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T HE MICHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965
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Across Campus
Olympia' Reveals A Hidden Genius
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By GERALD AHRONHEIM
At The Cinema Guild
The 1936 Berlin Olympic games
were expected by the Nazis to be.
a propaganda windfall for the
"New Order." Counting on the
invincibility of the German ath-
letes, Hitler commissioned his
"ideal female type," the woman
photographer Leni Riefenstahl, to
produce an epic documentary film
commemorating the great and
beautiful deeds to be wrought that
summer.
Jesse Owens and Ralph Met-
calfe, both American Negroes, de-
feated the Reich's best, and kin-
dled der Fuehrer's wrath by mor-
tally wounding the propaganda
expectations. The film was none-
theless completed and released
under the title "Olympia," but
found itself picketed and denounc-
ed by numerous anti-Nazi groups
outside Germany, as was Riefen-
stahl herself,, who had been ru-
mored to have had an affair with
Hitler..
It is amusing to note that the
American delegate to the 1938
Venice Film Festival walked out
when "Olympia" was awarded the
Mussolini Cup despite his impas-
sioned plea in favor of Disney's
"Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs."
"Olympia" is not merely a sum-
mary of an elaborate and ancient
rite, an athletic spectacle; along
with other made-to-order Riefen-
stahl films glorifying the Reich,
it reminds us that genius is often
found clothed in strange garb.
'Lovers of sport, of dance, of the
graphic arts, all will find muchby
which to be entranced. The cam-
era's eye follows fleet, dynamic,
living objects moving against wise-
ly contrasting static backgrounds
which accentuate and set off the
energy and pattern of the motion:
the swift descent of a diver into a
shimmering pool, the lithe 'and un-
expectedly powerful legs of a
sprinter against a vague and soft
haze, the musculature rippling
under the. gleaming hide of a
steeplechase horse, the smooth
grace of the swimmer half-hidden
by the frenzied drops; at times
one may feel hypnotized into a
sort of slow-motion euphoria, only
to awaken with a start as a swas-
tika flashes on the screen.
"Olympia" will be a revelatipn to
many a sports "anti-fan," who
will be shown grace and poise
comparable to the :best of ballet
in a medium no less flexible, por-
trayed with the imagination and
skill of a visual poet. Similarly,
sports fans with no inclinations
towards things "artistic may rec-
ognize the existence of several new
dimensions to athletics in addi-
tion to those of competition, sweat
and records with which they may
be so familiar.
Perhaps more than most films,
"Olympia" must not be pre-
judged on the basis of its origins
or even its political content and
intentions. Its original intended
purposes have been buried with
the ashes of the Thousand-Year
Reich, and it remains as an im-
portant and esthetically justifiable
work of art.
Also on the program is a color
short, "Uiraparu"; using Heitor
Villa-Lobos' 1917 orchestral work
as a score, it depicts the story of
an enchanted bird of the Bra-'
zilian forests, using members of
the Uhuru tribe as the cast. Un-
clad except for ornaments, the
Uhuru's bodies appropriately com-
plement "Olympia's paean to the
human form."
THURSDAY, OCT. 14
11 a.m. - Registration for the
Medical Center Alumni Confer-
ence will take place at the Med-
ical Science Bldg.
1:30 p.m.-The University Man-
agement Seminar will present
Prof. Irene Place of the business
administration school speaking on
"Managing the Departmental Of-
fice," in the Kresge Hearing Re-
search Institute.
2:15 p.m.-The Mental Health
Research Seminar will sponsor a
lecture by Edmund Glenn of the
Department of - State, entitled
"Anthropology and Cognition: an
Anaylsis of Cultures and Think-
ing," in Rm. 1057 of the Mental
HealthResearch Institute.
4:10 p.m.-The University Ac-
tivities Center "Last Chance"
lecture series will feature Dean
William Haber of the literary col-
lege, in the Multipurpose Room of
the UGLI..
8 p.m.-The UAC will sponsor a
reading with commentary by poet-
playwright LeRoi Jones, author of
the off-Broadway plays "The Toi-
let" and "The Dutchman," in the
Union Ballroom.
7 and 9 p.m. - The Cinema
Guild will present Part I of
"Olympia" in the Architecture
Aud.
8 p.m.-The APA will present
Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"
in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
8:30 p.m.-The University Sym-
phony Orchestra Concert, with
conductor Josef Blatt and pianist
Wallace Berry, will be presented
in Hill Aud.
FRIDAY, OCT. 15
4:10 p.m.-Prof. Charles Single-
ton of Johns Hopkins University,
will speak on "Dante's 'Divina
Commedia': The Fifth Dimension"
as the Dante Centennial Celebra-
tion Lecture, in Rackham Aud.
7 and 9 p.m. - Cinema Guild
will present Part I of "Olympia"
in the Architecture Aud.
