Page Two THE MICHICAN'DAILY Friday, October 25, 1,968 P .d< i a 6 TalTE MCHIAN"DILYFriayOctoer 5, ,96 E. . . Inadmissible By HENRY GRIX Anthony Page's film Inad- missible Evidence, now showing at the Campus mourns the de- cline - and -fall - of the angry young man. Mournfully, after. looking back in anger, play- wright John Osborne reveals he has no future to look forward to. Perhaps the stage version of Osborne's most recent effort was more satisfying, but the film degenerates into self-conscious driveling, which cannot be sal- vaged by the sensitive perform- ance of Nicol Williamson, as another, aging anti-hero.. For 15 minutes, it is excrusia- tingly painful to watch the throes of Osborne's haut bur- geoise hero. Then it becomes dully painful. Then it becomes dull. Williamson recreates his ori- ginal, but altered, stage role, and appropriately behaves like a man who knows his part too well. "Thirty-nine years-old, tol- erably bright, irredeer mediocre," Williamson per torily accepts, but noisily moans his condemnation eternally comfortable, succ life. He brutally and bitter sults everyone, but with cabulary snatched from Manchester Guardian. He 1 with tired pride of his prod proficiency ("Do you like you want it") at sex. He up the phone on his wife minating their conversatio mindlessly completing it to self. r For himself, he feels imm ly sorry. When Williamson gazing steadfastly at wh hopes is his cancer-r thumb, he is sighing "I've made a decision I've not r ted. I've always depende other peoples efforts. I know the difference betw friend and an enemy." For'the first 15 minut the film,, Williamson's del cinema laws in 'In mably soul-searching is impressive. The and th func- movie begins with Ken Hodge's cepting y be- effectively photographed and while to an nearly soundless dream se- impote: essful quence in which the hero, the And, ly in- head of a law firm, is dragged become a vo- through prison under the scrut- viewer the my of his "loved ones." not a boasts As the dream' continues, not ev igious courtroom sounds of ruffling neuros it, do papers, coughing, and g 1 a s s less an hangs beakers deafen Williamson and he lov n, but he wakens after hearing him- tionall him-n charged with circulating resolve hm pornographic photos and while tesizes swearing on his "faith in the than-is aense- inevitability of automation," distastE is not that he is . . despise at he The film is no less intriguing strives idden as Williamson proceeds to h is membe never law firm and is curtly dismissed his cur egret by his "obedients," who mumble This ed on an impersonal greeting to him of twe don't as Mr. Macon, Mr. Mathan, or unfolds een a maybe Mr. Madchen. No one and no ever, addresses him by his first film mi tes of name. dedicat lirious But he has names for them, mainin I 11; iadmissible Evidence' ey deserve insult for ac- their own impotence, understanding what an nt bastard he is. as the abused anti-hero s incorrigibly abusive, the realizes he is certainly tragic figure and really en a pitiable one. His es are too common, base- d boring. He hurts whom es, and courts whom he He Is oversexed, but emo- y frigid, unable to face or any conflict. He roman- his past into a larger- ife orgy, which .is more' eful than his present. He s the present, but vainly to regain his times re- red by "identifying" with vaceous hippy daughter. acidly pessimistic view ntieth-century cowardice s, quite subtly, beautifully, ot without humor, in 15 inutes. But Osborne seems ted to squander the re- g 70. There is a succession of dreams, including a return to court for conviction. (The court dreams paralleling Williamson's mute mien at professional inter- views with a tearful matron whose marriage is dissolving be- cause of her dissolute husband, and with a latent homosexual willing to plead guilty and hu- miliate his family because he "doesn't want to change.") There is a dreamy s t r o l1 through Hyde Park in mod coat and tie. (Paralleling William'- GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe son's otherwise useless afternoon trip to Carnaby Street to the beat of Dudley Moore's Bedaz- zled-like score and his errant lust for his daughter with the bell bottoms.) What