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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,1967
PAGE TWO TIlE MICHIGiVI DAILY WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15. 1967
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'Ulysses': Limited
Presentation of Hero
AIMED AT INDUSTRY:
Government Begins Campaign
To Increase Minority Hirings
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By RICHARD GOODMAN
If it were humanly possible to'
do cinematic justice to James
Joyce"s masterpiece, "Ulysses,"
then undoubtedly the film would
run for at the very least, 18 hours.
This statement does not in any
sense beg the familiar question,
"Is it possible for a movie to do
justice to a book-especially a
classic?"
The purpose here is not to gen-
eralize; to be specific, the film
"Ulysses," produced by Walter
Reade, Jr., and directed by Jo-
seph Strick (who colabborated
with Fred Haines in writing the
scheenplay) does not do justice to
Joyce's classic.
The publicity for "Ulysses,"
which appeared with regularityj
weeks ahead of this firsts howing,
stated: This film was made with-
out compromise-exactly as Joyce
wrote it." And there was a warn-
ing to the public which began,
"For those who have not read the
book Ulysses' . . ." In other words,
Reade and Strick were. emphasiz-
iiig -the fact ,that their creation
was indeed faithful to the book.
It is important, then, to have
some idea of what this 'faithful-
ness" in Joyce's eyes meant.
The book is essentially about
one man, and he is Leopold Bloom.
Joyce himself said, "Bloom, you
understand, is my Ulysses." And
he wanted Bloom to be what he
called, "A complete man."
By- this he meant a man who
was examined "from all sides," and
of equal, if not paramount import-
ance, "a good man." This is why
he modeled Bloom on the legend-
ary Greek hero; Ulysses was hus-
band; father, son, lover, traveler,
warrior, coward and avenger.
For Joyce he is a human being,
and there is no more justifica-
tion needed.
In the movie, Leopold Bloom, as
he is in the novel, only partially
exists. The first part of the mo-
vie (the film is divided into thirds)
is a montage of the thoughts and
actions of Bloom (Milo O'Shea)
and Stephen Dedalus (Maurice
Roeves).
This montage covers the first'
half of the novel. In it, to be
sure, we see a bit of Joyce's Bloom.
But not nearly enough to prepare
us satisfactorily for the monstrous
night scene at the brothel, which
is the second third of the movie.
With our inadequate preparation
both Bloom and the scene become
ludicrous. Bloom is shown to be
a complete ass. And this is the
tragedy of the film, because this
is not Joyce's Leopold Bloom at
all.
Of course the question now arises
"How could Bloom, or for that
matter, the book, be faithfully pre-
sented?" This is obviously the
problem. In order to do this, one
would have to elaborate, extend
scenes and include much of what
is vital to Bloom's character.
To give some idea of how dif-
ficult it would be to render a
faithful presentation, at least five
scenes the length of which would
have to be at least as long as the
night scene. This is not done and
therefore instead of a Leopold
Bloom, who is a kind man seen
with individual and universal
Ifaults and virtues, we are present-
ed with an unobtrusive gentleman
who suddenly, midway through the
picture, has the most absurd fan-
tasies which can only evoke laugh-
ter.
The third part of the film,
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WASHINGTON (AP) -The fed-
eral government began yesterday
an intensive drive to convince in-
dustry it must start hiring and
promoting more minority group
members.
The official campaign began
with an announcement by the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission of a series of small
grants to state and local govern-
ments.
Fourteen states and 11 cities
and counties will get moeny to
finance projects aimed at gaining
better employment opportunities
for minority group members:
American Indians, Negroes and
Spanish Americans.
Employment Records
Many of the projects are the
results of commission studies of
minority employment report forms
which employers themselves fill-
ed out.
The reports - which must be
filed annually with the govern-
ment by firms employing 100 or
more workers or which have fed-
eral contracts--indicated that too
few minority group members had
been hired and many on the pay-
roll were in low paying, menial
jobs.
But at the same time, it was
learned that Stephen N. Shulman,
commission chairman, who an-
nounced the grants, also has been
contacting officialsaof several
large industries to urge them -to
comply voluntarily with federal
civil rights law banning racial
discrimination in employment.
Speaks to Industry
Shulman has spoken to offi-
cials in the trucking, railroad,
textile, aerospace and auto indus-
tries - including the big four
automakers.
He also has seen representatives
of private employment agencies
to convince them to recommend;
members of minority groups for
jobs of a higher caliber than those3
for which they have in the past
been hired.,
The grants announced Tuesday
total about $393,000 and Shulman
predicted that eventually would,
reach about $500,000. The com-
mission's annual budget totaled'
$5.2 million.
The commission announcement
of these grants indicated that un-
der-utilization of minority group
members had prompted projects
in Connecticut, New Mexico, Mis-
souri, Kentucky, Florida and
Arizona.
Slated for States
Projects and grants slated for
these states include:
-$16,000 to the New Mexico
Fair Employment Practice Com-
mission to be spent on a state-
wide effort to enlarge employment
opportunities "for Spanish-sur-
named Americans among the 100
largest companies" whose minor-
ity group employment survey
forms show the smallest employ-
ment of such persons.
-$15,000 for! the Hartford,
Conn., Commission on Human
Rights to set "realistic hiring req-
uisites among large employers"
and among firms supplying pro-
ducts to city government.
-$20,000 for the Missouri Com-
mission on Human Rights to con-
vince hotels, motels, restaurants,
and public utilities to hire more
minority group members.
Kentucky
-$14,600 for the Kentucky Com-
mission on Human Rights to use
among companies which "show
low minority utilization and high
growth potential."
-$15,000 for the Dade County
Community Relations Board in
Florida in governmental, utility,
banking and retailing establish-
ments.
-$15,000 for the human rela-
tions commissions at Phoenix,
Ariz., to increase minority group
employment in firms supplying
the city and churches.
° Phone 434-0130
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the soliloquy of Bioom s wie Mo-
Joyce considered it necessary in ly (Barbara Jefford), while out of
the development of his hero to in- Iproportion in terms of the
clude .as. one of his innate quali- 4 novel, is by far one of the most
ties a brand of selflessness which exciting and beautiful sequences
could not be mistaken for any- on film.
thing false in spirit. The sequence is much more than
And the kindness of Leopold ;an exact representation of the
Bloom, emphasized time and again famed "Penelope episode" which is
in the novel,- justifies all the fan- the last in the novel; it is a bril-'t
tasies,: all the wierdness, and any- liant interpretation of the solilo-
thing which might seem fantas- quy of that earthly symbol of
tic to us about 'Leopold Bloom, fecundity, Molly Bloom.
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AWARDS: Shown outside the Festival at Cannes (approved as the
official French entry to the Cannes Festival last May, it was withdrawn
under pressure from the Franco regime). At the end of the Cannes
Festival, a group of Spanish film critics awarded LGEF its newly-inaugu-
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Cannes. The "French Oscars" of the French Academy (L'Academie du
Cinema) were awarded to Resnais for "the best film of the year" and
to Yves Montand for "the best performance."
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Directed by ALAIN RESNAIS
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and introducing GENEVI EVE BUJOLD
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