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“'8 n0! 5 & M 818m. Filmhouse. day's painting to Gabriel Yared‘s
I Toultl Bouki (PG) (Djibril thrashing soundtrack and eating as much
Diop-Mambety. Senegal, 1973) 95 paint as he gets on canvas. Cinematically it
minutes. With a title that translates as The might have its moments. but essentially
Hyena's Journey. this Senegalese offering this is art history as a tabloid journalist
follows two children on an odyssey might see it. Glasgow: GET. Edinburgh:
towards the promised land of Western Cameo.
riches in France. Director Mambety has I Virgin (18) (Catherine Breillat. France.
explained that it's 'about Africans sick 1988) Delphine Zentout. Etienne Chicot.
with the idea of Europe. Africans who Olivier Parniere. 88 mins. Fourteen
consider that Europe is the door ofAfrica i year-old Zentout is on holiday with her
and that it‘s necessary to have been there family. and attempts to dissipate her
in order to be able to come back and be ' boredom with a taste of the local nightlife.
highly thought of‘. Edinburgh: Filmhouse. She meets up with seedy forty-year-old
I Treasure Island (PG) (Fraser Heston. lounge-lizard Chicot. who is out to seduce
US/UK. 1990) Charlton Heston. Christian her. while she remains ambivalent about
Bale. Christopher Lee. 133 mins. Well. the loss of her virginity. Uncomfortany
shiver me timbers if it ain't Cap'n Heston realistic but unexploitative exploration of
pcre with only one leg and a parrot pubescent sexuality. Glasgow: GFI‘.
hamming away in this new version ofthe I The War at the Roses ( 15) (Danny
Robert Louis Stevenson tale. And blow DeVito. US. 1989) Michael Douglas.
me if it ain't that Master Bale from Empire Kathleen Turner. Danny DeVito,
of The Sun in the role ofJim lad. More Marianne Sagebrecht. ll6 mins. DeVito‘s
than that we daren't say. except to add second movie is a searineg bleak.
that our critical black spot is on its way to anti-divorce comedy. in which his old
writer/producer/director Heston fils. care collaborators Douglas and Turner play
ofthe Admiral Benbow sushi bar. Oliver and Barbara Rose. an idyllic happy
Burbank. Glasgow: Cannon Clarkston couple who turn vicious when their
Road. Salon. Edinburgh: Dominion. marriage turns sour. lt shares with their
Central: Allanpark. Caledonian. Cannon. earlier Throw Momma From the Train a
Strathclyde: Cannon. Kelburne. Odeon delight in nastiness and a l litchcokian
Ayr. UCI Clydebank. UCI East Kilbride. control ofimage and tension. The wee
I Tremors ( 15) (Ron Underwood. US. man himselftakes an unusually straight
1989) Fred Ward. Kevin Bacon. Finn cameo role as the lawyer trying to prevent
Carter. 96 mins. See review. Glasgow: disaster. A truckload ofuncomfortable
Cannon Sauchiehall Street. Edinburgh: laughs. Edinburgh: Cameo.
Cannon. Strathclyde: UCl Clydebank. I Wand Kuuni (Gaston J.M. Kabore.
UCl East Kilbride. Upper Volta. 1982) Serge Yanago. Rosine
I Vincent and Theo (15) (Robert Altman. Yanago. Joseph Nikiema. 7() mins. This
UK/Netherlands. 1990) Tim Roth. Paul simple folk tale is the story ofa young mafia“
Rhys. 14(lmins. The obsession with Van mute boy who dreamsofhis speech mm. gaz‘tt‘gmamfiwgmfi;.mi'wgzflrmrxfif;m _ _. mm...“ I .
Gogh‘s art and madness manifests itself returning to him whilst in the meantime ' ‘ “'“Tmfiihmm ’ " “wmum ‘ "mmw
again as Robert Altman ponderously and leading an easy life tending goats for his
at undue length traces Vincent's frustrated adopted parents. In this allegory ofthe 6 J U LY
Earetfir anT?‘W()r¥lnng{Clfglolnsththtl:. t Effectson thelAfrican heritagelby bl r0 er co. m o p ays C ar is as uropean co omsation. a s oe ' ena es ‘ w
ademcnted clown.stomping off fora the boyto regain his speech andthus
The new film from the director of ‘WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWNT
69 “A PLEASURE To WATCH...
...ABRIL AND BANDERAS ARE
COMPELLING To WATCH:
I I VARIETY
A COMIC [9V5 STORY . ,«W , ,1, “ONE OF THE MOST LIVILY
MOVIES SEENAT
FORTHE H '6 HLY THE BERLIN FESTIVAL... DEREK MAL .DLM A ' THE GUARDIAN
I . Z “CONTROVERSIAL...
BEAUTIFULLY AND . ' SENSITIVELY HANDLED {' BLITZ I
A FILM BY ALMODOVAR,
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From JULY 12
EDINBURGH FILM HOUSE
The List 29June— 12 July 199031