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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 7. April 9 1979

[Introduction]

Yes folks, more Fascists. I guess they're in vogue: in the movies, at the theatre, and of course of TV. once Holocaust reaches the tube, Nazis are making the cash registers ring. There'll always be a market for bad guys.

As long, that is, as there's a market for entertainment like this, which will probably (hopefully ) be some time. I liked The Boys From Brazil. I wouldn't rave about it, or rush back to see it again, but it was alright. In it's way, it was quite good

Thriller/suspense/mystery films (and comedies, and fantasies; most films in the commercial arena in fact) are like toy train sets. You wind them up, the passengers hop aboard, and away they go, loco-moting around the track. The passengers admire the carefully landscaped scenery, repair to the dining-car for refreshments about midway, hopefully become quite exhilarated as the train builds up speed, and as it circles back to the starting point and chugs into the station, everyone breathes a sigh of satisfaction (if it's their particular cup of tea, and the ride hasn't been too bumpy), and gets out. They haven't gone anywhere, they're not usually changed in any way, but they've had a nice time and they've got plenty to talk about when they get home.