walks into
the saloon, Raimi films his boots.
The camera follows the boots
and focus' in on the spurs until
minute! The image of Sharon^  Hackman's character reaches the
Stone in tight leather pants,    middle of tiSe saloon. He then
drinking whiskey from a dirty
glass and twirling a gun on her
finger as she shoots bad guys
from 10 paces just crept into my
mind>The thought of going-on
with that image is too much to
bare.
pans up and aits toa tight shot
of Hackmen's face. Then he
quickly cuts to a close-Lip of
Stone, who is looking really vi¬
cious at this point.
Here's the breakdown. Ellen
(Stone) isagTunslinger in leather
and Ellerv The good and the bad. ;
The woman and the man. An¬
other- debate between the battle
of the sexes ensues, only this
time audiences get to see who
the winner is. ^*
The loser of course gets a
buffet hole through the middle
of the head the size of Sharon
Stone's... gun.    '
Speaking of sex, there is
none in this film which is un¬
usual for a film staring Stone.
But damil> I'm proud of her. She
kept her clothes on, legs crossed
and breasts covered. Maybe
she's, headed for_ Hollywood
greatness. Or the cover of Play¬
boy. .
Sharon Stone portrays a gunslinger in her latest film, "The Quick and the Dead."
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