Fe Bret” ~&mpl REVIEWS RED DAWN. Starring Patrick Swayze, C. ‘omas Howell, Kea Thompson, Charlie Sheen. Directed by John Milius. At local theatres, z ee John Milius and his cohorts will assert that they aren't campaigning for Ronald Reagan, but Red Dawn is a sophisticated Plug for Reagan’s foreign policy and the “lect of this film is of great concern. Inthe film’s opening, the audience is told that a major crop failure in the Soviet Union has led to food riots. Cuba and Nicaragua ave become major military powers in the +, stern Hemisphere. The governments of «)Onduras and El Salvador have been over- ~ town. A revolution is in progress in Mex- ‘0. The peace movement in Western “Urope has disarmed the U.S. nuclear mis- siles based there. NATO has dissolved, and € US. stands alone. ne day near the fictional town of ralumet, Colorado, a high-school instruc- © Notices paratroopers landing outside the uilding. He investigates and is shot down y Spanish-speaking soldiers, who sur- ‘ound the school and begin slaughtering the Students. A few youngsters escape and drive ito town to find it occupied, so they go to : meee hunting store, stock up on “survi- = €quipment,” and head for the hills. They _ ,T8anize a guerilla band and harrass the MVaders, We learn (by way of a downed U.S. pilot rescued by the youths) that Cuban and Caraguan saboteurs had infiltrated across Bs Mexico border and neutralized key ¥ “onal-defence installations. Washington i 4S nuked in a Soviet attack that also wiped ut the ICBMs before a retaliatory strike Could be initiated. The paratroopers eluded “tection by entering U.S. airspace in com- Mercial jetliners. Soon, most of the territory “tween the Mississippi River and the A ocky Mountains south of the 40th parallel (the most productive agricultural region in ~~ World) was occupied. Surviving U.S. Fanning flames of nuclear war civilian and military authorities decided to fight a conventional war because use of nuclear weapons would devastate the land. Calumet’s citizens were either murdered or incarcerated in “re-education camps.” With their ranks thinned and the invaders closing in, the two young men primarily responsible for organizing the commando group launched a suicidal attack on the enemy encampment to give the remaining youths a chance to flee across the Rockies to > F.A. (Free America). Red Dawn turns history on its head and distorts the present-day international situa- tion. Given nearly seven decades of anti- Communist and anti-Soviet hysteria force- fed to U.S. citizens by the ruling class and its spokespersons, certain images created by the filmmakers — mass executions, rapes, detention camps, book burning, buildings decorated with propaganda posters, and pictures of soldiers — draw hysterical paral- lels between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Milius says that the anti-Nazi struggles of partisans in occupied Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II were inspirations for Red Dawn. Scenes of young men and women fight- ing for “freedom” against stone-faced occupation troops have great emotional impact on most people. Herein, the socialist countries are “‘the enemy,” and the struggle for freedom becomes an anti-Soviet and anti-Communist crusade. This juxtaposition of Reaganesque fact and fiction gives an aura of credibility to the film. It comes at a time when Nicaragua and Cuba are being targeted as threats to demo- cracy and to the territorial integrity of the U.S.; a time when the “domino theory” is being used to develop support against that alleged threat. It comes at a time when the movement to remove U.S. nuclear missiles from Euro- pean soil is being denounced as ‘‘Soviet- orchestrated”; when the pretext of a Soviet mystery a delight STOLETOV DOSSIER: By Vil THE V, Raduga Publishers, Moscow, —*. 443 pp. Cloth: $9.95. a anything, the Soviet reading public is = as avid in consuming detective novels as Sic orth American readers. But while Rex s ut and Raymond Chandler are well Wn in the Soviet Union, few Soviet mys- TY Novels have been available here. She comes the Stoletov Dossier by the ¢... an writer Vil Lipatov which provides ™ evidence that we have been getting the Ong end of the bargain. @ € Most obvious comparison is to Orge Simenon’s famous “Inspector Mai- Series. Militia Captain Prokhorov also ©ys psychology in his quest for the 4th Annual S.A.M. Music Festival Sunday, August 26th 1 p.m. 12715 - 66 Ave., Surrey Featuring: Puelche (Chilean music) | * Tom Hawken & Friends | * Jon & Rika Guest Speaker: * COPE Ald. 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This rich tapestry, combined with a sur- prise ending in the best style of O. Henry, makes for an absorbing novel that will delight any mystery fan, as well as shed light on contemporary Soviet society. — Jim Williams Daily World RANKIN & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors 4th Floor, 195 Alexander St. Vancouver, B.C. V6A IN8 682-2781 Offers a broad range of legal services including: Personal Injury & Insurance claims Real Estate & Conveyancing Divorce & Family Law Labour Law Criminal Law Estates & Wills “window of vulnerability” is being used to justify increased defence spending and nuclear overkill and when being “soft on communism” is likened to treason. (One of the first things the invaders did was establish a “Soviet-American Friendship Commit- tee” headquarters in Calumet. It eventually became a target for the two guerillas. Are the filmmakers declaring their views on real-time efforts to improve relations between the U.S. and the USSR through friendship societies?) 5 Red Dawn comes at a time when corpo- rate sponsored flag-waving has risen to Olympic proportions. It is interesting to note that while ABC’s commentators are using editorial licence to wave the flag dur- ing the Games, the network will use artistic licence afterwards to televise Call to Glory, purportedly about the “Cuban missile cri- sis” but actually an undisguised anti-Soviet and anti-Cuban commercial. Anti-immigrant legislation such as the Simpson-Mazzoli bill becomes a means to prevent a Spanish-speaking “fifth column” from being established here. The idea that we have enemies among us stirs racial hatred and argues for regular checks under our beds for communists. Red Dawn supports the rightwing fanat- ics who are hoarding weapons and supplies in the countryside hideouts so they will be ready when “the commies come.” Since “‘it can happen here,” young men must register for the draft and should do their patriotic duty by volunteering for service. Anything less is to disarm our country in the face of the enemy. : We have faith that most working class people won’t be swayed by Red Dawn. But cinema is a powerful medium, and Red Dawn makes a serious effort to turn public opinion against normalized relations with the Soviet Union and the socialist countries. This film fans the flames for a nuclear third World War. — Ronald Tyson Daily World Classified Advertising COMING EVENTS AUG. 25 — Picnic at Trout Lake Park. See display ad for-details. AUG. 26 — S.A.M. Music Festival. See dis- play ad for details. AUG. 30 — All-candidates meeting called by several ethnic organizations, 7:30 p.m. at Rus- sian People’s Home, 600 Campbell Ave. Every- one welcome. 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