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THE DAILY .
COLLEGIAN
Monday, December 1,1997
Actress returns to specialty
in adaptation of James novel
By Ian Spelling
College Press Service
Helena Bonham Carter, whose
lovely, porcelain-skinned face has
graced such period piece films as
"A Room with a View," "Howard's
End." "Mary Shelley's Franken¬
stein" and "Twelfth Night." returns
once again to the early 20th cen¬
tury in her latest film, "The Wings
of the Dove,'/director Iain
("Backbeat") Softley's adaptation
of the Henry James novel.
There's a bit of a twist this time,
however, for Bonham Carter's char¬
acter. Kate Croy. is as much a mod¬
ern woman as a period gal.
"The contemporary elements of
the character were in the script." the
. actress, a friendly and open
interviewee, says by phone from
her parents' home in London. "It's
very non-committal to the Jamcsian
style in the dialogue and style. The
dialogue is interesting, but it's nei¬
ther period-sounding nor startling
modern. That carried over into the
way the whole film was shot.
Bonham says Softcley "wanted
to explode any preconceptions that
the film was going to be another
corsets and carriages period cos¬
tume drama."
"If anything he wanted to bring
up the similarities between now and
then. . .Yes, there are horses and
carriages, frocks and corsets, but
there arc fewer of them. So, Iain
broke some rules, just as I'm sure
some of the people who lived in the
Edwardian era did," she said. "That
was part of the idea, actually, to
show you that some people lived
differently, tried to be individuals
within their world at the time."
Kate is a vibrant woman, but a
commoner. Her life turns upside
down when she moves in with her
rich aunt (Charlotte Rampling) fol¬
lowing her mother's death. The aunt
acquaints Kate with London soci¬
ety, even going so far as to support
her destitute father- Kate, however,
must ditch her lover, the common
journalist Mertqn (Linus Roache),
if she's to enjoy the spoils of her
new status.
When a young and wealthy
American woman, Millie (Alison
Elliott), arrives in London, Kate
instantly sees an opportunity. She
befriends Millie, thervaccompanies
Millie and Merton to Venice, Where
passions ignite and Kate's little sce¬
nario falls apart.
Bonham Carter notes that the
story resonated for her on several
levels.
"It's about love and people's ca¬
pacity to love," said the actress,
who's currently dating actor-direc¬
tor Kenneth Branagh. "From Kate's
perspective, it's about the degree to
which she wjshes to control circum¬
stances. Her plan actually works on
one level, but what she can't con-
• trol is the way people react.
"It's about different kinds of
love, and about manipulation.
Though she'd prefer to think oth¬
erwise, Kate's one link in a whole
chain, a legacy of manipulation.
She's only manipulating as she's
been manipulated herself by her
aunt and father. James always
seems to be about the same things,
money and love, and how money
and the desire for it can corrupt."
Though it may seem hard to be¬
lieve, well over a decade has passed
since Bonham Carter made her film
debut in "Lady Jane" (1984) and
experienced her first brush with
stardom in "A Room with a View"
(1986). She's worked steadily ever
since, in England and America, on
. stage, screen and TV. Though she
occasionally pops up in something
contcmpoi&ry, such as Woody
Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite."
Bonham Carter, at age 31. remains
a familiar presence in arthousc pe¬
riod pieces, perhaps too familiar for
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Ill-prepared interviewee prime for interview roadkill
By James J. Cramer
College Press Service
Looking for a job? Here'j an¬
other chapter in the primer—how
not to get hired on Wall Street.
OK, so this kid comes to see me
looking for a job. Like everybody,
the kid's supposed to be dyn-o-
mite. Of course, I am doing a favor
for somebody to sec the guy. That's
how it always is. Nobody ever re¬
ally wants to see anybody in our
business because nobody ever
wants to hire an entry-level person.
Heck, but you never know. So I tell
the kid to come in at 7:30 am He
shows up at 7:45 a.m. with nothing
except his resume in hand.
Rule No. 1: Be there at 7:15
when 7:30 is called for. You never
know when you may catch the tar¬
get (me) before his assistant comes
in to block you (not.at my place, of
course, because everybody has
been in for an hour already).
