of a troubled family. He and is Wife (Jessica Lange) have been through counselling be- Bowden. played by Nick Nolte, ', a defence attorney who is lreatened by a man from his past . a rapist who has finished a 14- Mf pnson sentence and wants avenge for what he believes :orrectly) was a lousy defence. In the original film, Sam Bow. anwasagoodmantryingto alend his family tmm a madman. l the Scorsese version, Bowden ti8wed and guilty, and indeed mane in this film is weak in ne way or another, and more are aheroes. That's the Scorsese The movie, filmed near Fort auderdale, shows Nolte at the way he sees the character of m Bowden is the key to why artm Scorsese wanted to re. take the 1962 thriller Cape ape Fear doesn't live up to Scorsese's past COLLECT YOUR FREE REINDEER ANTLERS Every day during the " Days of Christmas, one lucky shopper will receive a IO lb. Black Forest Ham with all the trimmings for Christmas Dinner. Help out the needy and the less fortunate try dropping off a toy in our giant toy box. 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS with any purchase in our food court Odds l2 & under) Friday, December 13 to Tuesday, December 24 at the intersection of Conestoga Parkway & King St For information call (519) 886-5500. Come Out And Celebrate The tygi)tttirr(iiMiiflt mall WWWwya/éM/éf/ 'NODDY the Tired Elf' Toy Drive Cady is played by Robert Ne Niro, in a role filled by Robert Mitchum in 1962. Covered with tattoos spelling out dire biblical warnings, Cady is an iron-pump. locks hermit in her bedroom to brood and watch MTV. This is a family with a lot of problems even before Max Cady arrives on the WIN A BLACK FOREST HAM their 1ayitter.Eiiieiiiri'lfii's1", who hates it when they fight, and cause of his infidelities, and now he seems to be in the opening stages ofa new affair. They live in a rambling house on a lot of land, but there isn't space enough for “mg. a-.._...k 1- .. LOVING But Cady is clever and stays just this side of the law; he doesn't actually trespass, and he doesn't do physical harm to Bow. den. It's almost a game with Cady to taunt Bowden to the breaking point. Bowden goes to the cops, to a lawyer, to a private investigator, and as he seeks help we begin to realize that no one in this universe is untainted. Among the corrupt are Robert Mitchum, as a cop who hints that the lawyer should take the law into his own hands, inc redneck who learned to read in prison ("I started with Dick, Jane and Spot, and went on to law books"). He drives into town in a Mustang convertible and offers to teach Bowden some- thing about the law. And soon everywhere Bowden looks, he sees the ominous, threatening presence of Max Cady; outside a restaurant, in a movie theatre. on the wall bordering his property. '. N., Waterloo. A strata of evil underlies the whole film and is dramatized in the character of Danielle, the Bowdens' daughter, who is going on 16 Md is attracted to the menace and implied sexuality of Max Cady. It's as if she likes anybody who can bug her par. ents, In a tense. disturbing scene, Cady poses as a drama teacher and Danielle goes along even alter she knows who he really is - allowing herself to be What we are looking at here is a film noir version of the classic Scorsese hero, who in film after film is a man tortured by guilt and the weakness of the iiesh, and seeking forgiveness and redemp- tion. And in this new version of Max Cady, Scorsese gives us not simply a bad man, but an evil one - a man whose whole purpose is to show Sam Bowden that he is a criminal, toot and Gregory Peck, as a lawyer who represents Bowden. A"'t"" on? C'"'"""'") WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1991 . PAGE A23 Most directors would distm. quish themselves by making a film this good From the man who made Tam Driver, Raging Bull, After Hours and Goodfellas. thus IS not an advance Notte's character as more corn. Mex, He us not a bad man, but not a very good one, and he finally agrees with his private eye (Joe Don Baker) that maybe three guys shoutd be hired to pound some sense Into Max Cady, When Cady thrashes the three goons and comes lookmg tor the None character, we realize the com. ptexrty of this move Unlike the simplistic versm of thus scene we have seen In a hundred thriuers. what Scorsese owes us as a villaon who has been wronged, seektng to harm a hero who has sunned Roger Ebert IS an American h/m crmc. MARIO'S URGES! SELECTION OF mom PM TABLES N MI. M, (Itch. 7m verbally seduced because evil and danger are attracttee to her Hours: Thurs., Fri. 106, Sat. 10-4 /’ff 'riir"'sa,.) P93133355'5555' 3 NEW IN TOWN? i?" “NO-WWI- :45 areas an nanny-u In)†mg. LET US NT OUT THE HAT FOR TOO! be sure to call 658-6700 'AT QUIT“!