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tiousness and illogic are the demons here. Franco Zeffirelli can usually make flamboyance and a sort of artsy pretentiousness work to his advantage, but not with "Otello." Pay no attention to the sonorous radio ads; our Martin Bernheimer was on target with his litany of the film's failings. The regret here is that with the lure of Placido Domingo, this could have been a chance MAnn' WESTWOOD VILLAGE NATIONAL Sound 10925 Lindbrook CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG -13) 208-4366 10:45 No Passes Accepted Today $3 First Show Only VILLAGE THX 961 Broxton SHANGHAI SURPRISE (PG-13) 208-5576 10:30 Today $3 first show only BRUIN 70MM Sound 948 Broxton TOP GUN (PG) 208-8998 12:15 10:30 Today $3 first show only REGENT STAND BY ME(R) 1045 Broxton 10:15 208-3259 Today $3 first show only PLAZA VELVET (R) 1067 Glendon 208-3097 8:00 10:45 Today $3 first show only WESTWD. 1050 Gayley BUELLER'S DAY OFF (PG-13) 208-7664 10:15 Today $3 first show only SHADOW PLAY(R) 10:30 Separate Admission Required RUTHLESS PEOPLE(R) 1:00 Today $3 first show only Dolby MANHUNTER (R) 12:00 2:45 8:00 10:45 Today $3 first show only VASECTOMY: A DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) Separate Admission Required KARATE KID Today $3 first show only SANTA MONICA WILSHIRE STAND BY 1314 Wilshire 451-4377 Today $3 first show PEOPLE (R) FERRIS BUELLER (PG- -13) Today $3 first show COUNTRY MANN 10 GUN (PG) VALENCIA $3 for first show SHADOW PLAY (R) 1:10 3:20 Today $3 first show FLIGHT OF NAVIGATOR (PG) GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (G) Today $3 first show BY ME(R) Today $3 first show SHANGHAI SURPRISE (PG-13) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF(PG-13) Today $3 first show DUNDEE (PG-13) Sorry No Passes Today $3 first show MEN'S CLUB (R) RUTHLESS PEOPLE(R) Today $3 first show CRAWLSPACE (R) 1:35 Today $3 first show VASECTOMY: A DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) Today $3 first show only: BACK TO SCHOOL (PG-13) RUNNING SCARED (R) Today $3 first show HABRA BREA PLAZA GUN (PG) Org. Hwy.

8:00 10:15 Today $3 first show STAND BY ME(R) Today $3 first show (PG- -13) 10:00 Sorry No Passes Today $3 first show FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (PG-13) 10:15 RUTHLESS PEOPLE(R) Today $3 first show LOS ANGELES TIMES CALENDAR to widen the movie- audience's experience of opera, the way that Sir Laurence Olivier broadened Americans' grasp of Shakespeare with "Henry with "Hamlet," and even with his own "Othello," which was less a film than a filmed record of a theatrical performance. But "Otello" is neither good film making nor good opera; with the push of the Cannon company be- $3.00 BARGAIN Mon. -Fri. STARRED (Except HOLLYWOOD CHINESE Sound 6925 Hlywd. CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG-13) 464-8111 10:30 No Passes Accepted Validated Free Pkg.

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Today With Paid General Admission Only THX SHANGHAI SURPRISE (PG-13) 10:00 Validated Free Pkg. Bik. So. Today With Paid General Admission Only HOLLYWD MEN'S CLUB (R) 6764 463-9371 DREAMS(R) Today $3 first show only VOGUE PEOPLE(R) 6675 Htywd. 462-6621 TO SCHOOL (PG-13) Today $3 first show only FOX VASECTOMY: A 6508 463-2184 Hlywd.

DELICATE MATTER (PG-13). Today $3 first show only GLENDALE ALEX 216 N. Brand CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG-13) Sorry no passes. Today $3 first show GLENDALE Doiby VELVET (R) 122 S. Brand 5:00 7:30 10:00 Today $3 first show KARATE KID N(PG) Today $3 first show TORRANCE OLD TOWNE GUM (PG) 19800 H'thorne 12:30 8:00 10:30 Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) Separate Admission Required FERRIS BUELLER (PG-13) Today $3 first show STAND BY ME(R) 1:00 10:30 Today $3 first show Dolby CROCODILE 13).

