Dalliances in spotlight

Press, 22 July 1988, Page 24

Dalliances in spotlight

“Last Tango in Paris” and “Fatal Attraction,” two films which give a dramatic comparison of relationships between the sexes in the 1970 s and 80s, will be screened together this Sunday at 7.15 p.m. at the Theatre Royal.' . Marlon Brando plays the aggressor in Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris,” which aroused much controversy when it was first screened about 15 years ago, while the female, Glenn Close, is the hunter in “Fatal Attraction.” Other double-feature independent Sunday screenings which will be held at the Royal include: - July 31, 7.30 p.m.: Two English directors look at evil in Alan Parker’s “Angel Heart,” starring Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro, about a pact with the Devil; and Ken Russell’s “Gothic,” about the week-end party at Byron’s villa at

Lake Geneva where Mary Shelley received inspiration for her horror hovel, “Frankenstein.” August 7, 1.30 p.m.: Extra-terrestrials visit earth in Steven Spielberg’s everpopular “E.T.,” and “Batteries Not Included,” in which the little creatures visit an elderly couple in need of help. August 7, 7.30 p.m.: “Raising Arizona,” an off-beat comedy by Ethan and Joel Coen, the makers of “Blood Simple”; and “Betty Blue,” a colourful tragedy about a manic-depressive by Jean-Jacques Beineix, the maker of “Diva.” August 28, 7.30 p.m.: Two looks at the sordid side of' life in “Brimstone and Treacle,” written by Dennis Potter, author of “The Singing Detective,” and starring Sting; and “Blue Velvet,” directed by David “Dune” Lynch.