m MMM Page Tw*. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sundov_ I ovemhpr 17 1 968 Page Tw8 THE MICHIGAN DAILY -Itrrlc, f1'VCTl117 1 7o~ a ... cinema 'Angel' o f Bunuel's hell By HENRY GRIX In The Exterminating Angel, showing . at the Fifth Forum through tomorrow, Luis Bunuel derides the saints, the devil, the idle rich, the gullible- audience, and gets away with it because no one can be quite sure of what he's doing.. "From the standpoint of pure reason, there is no explanation," writer-director Bunuel writes, opt- ing out in a prologue to his film. Of course, since this is an explan- ation, it is not to be reasoned or believed. Further, we cannot take Bunuel seriously when he claims he did not-"at least not consciously"- cache any symbols in his film. In- deed his symbols are not hidden; they bombard the eye and ear in each scene. But then, for Bunuel, the description of particular phe- nomena as symbolic actions is meaningless; The Exterminating Angel probably really does take place on Providence Street. If Bunuel is a blatant symbol- ist, he is also a devious and artful story teller. His virtue lies in making symbolic action quite real to the viewer. "All this is unbelievable, or much too normal," one character says. The enigmatic quality of this statement is submerged; it ap- pears like the thoughtful and deliberate analysis of one char- acter, a guest trapped with a handful of others in a single room of,. a baroque mansion. It is a voice of reason in an absurd sit- uation. The Exterminating Angel is ab- surd, contradictory, repetitive, but then, Bunuel forewarns, "so is life itself." The host toasts one lovely dinner guest and the others smile cordially, drink, applaud. The host toasts his lovely dinner guest, and no one listens; they chatter on life, death, love and country. Both these things hap- pened in reality, so they happen on Bunuel's film. Of course, the director does not attempt to create a forceful, double-edged reality. The bizarre suffering of the characters is treated with Bunuel's customary, compelling dispassion that obliges the viewer to become involved, compassionate. Indeed, the simple, urgent plot of The Exterminating Angel so absorbs the viewer, that he for- gets more immediate concerns like passage of time and unity of place. While seeming to adorn each scene with power and meaning, while apparently prolonging each moment, Bunuel accelerates time. He compresses life-death drama into an hour and a half, extermi- nating a few characters, letting the rest starve, gorge, lust. All this happens in a roccoco music room that seems to provide a static backdrop for the incredi- ble struggle of a band of aristo- crats against civilized elements. But the symmetry is deceptive. Gabriel Figueroa's camera dis- torts the setting, re-arranging, changing the room constantly. However, there is always the nagging second thought with Bu- nuei that one has been cheated, treated to a series of striking vis- ual impressions that mean noth- ing, or very little. The hollow characters, ornate settings and obvious obscurities seem unworthy of conscientious attention. At the same time, Bunuel makes it clear that the people outside, the viewers, are dispassionate and not unlike those trapped in the manse. Although the outsiders put the house on Providence Street under quarantine, we know the exterminating angel is not pass- ing by those outside.1 "It is the attitude of the people outside that bothers me," one guest says distractedly during the self-imprisonment in the music room. Plainly, the hell of Bunuel, like that of Satre, is other people, and hell is everywhere. When finally the survivors of the five day "banquet" are re- united at church, we realize they will be trapped once more, with the rest of the congregation. We know this because they were fin- ally able to escape the house only be re-creating the circumstances of entrappment. Heavy-handedly, the director is letting the whole thing repeat itself. aH_.. ,. ::.o...... ,..;wrsxgr r:! '": sertation: "Oxygen and 'Primitive' Con- U. S. Army Tank - Automotive Com- Madison Heights, Mich.: Lamphere trol of vascular Smooth Muscle Con- mand. Warren, Mich.: Men and women, schools. Elem: Lib., Art, Classroom. DAILY OFFICIAL tractility," on oMnday, November 18 at all day. Bach and Masters in Econ., Jr. High: Couns.-Male. Math. Sr. High: 12 noon, in room 4019 Psysiology Lib- Educ., Engl., Fine Arts, Gen. Lib. Arts. Soc. Stud Engl., Eng. German. ULLETIN 'ary, East Medical Bldg., Chairman: D. Hist.. Journ., Math, Philo., Poli. Sci.. Royal Oak, Mich.: Elem.: K-6, Emot. {F. Bohr. 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The statement which follows reflects my own views, based on my present understanding of the facts, and is not to be attributed to any other members of the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications. Since it seemed desirable to assemble pertinent factual in- formation before consulting the full membership of the Board, I had not submitted the matter to their attention prior to the ap- pearance of your story. The Daily did not create nor participate in the disruption of Professor Brettowns cass. Its cov- erage of the occurrence was not arranged in advance, but devel- oped from a continuing observa- tion by one of The Daily's editors of the activities of a group of students who entered classrooms in Angell Hall on the morning of Nov. 4. Prof. Bretton's class was one of those entered. The Daily Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104. Daily except Monday during regular academic school year. NATIONALGENERAL CORPORATION FOX EASTERN THEATRES S FORXnVILL5E 375No.MAPLE RD.