12:45 10:00 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show Dolby VELVET (R) Today $3 first show KID Today $3 first show MANHATTAN BEACH MANN 6 GUN(PG) Sepulveda at Rosscrans Today $3 first show BLUE VELVET (R) 10:00 Today $3 first show Dolby DUNDEE (PG-13) 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:30 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show Dolby DUNDEE (PG- -13) 12:30 3:00 10:30 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show RUTHLESS PEOPLE(R) MEN'S CLUB (R) Today $3 first show STAND BY ME(R) Today $3 first show hind it, it may well be commercially successful, but it tarnishes and compromises the aesthetic it tries to promote. It does bring us around again to film festivals, where "Otello" and "Where the River Runs Black" were launched. It's the risk -taking films from whatever source, culled for us at a festival, that re-hone our standards of appreciation and restore our optimism. Holidays) Sun. Holidays 1st Show Only ONLY SHOWTIMES LISTED SAN FERNANDO VALLEY STUDIO STAND BY ME(R) 12136 Vent.

10:00 Today $3 first show VALLEY WST STAND BY ME(R) 18632 Ventura 1:00 10:15 Today $3 first show Dolby DUNDEE (PG-13) 12:30 3:00 10:15 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show Dolby VELVET (R) 10:30 Today $3 first show GUN (PG) 12:45 10:30 Today $3 first show Dolby AFFAIR (R) 12:00 Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) Today $3 first show FOX RUTHLESS PEOPLE(R) CANOGAPK 22940 Vanowen MANHUNTER (R) Today $3 first show KARATE KID Today $3 first show PASADENA HASTINGS RANCH STAND BY ME(R) 467 N. Rosem'd 7:30 10:00 Today $3 first show TOP GUN(PG) Today $3 first show CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG-13) 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:30 Sorry no passes. Today $3 first show OXNARD ESPLANADE KARATE KID MANN 12:30 2:45 Today $3 first show only GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (G) FLIGHT OF NAVIGATOR (PG) Today $3 first show MANHUNTER (R) EXTREMITIES (R) Today $3 first show VENTURA VENT. TWIN CRAWLSPACE(R) 208 E. Mills Separate Admission Req.

RADIOACTIVE DREAMS(R) 1:45 Only Today $3 first show SHANGHAI SURPRISE (PG MEN'S CLUB (R) Today $3 first show BUENAVENTURA Hwy. Rd. PEOPLE(R) Dolby FERRIS MUELLER'S DAY OFF (PG-13) Today $3 first show VASECTOMY: A DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) 1:30 3:30 5:30 Today $3 first show 70mm GUN(PG) Today $3 first show TO SCHOOL (PG-13) Dolby RUNNING SCARED (R) 10:00 Today $3 first show Dolby VELVET (R) Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) Today $3 first show THOUSAND OAKS CONEJO TOP GUM(PG) Thous. Oaks 10:00 Today $3 first show CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG-13) Sorry no passes Today $3 first show ARE FOR TODAY ONLY GLENDORA MANN 6 GUN(PG) 1321S. Grand Ave.

Today $3 first show FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (PG-13) 10:00 LEGAL EAGLES (PG) Today $3 first show DUNDEE (PG-13) 10:00 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) 1:00 3:00 Today $3 first show VASECTOMY: DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) 1:30 5:30 Today $3 first show only STAND BY ME(R) Today $3 first show MONROVIA MANN 6 (R) 650 W. Huntington Dr. MANHUNTER 10:00 Today $3 first show DUNDEE (PG -13) 8:00 10:15 Sorry no passes Today $3 first show VASECTOMY: A DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) Separate admission required. DREAMS(R) 1:45 Today $3 first show FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF(PG-13) PEOPLE(R) Today $3 first show CRAWLSPACE(R) 1:45 Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY(R) Today $3 first show COVINA FOX COVINA VASECTOMY: A 211 N. Azusa DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) Today $3 first show STAND BY ME(R) 12:45 Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) 7:45 10:00 Today $3 first show MANN 4 STAND BY ME(R) 7th at Mountain 10:00 Today $3 first show KID Today $3 first show only' PEOPLE(R) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY (PG-13) Today $3 first show VELVET (R) Today $3 first show SIMI VALLEY MANN 6 CRAWLSPACE (R) 3050 Cochran 1:00 Today $3 first show only CROCODILE DUNDEE (PG-13) Sorry no passes Today $3 first show FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF(PG-13) TO SCHOOL(PG-13) Today $3 first show SHADOW PLAY (R) Today $3 first show VASECTOMY: A DELICATE MATTER (PG-13) Today $3 first show STAND BY ME(R) Today $3 first show The reviews.

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