PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1966 PAGE TWO TIlE MIChIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1966 'Sound of Trumpets': Excellent Treatment of a Mediocre Plot With Ilke Sommer The Prize Is Right ---------------------------------------- FOR FUN AND PROFIT- Read and Use The Daily's Classified Ads By SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN Olmi's The Sound of Trumpets at the Cinema Guild does a small job well, but it is by no means an; impressive film. Its theme is the trite one ofisolation in an imper-I sonal world, and its treatment of this theme is only moderately sat- isfying. The picture shows the experi- ence of a boy who gets a job with a big business. It shows him as he passes the entrance exam, meets a girl, becomes an errand boy, loses the girl, goes to a dreary New Year's Eve party, and finally be- comes a clerk. At the beginning, the boy is shy and naive. He has not changed by the end, except for his realization that he is going to become as in- significant as the people aroundI him Skillful Olmi's direction is consistently skillful. He never overphotographs a scene or has his actors over- play it. He has an excellent grasp of detail, which he reveals when he shows us the catching of a bu- reaucrat's ball-point pen or the closing of an elevator which only hold four people. He has the talent for coming up with just the right camera shot at the right moment: a far shot as the boy comes down the hall in- to the office of his supervisor for the first time; an angle shot as the ings nearly wrecks the picture. By GENE ENRICO boy has an awkward conversation What makes Olmi's picture worth The Prize has all it needs to be with the girl and a static series of seeing is its humor. Pettiness andmTh e tersaingnee e close-ups as the boy eats supper bureaucracy are not dramatic, but marvelously entertaining: an ele- with his dull family. they can be funny and Olmi's tin g (otomkhol Pnie What injures "The Sound of lighter moments are'excellent. The g plot about some Nobel Prize Trumpets is its monotony. t, pace is not fast enoughdto keep winners, and Elke Sommer. But makes~~ufrtntey the same point over and us laughing, however, and the ufruaey retLha a over: a sensitive boy eager for serious moments often fall flat . t ee ick uspense recognition is trapped in a world F"or these reasons 'The Sound of complete with outrageous Flem- ingrstuesspectacesswith somedcor whose main characteristics are Trumpets" is a mixed blessing. rosively corny gags. pettiness, stupidity, frustration, Just after the winner of the No- fickleness, and lack of considers-, 1 bel prize for medicie scratches tion for the feelings of othersS his nude back with the nearest New Year's banana, Paul Newman, the prize The picture has anti-climaxes I winner for Literature, arrives at (the New Year's Eve Party does A nniversar the airport and immediately pro- but' no climaxes, and our interest been sent to meet him. "Why set- nAVr ;CA t ,ahih ,VA Musical salutes to the Unliver- tle for one dish when there's rested for "drunken diving." Ugly Men When he is further persecuted' by some very ugly men, he takes refuge in a nudist colony where he is thrown out for being a show- off. And so on outguessing even the wildest imagination. In spite of the awkward screen-; play, The Prize manages to be ex- citing. Jerry Goldsmith's motor- istic music deserves credit for in- jecting adrenaline into several of the action scenes: many of theF special Cinemascope effects are swell and at fifty cents, Cinema II's Prize is right. eve r S ss Lo a lgA 1v. It is possible that social realism I cannot work on film if the film- I . maker adheres only. to the im- partial presentation of everyday details and situations. Olmi's picture is not impression- istic enough to get us interested in the boy, whose passive reactions lack variety. It does not, like View From the Bridge have violent or unusual situations (informing, knife-fighting) which are inter- esting or exciting. It simply shows us a human be- ing leading a boring life and the lack of any attempt by him to as- sert his will against the strangu- lating effects of his surround- sity's 150th year will begin next January when the Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra performs a Pul- itzer-Prize winning composition by a University faculty member. The composition is "Variations for Orchestra" by Prof. Leslie R. Bassett of the music school. It re- ceived the 1966 Pulitzer Prize inj music. smorgasbord?" she quips. Kidnapped Newman, who writes detective stories (since nobody will buy his serious novels) soon senses that Edward G. Robinson, (the Ameri- can prize winner in physics), has been kidnapped and replaced by someone who looks almost identi- cal. But he is really a Russian who Across Campus SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 7 and 9:15 p.m.-Cinema II "The Prize," starring Paul Newman, in Aud. A, AH. PH 48? 4680 CARPENTER ROAD OPEN 6:30 P.M. NOW SHOWING Shown at 7:10 & 10:40 WILLIAM CASTLE' "IETS KILL IUNCLEp TECHNICOLOR NIGEL GREEN Also Shown at 900 Only r. DON MURRAY I GUY STOCKWELL-ABBY DALTON THE PI1AINStW&L COLOR 49"A% PLUS: "COWBOY'S HOLIDAY" 2 Color Cartoons 1 1 CINEMA II 1# presents 1 1 1 I PAUL NEWMAN EDWARD G. ROB INSON ELKESSOMMER DIANE BAKER 1 1 STECHNICOLOR and CINEMASCOPE 1 U 1 1 A. fate ilternatioual spy thriller ht the tra- dition of "Charade" and "North by 'North- west." Neivian is excellent as a Mabel Prize wi rater turned reluctanit secret agent. 