Hi, y'all!

Miles, Dan, David, and I are all back from Southern California and are
happy to report we experienced a warm, sunny, refreshing break from both
the dreaded El Nino and the New England winter, mild though it may be.

Miles and I hope that enough time has passed and we have worked out
enough "stuff" to be able to host another Friday night movie without
much discomfort.  We are still in a transitory period, but are currently
working out details of our new living arrangements.  In the meantime, we
would like to pick up where we left off with "Dead of Winter" (which is
rapidly becoming less appropriate) to be shown on Friday, March 6th in
Wakefield, cartoon shorts to start at 8:00pm.

*Dead of Winter*
(USA, 1987) Directed by Arthur Penn.  Starring Mary Steenburgen (in 3
different roles) and Roddy McDowall.
More at: http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=Dead+of+Winter&tv=off

Hope to see you there.  

Kevin & Miles

At 12:37 PM 2/21/98 EST, you wrote:
>What is "Dead Winter" about?

"Dead of Winter" is a suspense thiller with Mary Steenburgen playing a
couple different roles, one of whom is being tormented by Roddy
McDowall.  It's not high theatre, but it is rather entertaining. Here's
what Roger Ebert said about it:

"Dead of Winter" is one of those movies where you shout advice at the
screen. The plot involves a young woman in mortal danger, and you can
see how she can save herself, even if she can't.

It's easy to pick holes in movies like this, to find the inconsistencies
and the oversights and say the movie's no good because we're smarter
than it is. But maybe that's exactly the point. Maybe the actual
pleasure comes from the fun of being frustrated and full of free advice
while the character marches to her doom.

The movie itself is just an exercise in silliness, but the actors have
fun with it, the sets work and there are one or two moments with perfect
surprises.