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Mad Max
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Starring: Mel Gibson (Max), Joanne Sanuel
(Jessie), Roger Ward (Fifi), Steve Bishy (Jim
Goose), Tim Burns (Johny the Boy), Hugh Keays-
Byrne (The Toecutter).

Director: George Miller
Producer: Byron Kennedy.
Screenplay: James McCausland and George Miller

Patrick Mcintyre review
Rating: #& * 4 .

Max is a tough cop, a real tough cop; the kind
of cop that spends five minutes getting ready
before even starting his police car. He is that kind
of hero.

Mad Max is the predecessor to The Road War
rior, probably one of the greatest pure action films
of all time. Mad Max is not even close to being as
good as The Road Warrior, but I had expecte
that when I rented it. ’

From what I gather (seeing the second film
helps a little), the world.is falling apart. Gangs of
thugs rule the roads, over-zealous lawyers keep
them there, and the police barely remember that

they are being paid to enforce what law still exists.
The world is on the verge of complete collapse (the '
results we see in the following. sequels).

Max (Mel Gibson) is the best ‘cop in a small,
semi-police force that patrols. the highways
somewhere in Australia. He manages to catch and
kill-an elusive killer/biker (in some of the best
crash scenes in the cinema), only to anger the
biker’s gang — which sets out on a mission of
mayhem. oO

The beginning of the show is adequate. The
middle, and thus most of the film, was about the
bikers on the rampage. Unlike the second and
third movies, the punks in Mad Max lack
character or-any charisma at alli — and therefore
their antics are either boring or just plain foolish.
The plot tries to show us the relationship between
Max and hiis wife (Joanne ‘Sanuel), but it’s uncon-
vincing and makes the film drag on even longer.

The final big car showdown finally comes, and

‘it’s not too bad; and we're finally given the

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‘elements the director (George Miller) decided to

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But do I recommend Mad Max? Not really.
However, one can watch Mad Max and see what

carry over to the sequels, and what elements he
decided to drop. From what I could see, he chuck-

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Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric °
Idle, Terry Gillian, Terry Jones, Michael Palin.

Producer: Mark Forstater.
Scretnplay: Monty Python

‘ -Phitlp Musselman review .
Rating: 727?" =. ;
When one takes in a Monty Python film, one
must consider the almost, eccentric brand of
humor that these wizards delivery.
In one sense they can be considered masters of
comedy, but that concept is always a controversial
statement. This type of humor is dependent on
your limit on humor. This limit is defined as your
capability to poke fun at anything no matter how
childish or ridiculous it may be. . Ot
This film, in particular, is one of their best
because it develops a very interesting approach
that is often interrupted by hilarious ‘‘intermis-:
sions’’, To enjoy this type of. film is to laugh at the
painfully obvious. Still confused? So was I. On
the other hand, some people may be insulted by
overly misused pranks and child-like humor. If
you are easily insulted by Monty Python humor,
then do not give this one a chance to do it all over
again. li
“But if you like catapulted cows, empty Trojan
Rabbits and fearless Black Knights —- see-Monty
Python and The Holy Grail.

Other movies
_ McIntyre Musselman

ratings — ratings

King Rat (R) kk kkk

Mad Max (R) keY hh

Mad Max .

Beyond Thunderdome (R) xx *k&e kkk X-

Monty Python and °

The Holy Grail (R) 2777 279?

The Road Warrior (R) kkk kkk

Voters close ski hill

items. He also indicated
that the Parks Branch
will hold the regional
district responsible for
site clean-up on the
mountain, a project
which he speculated will

more money there is also
the possibility that the
regional district could be
left with unsaleable

Negotiations

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which is in the first
stages of building a ma-
jor alpine skiing area
-west of Terrace, has ex-
pressed interest in ac-
quiring the assets of Kit-

Mountain Corporation
taking over operations at
Kitsumkalum through’ a
lease, Lissimore said,
‘We've looked at it, and
it appears that no matter

continued from page 1
Sheridan concluded by

‘saying that the board has .

invited the TDTA to
draft a joint statement
directed to the Minister
of Education in protest
of the unfair conditions
under which teachers
and school district are
forced to negotiate. No
date has been established
for further meetings.

Research

Forest related research
in B.C. is carried on in
four government agen-
cies; four non-profit
organizations; three
universities as well as in
the private sector.

probably consume most

of the cash raised by the
sale of equipment, The
regional district, he said,
may consider putting a
clean-up clause in the
terms of the tender
which would make the
purchaser responsible
for returning the moun-
tain to its natural state.

Dennis Lissimore,
president of the Shames
Mountain Development
Corporation, expressed
no surprise at the out-
come of the referendum.
“T saw this coming about
two years ago. I’m pleas-
ed that we're moving on,
that everyone's attention
is directed in one place.”’

