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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1996 Fl 7 LOS ANGELES TIMES 'HOMAGE' II U1 ft llnffmon Cnan7 P. Molcnn i I ana oimonhl" liMi ui oupui Gene Siskel, SISKEL EBERT Continued from F16 with Lucy, are excellent, "Homage" makes its points about the cult of celebrity unob-. trusively. That the film is framed by media interviews becomes a commentary on how even the most intelligent people in the grimmest of moments can't resist unburdening themselves on TV or for magazines like People. "Homage" has impact, but it might have had considerably more had it been less clumsy.

MPAA rating: for brief strong sexuality, language and an act of violence. Times guidelines: Beyond the rating description the mm Is too Interne and complicated for children, even If accompanied by an adult 'Homage' Mewl 7 mM Franz Are r- MM L-Jm- MyfttOMMt Katttrim Sanaa) Frank Whal; AitafeUaanm 1 SMrylLM uqri Oesmond Ryan. Brace DavMea 1 Dmar Naccl Upbeat 'Hustler' Walks on LA's Wild Side 1 first sight, and Jurgen's pursuit of Monti becomes a pretext for 1. j. LaBruce and his co-wnter-di- rector Rick Castro, noted pho- tographer and video maker, to TB.yMSSAS Monti through some of Los Angeles kinkier scenes, With "Hustler White," the featuring fearless performance notorious underground artist Ron Athey, other local gay actor-filmmaker counterculture celebrities and Bruce LaBruce has hardly several actual porn stars, gone mainstream, but this time Much of what is intimated teeters on the brink of pornog- rather than actually depicted raphy rather than slipping over defies description in a family into it Graduating from Super newspaper, but it is not hard-8, LaBruce has had enough core- "Hustler White" is a de-money to shoot1 "Hustler iirious satirical fantasy.

La-White" like a regular movie- Bruce and Castro have fun in color yet-but a bigger wjth the absurdities of budget hasnt corrupted him, so sex and te gcenes from old to speak He just ias outra- the opening se. geous and hilarious as ever. Take, for example, the film's g8 title: If the late, highly presti- beach sequence trom gious Krzysztof Kieslowski Can "Whatever Happened to Baby make a "Blue," "White" and Jane? -n'y ve them an "Red" trilogy, inspired by the uPbeat twlst- Hustler French flag, why not LaBruce, is ultimately upbeat itself, but promising two more install- even so it's strictly for open-ments? Any filmmaker who's minded adult audiences, as comically blunt-although unrated, "mes guidelines: The occasionally tender-about sex fllm strictly for adults, with as LaBruce is has got to be mucn kinky, suggestive sex concerned with liberty and fra- scenes, strong language, some ternity and maybe even equal- frontal nudity. ity. i LaBruce spins the slightest 'Hustler White' of romantic comedies as he ToiiyWllrt casts himself as a pretentious, bthwubhw jartaaAagir bitchy German writer Jurgen Stata2mer I I Anger, Who's Come to Holly- Strand Releasing (xesenttikxi.

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Montgom- ery Ward (model-actor Tony ter Steve Hal. Running tjrne: 1 hour, 20 minutes. Ward), while cruising Santa mEKklsMy sunsee 5, sooo sunset Monica Boulevard. It's lust at west tos (213) 8-3soo. PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Jay Can, BOSTON GLOBE DUSTIN HOFFrMAN DENNIS FRANZ SEAN NELSON fl III II I I An Arrow Release of a Skyline Entertainment production.

Director Ross Kagan Marks. Producers Elan Sassoon, Mark Medoff. Executive producer Marks. Screenplay by Medoff; from his play "The Homage That Follows." Clnernatographer Tom Richmond. Editor Kevin Tent Music W.G.

Snuffy Walden. Production de-signer Amy Arxia. Running um: 1 hour, 37 minutes. Exclusively at the Grande 4-Plex through Thursday, 345 S. Figueroa downtown Los Angeles, (213) 617-0268.

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