Volume CXXXIII, Number 1 September 7, 2001 f

This weekend: music movies (not musicals)
JIM FLANAGAN
Columnist

This weekend, the Bowdoin Film Society brings you a set of movies about music (not to be confused with musicals). Each film features one of music's all time great performers: Peter Frampton, the Talking Heads, the Rolling Stones, and Vanilla Ice. All of the films will be shown in Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. They are free and open to everyone.

Friday 7pm
Almost Famous
This is a semi-autobiographical film by writer/director Cameron Crowe. It follows Will, an aspiring rock journalist, who goes on the road with the band Stillwater to cover their tour for Rolling Stone magazine. It stars Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee and Frances McDormand. Peter Frampton plays a member of Humble Pie's road crew (Frampton, in his younger days, was a member of Humble Pie).

Friday 9pm
Cool as Ice
Forget House Party and Krush Groove, this is the ultimate sell-out film of the rap/hip-hop boom. I don't know who decided to let Vanilla Ice star in a movie, but I doubt he's making movies anymore. In this classic tale of misunderstood youth, Vanilla rolls into town with his motorcycle posse, only for their bikes to die. While waiting for the repairs, he falls for a "good girl" who drops the zero (her dorky current boyfriend) and gets with the hero: Vanilla. Like many other movies that were rushed out to cash in on a dying fad, this movie is unintentionally hilarious. This will most likely be your only chance to ever see this film on the big screen, so don't miss it.

Saturday 7pm
Stop Making Sense
This is the Talking Heads concert film, made by Jonathan Demme, who also made Silence of the Lambs. The Heads were one of the coolest bands of the 80's, and this film perfectly portrays their great sense of style, musicianship, and vision which made concerts a truly visual event. This is one of my favorite films. You should really check it out. It is definitely worth it.

Saturday 9pm
Gimme Shelter
This is a documentary about the famous Altamont Speedway concert by the Rolling Stones. At this concert, the Hell's Angels were put in charge of security, and, after taking things too far, injured many spectators and killed one. The event took place in December of 1969, and shows how feelings of peace of the 1960's faded as the hectic 70's began.