PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1966 PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DMLY FRIDAY. MARCH 11. 196G F FILMS Arts Festival: Few Gems with The Dross; '1864' Outstanding 1Ry DAVE KNOKE' The series of films running in the first show of last night's Ann Arbor Creative Arts Festival rang- ed from obscure and obnoxious to three, maybe four, efforts that showed thoughtf.l construction.' Perhaps' the outstanding entry was "1864," employing traditional cinematic techniques of story line, staging and a shock-value striking from poignancy rather than the superfluous outrage of the other, blither commentaries. Director Denis McCoy and cameramen Iwan and Blagden have created a chiarscuro tone-poem in short, sharp style. A civil war soldier, his com- rades dying all around him, flees the skirmish, returns to a burnt- out mansion, leaves, meanders along a creek, stops to 'pitch pebbles into the water. Two pass- ing snipers ambush him, rifle his pockets, flee on his horse. Simply delineated, sharply contrasted in blacks and whites,1 "1864" is a beautiful production-a- moment in forgotten history shot through a window on all Time. The other ,films were not so dulcet in their impact. Such visual hijinx as the- Flux Films, :while overdone in, spots (nine minutes of seconds flash on the screen? Aw, come on!), seemed to make the audience relax and offer spon- taneous verbal criticism. "Relax Your Mind" was a cute paste- together of camp topics; the shots, were so effectively dovetailed, the' viewers could be swept up into it unawares, as did several vocal males in the front rows who were shouting for the match to be put to the draft card. Bustamente's "Don and Joan" started out with a lackadaisical stroll of two teenagers, and ended on a horrendous note of rape and shattered innocence. 'Upper U.S." was a vapid free- association of dolls, nudes, war scenes, Theater of the Grotesque stuff more hilarious than under- scoring the inhumanity of war, but that may have been the pro- ducer's purpose. "Fowl is Fare," a no-holds-barred look into duck- plucking industry, holds the grim fascination of viewing other- worldly mystery rites. The order of appearance of the films was not well timed. The last three were a thick layering-on of violence, sexual imagery and at- tempted revulsion. On the whole, however, unrelieved succession made them appear amateurish, or else the producers intended to amuse, not abominate. Across Campus FRIDAY, MARCH 11 4:15 p.m.-The Psychology De- partment will present Dr. Leonard Berkowitz of the University of Wisconsin " in a colloquium on "Some Experiments on Automa- tism and Intent in Human Ag- gression" in Aud. B. 7 and 9 p.m.-The Ann Arbor Film Festival will be held in the Architecture Aud. 8 p.m.-The International Cen- ter Program Council will present "The Al Jolson Story" at the In- ternational Center. 8 p.m.-The Newman Student Association will present Daniel Callahan, asociate editor of the "Commonweal," who will speak on "The Church in a Secular So- ciety." He received his PhD from Harvard, and has taught at Har- vard Divinity School and Brown University. Aud. A. No admission charge. SATURDAY. MARCH 12 7 and 9 p.m.-The Ann Arbor Film Festival will be held in the Architecture Aud. 7 and 9 p.m.-Cirema II will present the film "David and Lisa" in Aud. A. SUNDAY, MARCH 13 7 and 9 p.m.-The Ann Arbor Film Festival will be held in the Architecture Aud. ii In Detroit. CONCEPT EAST THEATER 401 E. Adams Presets Piter'sComing soon .. f PrsnsPne' Edward Albee's 9 "THE CARETAKER" STORY LeRoi Jones Fri., Scat., Sun. $ :3C P.M. "T HE . DUTCHMAN" L!) ?t" ?C)* fC10 t) ,' > Q " " ">) ? <"""" > l, CINEMA II presents KEIR DULLEA-JANET MARGOLIN DAVID and LISA Saturday and Sunday, 7 and 9:05 P.M. March 12 & 13 Aud. A, Angell Hall Admission: 50c 'I Experiment in Plumbing: Only Commercial Succeeds Only rarely can a commercial be more worthwhile than the pro- gram which accompanies it. Last; night's nine o'clock Cinema Guild showing of, experimental film was preceeded by a highly entertaining advertisement fir American faces presented by the U.S.I.A.: none of the cinematic perversity which followed approached "The Faces of America" in anything but en- durance. U I I "The Memories of Miss Zed," a film which might have done better with a title like "Drunk on a Rug" or: "Juicing with a Spider," proved that bad music, bad photography, and bad thinking are the most noticeable symptoms of the artis- tic amnesia of experimenting film makers. "Nothing Happened this Morn- ing" was an attempt by producer Davis Bienstock to demonstrate that acute boredom is the sweetest fruit of any art. The deadening success of Bienstock's film was equalled only by Tony Conrad's "The Flicker" in which nothing happened. George Kling, producer of an enigmatic essay on ferris wheels and- horse races, employed the only original approach to photography. -displayed last night. In his film, "The Sower," he approached the excitemet of a race by focusing intently 'on a cracked board. DAILY OFFICIAL RULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editor- ial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form, toi Room 3519 Administration Bldg. be- fore 2''pim. .of the day precedlig publication, and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday and Sunday. General Notices may be published a maxi- mum of two times on request; Day Calendar items appear once only Student 'organization notices are not °aevepted for publication. FRIDAY MARCH 11 Day Calendar Bureau of Industrial Relations Sem- inar-"Management by Objectives-Re- sup~s -Oriented Appraisal Systemxs: Michigan Union, 8:30 a.m. State Championship Debates-Rack- ham Lecture Hall, 10 a.m. Ann Arbor Film Festival-Architecture Aud., 7 and 9 p.m. (Continued on Page 8) I TONIGHT DIXIELAND ~~-Cretive Arts Festival Presentst Tony, Montenaro, in by the fabulous NEW WOLVERINE JASS BAND OLD HEIDELBERG 211 N. Main KEEP FREEDOM RINGING 4 0 k^ "A MIME'S EYE VIEW" NOW an V]IA DIAL 8-6416 Saturday, March 12 ,8:30P.M. TRUEBLOOD AUDITORIUM Also: Tony Montenaro leads a workshop in THE ART OF MIME Sat., March 12, 2:00 P.M.-Trueblood Aud. f/ WINNER Best icture! YEMADABest -Actress! ~ - ~ Best Director! BARD Best ScreeAplay! 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