-769-1300 3RD BIG WEEK editor in question followed the intruders into the room, observed the subsequent events, and later prepared a short vignette based upon those observations. Prof. Bretton asserts that he had no right to do so. The question he raises is a new one in our experi- ence, and apparently did not occur to the editors when they decided to print the story. They are cur- rently giving it thoughtful at- tention with the expectation of producing a memorandum on the basis of which opinions can be sought from academic people and professional journalists, which opinions can become the basis for an intelligent discussion of the issue. This strikes me as an or- derly and responsible way to bring about the consideration the 'ques- tion deserves. I do not believe the answer to this and other questions which arise from the occurrence are so obvious that they can be formu- lated without such deliberation. The editors of The Daily are cog- nizant of the conflict in these cir- cumstances between important values of academic freedom and privacy, and on the other hand the public's right to know about events on campus which are of significant news value. They, in- deed, are particularly sensitive to the dangers involved in making a public record of views which may be expressed in the classroom, by teachers and by students. They make no claim to a right to enter any and all classrooms under any and all circumstances for the purpose of reporting classroom proceedings. On this occasion, however, they became aware of events taking place in certain classrooms which were outside the normal business of the classes being conducted therein, and which would seem to be of suf- ficient significance in the aca- demic community to justify some attention in the news media. In- deed the same events which they reported in their Tuesday morn- ing paper were briefly reported by the Ann Arbor News the night before in a story based in part on an interview by the News reporter with Prof. Bretton. I do not believe it is fair to im- ply that The Daily editor's failure to make his presence and that of the photographer who accom- panied him known to the occu- pants of the classroom amounted to "stealth and deception." The persons in question were among a large group of people in the back of the room. The event which they were observing was in progress. If they had interrupted to an- nounce their presence they would have risked the interpretation that they were participating in the dis- ruption, and would have influ- enced the course of events from that point forward. On the other hand I recognize that in such cir- cumstances fairness to the oc- cupants of the room might well require that the reporter find some way of communicating his presence. This is a problem which, along with the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the newspaper to seek to follow a news story into a classroom, needs and is receiving further thought. I believe The Daily did fail in certain respects to follow up their- on-the-spot observations as they should have; they ought to have interviewed Prof. Bretton later so that they ,could have included in their story such reactions to the event as he chose to communicate.' If they had done so they would probably have avoided reporting that he had invited the intruders to speak, when in fact it appears that he was interrupted without having any way assented to the interruption. The editors recog- nize that they slipped up in this respect, and regret the error in their story. I do not believe, however, that any of us are yet prepared to give a definite answer to the broader issues raised by Prof. Bretton's complaint. -Luke K. CooperriderE Chairman, Board in Control of Student Publications Nov. 15 son in 1223 Angell Hall. The University of Michigan Senate As- sembly Open Meeting: Monday, Novem- ber 18, 1968. 3:15 p.m. Assembly Hall, Rackham, 4th floor. Agenda: 1. Con- sideration of the minutes. 2. Announce- ments & Communications. 3. Commit- tees: a. Request, from the Educational Policies Committee to have the name of the Committee changed to Academic Affairs Committee. b. Replacement for Prof. J. Firebaugh on the Proper Role Committee. 4. Discussion of the Com- munications Media Report. 5. Vice Pres ident. Ross - Remarks. 6. Report of the Committee on Student Evaluation, of Courses. Health Service Hours: Beginning Mon- day, November 18, 1968, the Health Ser- vice Medical Clinic closing hours will be set back on weekdays from 5:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and S$aturdays from 12 noon to 11:4$ a.m. This change will give the physicians and secretaries more time to complete their increasing paper work. 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