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NORTH TEXAS DAILY ntdaily.com
Contact Us
Contact Alex Taylor, the
Daily Arts editor by e-mail at:
pyroflylOOOO @hotmail.com.
Arts
Friday, October 14, 2005 Page 3
Coming Tuesday
Read our staff review of the Shiner
Bocktoberfest.
CLA M _ Si The Killing ields
Opinion
Jesse Sidlauskas
Intern
It may not be a harvest-time
horror movie, but "Killing
Fields" is a frightening portrayal
of real human nature which also
allows hopeful insight to human
behavior.
The established English
film, released in 1984, braids
the genres of history, war and
drama to emerge now as a film
that deserves to be seen.
Roland Joffe directs the movie
that unravels the true story of
Dith Prang, a U.S. citizen held
captive as a slave laborer during
Pol Pot's infamous Year Zero
massacres that began during
1975 in Cambodia just following
the United State's secretive
bombing of Cambodia during
the Vietnam War.
Prang is the guide and trans-
lator to New York Times jour-
nalist Sydney Schanberg, who
covers the tumult in Cambodia
through 1975.
As the Khmer Rouge move
closer to the U.S. Embassy and
the Cambodian capital Phnom
Penh, it becomes apparent to
the journalists that U.S. mili-
tary bombings are escalating
the conflict to a very dangerous
level.
Instead of evacuating, Prang
decides to stay with Schanberg
to cover the story. Schanberg
leaves later with ease. For Prang,
a Cambodian native and U.S.
citizen, there is a different
story.
The second half of the film
dedicates itself to the account
of Dith Prang. During this time,
the movie's dialogue slows to a
near halt. As the film's theat-
rical spotlight dims, the stage
is set for the award winning
technical displays that test
Hollywood standards as silent
action unfolds.
From the music to the over-
whelming humanitarian
themes, the quality of "Killing
Fields" renders closely to its
1979 fictional predecessor,
"Apocalypse Now". Nothing is
closer, though, than the film's
soundtrack. The music is high-
Courtesy photo
"The Killing Fields" focused
on the Year Zero massacres
committed by Pol Pot.
pitched and alarming, foreshad-
owing mood so effectively it is
unavoidable.
The film is 141 minutes long,
but the cinematography has no
problem nursing short attention
spans. Pictures of the beau-
tiful Cambodian background
contrast with the gruesome
images of murder and govern-
ment corruption. These images
parallel the symbolic use of
bright and dark lighting on the
characters seen earlier in the
film.
Dr. Iíaing S. Ngor received
one of the films' three Oscar
awards in 1984 for his perfor-
mance as Dith Prang, a dedi-
cated and selfless assistant to
Schanberg.
John Malkovich plays photog-
rapher Alan Rockoff in an
impressive supporting role.
Rockoff's photographs accom-
panied many of Mr. Schanberg's
original stories.
Both of these characters
elevate the role of Schanberg's
character in the film, played by
Sam Waterston. Schanberg is a
driven and already successful
journalist who proves his
humanitarian worth when he
searches endlessly for Prang
who is stuck in Cambodia.
"Killing Fields," now a 21-
year-old movie proves its worth
as it stands out as a classic that
must be seen.
Courtesy photo
Audioslave will headline the Shiner Bocktoberfest on Saturday.
Bocktoberifést
comes to Shiner
Alex Taylor
Arts Editor
For those of you who feel like
a little variety in your standard
Saturday drinking patterns,
you might want to consider the
"Great Shiner Bocktoberfest Music
Junket" taking place this Saturday
in, you guessed it, Shiner, Texas.
The 12th annual event, which
is billed as "the largest one-day,
outdoor music festival," in Texas,
is sure to garner a decent turnout
(more than 20,000 people showed
up last year).
Situated 90 miles from Houston,
San Antonio and Austin, this
year's show will feature head-
liners Audioslave as well as perfor-
mances by Clint Black, Seether
and perennial MTV favorites Good
Charlotte.
Parking is free, beer will be
ample and flowing and the show
runs from noon onwards. Tickets
are available through www. shiner,
com and cost $48.50.
Salvia divinorum: Some very sage advice
Legal herb
causing stir in
United States
Opinion
Ryanjarcy
Staff Writer
Salvia divinorum, a sage plant
from South America, has made a
massive splash on the herbal scene
in recent years.
Legal in the United States,
the plants' primary psychoac-
tive compound, salvinorin a, is
capable of bringing forth unbe-
lievably strong hallucinations with
its use, and a growing number
of people are beginning to use it
recreationally.
With its exportation to America
beginning in the mid-1990s, salvia
has been popularized in "head
shops" and on the Internet as
a legal intoxicant. In its natural
form, the dried leaf can be smoked,
chewed or made into a tea. More
often, however, an extract is
made, making concentrations of
salvinorin A in the leaf from five
times more potent to more than 80
times the standard amount.
This increase in potency takes
the experience from mere relax-
a
Courtesysagewisdom.com
Salvia divinorum, a legal sage available widely in the United States, has been increasing in popularity
in the past 10 years. Though officially sold as an incense, the plant is often burned and smoked or
extracted into liquid form by people searching for alternative hallucinogenic substances.
drawn against salvia. It is the
most potent naturally occur-
ring hallucinogen in the world,
with one milligram of vapor-
ized material powerful enough
to invoke extreme, often amne-
siac effects. Research has not
yet proven whether or not it can
induce Hallucinogen Persisting
Perception Disorder, or flash-
backs, though initial findings
seem to strongly doubt it. This
is perhaps the most dangerous
aspect of the plant. There simply
hasn't been a great deal of studies
conducted.
Legally sold as incense, salvia
products are not seen as drugs but
rather herbs with a spectrum of
effects too wide for it to be consid-
ered an abused substance.
Since there's little legisla-
tion regarding salvia's use,
people often buy it expecting a
pleasant, euphoric state and are
often shocked to see how quickly
a "great trip" can turn sour. This
keeps it from being abused, and its
wide availability kills the novelty
of it.
Government regulation
of Salvia has been a topic of
controversy for quite some time.
Numerous bills have been voted
on in Missouri, Louisiana and a
few other states but have yet to be
passed. Speculation among most
is that it will be reviewed at some
point, but the federal government
has not released any information
regarding when. It is likely that it
will be researched and possibly
scheduled in the near future, but
any kind of information release
has not been seen.
Only time and research will
tell its future here in the United
States.
ation and mental stimulation to
a full-blown severing of the mind
from reality.
The experience from a single hit
of 10x-strength fortified salvia leaf,
a commonly used extract level,
is far beyond what most people
expect from a single inhalation.
Users often find themselves in
a dream-like state for up to 15
minutes, completely unaware of
what's going on around them. A
full immersion in a hallucination,
including body sensations, audi-
tory disturbances and vivid visual
effects is the most sought-after
"breakthrough" of the trip.
"It's the most intense thing
you'll ever experience," says a user
who wishes to remain anonymous.
"It's like someone grabbing your
brain and screaming at it. Good
or bad, it's intense."
Comparisons to illegal drugs,
such as LSD 2c-I, are inevitably
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