8 p.m.-The APA will present
Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"
in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
8 p.m.-The department of as-
tronomy Visitor's Night program
will feature John C. Evans speak-
ing on "The Temperature of the
Stars" in Aud. D.
SAT.,OCT. 16
at 11:30 A.M. & 1:00 P.M.
SUN., OCT. 17
at 1:00 P.M. ONLY
STATE THEATRE
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ENTERTAINERS
produced by 0. TreadweN
WITH COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA
COBO ARENA-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17-8:30-P.M.
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ON SALE:- Hudson's Downtown, Northland, Eastland & Westland;
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GOOD SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
The University of Michigan
JAZZ BAND%
Outside the Classroom this Week 7
By VICKI LASSAR Piano Chamber Music Recital. "Dante's Divina Comme
and DALE GOLD (8:30 p.m., Oct. 17.) Fifth Dimension." (4:10 p
** * ' 15.)
IN TOWN Radio ' * * *
Special Events WUOM FM 91.7 mc. Ann Arbor. Television
Homecoming Concert, Hill Audi- Sibelius Centennial-The second "The Caine Mutiny," wi
torium - Double Concert, The of a series commerating Jean Se- phrey Bogart and Fred M
Righteous Brothers and Peter belius, Finnish composer, Music ray. (Channel 11, 11:30 p
Nero (7 and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 16; from "The Tempest," Suite I, Op. 15.)
reserved seats.) 109 .,. . Piano Compositions from Double Feature-"Pillo
* *.Op. 34 . . . A Cappella Choral with Doris Day and Rock
Art ^ Compositions . . . Festivo, Op. 25. and "The Spoilers," with
Forsythe Gallery, 201 Nickels (7:30 p.m., Oct. 14.) Dietrich and Randolp
Arcade -.Sculpture and painting University Symphony Orchestra (Channel 7, 11:25 p.m., C
abstracts in metal and wood by -Live recording of concert from "My Name is Barbara
Narenda M. Patel. (Through Oct. Hill Auditorium. (8:30 p.m., Oct. of April telecast of Barbs
16.) 14.) sand special. (Channel 2
"Color Intaglio" an exhibit by Music of the Masters-Finlandia Oct. 20.)
Frank Cassara. (Oct. 17-Nov. 11 Male Chorus of Detroit, broadcast * *
Weekdays, 10-4; Saturday, 10-1.) of a recent concert commerating Theater
r*Jean Sibelius. (8:05 p.m., Oct. 15.)' Professional Theater
Cinema Football-U of M vs. Purdue. APA-"Wild Duck, by H
Cinema Guild, Architecture and (1:15 p.m., Oct. 16.) sen. (8:00 p.m.; mati
Design Auditorium' - "Olympia, New York Philharmonic-Leon- p m, Oct. 14-17.)
Part I," winner of the Edinburgh ard Bernstein conducting Smit: "You Can't Take It W
and Venice awards, this movie was Symphony No. 2 . . Williams: (8:00 p.m., Oct. 20.)
filmed in Hitler's Germany. (7 Symphony No. 4 in F minor. . .
and 9, Oct. 14, 15.) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in OUT OF TOWN
"Children of Paradise," uncut C minor. (2 p.m., Oct. 17.)
version with Jean-Louis Barrant. University Orchestra Concerts Art
(Special Times, 7 and 10, Oct. 16, -Josef Blatt conducting Stravin- Strong Auditorium, E
17.) - sky: The Rite of Spring ... Stra- Michigan University -
Campus Theatre, South Univer- vinsky: Symphony of Psalms. spective on Greek Art,"
sity - "The Pawnbroker," with (7:30 p.m., Oct. 19.) by David Sharp, assistan
Rod Steiger and Geraldine Fitz- Opera Night-Bizet: The Pearl sor of Art at EMU, as p
gerald (7 and 9 p.m., Oct. 14-20) Fishers . .. Ravel: L'heure espag- lecture series, "The Gl
Michigan Theatre, East Liberty nole. (7 p.m., Oct. 20.) was Greece." (7:30 p.m.,
-"Ship of Fools," with Vivian * * *$50J*
Leigh, Jose Ferer, Simone Signore, Speakers Toledo, Museum of A
and Lee Marvin. (1, 3;30, 6:15, Multipurpose Room, UG Across America," an e
and 9 p.m., Oct.14-19) Mliups ol$UL paintings and wall-hungc
a Boheme," La Scala Opera Last Chance Lecture Series, Dean tions by contemporaryI
Comp any presentation. (1:30 and Haber will address students as if artists arranged by Pete
pm, it were his last chance to speak the Museum of Modern
,State Theatre, State Street - to them. (4:10 p.m., Oct. 14.) York, on a' two-year tour
"The Reward." (Oct. 14-16.) "I'll Union Ballroom-Le Ro Jones, U.S. museums. (through
Take Sweden," with Bob Hope. poet-playwright will read and * * *
(Oct. 17-20.) discuss some of his works. (8 p.m., Cinema
*Oct. 14.) Detroit Institute of A-
Music Rackham Amphitheater-Dante Woodward Ave.. Detroit-
Hill Auditorium - University Centennial Celebration Lecture, Art series presents Mode
Symphony Orchestra, Josef Blatt, Charles Singleton of Johns Hop- of Britain, a selection of
conductor; Wallace Berry, pianist, kins University will speak on 20th century painters a
playing works of Debussy: Two
Nocturnes ...Berry: Concertfor
Piano and Orchestra (preniere
performance) rche. Tchaikovsky:
Symphony, No. 6 in .B minorBo ktr Peion to
("Pathetique"). (8:30 p.m., Oct.Reurn Bookstore Petitions to:
Reun 14.)'