seems embarrassingly clear to the sympathetic viewer is that the most effective way to scathe the idle rich is through farce. The embittered Osborne should have chosen a sturdier whipping boy or else taken a thoughtful lesson from Moliere -or even Mike Nichols. Sat., October 26 Indian Dinner Celebrating Diwall (Indian New Year) .6 PM. Cost $1 (First Forty Reservations Only) CALL 662-5189 HALLOWEEN PARTY 8 P.M. All Welcome-Especially Foreign Students A strange Sunday at Canterbury Back to the roots In an attempt to foster appreciation of a film genre that is currently much neglected, even in the cinematically-aware com- muity of Ann Arbor, a new film society has been formed in order to boost awareness of American "grassroots" directors. The group, named "The Ork Film Society," operates out of the Ark Coffee House on Hill St., with showings every Monday night at 75 cents admission. Among the directors whose works will be featured are D. W. Griffith, the exiled Jean Renoir, John Ford, and Englishman-cum-American Alfred Hitchcock. Most of the films chosen for view in the first schedule (running currently through Dec. 9) are from the two decades immediately following the advent of sound in cinema; most of the films are also lesser-known products of those directors who have achieved fame either in commercial houses or at such "art" societies as Cinema Guild. For instance, the Griffith work on the schedule is from his much-neglected late period; instead of Intolerance or Birth of a Nation, the film is Abraham Lincoln (1931); the schedule dis- tributed by the society calls it "his final masterpiece." The Renoir on the program (scheduled ,for Nov. 11) is not La Grande Illusion, but the rarely-seen This Land is Mine. Other featured films are John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln, Raoul Walsh's They Drive by Night, Hitchcock's Suspicion (ap- pearing this Monday night) and Notorious Max Ophuls' Letter From an Unknown Woman, and, Moonrise, by Frank Borzage. Members of the society indicate the group's continuation next semester will depend on its reception this semester. at the Del ED TAYLOR singing traditional folk songs PROGRAM STARTS AT 6:30 Deli-6:00 ALL WELCOME By JEREMY JOAN HEWES Communication is to, from and among people: to succeed, it must also be of people. That is, any form of communication- sound, print, touch, whatever- must be stated in terms that people will understand and ul- timately accept. These criteria likewise apply to communication, of any message or set of values.' A fine example of such com- munication may be seen any Sunday morning at Canterbury" House. A folk mass to, from and among people is celebrated there each week. Last Sunday, Oct., 20, the folly mass was en- riched by members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and the first slhowing of a film by Craig Hammond, one of the two Episcopal ministers who direct the center. The service was i nzixed media exercise - a folk trio of Bob Franke on guitar, Gene Barkin, electric guitar, and Andy Stein, bass, accompanied the singing of formal parts of the mass and folk counterparts of hymns or anthems. In one scene, the Mime Troupe moved to the' rhythm of one drum and a brief narration from Time about pro- secution of the Catonsville nine; in another, a "cranky" of rolled paper illustrated the, tale of a soldier told by an actor and punctuated by two recorders. The.,color film combined an ex- cellent spatial college for an episode with the people them- selves and their best communi- cators, children. A musical tracle, accompanied the film, intro- duced by the Beatles singing "Fool on a Hill." Yet the litany of the mass was not abandoned. Martin Bell and. Bob Franke have written music for the Kyrie, Creed, Agnus Dei and other elements of the mass: the people, performers and cele- brants sang together. Message, too ( was in the singing - as in 3020 Washtenaw, Ph. 434-1782 Between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor NOW SHOWING Wi FRIDAY MIKE GABBARD 1421 Hill St. 8:30 P.M., no" singing conte'mporary, traditional and Samoan folk music accompanied by guitar. SATURDAY DAVE JOHNS and MARGERY HIMMEL singing a variety of blues and folk music