1 1 Friday and Saturday Auditorium A 7 and 9:15 P.M. 50c R r I . iD.nenaina ~ thqller ii heta 1 1 dition of rrrrrrCha ra"an rth by orth-r.rwr 4 I Two other major musical events is planning to denounce neo-fas- 7 and 9 p.m. - Cinema Guild are scheduled as part of the Ses- cist America and defect to the; presents an Italian drama, "The! quicentennial in 1967. The Univer- East. Sound of the Trumpets," in the sity has commissioned two works, In trying to prove his thesis, Architecture Aud. one by Prof. Ross Lee Finney of Newman stumbles into some hair- 8 p.m.-The Professional Thea- the music school, and the other raising and action-packed situa- tre Program presents the APA Re- by Roger Sessions, long recognized tions. After being pushed off an pertoroy Company in Sheridan's as one of America's leading com- eight-story building into a con- "School for Scandal" in the Lydia posers. venient river, he is almost ar- Mendelssohn Theatre. k: Subseribe to The Michigan Daily .... :". ... L .. ..,K l M ... a~M . "r.. KM r"frJ KM . , ... " ":J: J "::::."..:.f".. . . . . . . . .-r.. . . . . .K....r...". .".. . . . .:":":^::::.::":::.. . . . . . . ... ,h'.... . . i: s :;' '"" " , ,8:30 pnm. - The University Mu- '' ' sical Society Chamber Arts Ser- r ies presents the Chamber Sym- phony of Philadelphia with An- DAIY FFI IA BU LE INshe Brusilow conducting in the :. akhamAuditorium. M. v.. . . 1.. r .r w ::" Cinema *u~d(e en t4 IL POSTO (The Sound of Trumpets) (dir. Olmi-1961 Italian, subtitles. With Sandro Panzeri, Loredona Detto, Venice & London Prizes. Olmi's first feature length film. A boy swallowed up by necessity and bureaucracy. SHORT: "ANTONIO AND ROSARIO" (Italian) ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. . . AT 7 & 9 P.M. STILL ONLY 50c $ The Daily OffictaJ 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 TVPLWii'IT'tN form to Room 3519 Administration mldg. be- fore 2 p.m. of the day preceding publication and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday and Sunday. General Notices may be published a maxi- mum of two times on request; hay Calendar items appear once only. Student organization notices are not accepted for publication. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Day Calendar Bureau of Industrial Relations Sem- inar-"Developing Skills for Working with Groups-Problems of Organiza- tion and Interpersonal Relations": Michigan Union, 8:30 a.m. Cinema Guild--Olmi's "Il Posto": Ar- chitecture Aud., 7 and 9 p.m. Professional Theatre Program Per- formance-APA Repertory Company in Sheridan's "School for Scandal": Ly- dia Mendelssohn Theatre, 8 p.m. University Musical Society Chamber Arts Series Concert-Chamber Sympho- ny of Philadelphia, Anshel Brusilow, conductor: Rackham Aud., 8:30 p.m. ORGAN IZATIONI NOTICES USE OF THIS COLUMN FOR AN- NOUNCEMENTS is available to officially recognized and registered student or- ganizations only. Forms are available in Room 1011 SAB. Folk Dance Club, Folk dance, Mon., Sept. 26, 8:30-10:30 p.m., Women's Athletic Bldg. . Gamma Delta, Sunday supper at 6 p.m., Sept. 25, followed by a lecture by Hugh Reilly, a former Roman Cath- olic priest and Newman chaplain, now teaching Latin at Concordia, Ann Ar- bor, at 6:45 p.m., 1511 Washtenaw, Uni- versity Lutheran Chapel. Guild House, The Roost. a kind-of- coffee-house, Sept. 24, 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. General Notices Fall Term Fees: At least 50 per cent is due and payable on or before Sept. 30, 1966. Non-payment of at least 50% by Sept. 30 will result in the assessment of a delinquent penalty of $5. Payments may be made in person or mailed to the Cashier's Office, 1015 Administration Bldg., before 4:30 p.m., Fri., Sept. 30, 1966. Mail Early. Mail payments postmarked after due date, Sept. 30, 1966, are late and sub- ject to penalty. Identify mail payments as tuition and show student number and name. Summary of Action Taken by Student Government Council at Its Meeting September 22, 1966 Approved: That the wording on the first part of the draft referendum be:, The University should cease the cam- pilation of class ranks to be used by the Selective Service. The University should continue the compilation of class ranks to be used by the Selective Service. Approved: That SGC suspend the rules and grant the Michigan Men's Glee Club permission to use sound equipment on the Diag on the follow- ing Saturday mornings: Oct. 1, 15, 22 and Nov. 5 and 12. Accepted: The treasurer's mid-Sep- tember financial report. Approved: That John S. Preston and Michael Koeneke be seated as new Council members until the fall elec- tion. Engineering Placement Meeting: "In- terviewing Workshop." Playback of re- corded live interview with discussion based on the principles of the preced- ing meeting. Prof. J.4 G. Young, Sept. 26, 4 p.m., 229 West Engrg. Bldg. Engineering Mechanics Seminar - Sept. 26. Dr. V. C. Liu, professor of aerospace engineering, Univeristy of Michigan, will speak on "On an Elec- Mathews Co., Port Clinton, Ohio - SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 trodynamic Lnteraction Problem in a Graduate Naval Architect, 10 yrs. ex- 2:30 and 8 p.m.-The Profes- Rarefied Plasma." 4 p.m., Room 325 per. in small craft. Bkgd. in estimat-Tg West Engineering. ing, detailing electrical and mechani- sional Theatre Program presents Coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m. cal systems, the APA Repertory Company in in Room 214 West Engineering. ' Wickes Corp., Saginaw, Mich.-Budg- Sheridan's "School for Scandal" III__et Analysis-22-38 yrs., exper. 1-4 yrs. in the - Lydia Mendelssohn The- Grad Acctg. degree. Budget bakeup,; Piacem ent variance analysis and oper. exper. Pro- atre. grammers-Jr. & Sr. level, one or more Announcement: All students who re- yrs. with 1401 or 36 computers. Lab. 7 and 9 p.m. - Cinema Guild ceived forms at the general meetings