Choral Union Series, Hill Audi-
torlum-Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist
plays Mozart: Sonata for Violin
and Piano in G major, K 379 . .. A1546tiSudentAd lities Buildm
Debussy: Sonata in E minor for
Violin and Piano . , . Franch:
Sonata in A major for Violin and Drop off or mall by THIS WEEK
Piano. Accompanied by Mr. Fou
Trs'tng. (8:30 p.m., 'Oct. 15; re-
served seats.)
Hill Auditorium- University Thank you,
Jazz Band, Bruce Fisher, conduc- SGC Committee on the
tor. (8:30 p.m., Oct. 18.)
Extra Series Concert, Hill Audi- University Bookstore
torium - Cleveland Orchestra,
George Szell, conductor, T Baird:
Four Essays fr orchestra..
Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C,
K 200 . . . Tchaikovsky: Sym-
phony No. 4 in F minor. (8:30
p.m., Oct. 20.)
C hamber Arts Series, Rackhaam
Auditorium- Netherlands Cham-'A CN E
ber Orchestra with Szymon Gold--
berg, conductor and violin soloist, L
Bach: Concerto in A minor for
Violin and Orchestra ... Schoen-
berg: Verklaerte Nacht . . . Flo- LECTU RE
thius: Six Pieces for String Or-
chestra . .. Dvorak: Serenade in
E major for String Orchestra, Op.
22. (8:30 p.m., Oct. 18.)
School ofMusic Recital Hall- DEAN H ABEIR
Ph. 483-4680
& 0CAPEMTE ASpeaking As if
NOWSHOWING ItWere His Last
JAMES Opportunity To
STEWART Address Students
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dia: the
.m,, Oct.
ith Hum-
ac Mur-
p.m.. Oct.
w Talk,"
Hudson,
Marlene'
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Oct. 16.)
," repeat
ara Strei-
, 10 p.m.,
presents
enrik Ib-
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astern
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art of the
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Art-"Art
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of major
Oct. 31.)
rts, 5200
-Films on
rn Artists
19th and
nd sculp-
tors of whom the British are justly
proud; Blake, Turner, Moore, But-
ler and others. (8 p.m., Oct. 19;
free.)
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Music
Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
Ford Auditorium, 20 E. Jefferson
Ave. Detroit-Bach: Brandenburg
Concerto No. 4 in G major . .
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C
major, K 551 ("Jupiter".)
Smetana: Vysehrad (The High
Castle) , . . Kabalevsky: Sym-
phony No. 2, Op. 19. (8:30 p.m.;
Oct. 14-16; reserved seats.)
Detroit Cobo Arena - Sammy
Davis Jr. appears for a one-night
concert with Count Basie and his
Orchestra and the exciting dance
group, the Mattison Trio. (8:30
p.m., Oct. 17; reserved seats.)
Theater
Quirk Theater, Eastern Michi-
gan University - "The Fantas-
ticks," off-broddway hit, present-
ed by the EMU players. (Oct. 19-
24; $1.25 reserved seats available
at Quirk Theater box office.)
Bonstelle Theatre, 3424 Wood-
ward Ave, Detroit-"The Three-
Penny Opera," by Bertolt Brecht
based on Gay's, "The Beggar's
Opera." (8:30 p.m., Oct. 14-16;
2:30 p.m., Oct. 17; reserved seats.)
Court Theater, Detroit Institute
of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave. De-
troit-"Harry, the Rat," by Jules
Feiffer. (8:30 p.m., Oct. 14, 15;
$1.50.)
Fisher Theater, 2nd and W.
Grand Blvd, Detroit-"Skyscrap-
er," with Julie Harris and Victor
Spinetti. (8:30 p.m., Oct. 14-16.)
Metropolitan Opera National
Company in Repertory-"Madame
Butterfly," (Oct. 18, 12, 23.) "Car-
men," (Oct. 19.), "Cinderella,"
(Oct. 20.), "Suzanne," (Oct. 21.)
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