ee a ees Te A Time For Drunken Horses and Parsley Days By Destrudo Now for the final installment of Cinema CNC for this year. This edition will review both of the last two features shown at Cinema CNC this year: Parsley Days and A Time For Drunken Horses. Parsley Days Parsley Days is a movie that was filmed in Halifax in eleven days by writer/director Andrea Dorfman. Being filmed in such a short time for only $60,000 , as well as making it into the Toronto International Film Festival and getting theatrical distribu- tion, is a testament to the organizational skills of the director. The film deals with Kate (Megan Dunlop) and boyfriend Ollie (Michael Leblanc), and the trouble that arises for Kate when she decides she will break up with Ollie because she does not love him anymore. Matters are worsened when Kate finds out that she is pregnant and decides she will abort the child, on top of that Ollie is an outreach worker trying to increase awareness of birth- control techniques. This cre- ates a bit of a sticky wicket, for none of Kate’s friends can understand how she got pregnant considering who her boyfriend is: the King of Contraception. Besides which, none of Kate’s friends can understand why Kate wants to break up with Ollie. Kate goes to a clinic to set up a date to have an abortion but she has to wait three weeks fo see anyone, so she employs the help of her herbalist friend who instructs Kate that parsley can induce a natural miscarriage. So Kate starts her parsley treat- ment and it is strange. Stranger still is the fact that all the men portrayed in Parsley Days are a pack of useless ninnies. A Time For Drunken Horses A Time For Drunken Horses is a harsh movie tak- ing place in a harsh setting. Dealing with the Kurdish peo- ple and the hard life they live on the border of two countries ‘ that care little for them. Young Ayoub is the eldest working male in the family at 13 years of age. Life is very difficult and it gets harder for the fam- ily, which is the focus of the film. Ayoub’s older brother, * ULLRPALOOZ DNA PRODUCTIONS December 8, 2001 Roll-A-Dome All Ages Tickets on sale in the Agora 11:00-3:00 Dec 3-7 Live Bands Dreadiock Nuts mamguroove Talk Texas 1st Annual Wo Dave McDoweL, TV Smash Tickets are $15 advance $20 at the door Tattoo Show Prizes! Visit www.positivedna.com or call 961-6868 for more information Madi, is a dwarf, quite sickly, and even an operation, which Ayoub is working to pay for, will only extend Madi’s life by a matter of months. The people as a whole in the film are as dwarfed and sickly as Madi, and there is only their ability to deal with things as they come that keeps them going. The things they do only extend their lives marginally until the next cri- sis. Realism is paramount in this film as it feels more like a documentary than a film that was written and directed. The film ends abruptly in a crisis leaving the audience feeling as though the future is uncer- tain, but certainly depressing. It should be mentioned that this film was nominated for best foreign language film last year at the Oscars, com- peting against Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which won the honour. Aan. THEATRE ‘NosTH West Ethan Claymore By Norm Foster By Destrudo November 16 was opening night of Ethan Claymore, presented by Theatre North West, and it was hilarious while dealing with a serious issue. The production opens with Ethan Claymore’s wacky yet harmless next door neighbour waking Ethan up in the middle of the night to inform him that his time of mourning is over. Ethan’s wife had died five years earli- er and now his mourning is over, according to Douglas (the nosy neighbour). Comedy is classic and clean in Ethan Claymore and quite enjoyable. It is nice to be able to do something light during the coming Christmas season, and since the focus of the play is Christmas and togetherness, it helps take the weight of Christmas off. A twist is added when a ghost is introduced into the mix, in the classic Christmas tradition, to change some- one’s life, but not in the sense one would think. There are 2000 chickens involved in this, if that gives any help. It is funny and everyone should watch it; Ethan Claymore is far more enjoyable than most of the dribble in the movie theatres. Ethan Claymore is one of four productions they have put together to be executed this season. The cast was picked from Toronto where an international casting call is made every year, and this is where Theatre North West pulls all its actors for the sea- son. Ethan is played by Alan Zinyk of Vancouver, his older brother Martin is played by Glenn Nelson of Edmonton, Douglas is played by Alec Stockwell from Toronto, and Vancouver’s Heidi Specht plays Teresa Pike. Theatre North West spends all the down time engineering the next season to come and Ethan Claymore is a prime example of their effort. As well as producing plays every season, Theatre North West has felt that because of the financial situation most students are in, they should offer some aid to students who wish to view plays but cannot afford it. So a student can buy a voucher book for $20, and upon presenting the voucher booklet and student ID, a standby ticket will be issued to the student. This allows a student to watch all four productions for $5 a show. The availability of standby-seating may vary from day to day during the week. Voucher booklets are available to college and uni- versity students at UNBC,s Student Success Centre’s reception desk.