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A Hot Tin Roof (ms). The Hustler (1961), Hut! (1903) and Cool Hand Luke (1987). He brings to the character in Absence Of Malice considerable emotlonal shading and depth which provide a sauna source tor audience sympathy and identification. Fuld has several excellent scenes. but (all: well short of the range and consistency of perfor- mance that earned - an meat be - due maul In Norma Baa (I'D). bend My ' tgl ads. - hr Ae y 'r,2f,t'2'lfllttt pertains-cc as be you. boy‘s mother h Close Men Ot The W Kind. ls Me In a but who! an o-r.xntttttt Roman Catlnlic mat” 'rt'""?" paper reporter and editor are shown in a less idealistic light in Absence oi We. In common with the majority of this year's holiday-timed Ye- leases, Absence of Malice is filled with more message than esca- pism and is similarly shaded in tones of depression and eral- cism. The story is in two parts. First, there is the manipulation af an overzealous reporter by an equally oversealons law enforce ment otricer, resulting in an innocent man being publicly BC- claimed as a suspect in a possible murder cage. The scout! part of the story then has the innocent man himself doing the manipu- lating to bring about an "eye for an eye" form of retribution. Sally Field stars as the report- er and Paul Newman protraya the victim of a newspaper’s unquestionlng enthusiasm for "investigative" reporting. the role of the editor, whose slack- ness in his Jolt ts as great as that of the reporter in her's. is played by Josef Sommer, while Bott Balaban gives an almost Captain Queeg-ilke interpretation of an F'.B.1. agent desperate to solve the mysterious disappearance ot a union boss. (Queeg. the villain in The Caine Mutiny, constantly twirls ball- bearings in " hands as he gets more and more agitated. while Balaban’s character constantly stretches and snaps an elastic Newman delivers what is cer- tainly his strongest performance since 1977's Slap Shot and one which compares favorably to those he received Academy Award nominations for In Cat On band across his t1ntters. In an effective bit of character associ- ation, the F.B.l. agent‘s boss later demonstrates similar agi- tated hand movement.) Characterizations are. in fact. this movie's high points, sustain- ing interest at afairty strong level during the story's some- times ',',','Stlt,er in action. Newman livers what is cer- “KW the m traredttrtuttmeC.ittt,trat um W’s. tho-herd: "mattotttomf'-tidttrti. _ "ruhatte.rfet?tayea'ts.etft, 'rrryP8utieatytedeterrrtiettb"', .tyttht1ott-hq_tqmtrt9itt,t.- 'e*ttxsttt.ttodMte'aedth.tMir'u' with “a! and?» ttttat 01 hi Inn-tit! my ttf . The clinch; of the new eorstrttattder,uereeNtU Por trared by 000m c; tleet, It a and walkable story- it 2ugl'thetfa'tttu, ifraottotaitreo-tiin. Ttte Wot: us. military Aruaiditrur_uein doom; "".e"" Basically. they lowly more criticism than they actually ever level against newspapers. Ironi- cally much in the fashion that the particular newspaper (a ficti- tious one in Miami) in the movie lmplles rather than makes out- right accusations in its stubs. 'relevtaior's Lou Grant has handled similar subject matter in a more succinct and ultimately a manner, but Absence Of Malice merits prune for at least healing albeit ambiguously. with some tttought-provoking Issues and for bringing to the screen some of the year's more memorable per- formances. - Frequently. this is became a writer and/or director will want to lull the audience initially into complacent acceptam e of the status quo, and then Jar mem out of their complacency layer on with some act so horrific that it just can't be logically or emo. tlonally tolerated. The success of such a movie depends then on its ability to make the audience mama their attitude in the-light of tio. they feel at dye picture's and. lacing“ this dtffteult man- oeuvre and, despite an overall Sometimes It's rather difrteu1t to distinguish between the “anti- war" movie and the plain old- {uhioncd "war movie." veloplhent. _ Empathy with the students is heightened by the writers - three of them. working from Devery Freeman's hovel Father thy - who have been a hit heavy-held- ed in thertttFimt of animosi- ties between the military stu- dents and hooligans from a nearby town. With director Harold Becker’s ohvtous bless- ein, clashes hetwoeluhe two very distinct groups at young people - while necessary perhaps to rein- force the idea of sometimes having to tight to “uphold one’s honor" - tend to cater to the semetional tastes of the so-called “action tttm" tans. This. for a time, tends to throw the picture's ultimate objective - to show the danger of a military school education - considerably off balance, and Is quite likely to "mAN'osmtd'tataepipti)tt-tert?eettei'1ttmtIt'tertt1tt'turthlsrttetr'tem, 'term-toth-thott-ad-tttmth-ttht-ttego. rsamothisitfitrtolatrtatrtotte that no one will feel totally Taps,tmthemmettte1essgtveaa. closed dmm In order to m "ttts-ther-ie-ttole. convincing portrayal of Brian w. fyraeivitun+statede- “I. aetittet crowd is apt to be Mom1artd,astatdeettieaderh1ind- 'v'a,'1%'. turned on by the ttttiios6.ttteal 1rdedieatedtoaemteeptothmtor >_ Iihypatttwt.t.tt the_studen_ts is ftipdiop that follows. whilethose instilled fit him by the school plume audience; in such tiny Young Canadian pianist to perform Finlkowch In be- aGiiatiia7iiiiGG-" ettenttuthestandardtty h has "pared with which other: I003 ”in”. a. the Phi- the a." ”on“. W. 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