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f w t rv r p i lyaot economst sunsuntribune diversions saturday aug 6 2005 e- anne brodie on movies bill murray fascinates in relaxed stylish tale broken flowers starring bill murray sharon stone jessica lange tilda swinton and chloe sevigny directed by jim jarmusch as broken flowers opens the camera passes by a dilapidated house med widi children play ing and yelling the camera lands on a big stone art house next door and goes inside that is where julie delpy is telling bill murray she is leaving shes pulling her luggage telling him that she always felt like a mistress and poof hes alone mr murray plays don johnston a retired computer millionaire with noth ing much to do except stare into the far distance he does this a lot in jim jarmuschs stylized and unrushed tale the house is a gem of 1940s architec ture and furnishings which while they make wonderful collections are cold out of time and dead in the films frame and hes dead too mostly lying down or sitting bolt upright staring into nothingness his best friend winston a nigerian who fancies himself a detective lives next door with the noisy kids and loving wife mr johnston is there all the time liv- ing their life instead of his own they are the yin yang of neighbours one day an anonymous typewritten pink letter arrives informing mr john ston he has a son who may show up on his doorstep rr the boy is 19 he hopes its a joke but winston sees an adventure for his lone ly friend and submits the letter to foren sic examination against his better judgment mr sec murrays page 15 1 1 1 a x 1 it 0 i 1 in 1 ljai 1 j xi tastes sounds of ice cream trucks reverberate through summer by patrick mangion staff writer sidewalks beaches and parks are clogged with summer revellers its the season to set free pasty body parts after months of hiber nation soak up soothing sum mer rays and perhaps indulge your sweet tooth with some cool tasty treats the ice cream truck has become a hallmark of the sound track of summer as the jingles reverberate through york regions residential enclaves short bursts of music that can best be described as a marriage of a litde girls music box and a jackinthebox crackle from the speakers aboard the ice cream parlour on wheels for some it has all the appeal of a set of fingernails slowly scraping down a chalk board while others may be stopped in their tracks as nostalgia trans ports them back to their youth a time when the ice cream mans arrival sent children bounding carefree from their homes and this season hot sticky temperatures have conspired to create idyllic conditions for mobile vendors of frozen splendor to shun a trip to the ice cream truck is to deny yourself a summer rite on a steamy evening a line forms at the tiny side window of the ice cream truck satisfied customers wear expressions of genuine satisfac tion as they indulge in their sugarfilled reprieve from the heat im tempted whenever i see one ali summers 17 says of the ice cream vendors dotting york region at anywhere from 2 to 4 for walkup service its a bargain ali explained extracting massive gulps from the chocolate and vanilla mix softy an ice cream truck mainstay she figures you havebut mere minutes to enjoy a frozen treat before an unstoppable stream of melting ice cream begins descending through fingers hands and in the case of small children even arms staff photosjoerd witteveen gus tsipas offers a cone to a customer from his truck mr tsipas puts in 12hour days during the sum mer in what he said is a highly competitive cutthroat industry but this years heat wave doesnt neces sarily translate into booming business when its too hot people dont want to come outside he explained on a day where the mercury soared to more than 35 c for 46yearold david bardett its what summer is all about to shun a trip to the ice cream truck is to deny yourself a sum- merrite it immediately puts you back to your youth he said you have some ice cream and youre already in a better mood mr bartlett added as his mouth swipes at any potential drips forming at the cone for ice cream operator gus tsipas who goes by the business moniker mr cool this summers heat wave has translated into long work days but not necessar ily a boom in business when its too hot people dont want to come outside he said on a day where the mercury soared to more than 35 c twelve days have become the norm for mr tsipas 32 as he navigates commercial see time page 15 details of t our