Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 10, 1969 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 10, 1969 cinema Hard Contract' Im *bl imossible movie By TOBE LEV Hard Contract, now playing at the Michigan, aspires to make a super-sophisticated, super-philosophical comment on the imperson- ality and horror of modern violence. But director S. Lee Pogovan sacrificed emotion, excitement, suspense and credibility only to dramatize a cliche. Pogovan made a' very hard contract indeed. The characters are unbelievable. Some are abstractions from an allegory, and others, like Burgess Meredith and James Coburn, are gifts from Ian Fleming. No one talks - they intellectualize. No one acts - they have to symbolize. - Meredith directs a murder agency whose presumable purpose is the elimination ,of its ideological opponents. Coburn portrays a hired killer who is "97 per cent control and 3 per cent emotion.'' Coburn sets, one precondition for murder: he never must know anything about his victims. Pogovan dramatizes the immorality of Meredith's operation by never specifying its motives or ideals. He skillfully portrays the impersonality of assassination by never focusing on the act of killing itself. Coburn looks daggers at his victim in one scene and disposes of his body in the next. Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, and their two chaperones represent the idle rich of America, Britain, France and Germany respectively. Lee Remick is an avenging angel "who either helps or punishes her men." Lilly Palmer Is the spirit of romance and happiness, espous- ing forgiveness and light in a very obnoxious, scatter-brained man- ner. Alexei is the penitent agressor, a former Nazi responsible for' the extermination of 30,000 Jews. Completely guilt-stricken, he en- dures Remick's constant Nazi-baiting and follows her orders as if, she were the Fuehrer.4 The murdierers and jet setters are somehow star-crossed. Co- burn's victims are Lilli Palmer's former friends. And miraculously Lee Remick falls in love with Coburn, who renounces violence and seeks a new life. The avenging angel forgives and the killer becomes pacifist. The atmosphere itself is charged with unreality, and forced allegorical meanings. Spain, for instance, is not merely Spain but the scene of the Spanish Civil War, a symbol of frustrated ideal- ism, and hence, senseless violence. The dialogue and action in the movie are so subtle and quick- paced that the viewer is under constant pressure to understand events. Nothing ever flows spontaneously. The film is pieced to- gether. Often Pogovan starts the soundtrack of the next scene before he actually switches the camera, perhaps to make the tran- sitiops easier. And what did all these mechanizations accomplish? Coburn's emergence from his, figurative "tunnel" is completely implausible. His conversion is needlessly intellectualized, like the rest of the film. And what is his new gospel? "More people will be killed in the name of freedom and human dignity, he solemnly declares, than for any other cause. Watch and see." music Spoleto- bound Choir: Easy to see why By JIM PETERS There was a bon voyage party 'last night at Hill Aud. It was given by the music school for its Europe-bound travelers, the University Chamber Choir. The mood was bright, and the quali- ty of the music performed omens well for an excellent trip. The Chamber Choir will ap- pear as the "Choir-in-Resi-" dence" at the "Festival of Two Worlds" to be held this summer in Spoleto, Italy. Last' night's program was a duplicate of their performance planned for the festival. I had heard most of the of- ferings previously during the Choir's concert season, but, now, months of preparation and the excitement of their adventure gave this performance a notice- able sparkle. The Choir was con- fident, and their ability uniues- tionable. The soft "Tristis est anima mea" of Gesualdo was the op- ener. The group's phrasing was near perfect; like organ pipes, smooth basses supported the treble voices. I've never really liked Poul- ene's short but complex "Mass in G;" h i s declamatory style seems unsuited for the harsh sonorities of the harmony. But I've heard the Choir s i n g it twice now, and their fine work could almost persuade me to look closer. The "Gloria" proved the weak- est section with the women's voices tending to irritate the al- ready harsh sound. But I found little to fault in the powerful "Sanctus" or the mystic, intense "Benedictus." A review of a concert of this kind tends to tire one with su- perlatives and pleasant adje- tives, but every piece, though perhaps rough in certain spots last night, was well-done. Arnold Schoenberg's "De Pro- fundis" features Hebrew sprech- gesang. Here the Choir emphas- ized the music rather than the drama of the a capella piece, thus playing down the power of the spoken supplications to "Adonal." They handled the amorphous atonalities with the sure spirit of masters. Three sugar-spun Ravel songs closed the first half. Soprano Barbara Ford moved effortless- ly through the haunting Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis. The Choir's ensemble was a little ragged in Charles/ Ives' ominous Psalm 90. The sudden cadences and changes in dyna- mics were some trouble, though the main crescendo-dimminu- endo of the, piece was strong and sustained. In his second group of Lie- beslieder Waltzes Brahms con- tinues his fun and games with the top pop tunes of his times. Laughing, caressing, reminisc- ing, boasting, the music is ex- pansive and intimate all at once. The soloists had good voices but really didn't seem too hap- py roaming through the ro- mantic melodies. Tenor Jerry. Vander Schaff, perhaps, camea closest to the inherent fun in the music with his lilting Vien- nese lyric. Finally, another Schoenberg piece, strikingly different from his well-known style of t h e De Profundis. The short Friede aufErden is almost effusively romaini. The task is to keep Schoenberg's harmonies f ro m getting lost in the complex poly- phonies of the piece. The Choir was still strong, even here; and I was most satisfied with