The Expositor from Brantford, Ontario, Canada • 22

THE EXPOSfTDR Friday Sept 20 1SS1 Entertainment t-A I UK politicans turn to movie directors Movie skewers white ineptitude about natives By Mark Baatlan CanatSan Prase TORONTO When asked by pollsters If they are in favor of elf-rule for the country's native population and swift settlement of land dal say yes jumpstarted into action on native issues by natives Massage complex who see file film will take their own message away from it" says Greene reluctant to discuss the symbolic implications of the film the viewer thinks it's a political film then a political film for him But I think about one person the struggling within him- "They're not really my film rm simply being employed to make he told the Evening Standard newspaper But he said he liked Major and would probably vote for him Schleslnger once said hi made films about outsider who are struggling to exf-tricate themselves from a situw adding: are abow Conservative officials who admit to no such feelings about Major's situation say it is the tophnleal skills they want Hudson whose recent films include the flops Greystohe and Revolution has been working with Labor for some years He drew an toe heroic stylfi of the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire for his film for toe 1967 Libor election campaign The film moody and melodramatic sought to transform the lightweight image of Labor leader Neil Kinnock into a figurt of authority It added several points to Kirn-nock's popularity but not enougp to prevent his defeat A Labor spokesman said the 1961 film to be screened next week would show strength of purpose the map behind toe Friends and tiie 55yearold Hudson's leanings as a reaction to hip privileged origins which iif-duded education at the exclusive Eton school He knows how to sell his subjects he spent 10 years making advertising films before going into feature films By Devld Storey LONDON (Reuter) Oscar-winning directors from Hollywood have been drafted into Britain political battleground by rival parties trying to inject drama into their forthcoming election campaigns The Conservative party is using John Schleslnger and the Labor party has taken on Hugh Hudson to lend art to their political artifice before an impending general election Schleslnger who made Billy Liar Midnight Cbwboy and Marathon Man Is now tackling John Major The ruling Conservatives hope the 65-year-old British director will add a gloss to their promotional films of the prime minister still trying to shuck his grey image Major has until next June to call the election but creating a mood of suspense fit for a Hitchcock thriller he has left his opponents guessing about an early poll possibly in November Schleslnger was part of the team that produced an opening campaign film screened Thursday night which projected the image fostered by Major after toe divisive years of his predecessor Margaret Thatcher Amid images of newborn babies village cricket end everyday British life Major sat at a desk and told viewers: "I want to build a society that is at ease with Schleslnger who says he is by instinct a liberal will also direct Conservative films to be shown later when the election campaign starts in just about good and evil I People expecting clearcut answers to the question of who's right and wrong wont find them in Clearcut Instead they might find themselves wondering what they would do if put in the position They might even wander what if anything they're prepared to do in the name of Canada's natives Graham Greene in a scene from the movie Clearcut Gerussi still miffed about losing show In recent years many have applauded initiatives taken by Canada's Indium to secure tights and properly that many feel was unfairly wrested from them Ifany non-native Canadians have accompanied natives on protests against such filings as logging on Indian-claimed land And on the rare occasions when things got violent as they did when Mohawks squared off against police in Oka Qun last year many Canadians still said they supported the struggle of the country's original inhabitants But will such sympathy get people into theatres to see a mode about the intentions" white people have for Indians? Especially when the movie skewers white ineptitude at dealing with native issues? movie many ways this film will be shocking to some says Richard Bugajsld the director of Clearcut currently playing in Toronto and set to appear this foil in other major cities across the country will shock them not only because of file violence but also because of its relevance and Clearcut tells the story of a big-city lawyer played by Ron Lea who has tried but foiled to stop loggers from clearcutting on land claimed by an Ojibway band Clearcutting is a much-criticized forestry practice in which every tree in a selected area is cut down For the liberal-minded lawyer the quest for justice is a frustrating paper chase he can't win Until that is he meets Arthur a mysterious enraged native man played by Graham Greene who won an Oscar nomination earlier this year for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in i with Wolves duced story-telling how and an independent pilot for a drama series pilot wouldn't be The Beachcombers but it would be the same philosophy family-oriented with the same sort of struggles between he said plummeted He still lives part of the year in Gibsons BG where the show was filmed and the Alberta-bom actor also calls Toronto home certainly was a degree of missing it but I certainly didn't dwell an it" he said of toe show Since toe show's demise he has appeared in the unreleased film Hit Man starring Chuck Norris Gerussi said also involved in developing a two-hour CSC movie based on The Beachcombers an independently pro WINNIPEG (CP) He tries not to pine for The Beachcombers but Bruno Gerussi is still a bit ticked off the show was axed last year Gerussi played log salvager Nick Adonidas for 19 years until it was cancelled by the CSC philosophically think they made a mistake in taking it he said replaced it with anything of substance just with trashy American After 17 years CSC switched the show to Wednesday night from Sunday and the ratings and Forf riendlyseryicc KEEP YOUR LAWN IN SHAPE THIS FALL LAWN FOOD kx 1499 SHADE CANADA 1 GRASS SEEDS PETFOOD FEED FLOUR LAWN A GARDEN BIRDSEED PRODUCTS SALT CHLORINE GRANDVIEW FLOUR FEED COMPANY We've got Maple Ash Locust and more B'-IO Buy one at regular price and get the second one 245 King George Rd Plaza) 752-9484 73 Wadsworth (Beside Train Station) 752-5349 SPREADING EVERGREENS Selected spreading evergreens of various colours and growth habits Choose from Bar Harbour Blue Rug and Green Mound spread Reg to 2999 THIS WEEK Buy oue at regular price and get the second for jjrp Soon the two of them are cm a violent wilderness ordeal that involves the kidnap and torture of a paper mill manager Bugajsld says the film shot on location near Thunder Bay Ont reflects not only newspaper front pages but also toe seething discontent he believes many Canadians feel these days kings disputed is a place which people in other places believe is peaceful quiet and says the Polish-bom director pressured to leave his homeland in 1965 after making Interrogation a brutal film about Stalinist period its really fUll of conflicts and violence and a lot of hypocrisy about fjiwriiMM1 own image of OSLACH GARDEN CENTRE 3 MHm South of Highway 3 At The Junction Rag Rds 1 ft 10 at Gram's Comers 426-9553 2 BLACK CEDARS Enrhmrigiifl kUalHiy hiihypll JUNIPERS FM spreading xcaSentMlactiOfl 2 pal pot WJft 1 art pot EUONGMUS gwi 2gaLpot ADAM'S NEEDLE SPANISH BAYONET Largs Reg S1SJ6 ooch 2 Bl- pot 4' SKYROCKET JUNIPERS BURNING BUSH 2gaLpot 82? 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