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4 The Rambler November 1, 2001
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Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth and the Dallas Museum
of Art bring a piece of Mexico to the
metroplex. Educational and aesthet-
ic festivities are being held to cele-
brate the traditional Mexican holi-
day Dia De Los Muertos.
All Saints Day, November 1,
and All Souls Day, November 2,
add a color of life for the deceased
through out Mexico.
In most areas in Mexico,
November 1 is a day for remem-
brance of deceased infants and chil-
dren, known as angelitos. Adults
who have passed are honored on
November 2.
These days are marked by an
array of customs and preparation for
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the
Dead).
Artisitic exhibits in both muse-
ums replicate the elaborate prepara-
tions as seen in Mexico.
A commemorative altar is con-
structed in a designated area of the
home. Spirits of the dead are
expected to journey home. The altar
and its offerings aid in the soul's
journey.
An altar is an arrangement of
tiers covered with linens and is
symmetrically decorated with pho-
tos of the deceased, candles, paper
cut-outs, fresh flowers and candy
skulls.
Special offerings to the
deceased include food and bever-
ages or toys for the children.
A traditional meal, chicken or
meat in mole sauce, is served with
rice and beans.
Other edible offerings include
candy skulls and coffins along with
sweet rolls called pan de muerto.
Another custom is held at the
family burial plot. Detail is given to
each grave. The tomb is decorated
with marigold petals shaped into a
cross or colorful wreaths in hopes of
luring the spirits.
At 2 p.m. on November 1, rela-
tives mourn the loss of their loved
ones with la llorada-weeping at the
gravesite.
Bells toll at midnight and fami-
lies then return home to pray the
Rosary. Families return to the
gravesite on November 2 to contin-
ue their celebration. Picnics and
music lead the festivities.
While children in the U.S. run
around trick-or-treating on October
31 families in Mexico eagerly await
a reunion with their departed loved
ones.
The topic of death is typically
avoided in the U.S., but as the
Mexican population increases and
society becomes more modernized,
practicing customs are intensified.
Government, museums, educa-
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Candy
skele-
tons and
skulls-
decorate
an altar
to honor
the
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ed for
Day of
the
Dead.
tional centers and public venues are
promoting commemorative altars
and other traditional customs to
preserve Mexico's Dia de los
Muertos.
The Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth's 10th annual "El Dia
De Los Muertos" installation is
open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
and on Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The
MAMFW festivities will be held on
Nov. 4. The event is free and will
include music and dancing.
The Dallas Museum of Art is
currently presenting "Great Masters
of Mexican Folk Art," a 500-piece
display of contemporary Mexican
folk art.
The exhibition features tradi-
tional objects from pottery to metal-
work.
Dia de los Muertos activities
can be viewed Tuesday- Sunday, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. and are open on
Thursdays until 9 p.m. "Great
Masters of Mexican Folk Art" will
run through Jan 6.
This paint-
ing is an
illustration
of an altar
decorated
with offer-
ings of food
and drink to
the deceased
to help in
their long
journey
home.
Justin Theroux plays Adam, a film director, in Mulholland Drive, which opened in mid
October.
Things that make you go
hmm... Mulholland Drive
Matthew Smith
STAFF WRITER
Last film, David Lynch did the
unthinkable: he played it normal.
The Straight Story abandoned
bizarreness for a tender tale of fam-
ily love and devotion.
Well, looks like Lynch worked
the mainstream bug out of his sys-
tem: Mulholland Drive marks his
return to the peculiar and odd.
Things kick off simply enough.
The beginning two-thirds of the film
are letter perfect, a mixture of film-
noir mystery and Billy Wilder's
classic Sunset Boulevard.
A woman (Laura Elena
Harring) narrowly escapes an assas-
sination attempt through dumb luck.
However, amnesia sets in, she stum-
bles into a nearby apartment and
adopts the name "Rita" from an old
Rita Hayworth movie poster therein.
Meanwhile, Betty (Naomi
Watts) arrives in Los Angeles all
Doris Day gee-whiz innocent and
full of movie-star dreams. No sur-
prise, it was Betty's apartment that
Rita wandered into.
The two become close (very,
very close) and attempt to unravel
the mystery of Rita's identity.
In a possibly connected story-
Latin Grammys 2nd Annual
Awards Ceremony held in L.A.
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Conga! The Latin Grammys were issued to
their rightful owners on Tuesday, October 30, in
an informal press conference at the Conga Room
Nightclub in Los Angeles.