this bit of Schoenberg, previously unknown to me. The festival in Italy will be an - adventure-new sights and peo- ple. If just the plans and pre- parations for the trip were the impetus for such fine work, the Spoleto concert should be fan- tastic. Travel is usually some- thing special, and the magic has already begun. . Undert the direction of i ts founder - president, composer Gian Carlo Menotti. this sum- mer's Spoleto Festival will be the twelfth annual Italian- American festival to be held in the small town located some 60 miles northeast of Rome. The festival will be held from June 27 to July 13. In Italy, the choir will ap- pear with the internationally known conductor Thomas Sch- ippers in a performance of Ros- sini's opera 'L'Itallana in Ale- gri.' They will also work with Mr. :Schippers on July 13 when the festival concludes with a per- formance .of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the Cathedral Square. In addition, several solo con- certs are planned in Rome and Perugia. The Chamber Choir is under the direction of Prof. Thomas Hilbish of the music school, who founded the group in 1964. Along with t h e Chamber Choir, the Spoleto Festival will Present the American Ballet Players from the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a double bill of Menotti's . "The Medium" with Muriel Grenspon, and Fal- la's puppet opera "El Retablo de Masse Petro;" and world pre- mieres of Edoardo Sanguineti's "L 'Orlando Furioso" and Naz- im Hikmet's "La Spada di Dam- ocle." In addition the first Italian staging of Bertolt Brecht's "A Modest Man's Wedding" will be given. Poetry readings, a film series, and an art show are also on the festival program. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Yes No Operating millage............ ............. 9,152 8,883 Special education millage............. 12,012 5,951 Bonding issue............ 9,146 6,223 CANDIDATES JOHNSON. .......................................... 9,183 WARNER......... .... ...........................8,835, BISHOP..........................................8,697 Anderson ........................................ 7,715 Kemp .........1... ................ ...... ... 6,257 Gottleib ......................... . ........... . 4,418 Schneider.......................................4,004 Shoultz..... .... ............................... 1,189 Cruz .............. .............................;.... 1,004 Report hits Continued from Page 1) try," Eisenhower said. "I don't think there is any centralized con- trol." The report said that "while vio- lowed by the concessions sought, lent protest is sometimes fol- lowed by the concessions sought, it more often produces a degree of counter-violence and public dis- may that may gravely damage the cause for which violence is in- voked." It challenged the belief held by some members of the univer- sity community that civil 1 a w should not apply to , internal campus affairs. "A serious misconception," the report said. "Now that students themselves have firmly discarded school authority over their per- sonal lives, they must logically ac- cept the jurisdiction of c i v i 1 authority." 1' Millage scores surprise (Continued from Page 1) Garnering 8,697 votes, Dr. Ron- ald Bishop, who won the third seat, said he was "very pleased with the millage victory." "It'll make our work much easier," he said. He indicated the passage of the millage reflected "a vote of confidence to the judg- ment of the current board." "I'm glad to see students con- tinue to accept their responsibili- ties as citizens," Bishop added. "I think they should continue moving along that line." The $4,950,000 bonding issue for r 1 1 r The university .officials are ill- equipped to control violent and obstructive tactics on their o w n a new junior high, had been de- and should "make known in ad- feated twice, but passed yesferday vance. that they will not hesitate unofficially 9,146 to 6,223. Only to call on civil police when cir- property owners voted on the pro- cumstances dictate and s h o u 1 d posal which will provide funds for review in advance with police of- constructing the city's fifth junior ficials the degrees of force suit- high school. able for particular situations." The half-mill addition to ' the It stressed that existing laws p esent half-mill asssessment for already withdraw financial a i d the education of mentally and from students who engage in dis- physically handicapped students ruptive acts and added "additional passed unofficially 12,012-5,951. laws along the same lines would The extra half mill will be used not accomplish any useful p u r- tp expand special services needed pose." to meet increased enrollment of handicappedstudents. TM advisory committee drafts secret proposal v{" 1.. . .. . ..« , r ,.".",t. ."a 7... '. 4':r.} .*.'"'Y. .".. .ih * DAIL OFFCIALBULETIN DiY. 4?v}"': :Y: "v ' " :? .1y,"'",rvr'r_". "" :. :.. .. ... Y".r" " {... ,"r.r r 4 Continued from Page 1) be submitted two weeks in ad- vance., He said that the Regents would most likely acknowledge receiving the report or set up a committee to look further into the matter, with no final acti6n coming be- fore their July meeting. The two key questions which the board had to deal with were whether student fees, in the fdrm of a tuition increase, would be used to fund new facilities and whether to hold a student referendum on the question of building the new facilities. , After the meeting, the Board is- sued the following statement: "The Committee has drafted a proposal for transmittal to the Regents for the construction of new indoor intramural and re- creation facilities. The Committee attempted to reconcile so far as possible the many divergent views expressed within the Committee and from others that have attend- ed the meetings. It is noted that' the report encourages continued. student participation in the plan- ning process. The report will be released at the discretion of the Regents." Almost every student group has expressed opposition to any tui tion increase for IM funding with- out a student referendum. 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