accom- panied by guitar and harmonica. #I i I I 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 27 1833 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor -Daily-Andy Sacks A new mode in religious services? a verse of Franke's "Pilgrim- age": For doubt drove us down as we walked upon the road And a rain of indifference held us back And the maps of your mystery weren't-noticed by the blind When fear turned the day- light black.' Hammond reaa tne epistle to the trio's quiet playing and humming of "Hey Jude," and people were asked to participate, in the prayer of intercession. One man said, "Prayer is so on a downer, I pray it would be NATIONAL OeNERAL. CORPORATION FOX EASTERN THEATRES S FOX VILLa6E 375 No. MAPLE RD.-769-1300 HELD OVER ' MON.-FRI.-7:15-9:15 SAT.-3:15-5:15-7:15-9:15 SUN.-1:15-3:15-5:15- 7:15-9:15 PETER SEER 3 IN-I Live Yu. AuCE B.hIBULPS NEXT-"WEST SIDE STORY" otherwise." And communion was celebrated with round loaves of bread in baskets, and wine in earthenware goblets p a s s e d among the people. The focus was constantly shift- ing and the scene changing dur- ing the service, but nothing seemed to be forced upon the people - things were being done their way and the points were made. Dan Burke, the min- ister who officiated at the folk mass, was silent for a moment after the gospel was read, then he said, "You can hardly avoid it, but touch each other." Then louder, "Come on, touch ea c h other." A hundred and fifty people sat on the floor and the stage, leaned against walls and railings, hand in hand. Com- munication became fellowship - the message was the people, and, if only for a few moments or a few hours, the message was lived. FRANCOIS MITTERRAND * N FRANCE IN MOTION Thursday and Friday ARSENAL Directed by Alexander Douzhenko, 1929 "Arsenal" is one of a collection of late 1920's Russian films which established the U. S. S. R. as an international film power. It is the story of the Ukraine and the Ukrainian people during the Russian Revolution. Dovzhenko stands with Pudoykin andI Eisenstein as the "Big Three" of early Soviet cinema. "Extraordinary visual impact, revolutionary both in theme and in style." 7:00 & 9:05 5ARCH I TECTURE 662-$$715c A DITARI UM . CINEMA II Homecoming Special STEVE McQUEEN in CINCINNATI KID Dir. Norman Jewison "In the Heat of the Night") FRI DAY-SATU RDAY-Oct. 25-26 AUD. A id req ; , :/ K' ,\ OCTOBER 27 2:00 P.M! HILL AUDITORIUM Tickets on Sale-$1.00 Diag (11-2) and Union Desk (All Day) Tickets available at Door Invitations to reception available at Union and League UNION-LEAGUE w -Next- BOSTON STRANGLER NO 2-6264 WRLT DISEY P-srnts ~ARLEV MILL I Techn 'color' I I I U U N D E R G R OU.ND Thurs., IFri., Sat., Sun.-11:O P.M. N-separate admission required at the Vth Forum 5th Ave. at Liberty, 761]-9700 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL WINNER OF ACADEMY AWARDS! "Beautiful agting and inspired interpreta- tions all the way, this visual closeness to the drama offers insights that are bril- liant and rare." -New York Times A J. ARTHUR RANK ENTERPRISE a z a r eepresents 6y William Shdkespearr Ai TWO CITIES FILM U"&r tlt mm lrmeit of. FILIPPO DEL GIUDICS A CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTING. INC. RERELEASE 2nd WEEK . G3E; ertisc1n1 'Hfunme' ( D not recommended for anyone over 30 years of age 4 E F1 EXPANDED CINEMA is a revolution. A new way of seeing. A new way of thinking. A new way of being. The image is the idea is the word is the act. Expanded awareness. A taste of the essences. Expanded Cinema says it. It says: Revolution. i R G R 0 1 PAULSEN-FOR-PRESIDENT Gigantic Political Rally MAIN STREET-a moment of sexual desire stretched in time so as to make fun of itself-psy- chedelic background." REPORT-by Bruce Conner-an' underground film-maker's examination of President Kennedy's assassination. IN PERSON Friday and Saturday 2:30, 5:15, 8:00 PAT PAULSEN BRATS-Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their sons. Very funny. Also Featuring The 1st EDITION u PIECE MENDALA-END WAR-one love making act which is seen simultaneously from both sides of its space and both ends of its time. MAURICE EVANS-JUDITH ANDERSON "MACBETH" Ticket Contributions ; I I I