Lissimore’s company,

sumkalum, but
Lissimore said that the
final outcome will de-
pend on the terms and
conditions offered by the
regional district. With
regard to the Shames

what sort of a season we
have we'll still come out
losing $30,000 to
$50,000. It would be a
risky move, but we
haven’t written
yet.”

_ Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 18, 1986 23

Books for —

young readers

by Andrea Deakin
Terrace book reviewer —

Diana Wynne Jones’ latest book, ‘‘Howl's Moving
Castle’ (Macmillan: $15.95) almost defies descrip-

.tion. |.

_ It is a brilliantly inventive, witty and engaging
story whose plot sparks from one fantastic elabora-
tion to another. Holding it all together, apart from
the skill of this: excellent writer, are the main pro-
tagonists. _

‘Sophie® destined in her own mind to fail because
she is the eldest born and it is the youngest who

‘always succeeds in fairy tales, spends most of the

book transformed into an old woman by the Witch
of the Waste. The hero, How! the Wizard, has a
reputation for eating the hearts of susceptible young
girls, and spends long hours in scented baths concoct-
ing spells.

Sophie has taken shelter in Howl's castle after her
enchantment. Here she meets. Michael, the wizard’s
assistant, and the fire demon Calcifer who has made ~
acontract with Howl from which he wishes Sophie to
release him. Few people are what they seem in this
wild household and its wild surroundings, yet the
situation seems perfectly possible, indeed, logical.
Those Wynne Jones enthusiasts who have read her
delightful ‘‘Dogsbody’’ or “The Homeward
Bounders”’ will appreciate that she has found every
possible. way to extract all the potential humor and
sense of fantasy from the plot. This is one of her best
books. oo _

In “The Halfmen of O”’, Susan Ferris saved a
parallel world from-the evil of Otis Claw and Odo
Cling. A hundred turns have passed and ambitious
priests have used the power of her name as an agent
of good to seize supremacy over the people who still
revere her. This vicious group retain their power -
through means such as the Miracles, ritual murder.

Susan and her friend Nick are drawn back into
CQ’? to find old friends and allies and to save the
land from false religion. The priests pursue the young
people with a pack of hounds — an agent of myth —

but the priesthood is defeated by a combination of
. trickery, courage and ridicule - reasonable tools of

two young children helped by their friends.

The original ‘‘O’’ story, ‘‘The Halfmen of O”,
won the New Zealand Children’s Book of the Year
Award in 1983. This new book should grip the im-.
aginations of young readers about 10, offering them
an exciting adventure with an underlying purpose.

‘The Fledgling” by Peter Szabo (General: $14.95).
is a charming little story which tells how Jonathan
rescues a fledgling that falls from its nest, tries to
teach it to fly, makes a nest and home for it, and
finally solves the problent of giving the fledgling its
freedom in an imaginative way. Woven into the story
is some practical advice about caring for the little
bird. The simple, warm-hearted story has colorful,
gently humorous illustrations by the author.

Warwick Hutton uses luminous watercolor in his
delicate series of Bible stories: ‘‘Noah and the Great
Flood’’ and ‘‘Jonah and the Great Fish”’ - winner of
the Boston Globe-Horn Award for Illustration in
1984. The latest in the series, ‘‘Moses in the
Bulrushes’’ (Collier Macmillan: $19.95) uses simple,
clear prose to tell the story of the infant Moses, hid-
den in the bulrushes, and found by Pharoah’s
daughter. The tenderness and fear of Moses’ mother
are mirrored in the tenderness and concern of

it off

Pharoah’s daughter in a subtle parallel. The simpli-
city of the Hebrew shack is contrasted with the beau-
ty and imposing lines of Pharoah’s palace. These are
almost perfect retellings and illustrations, text and
picture beautifully balanced in a satisfying whole.

New trades program Announced awn rare:

approximately one year
of training: Dr. George
indicated that if the
course is well-accepted,
second, third and
possibly fourth years
could be added to make
up a full apprenticeship
in the trade. Three

months of the course will

be spent in on-site train-
ing with major industrial

installations in the col-
lege area such as Alcan,
Ocelot and Ridley Isiand
Terminals. .
Dr. George told th

board that the course
proposals have received
approval in principle
from local represen-
tatives of labor. and in-
dustry, but he added that
there may be difficulty in

enlisting the cooperation
of the Ministry of Labor.
He explained that there
are elements of conflict
between -the Ministry’s
apprenticeship standards
and the new courses, but
he remarked that flex-
ibility can be expected
due to the failure of the
apprenticeship program
at the college. The ap-

4s

prenticeship program
collapsed due to a lack of
both interested students
and sponsors, and at the
present time there is no
one enrolled in it.

“This constitutes a
valid and high-quality

stopgap measure which’

will serve until the ap-
prenticeship program
gets back on its feet,”