PAGE TWO. ,rHE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15.196(r PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 196~ F MUSIC Christian Ferras 'Electrifying' In Chamber Arts Violin Recital Zhivago'Sets Romantic Affair In Bloody Bolshevik Uprising r r- i r.+. do.,. % 1 r^ M I HEL UV R_2nd WEEK, F "ome will do anything for $249"0"" peopl ,OO9 By TONI PRATT to even an untrained ear. Ferras' virtuosity became most apparent Electrifying is the word which in the theme and variation move- most aptly describes Christian ment where pinpoint timing and Ferras' appearance last night in solid technique truly brought the the Chamber Arts Series. The music alive. young French violinist has been Careful musicianship showed it- drawing acclaim since the age of self in the Bach Partita No. 3 for 13 when he won both the violin the violin alone. Here Ferras in- and the chamber music prizes at geniously entwined the many the Paris Conservatory. Since voices, making his instrument then,, his career has understand- sound like three, and giving an ably increased, as he has proven orchestral spirit to the dance himself a fine musician in every movements. facet of the art. Debussy's Sonata in G minor is, Ferras, accompanied by pianist in every way, characteristic of the Michael Andrews, opened his re- composer. A lilting harmonic sec- cital with Beethoven's Sonata No. tion opens the piece, which soon 5 in F major, better known as the shifts to a rumbling minor sec- "spring sonata." His rich and tion, punctuated by dramatic mellow tone enhanced every chordal outbursts. Lines are all- theme, as it passed from soloist important in Debussy's work, and to accompanist in a semi-rouni. here they were carefully molded Although the ensemble was not in dynamic level to fit the mood always perfect, the adept Mr. An- of the composition. The driving drews was able to compensate un- third movement reaches a climax obstrusively enough to conceal for both piano and violin in the most timing discrepancies. Every finale, leaving the audience with a nuance and change of motive was feeling of breathlessness. carefully thought-out and shaded, With the Saint-Saens progra- bringing the beauty of the work matic Havanaise, Ferras proved he could play the gamut of musical compositions. The Spanish flavor of the music calls into play in- tricate and syncopated timings, handled with ease by the soloist. Here also, the technical demand was great from the accompanist, and Andrews met the challenge admirably. The high point of the recital came with Ravel's "Tzigane," a piece of virtuostic display to be attempted by only the most able technician. An opening cadenza at once indicated the exotic flavor of the composition which was con- Veyed by a warm and singing tone. A demanding time for both piano and violin follow the dreamy trill upon which the accompaniment enters. The flash and fire of speeding scales, slowing lines, and rapid pizzacato was taken with ease by Ferras, a facility not often shown by even the finest violinists. It is apparent even to the un- musical listener why Christian Ferras has so indelibly left his mark on the musical world, for he is both a fine technician and a brilliant musician. By BETSY COHN only because the terms of life in and HARVEY WASSERMAN which the players define that re- "Dr. Zhivago," adapted for cine- lationship have been defined mor- ma by Robert Bolt, has taken on ally and politically as unaccept- the task of crystallizing the ele- able by the new, all-encompassing ments which Boris Pasternak's state. Nobel Prize-wining novel left to If Lean's camera work neverl the reader's imaginatione lacks dimension, the chief fault Pasternak wove romance, his- of the film is that its plot and tory and social commentary into characterization do. The force and his long narrative. Taken under pervasiveness of the Russian po- the artistic wing of director David litical life from 1917 is captured- Lean, the result of these elements a real human interaction between has become a total cinematic pro- the principles is not. duction, complete with photo- Geraldine Chaplin is masterful graphic beauty, trite contrivances as Zhivago's wife. She is warm, and musical acclamation, sbeautiful, in love with and under-1 Lean, as in "Lawrence of Ara- standing of her husband. Rod bia," is more than magnanimous Steiger does a fine job of acting, with his settings, sounds and but inherent in his role are basic scenes, down to the most simple conflicts that neither novelist nor yet eloquent detail. screenwriter have bothered to re- The cold stench of a czarist at- solve. He is a