— Rule No. 2: Don't come in
empty-handed. Bring donuts. Bring
bagels. Heck, bring coffee. Bring a
Egg McMuffin. But don't just bring
yourself. Nobody wants to see you
anyway. They always want to see a
Dunkin' Donut.
So he sits down and I ask him
why he wants to sec me. He hems
and haws, something about the
market. Something about looking to
change careers.
Rule No. 3: You are there be¬
cause you can make me money. If
you can't, I don't want to see you.
Wc arc in the money business, not
the life-changing business and noj
the Works Progress Administration.
I ask him what he likes about the
stock market. He says it's exciting.
I ask him where does he get his in¬
formation, what he reads. He says
the Journal sometimes.
TheSlreet.com once or twice.
Wrong! *
Rule No. 4: You read everything.
You devour TheStreet.com-belicve
me.every trading and sales desk
reads us. so you will make a great
impression. You never miss a Jour¬
nal. Yoii read Barron's, Investor's
Business Daily. Business Week,
Forbes and Fortune. And you watch
CNBC because we all do.
I ask what he likes in thestock
market. He says the market is toor
high. So I ask him what he would
short. He says he doesn't know, and
then he mentions Qoke, "because
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| Title | 1997_12 The Daily Collegian December 1997 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Title | December 1, 1997, Page 3 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Timeout THE DAILY . COLLEGIAN Monday, December 1,1997 Actress returns to specialty in adaptation of James novel By Ian Spelling College Press Service Helena Bonham Carter, whose lovely, porcelain-skinned face has graced such period piece films as "A Room with a View," "Howard's End." "Mary Shelley's Franken¬ stein" and "Twelfth Night." returns once again to the early 20th cen¬ tury in her latest film, "The Wings of the Dove,'/director Iain ("Backbeat") Softley's adaptation of the Henry James novel. There's a bit of a twist this time, however, for Bonham Carter's char¬ acter. Kate Croy. is as much a mod¬ ern woman as a period gal. "The contemporary elements of the character were in the script." the . actress, a friendly and open interviewee, says by phone from her parents' home in London. "It's very non-committal to the Jamcsian style in the dialogue and style. The dialogue is interesting, but it's nei¬ ther period-sounding nor startling modern. That carried over into the way the whole film was shot. Bonham says Softcley "wanted to explode any preconceptions that the film was going to be another corsets and carriages period cos¬ tume drama." "If anything he wanted to bring up the similarities between now and then. . .Yes, there are horses and carriages, frocks and corsets, but there arc fewer of them. So, Iain broke some rules, just as I'm sure some of the people who lived in the Edwardian era did," she said. "That was part of the idea, actually, to show you that some people lived differently, tried to be individuals within their world at the time." Kate is a vibrant woman, but a commoner. Her life turns upside down when she moves in with her rich aunt (Charlotte Rampling) fol¬ lowing her mother's death. The aunt acquaints Kate with London soci¬ ety, even going so far as to support her destitute father- Kate, however, must ditch her lover, the common journalist Mertqn (Linus Roache), if she's to enjoy the spoils of her new status. When a young and wealthy American woman, Millie (Alison Elliott), arrives in London, Kate instantly sees an opportunity. She befriends Millie, thervaccompanies Millie and Merton to Venice, Where passions ignite and Kate's little sce¬ nario falls apart. Bonham Carter notes that the story resonated for her on several levels. "It's about love and people's ca¬ pacity to love," said the actress, who's currently dating actor-direc¬ tor Kenneth Branagh. "From Kate's perspective, it's about the degree to which she wjshes to control circum¬ stances. Her plan actually works on one level, but what she can't con- • trol is the way people react. "It's about different kinds of love, and about manipulation. Though she'd prefer to think oth¬ erwise, Kate's one link in a whole