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by Andrea Deakin

It is frustrating, to
say the least, to have
lived long enough to see
The Comet and have it
appear in so undistin-
guished a size and so
inadequate a location
—at least for us in the
north. However, if the
weather co-operates, and
you have even a good
pair of binoculars it is
still possible and
‘Astronomy’? maga-
zine has diagrams, issue
by issue, to help you
find it in our skies.
Even if we cannot see it
very well, there are still
a good many books,

some of them very well -

done, to fill us in on the
background of Halley's
Comet and comets in
general.

Edmond Halley nev-
er lived to see the comet
whose return he pre-
dicted, but a group of
members in the Halley’s
Comet Society have
been preparing — since

' August 1975 for. their

view. Brian Harpur, the
founder of the society,
has put together the
‘Official Halley’s Com-
et Book’ (Hodder and
Stoughton / General
Publishing: $22.50).

It is a lively, read-
able collection of facts
and fantasies concerned
with the comet, a des-
cription of Halley’s life
and work, a compila-
tion of major world
events coinciding with
the appearance of the
comet since 240 B.C.,
and a. fascinating ac-
count of public reaction
to the comet’s appear-
ance in 1910. There
were real fears that the
comet might -strike the
earth or that life would
be snuffed out by the
poisonous gases in the
comet’s tail. On the
other hand, entrepre-
neurs were not slow to
take advantage of the
publicity generated by
the comet, and it was
linked to everything
from pens to soap and
custard.

Nigel Calder was the
winner, in 1972, of
UNESCO's Kalinga
Prize for the populari-
zation of science, He
writes — entertainingly
and with authority,
seeking to bring the

latest scientific know-
ledge to the public in
various books and pro-
grams on science which
he has devised for the
BBC. ‘‘In ‘‘The Comet
is Coming’? (Penguin:
$7.95) he takes his
readers through a his-
tory of the comet, and
Edmond Halley,  dis-
cusses the nature of
comets and the theories
about their evolution
and motion, their the-
orized role as carriers of
life and disease— a
belief of Fred Hoyle
and Wickramasinghe,
and their possible re-
sponsibility for the
death of the dinosaurs.
The book is packed
with information and
well-illustrated in black
and white and color.
The coffee table
book of Halley 1986 is
Carl Sagan and Ann

Druyan’s excellent, ©

beautifully illustrated
““Comets’?’ (Random

House of Canada:

$35.50). Sagan is an-
other great science com-
municator. He begins
this survey of comets
with an imaginative
journey through space
astride one. The book
details the myths and
portents that have aris-
en about them through-
out the world and dis-
cusses the scientific re-
search which has gone
into understanding
them. There is an. ac-
count of the various
attempts to rendezvous
with Halley's Comet on
this approach. This is
fascinating reading and
it has been very ef-
fectively, often beauti-
fully, illustrated in both
black and white and
color. This is the best
souvenir of Halley
1986,

Lastly, for children,
there is a very good
little paperback by sci-
ence writer, Franklyn
M. Branley, which ex-
plains for youngsters 4
to 8 years of age, what
comets are, how they
enter the solar system,
who Halley was and
why he is connected
with this comet, and
where they can look in
the sky to find it. Clear,
concise and well illus-
trated, ‘‘Comets’’ is
published by Harper
Trophy (Fitzhenry and
Whiteside: $5.95),

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(four stars being the best
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tra titles and given them
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Kagemusha:
The Shadow
Warrtlor

Time ........ 159 min.

Starring: Tatsuya
Nakadai (Shingen and
Kagemusha), Tsutomu
Yamazaki (Nobukado),
Kenichi Hagiwara (Kat-
suyori), Jinpachi Nezu
(Bodyguard), Shuji
Otaki (Fire General).
Director: Akira Kurosa-
wa
Producer: Kurosawa and
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay: Kurosawa
and Masato Ide

Introduction

Dagemusha is about
thief who. must imper-
sonate the head of a
powerful clan in feudal
Japan. We learn that he
must fool everyone, ex-
cept for a handful of
dignitaries who know
that the real Shingen
(Tatsuya Nakadai), the
clan leader, is really
dead,

If this secret ever got
out, the clan would col-

apse at the hands of
Shingen’s enemies. As
long as the clan leader
(Shigen), who was also
known as the Mountain,
was believed to be alive,
his troops would fight to
the death for him.

Patrick Mcintyre
views

Kagemusha: The
Shadow Warrior is quite
simply a fine movie. The
power of Akira Kuros-
awa is infinite. The im-
ages of feudal Japan are
beyond measure.

It is a movie of
shadows, for as _ the
shadow of the man can-
not leave the man, nor
can the son ever remove
himself from his father’s
shadows.

The thief’s actions are
constantly enveloped in
irony, for his actions
must be perfect. If he,
for one second, fails to
be convincing as Shin-
gen, the illusion is
destroyed,

Thus, every scene is
filled with stress and
anxiety as we watch the
thief attempt to make the
right decisions to give the
impression of the im-
mobile power of the clan
leader.

The goals of the clan
leader’s existence
become the goals of
Shingen’s closest ad-
visors and, eventually,
even the thief’s. Finally,
the shadow of the dead
lord, that has shaded
them all, crumbles —
causing the eventual
tragedy. .

If you enjoy Japanese
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film, You will learn more
from Kagumusha on the
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motion pictures, you
should not miss the op-
portunity to view this
foreign masterpiece.
Cinema doesn’t get
much better than this —
even with subtitles.
Rating: sx k*

Other movies
Lifeforces: (R) * % 4
The Man With Two

(PG)

- Brains: (2) x kx

The Natural:
kk

Sixteen Candles:
(PG) kx

This is Spinal Tap:
(RB) kek

Philllp Musselman
views

Kagemusha, is a fine
example of a movie that
educates the viewers
about cultures of which
many people are not very
knowledgeable. This
film circulates the princi-
ple of clans and their
tremendous influence in
feudal Japan.

Being of a different
nature, this film begins
to approach normal

predicaments in a less.

subtle manner.

I found the dedication
that was shown toward
shadows quite influen-
cial even after death. The
morals taught by that

parent tend to follow the
son, in this case, like a
shadow.

The Japanese are ob-
viously very emotional
actors and the subtitle
arrangement seems to in-
tensify this.

I found this film tend-
ed to resemble a play due
to some _ intentionally
over-utilized sets. I
couldn’t help thinking
back to such scenes evi-
dent in the The Tempest.

The thief (Tatsuya
Nakadai), who imper-
sonates the clan lord, is a
very powerful character
who teaches viewers a
thing or two about
Japanese honor.

Overall I would stress
this movie a must-see
because it succeeds in its
teachings, although one
must pay close attention
to the movie or be left in
the dust to wonder who’s
who.

Rating: * *& & 4
Other movies

Lifeforce: (R) * *

The Man With Two

Brains: (R) *« * 2

The Natural: (PG)

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Sixteen Candles:

(PG) kx

This is Spinal Tap:

(R) *%

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