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Know the Market. Know the Town. Only inW $t JtoltStable j&trtOt 3% Main St., Suite 15, Hyannis, MA 02601 508/771-1427 • Fax 508/790-3997 E-mail: info@bamstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com King Kong w-tt^JBJifBWB ci By John Walker arts@barnstablepatiot.com Youare either aKingKong person or a Godzilla person. Me,I was a Godzilla guy. Godzilla had style as he strutted about Tokyo stomping on cars, tanks and buildings. He didn't take gruff- nessfrom anyone and pretty muchran Monster Island. King Kong wasjust a lovesickpunk.But Peter Jackson'sbril- liantremake ofKing Kong hasdefinitely converted me to a Kong person. Director ,Peter Jackson is on fire. First he directs the brilliant Lord O f The Rings trilogy and now he tackles one of Hollywood'sgreatest films,King Kong. He succeeded brilliantly.King Kong is one of the best and most en- joyable films that I have seen in years. I enjoyed the original King Kong but, for me, Jackson's version will be the definitive one. Jackson makes three hours and seven minutes fly by (although, the third time I watched King Kong, the first hour on the boat seemed to be excessively long, but the remainder of the film moved quickly).Kongclimbing theEmpire Statebuildingissimplyone of the best special effects I have ever seen in a film. Unlike many of his peers, Jackson does not getsoboggeddowninthespecialeffects thatheforgets togivehisfilm heart andsoul. Kong is packed with plenty of that. Naomi Wattsissuperbintherolethat FayWraymade famous.Thefacialexpressionsexchanged by Watts and Kong are superb. I highly recommend that 3'ou rent/buy/ borrow King Kong. Youdefinitely willbe in for a treat. Good Night & Good Luck How manytimes have I heard those words at the end of ablind date? Direc- tor George Clooney does an excellent job asGood Night &Good Luck tellsthe true tale of Edward Murrow, his "See it Now"team and their determination to expose Senator Joe McCarthy and hisshowboating trialsto uncover com- munists in 1953 America. Clooney expertlyblends real footage of the actual events throughout the film,but David Strathairn'ssuperbper- formance as Murrow is what gives the film its real power. Does Murrow have enough evidence to bring McCarthy down? Will his career in broadcasting, as well as many other careers, be ru- ined if he fails to deliver the knockout punch? These are questions to which history has already given us the an- swers, but the film is directed with such style that it makes you worry for Murrow as well as appreciate him. Good Night &Good Luck isdefinitely worth renting and is one of the most entertaining civicslessons I have ever experienced. A Sound Of Thunder Consider yourself lucky if you hear thunderwhilewatchingthisfilm because it'll be the most entertainment you get for an hour and 50 minutes. The film is based on the Ray Bradbury classic short story about timetravelers who kill a butterfly in the past and unwittingly changes the future. Apparently that butterfly was the Cassanova of the prehistoric era. Also, I am not quite sure how stepping on a butterfly would change the fact that a giant asteroid crashed into the earth. Did that butterfly have such awesome wing-flapping power that it caused the asteroid to change course? It is a film that's so bad it will leave you wishingthat Land of the Lost's Mar- shall family -Will, Holly and dad Rick -would showup.Youmayeven root for that annoying monkey thing, Cha-ka, and Uncle Jack to makean appearance as well. The bad special effects, a plot that makes little or no sense combined with bad acting make this film version somethingthat wouldhaveevenSidand Marty Kroft scratching their heads. A History Of Violence When I was first asked to go see David Cronenberg's A History Of Violenc.e I said, "Areyou out of your mind? I am not going to sit through a documentary about music." To which my friend angrily re- sponded,"Isaidviolence,not violins, you idiot!" And then he beat me about the head with a garden hoe for about an hour. A History Of Violence isasuperbly acted film,which expertly shows the powerful effects that violence can have on us. Viggo Mortensen gives an excellentperformance asapeace- ful owner of a diner whose world is changed after killing two potential robbers during a hold-up attempt. Aftertherobber,ysome creepy men show up and begin to accuse him of being someone else. Is he really a peaceful diner operator or does he have some dark past? AHistory Of Violence ismasterfully directed by Cronenberg. It is full of surprises that will determine how much you enjoy this film. I thought it was great because I enjoyed the twists. If you don't like it, then you may find this film to be somewhat cliched with an ending that is less than satisfying.Ithought thefilm was great and definitely worth renting. ARTS NOTEBOOK CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 Early Portuguese Mass to be performed English visitor Peter Lea-Cox will conduct Schola Cantorum of Falmouth in an early Portu- guese Mass April 21 at 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in West Barnstable. The program will includetwo organpiecesfromthe 16th century,played by Lea-Cox, and other Portuguese and Flem- ish works. The concert will be repeated April 22 at 8 p.m. at St. Patrick'sRoman CatholicChurch on Main Street in Falmouth. A collection will be taken at each concert. Biker poets, unite! May 1 is the deadline for submissionsfor an anthologyof biker poetry,song lyrics, short stories and articles.For details, go to www.bpwa.net On Music... