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NORTH TEXAS DAILY
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Arts
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Page 3
Wesleyan oundation
shows nvisible Children
By Kady Smith
Intern
The Denton Wesleyan
Foundation, a United
Methodist student organi-
zation on campus, hosted a
screening of the documentary
"Invisible Children" Thursday
in the Silver Eagle Suite of the
University Union.
Three college students shot
the film in 2003. The film
exposes the effects on the
children involved in the war
in Uganda. The children of
Uganda are depicted fleeing
their homes every night in fear
of being abducted by the rebels
of the Lord's Resistance Army,
which kidnaps the children,
desensitizes them to violence
through brainwashing and
then arms and trains them to
do the same to others.
Carson Bankord, a former
student of Palm Beach Atlantic
University, was one of four
"roadies" or representatives
assigned to travel to schools
and universities in Texas to
spread awareness about the
situation in Uganda. Bankord,
as well as two other represen-
tatives, spoke to the nearly
full room of students about
what generated within them
the need to act and inform NT
students of what they can do to
raise awareness and funds for
the children of Uganda.
After Bankord showed the
film and video clips about the
various programs available for
students to get involved in, he
held a question and answer
session.
Rockwall freshman Tree
Wyatt asked if anyone was
interested in starting up a
chapter of the School for
Schools program at NT. One
by one, nearly every hand in
the room was raised in support
of the cause.
School for Schools has the
specific purpose of helping to
rebuild schools in Uganda that
have been destroyed or sever-
ally damaged by the war. When
asked how he first heard about
the Invisible Children, Wyatt
said he is an insomniac, and
was up late one night on his
computer and stumbled across
the Web site. He read about the
tragedy of the children being
used as weapons and wanted to
find a way to get involved.
Following the presentation,
Dallas junior James Wallace, a
film student at NT, conversed
with Tree Wyatt about innova-
tive ways to raise awareness for
the Invisible Children.
"We could be like the
Power Rangers," Wallace said.
"Combine all of our talents
and creativity to become one
powerful fighting force."
Merchandise was available,
with all proceeds going to
benefit the Invisible Children.
Students congregated around
the table and spoke to repre-
sentatives as well as with
one another about what they
thought of the film.
"We don't have our own
cause here in America," said
Ben Capps, Rockwall sopho-
more. "So to see ... these kids
who have seen their friends
or members of their family
brutally murdered ... even if
you don't have a heart for this
kind of thing it makes you want
to jump into it."
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"Hannibal Rising" tells of
the childhood and teenage
years of the infamous
Hannibal Lecter. As if being
a teenager isn't awkward
enough, imagine being a
cannibalistic murderer.
Opinion
"Hannibal Rising" is the
fourth installment of the
Hannibal movies, but the
first part of the story chron-
ologically
The first Hannibal install-
ment was "Silence of the
Lambs," which is my personal
favorite. It starred Jodie
Foster, who played Clarice,
and Anthony Hopkins as
Hannibal Lecter. Clarice
then works with Lecter to
obtain information about
a serial killer. This movie
showed insight into Lecter's
cleverness, ability to manip-
ulate and charm, along with
the first view of how canni-
balistic he really is.
An extremely disfigured
victim of Lecter's taunts him
out of his hiding place by
using Clarice in the sequel
"Hannibal." This movie
goes even further into how
sadistic Lecter really is, and
it truly made me terrified
of boars.
The third installment
was "Red Dragon." In this
one, Edward Norton goes to
Lecter for help in attempt to
catch a serial killer known as
The Tooth Fairy. Like Clarice,
Lecter manipulates him,
creating an abyss of frus-
tration. The movie was more
about The Tooth Fairy than
about Hannibal Lecter.
I'm a huge fan of the
movies and was excited
to hear about "Hannibal
Rising." I think it's impor-
tant to tell the beginning of
such a demented character
to explain why he is the way
he is. People just aren't born
evil.
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it's better to leave this part of
the story to the imagination,
but they obviously haven't
seen the movie.
After seeing his mom and
dad shot to death by a Nazi
fighter plane, Hannibal and
his younger sister must fend
for themselves.
All is well until Nazi soldiers
invade their house and hold
Hannibal and his sister
captive. Their food supply is
slowly dwindling, leaving the
soldiers desperate for food. Out
of desperation, they decide to
feast on Hannibal's sister.
Poor, traumatized Hannibal
is haunted by nightmares of
that night and decides to
avenge his sister's death by
searching for the soldiers
who were there that night.
From that point, he slips into
dementia and the madness
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begins.
My main concern about the
movie was whether the char-
acter could portray a young
Anthony Hopkins, who did a
creepily excellent job in the
first three Hannibal movies.
Gaspard Ulliel, so I thought,
was a cast perfectly. He was
intelligent and charming, yet
sadistic. He also always kept
the police on their toes and
guessing. Lecter's character
had a tiny scar on his cheek,
which made it seem as if he
was always smiling, adding
to the darkness of the char-
acter.
I enjoyed the movie. It was
as gruesome as the other
three, and Ulliel did an excel-
lent job portraying the young
Lecter. Just don't eat before-
hand if you decide to watch
this movie.
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