chain, a legacy of manipulation. She's only manipulating as she's been manipulated herself by her aunt and father. James always seems to be about the same things, money and love, and how money and the desire for it can corrupt." Though it may seem hard to be¬ lieve, well over a decade has passed since Bonham Carter made her film debut in "Lady Jane" (1984) and experienced her first brush with stardom in "A Room with a View" (1986). She's worked steadily ever since, in England and America, on . stage, screen and TV. Though she occasionally pops up in something contcmpoi&ry, such as Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite." Bonham Carter, at age 31. remains a familiar presence in arthousc pe¬ riod pieces, perhaps too familiar for Please see ACTRESS, page 4. 37 39 Curved edge 40 Hsva s w*j time 42JMO 43 Opposed (with to*) 47 49 Food term 51 PartofMTT: abbe. 52 Read 53 Young brancnw 56," 1 U » U B |4 ir H r Bu F ■ "4 W' 4- r 1 1 1 r "PH" r 1 T IPTS"! r wm* r\ \ f\\ PI r 1 1 "liLFPM" In I ■,rMrJT r ■** e »aw t**» Mala HQaiaa, i»t fffflill 8 Supped 9 Part d a saa" 61 Flout 63RfcerinRusait 64 Gardner of mys- >6 Exchange J7 Occident 58-aJivar .9 loved DOWN 1 Molten rock 2-of March SChagal , 4 ruceoniiiy 5 Swords 6 Make Into law 7*—tat touch IOC 11 Saharan 12Yinand- 13 Nautical word 21 Cravat 23 More ready to eat 25 Rains hart 26 Bernhardt 27 SUrt shape 29 Jersey, e.g 30 Unusual 31 City near Venice 32Epkwn-- 38 Ho*/ parson 41 — 45 E 48 Spectum color 50 Guy 52 Brush county nnan nnnnn nnnn nnnn nnnnr: nnnn nnnn nnnnn nnnn nnnnnnnn nnnnnn □ann nnnn nnnnnn nnnnnnnn nnnn nnnnnn nan nnnnn nnn nnnnn nan nnnnnn nnnn nnnnnnnn nnnnnn cnon nnnn nnnnnn nnnnnnnn nnnn nnnnn nnnn □nnn aoana nnnn Bang nnnnn nunc 53 Eject forcefully 67 W*d revefry 54Rabt* 58Poat 55 Some peinttnos 508 56 Hockey lem 62 Sine- Ill-prepared interviewee prime for interview roadkill By James J. Cramer College Press Service Looking for a job? Here'j an¬ other chapter in the primer—how not to get hired on Wall Street. OK, so this kid comes to see me looking for a job. Like everybody, the kid's supposed to be dyn-o- mite. Of course, I am doing a favor for somebody to sec the guy. That's how it always is. Nobody ever re¬ ally wants to see anybody in our business because nobody ever wants to hire an entry-level person. Heck, but you never know. So I tell the kid to come in at 7:30 am He shows up at 7:45 a.m. with nothing except his resume in hand. Rule No. 1: Be there at 7:15 when 7:30 is called for. You never know when you may catch the tar¬ get (me) before his assistant comes in to block you (not.at my place, of course, because everybody has been in for an hour already). — Rule No. 2: Don't come in empty-handed. Bring donuts. Bring bagels. Heck, bring coffee. Bring a Egg McMuffin. But don't just bring yourself. Nobody wants to see you anyway. They always want to see a Dunkin' Donut. So he sits down and I ask him why he wants to sec me. He hems and haws, something about the market. Something about looking to change careers. Rule No. 3: You are there be¬ cause you can make me money. If you can't, I don't want to see you. Wc arc in the money business, not the life-changing business and noj the Works Progress Administration. I ask him what he likes about the stock market. He says it's exciting. I ask him where does he get his in¬ formation, what he reads. He says the Journal sometimes. TheSlreet.com once or twice. Wrong! * Rule No. 4: You read everything. You devour TheStreet.com-belicve me.every trading and sales desk reads us. so you will make a great impression. You never miss a Jour¬ nal. Yoii read Barron's, Investor's Business Daily. Business Week, Forbes and Fortune. And you watch CNBC because we all do. I ask what he likes in thestock market. He says the market is toor high. So I ask him what he would short. He says he doesn't know, and then he mentions Qoke, "because Please see INTERVIEW, page 5. Cartoons uM£»lb£MLV»l<» t»CMo»«AL\T>< Tfc*rtS**V. CXtf'f STOP S*MUaiGM$T**WA*$* BUMS Live Music Wednesday thru Saturday Karaoke Sundays DJ Mondays & Tuesdays 16 oz DRAFT Monday & lliursihir $1.00 FREE Country Dance Lessons Sunday & Wednesday 430 Clovis Ave. 299-2597 |