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 How have you enjoyed your time as the in-house player at Blackstone 's Restaurant? I have had a lot of inter- esting experiences there. I've enjoyed it very much. Let me tell you a story: Sometimes veterans will come into the restaurant. One night, this obvious military man came into the restaurant. I could tell he was military by his bearing and the way he carried himself, and his son appeared to be in the military too. His son was dressed in uniform. So, I was playing along. And I just drifted intothe Marine Corp hymn. People don't realizejust how beautiful that song is. It's true that the song is used for marching and things of this nature, but it's also used for funerals and I slowly started play- ing the song and I noticed that thisman,the father of the group, looked up and began to listen and he had tears in his eyes. He stood up andhe salutedmewhen I finished the piece. It was quite an experience. No money in the world could beat that. The seventh art... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 and Spain. Others over the year were from Argentina, India, Denmark, and Cuba. The turnout for thisyear'sseriesproves that DeBower is not the only Cape Codder with an interest in these foreign films. On any given "deep, dark, winter day," between 40 and 50 will attend. Other days see between 150 and 200 moviegoers. "I think people are really interested," De- Bower said. The film series also offers a rare opportu- nity for the hearing-impaired on Cape Cod. Because so few theaters offer closed caption- ing, DeBower said, the films in the series with subtitles fill the niche. Four more films will be shown through May 9. The Foreign Film Series willreturn with the college's fall semester. For DeBower, the series can open a world not often seen on Cape Cod. "I like films that you seemore in them each timeyou see them/' she said. She believes the films can bring the same feeling to anyone. "Really and truly we do this, because it's our mission to bring cultural diversity to the Cape." On April 18, the Swiss film The Boat is Full tells what happened during World War I Iwhen Switzerland declared it had a "full lifeboat" and could accept no more refugees. On April 25 (Jean de Florette) and May 2 (Manon of the Spring,see director Claude Berri's story of a city man who inherits property in rural France and is cheated by a new neighbor, and the follow-up film that details his daughter's revenge. The Spanish film Lovers of the Arctic Circle com- pletes the season on May 9. SURF RIDER - Fully restored and well equipped, this 1930s surf boat evokes an era long gone by when scores of ships were claimed by the seas surrounding Cape Cod. CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 of the surfmen of the United States Lifesaving Service , established to aid those in trouble at sea. At one point there were 13 USLSSstations on Cape Cod. At each station was a crew whose job it was to patrol the beaches and be ready to rescue folks in the event of a shipwreck. These dedicated souls spent weeks learningsurfboat drills, signal codes , resuscitation and how to use the Breeches Buoy, a large doughnut float with a pair of canvas "breech- es" attached. A short film demonstrates just how this buoy worked. Capturingthe essence of the surfman on patrol is Harold Bett's painting "All Through the Night the Surfmen are Pa- trolling the Beach."Haunting is the image of the lone surf- man trudgingalongthe shore, looking for wayward ships. Throughout the exhibit is a wealthofinterestingfacts,like that of the surfmen havingto walktwo miles back and forth duringtheir shifts, exchanging special badges to prove they walked their full patrol. Children willenjoy the back corner where they can poke their fingers safely into trea- sure chests filled with good- ies, spell messages out with international signal flags or practice Morse code on the impressive Fresnel lighthouse lens. To fully grasp an important aspect of Cape Cod history, this is an exhibit not to be missed. Don't forget to check the progress of the reproduc- tion of Catboat Sarah while you're there. The Cape Cod Maritime Museum on South Street overlooking Hyannis inner harbor is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Sundays from noon until 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students and children under 6 are free. Call 508-775-1723 for more information. Peril... 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