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6 Friday July 1 1994 WHAT'S UP MOVIES "I A sExy FREEWHEELING TALE oF Loy El" -6oe SerOLW NEW 'MRS( NEwsDAY Made for each other go 4 cp-a REVIEW Go Fish 12 Actors: Guinevere Turner VS Brodie Director: Rose Troche Theaters: Raleigh: Studio Chapel Hill: Carolina Rating: Not rated suggested 1-14e 51y1 is otAl- 11Aeye 7:15 9:15 Sun-Mon Mat 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:15 Sun-Mon Mat 3:15 5:1 tudio Call3rt ILLSBOROUGH STRiET CM CO 7554 rrrgrtrra-irrrrirm By BILL MORRISON STAFF WRITER ''''4 -t A' 1 r''''' 16' it 'it' zT 4 --i' -t- t''' ''-'0'''''1 A -tr-- '11k4 I -'1't2-i y-' tit'iso ''''i 'L641'414044 trrPA41 s' inotw '41t' Itto- '4 ''1 p4: It i 'y'l: ''S )''''' "7'--' WEEKEND LIBERTY AND BABY BINKI JULY 411111 I OF 4TH FE OF CELEBRATE Od THE PURSUIT LIFE RSUIT figEMEMIE11 considers her more than a little drab Now in the ta'P screwball comedies when the glasses are removed and the hair is styled just so the female of the species always looks 4 like a screen goddess Not Ely The bush cut does nothing for her but 'kt she's entranced by her new self An innocent 4 she sees some- one else in the mirror Even Max finds her- 'r self drawn to this sensitive woman When they sleep together Ely lors virtually dances through Guinevere the streets it's like a scene from an MGM musical without the music And when they fall truly madly deeply in love the film falls nicely in place This Chicago movie looks rough like an underground film from the '60s shot in grainy black-andwhite with a hand-held camera that keeps nudging into the action like an inquisitive pup That's part of its charm although overactive cameras like overactive libidos can prove real distractions The editing is no less distracting busy when it most wants to be witty and hip Shots are sometimes too dark or virtually washed out and to confound us all the more are stray images of turning tops and children at play Guinevere t'" '0: L' '''t -1 A -k! i i 'ii 4:: 'fe'''''''''''' Turner and VS Brodie sparkle in 'Go Fish' he women who made Go Fish t9 want you to know that this is a film by for and about lesbians And I want you to know that despite the indulgences that suggest a first-time effort there's a wonderful promise in this romantic comedy At it's best it's simply irresistible Other times you look at your watch "Go Fish" is not a coming out film The women are gay and glad of it Roommates and lovers this close-knit group romps about like women in a '40s comedy Sex is the favorite topic of conversation sex and the lesbian lifestyle And when girl meets girl the romantic comedy plays as predictably as any Hollywood romance Love is a winning formula and the lovers are altogether winning characters funny likable and quite engaging The lovers were made for each other although neither realizes that at first Else we would have a short rather than a feature film Max the madcap Max played by Guinevere Turner is an aspiring writer a romantic looking for the right girl Her matchmaker friends point her to Ely (VS Brodie) a tall ungainly and very bashful woman with long hair glasses and no chin to speak of Max finds herself drawn to the medical assistant who cuts her hair when she hears that Max The title comes from a card game played by four friends When play ends the women lie on the floor their heads together in a Busby Berkeley shot (there are lots of head shots in this movie) Brodie and Turner who wrote and produced this film with director Rose Troche likely will be heard from again There's a lovely sparkle in their work and Troche at her best makes the screen sizzle "Go Fish" was made with hardly more than petty cash and the devotion of a mostly female cast and crew who gave their weekends for a year to this labor of love Despite the film's problems it's the devotion and love you'll remember 7 From the Creator of 'Home Alone' 1 A gm mum I II 1 II a 0 ft t4e ltillifil: tir :7 i i'' I e'' 1' 14'': ts i I 4 i I 4 -J i eel :1 1:: 4 tts: 0 4 i'i i I -4 41'' re -9r1 1:: 4 i 1 a rV 1:::::::::::::::1: 7 I i 1- il 444 x174 i' BillifirS 01AFF0111 t0 no Ea on lin no mil on me wool EL DOKIADO 1 The Authentic Mexican Restaurant 1 PLEASANT VACCEYV 112 Mks of MIME VALLEY NALL 10 AT PTIASANT VALOR!) 183-0074 (41Vp 2 for 1 Dinner Only li-401 OFF Lunch rt-w $4041 BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY ALE SNOWS BEFORE PM a STUDENTS YVID 91" EVENINGS SHOWTIMES FOR TODAY ONLY! 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