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16A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Mon Feb 16 1981 Polanski's 'Tess': Victorian Soap Opera? A Italt fill Fehe I troll 1 KAINAIN 1:15 MA TIM I es' 4:45 pot HO V1401114 "IL 815 1117010101 A ROMAN POLANSKI FILM PAROt "I'ESS DN 0- STEREO I W)MAS HARP! 1 48 AA RI' I N' A I MI i Is moti HO LYS IWO MIS 114 1m wrooNee A ROMAN POLANSKI FILM EN UN "TESS" 0- STEREO I wmAS HARP! rPl Movies Catherine Chapin 1 VID El 1 4 0 tit THEATRE 1N NOW! Rogers Hammerstein's tit $01111) Wd vet- oliAtoje call ahead ON ifolailA 02 16 I 923 8t vInb IJrRTHTRE NN 1 DI NOW! Rogers Hammerstein's tit $01110 oliAtoje call ahead 0 Polanskl filmed "Tess" in France although the misty green fields and thatched village huts look like the Wessex countryside of Hardy's novel Kinski looks like a 19th-century milkmaid with creamy skin deep dark eyes and a pouting mouth She's a younger more sensuous version of Ingrid Bergman "Tess" may be too long (three hours) for those not infatuated with gothic romanticism It's also hard to follow at times As Tess migrates from village to village Polanski doesn't always make it clear where or why she's traveling But a little geographic confusion is worth the beautiful photography evocative acting and Get Cash! 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Capri TEREDIsTATEs AO- 1 OPEN 6:30 SHOWS I I NO BARGAIN HOUR COOLEST DEVIL SPOT HAS EVER SEEN! raKMsta tn2g "Tess" is a tantalizing mixture of contemporary soap-opera tragedy and the kind of Victorian spectacle like "Tom Jones" that seems to attract filmmakers once every decade or so Polish director Roman Polanski revives the costume Epic with his opulently photograpied adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" Hardy presaged the soaps with this plot: Tess is the beautiful sensitive daughter of an itinerant farmer in 19th-century England whose ancestors sold the noble family name D'Urberville to a rich but untitled family Hoping to cash in the farmer sends Tess to the phony but wealthy D'Urberville's where she's held captive and raped by the bachelor son Alec She leaves Alec after a few weeks to return home and have Alec's baby She watches helplessly as the infant dies of a mysterious illness Later she marries a pious farmer who leaves her on their night after Tess confesses her encounter with Alec Tess remains dignified and proud through all her troubles She never complains that every man in her life deserts her She never asks for money Tess is played by NaLtassia Kin Now Playing ASTOR -rated From 9 am CAPRI I "Altered Sites 2 4 6 8 10 (RI CAPRI II The Devil and Max Devlin" 2:10 540 730 9:15 (PG) CHARLOTTETOWN I "Any Which Way You Can 230 5 730 9:45 (PG) CHARLOTTETOWN II "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen" 2 4 6 8 10 (PG) CHARLOTTETOWN III "Fort Apache The Bronx" 215 4:40 7 9:25 (RI CINEMA BLUE X-rated From 10 am EASTLAND I "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" 2:25 4:10 5:50 7:40 9:40 (PG) EASTLAND II "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen" 2 4 6 8 10 (PG) EASTLALD III "Windwalker" 1:30 3:30 5:30 720 920 (PG) MANOR "Tess" 1:15 4:45 8:15 (PG) PARK TERRACE 1 "Tribute" 2:30 4:50 7:20 940 (PG) PARK TERRACE II "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" 2:15 4:10 6 8 9:55 (PG) PLAZA PUSSYCAT X-rated From 10 am REGENCY 1 "Flash Gordon" 2:20 4:40 7 9:20 (PG) REGENCY II "The Jazz Singer" 3 5:15 7:30 9:45 (PG) REGENCY III "Terror Train" 3:15 5:20 7:25 930 (RI SOUTHPARK I Competition" 2 4:30 7 9:30 (PG) SOUTHPARK II "My Bloody Valentine" 2:15 4:10 6 8 10 (RI SOUTHPARK "Nine to Five" 2:30 5 7:30 9:45 (PG) TRYON MALL I "Nine to Five" 2:45 5 7:30 9:45 (PG) TRYON MALL II "My Bloody Valentine" 215 4:10 6:05 8 10 (RI VILLAGE "The Devil and Max Devlin" 7 9 (RI VISULITE "Gone With the Wind" 7 ART POSTERS :3 UutsZ1amize El 2901 SELWYN AVENUE 376-6165 CHARLOTTE'S REPERTORY CINEMA! 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