middleman between tack on unarmed revolutionaries, the state and Zhivago and Lara the peasant village needlessly after being the middleman be- burnt blacknwhite to charred ruins, tween Lara and pre-Revolutionary white snow, peasants in black rags society. failing to catch a train of the A more skillful novelist would deepest brown-Lean paints these have drawn an inherently more scenes compellingly. unified character for such a major Indeed, once soldiers march with personality. There is no explana- Zhivago (0 m a r Shariff) and tion for Komarovsky's unlikely Pasha (Tom Courtenay) to fight weakening by liquor before Lara on the German front, the plot of and Zhivago, no real explanation personalities is entirely inter- for his willingness to save her. The twined with the train of political flaws are conspicuous, as is the events. Zhivago's beloved poetry wasting of Rita Tushingham and becomes "bourgeois ...self-indul- Ralph Richardson in non-descript gent" in the eyes of the new gov- roles. ernment, and his old way of life Alec Guiness, as Zhivago 's can no longer exist independently. brother, is another major part that His fate is no longer under his could have brought life and dimen- control. sion to the story, but he too re- He and Lara meet and are sepa- mains colorless, lifeless, and seems rated in the terms of war and re- only mildly interested in the ex- volution, counter-revolution, defi- citing story of his brother and ance and accommodation until the country. In a sense, he is the em- end comes at the Revolutionary bodiment of Pasternak's view of statue, to begin anew at the state the new Soviet citizen-a dull man power plant where the tale is nar- of the system.- rated. But the clumsy character of The relationship between Zhi- Pasha (Tom Courtenay), believ- vago and Lara becomes impossible able as a ramrod but not entirely credible in his surrenders to Lara's love is both poorly drawn and bad- ly colored by Pasternak's reading of the Revolution. To become characters rather than mere props in the train of events these men needed a dimension of warmth Pasternak either would not con- cede or could not draw into them Perhaps it is both, for neither Zhivago nor Lara come alive either. When Lara says of Zhivago "he could never leave his home land Russia," it comes as a surprise- there has been no establishment of ties between him and his fath- erland. Nor are we ever convinced that the Lara, whose ties to Koma- rovsky were so entirely sensual, could have anything really sig- nificantly deeper with Zhivago. As a film, "Zhivago" is a mas- terpiece for the eye to behold. But as a tragedy, its characters, like the novel's characters, simply are not adequately drawn or played. Lean masterfully holds the view- er's attention through a long, rambling plot, much of it irrele- vant to the key happenings of the story. But if the film is never boring it is also never really deeply moving-its principle characters, except for Chaplin's Tanya, simply cannot bring the tragedy to life. me6 Mi#Sd co~po an Presents JACK LMMOR WaLTeR maim au BILLY WILDeR'S 'me ,;RThecoore ATE Dial NO 2-6264 f m as < VIeDA ed Ari directed by LILLY WADIER wrtten by BY WILDER and [L OIMOON S eleased UfITeD RTSS Feature at-1 :20 3:50-6:30-9:05 -. . THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC and DEPARTMENT OF ART Present a 'I Felhelm, lKaufman, Lane in Battle of Wits To Prove Superiority of their Disciplines (Continued from Page 1) Lane said "our conception ofj man hasn't changed in 20 centur-. ies." He saw man's attempts in these years to ameliorate his con- dition as futile because of the failure of "the humanist experi-' ment." He called for an end to this experiment and the beginning of something new using "the tech- niques of science." Kaufman Notes Kaufman, noting the humor-," ous vein of his competitors' speeches, called his opponents "positively .wicked men!" "Lane believes great" good can. be gained by shaping people-like rats., It is a manipulativeway toktreat men -also to treat rats." "Do you want to save a disci- ple of B. F. Skinner, a man who rose to fame teaching pigeons to play ping pong?" The; audience roared. Or "do you want tosave. a scholar of the works of Shakes- peare-which were probably writ- ten by the philosopher Bacon?" Kaufman said that everyone wants certain things - "truth, democracy, justice,nahigher gross national product-but "we -must admit we don't know what is meant by these things." Discover- ing what these mean is the task of the philosopher, he said. Raise GNP Philosophers can do more than anyone else, said Kaufman. For example, they do