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Oct. 07, 1991: Critics' Voices
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Oct. 07, 1991 Defusing the Nuclear Threat
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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CRITICS' VOICES, Page 14
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<p> MOVIES
</p>
<p> THE INDIAN RUNNER. Method mannerism in the '60s Midwest;
bringin' the Vietnam War back home; 90 minutes of simmering
before a family explodes. From these tired conventions (which
the movie embraces like new truths), writer-director Sean Penn
has found a stark camera style that ignites behavioral sparks.
Stay tuned; this kid has talent.
</p>
<p> THE FISHER KING. Trust director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) to
hatch the year's most exasperatingly good movie, in which Robin
Williams is a holy homeless fool and Jeff Bridges a burned-out
case ripe for redemption. To catch the brilliant bits in this
handsome botch, you need patience and daring; it's like finding
gold nuggets strewn across a minefield.
</p>
<p> THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION. Cartoons on
the serious side from nine countries. More of ethnographic than
artistic interest and short on the chuckles. Check it out to see
what comes on before the feature in European movie houses. Then
go home and savor The Simpsons. Now that's cartooning!
</p>
<p> MUSIC
</p>
<p> VAN MORRISON: HYMNS TO THE SILENCE (Polydor). Twenty-one
new songs by one of rock's greatest and most idiosyncratic
creative spirits. Bluesy, mystical, introspective, demanding,
demented, resolutely unique: Morrison reigns and remains rock's
own dear Celtic bard, an electrified James Joyce.
</p>
<p> NAT KING COLE: BIG BAND COLE (Capitol). Now that Nat has
got to the top of the charts again, via a ghostly duet with his
daughter Natalie, this is the perfect time to discover Pop in
his prime, singing and swinging his way through 17 standards
backed by a big band, predominantly Count Basie's, on this
welcome reissue.
</p>
<p> DR. MICHAEL WHITE: CRESCENT CITY SERENADE (Antilles). The
irrepressible clarinetist and musicologist leads a new
generation of New Orleans players through a lively exploration
of their roots--and proves once again that rumors of the death
of traditional jazz have been greatly exaggerated.
</p>
<p> TELEVISION
</p>
<p> THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON: 29TH ANNIVERSARY
(NBC, Oct. 3, 9:30 p.m. EDT). It's not too early to get
nostalgic. Johnny is leaving in May, which means this year's
annual collection of highlights from past shows will be--gulp!--his last.
</p>
<p> HEROES OF THE DESERT STORM (ABC, Oct. 6, 9 p.m. EDT). From
real war to TV movie in just eight months. Talk about a
superpower!
</p>
<p> SESSIONS (HBO, debuting Oct. 6, 10:10 p.m. EDT). A
42-year-old husband and father (Michael McKean) discusses his
sexual fantasies and mid-life neuroses with a sympathetic shrink
(Elliott Gould). Billy Crystal created and co-wrote this offbeat
comedy series, which is frank and frequently clever, though a
bit mushy at the center.
</p>
<p> THEATER
</p>
<p> BREAKING LEGS. Three thuggish mobsters finance a play
about the criminal mind by a college professor, who grasps with
mounting horror what he has got into, in this unsubtle but
engaging off-Broadway hit that is re-signing stars Vincent
Gardenia and Philip Bosco and engendering plans for a national
tour and possible movie.
</p>
<p> UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE.
Neither AIDS nor a serial killer can deflect the sexual
searching of the young men and women in this punk-poetic,
MTV-style thriller, full of quick verbal riffs and crosscut
scenes, transferred from a Chicago hit to off-Broadway with
stellar acting by hollow-smiled Clark Gregg.
</p>
<p> ART
</p>
<p> REVOLUTION IN RELIEF: WOODCUT, WOOD ENGRAVING AND RELIEF
ETCHING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, 1890-1930, Fogg Art Museum,
Cambridge, Mass. Seventy prints by such modern masters as Edvard
Munch, Henri Matisse and Kathe Kollwitz demonstrate how these
innovators transformed this ancient printing technique. Through
Nov. 24.
</p>
<p> INDIAN PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The ceremonial and
pleasurable side of Mogul, Rajput and Muslim court and town life
from the 16th through 19th centuries is explored in the show's
42 works. Through Jan. 12.
</p>
<p> ETCETERA
</p>
<p> AMERICAN PATCHWORK (PBS Home Video). Written, and produced
by host Alan Lomax, America's premier folklorist, this
five-volume video series takes the viewer through two
enthralling centuries of American culture and music, from
Appalachian bluegrass and Mississippi Delta blues to Cajun
two-steps and the street parades of New Orleans. Music
documentaries don't get any better than this.
</p>
<p> THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY, New York City. One of the
jeweled granddaddies of museums reopens after a major expansion
and renovation by the architects Voorsanger & Associates. The
Morgan celebrates with the unveiling of a new glass-enclosed
garden court, the creation of an education center, the
restoration of an adjacent brownstone and the premiere of a
major show featuring the masterpieces of its world-famous
collection.
</p>
<p> BERNSTEIN'S FINAL TRIUMPH
</p>
<p> Let us rejoice! Leonard Bernstein has given us a
posthumous operetta, Candide, in which nearly all his glorious
talent has finally been harnessed. But since its 1956 premiere,
Bernstein's rendition of Voltaire's corrosive satire has
undergone a picaresque voyage closely rivaling in
misunderstanding and abuse the trials suffered by its hero.
Songs were dropped and added; the book was refashioned; lyrics
were altered; parts were reassigned. This 1989 studio
performance, just released by Deutsche Grammophon, represents
Bernstein's triumphant final version. Bernstein conducts the
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, which are stirringly
responsive to the score's tenderness, strength and sometimes
explosive brilliance. Tenor Jerry Hadley's winning Candide
blends conviction and vulnerability. As Cunegonde, June Anderson
has a creamy coloratura soprano so captivating that many may
wear out their replay buttons listening to Glitter and Be Gay.
</p>
<p>By TIME'S REVIEWERS/Compiled by Andrea Sachs.
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