The Latin Grammys finally arrived after a
rocky journey in their second year of production.
Organizers originally planned the awards cere-
mony in Miami. However, three weeks before the
ceremony Cuban exiles and anti-Castro activists
had won the right to demonstrate near the venue
in Miami. The ceremony was moved to Los
Angeles' Staples Center due to fears of violence
against Cuban performers.
Then tragedy struck. The Latin Recording
Academy canceled the $4 million prime time
telecast on CBS in the wake of the September 11
terrorism attacks promising that the artists would
receive their awards later.
'Later' turned into a month and a half.
About 100 people showed up for the make-up
ceremony at the Conga Room hosted by Jimmy
Smiis and Paul Rodriguez, co-owners of the
Conga Room with Jennifer Lopez and Sheila E.
Paul Rodriguez replaced the ill Christina
Aguilera as co-host.
The ceremony lasted less than two hours and
strayed from the glitz and glamour as artists wore
jeans and casual clothes.
Winners accepted their awards on behalf of
the victims, families, police and firefighters sur-
rounding the September 11 events.
Spanish pop singer Alejandro Sanz took top
Latin Grammy honors walking away with four
awards including Record of the Year, Album of
the Year and Best Pop Male Vocal Album for F.I
Alma Al Aire, while the title track took the Song
of the Year award.
Next to Sanz was Colombian rocker Juanes.
Juanes received three Latin Grammys for Best
New Artist, Best Rock Solo Vocal Album for
Fijate Bien and Best Rock Song for the title song
from his album. He also performed "Para Ser
Eterno" for the audience.
Other Latin Grammy winners included
Christina Aguilera for Female Pop Vocal Album
for Mi Reflejo; KC Porter for Producer of the
Year; director Wayne Jsham for Best Music
Video for Ricky Martin's Spanish version "She
Bangs;"Celia Cruz for Best Traditional Tropical
Album for Siempre Vivire; and Tito Puente and
Eddie Palmieri for Best Salsa Album for Obra
Maestra.
Visit www.jjrammv.com for a complete list
of the 2001 Latin Grammy winners.
line, Adam (Justin Theroux), an
affected film director, is forced to
cast an unknown actress by a group
of mob-connected thugs financing
his film.
Are they the same people who
tried to bump off Rita? It looks that
way, though it's never quite clear.
At this point it's so far, so good.
Mulholland Drive delivers a slightly
askew edge-of-the-seat thrill. But
then, the center cannot hold and
things get weird.
After visiting an otherworldly
nightclub, Rila unlocks a strange
blue box. Suddenly, the actors look
a bit older and have differrent
names.
Is Rita (or whoever she actually
is) really dead, and if so, did Betty
order her death out of jealous rage?
And just what is the deal with the
cowboy guy and the laughing, tiny
people?
Some of the plot sort of con-
nects (this could be Betty's guilt-
filled dream and subsequent suicide
over Rita's murder), but much
remains indecipherable.
in fairness, Lynch originally
planned Mulholland Drive as a tele-
vision series, much like Twin Peaks.
ABC turned him down though, so
he developed the pilot into a film.
Had it been a TV show much of
the mystery may have been
answered. Then again, maybe not,
Twin Peaks remained obtuse
through the end.
What remains is a rather con-
founding piece of hit and miss bril-
liance definitely not for all tastes.
That is to say, those who consider
Pearl Harbor and Don't Say A Word
great cinema should skip this and
catch Glitter instead.
If nothing else, Naomi Watts
alone makes the film worth seeing.
Watts, previously an unknown toil-
ing in B-grade films, deftly turns in
one of those truly breakout perfor-
mances so rarely seen anymore.
She hits every note in her jour-
ney from innocent to sex-crazed
nymphet to ruined has been without
ever missing a beat.
Mulholland Drive is either an
ingenious postmodern study of the
reality behind reality, or jumbled
garbage form egotistical nut pulling
our chains. Most likely, it is both.
Confusing though it be,
Mulholland Drive entertains, com-
pels aitention and makes you think.
There are three things most of this
vears films could ever claim.
Colombian rock singer Juanes and Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz
had their arms full of trophies before the night was over. Juanes
took home three grammys, two from his album, Fijate Bien. It was
Sanz's first attendance at the Latin Grammys and he took four
grammys home from his album El Alma Al Aire.
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