the most to' raise the GNP. "Anxiety about one's life leads to increased con- sumption. We philosophers are forever shattering consensus. We keep people so anxiousthey keep running to the store." But when they get to the store, said Felheim, they buy a paper- back. "If you read a good book you know all the answers." He as- serted that there was nothing bet- ter than to curl up in the attic "with a box of liquor bonbons and a good dirty book." Felheim recalled another sim- ilar contest, in which "Paris was asked to choose between "wis- dom (the philisophical cloak of ambiguity and anxiety)," power,. beauty. Chose Beauty "He chose beauty. I hope you know the consequences (the Tro- jan War)-but men still chose beauty." Paris chose Helen of Troy. Men haven't learned. Now, Lane suggests "we choose an even great- er woman." Felheim said literature teaches us about "the triumphs of man over nature and his fellow man," while psychology teaches us "how to get along with rats in boxes." Lane's Thesis Lane's thesis was "with sci. ence comes power." Lane, while representing psychology, found ORGAN IZATION NOTICES himself speaking for all science. He felt men would use power to end poverty, disease and all cur- able ills of men. "We are confused about how to get healthy, wealthy and wise. We know the ends. What about the means." Kaufman disagreed, saying that the end are not clearly defined at all, He saw philosophy as the ice- breaker in the frozen sea of con- sensus. Philosophy, as psychology, provides the instruments of pow- er, but philisophy shapes the in- struments of power, he concluded. All Live The fast moving discussion, fill- ed with barbs that delighted the audience. eveitually reached a more serious stage. At that point, the three men began to admit more of the values of the other disciplines. Then a questioner, who favored Lane's argument, suggested that philosophers were scientists first, and therefore Lane's consuming Kaufman might be an acceptable end to the -problem of who was to live. No final decision was reached on a winner, howeverwas Felheim suggested that they apply for a grant of food from the federal government, so each could live. Phone 482-2056 Entwnce OxCARPENTER ROAD OPEN 5:30 P.M. NOW SHOWING ---FREE HEATERS- NOW EVERYONE CAN SE THE MOST LOVERLY MOTION PICTURE OF AlL TIME! Winner of 8 Academy Awards l IR Best Picture. aDY BROW Shown at 8 P.M. Only ALSO: WALT DISNEY'S "ISLANDS OF THE SEA" COLOR CARTOON (~J-aw TON IGHT AT 8 P.M. WINNER OF6 ACADEMY AWARDS! 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Scottish Country Dance Society, Dancing, Wed., Nov. 16, 8-10 p.m., Women's Athletic Bldg. Latin-American Club, Open meeting for discussion of problems in the uni- versities,. Wed., Nov. 16, 9 p.m., Union third floor. All students American and foreign are invited to attend and par- ticipate. *. * * Delta Rho Chapter of Delta Phi Al- pha, National German honorary socie- ty, meeting, Nov. 15, 8 p.m., East Conf. Room, Rackham Bldg. -Pulitzer Prize- winning poet W. D. Snodgrass will read from his own work and his trans- lations of medieval and modern Ger- mantspoems. Discussion and refresh- ments, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Monthly meeting, Wed., Nov. 16,. 7:30 p.m., 1042 East Engineering. James Gannett, project test pilot for the Boeing SST program, will discuss "The Supersonic Trans- port." * * * Voice-SDS; General meeting -- (1) election of national council delegates (for Dec. 27-31), (2) discussion of anti- rank action, and. (3) analysis of the "Cutler Regime," Nov. 15, 8-11 p.m., Third Floor Conference Room, Michi- gan Union. NU CINEMA presents GREGORY PECK'S Academy Award winning performance Leslie A. Fiedler is . . CONTROVERSIAL "I have heard from time to time reports of friend separated from friend or lover from lover by argunents over one or another of -ny essays." . . in I METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PRESENTS A CARLO PONTI PRODUCTION DAVID LEAN'S FILM OF BORIS PASTERNAKS DOCTOR ZHiVAGO IN PANAVISIOW AND METROCOLOR I IN HILL AUDITORIUM "To Kill A Mockingbird" THURS., NOV 17, 8:30 TICKETS: $5.00-$4 50-$4.00-$3.50- $2.50-$i.50 at UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY, BURTON TOWER Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 to 4:30; Sat., 9 to 12 (Tickets also on sale at Hill Auditorium Box Office after 7:00 P.M. day of performance) TELEPHONE: 665-3717 Sat. & Sun. Only 7 &9 P.M. Nights Except Sunday at 8 P.M. Sunday at 7:30 All Night Seats $2.25 Matinees on Sat. & Sun. at 1:30 Sat. Mat. $1 .50 Sun. 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