JEAN-CHARLES TACCHELLA'S
B~LUE COUNTRY"
With BRIGITTE FOSSEY and JACQUES
SERRES. French, with subtitles.
A plethora of misunderstanding. Tocchella's characters in the pastoral French
countryside do not understand their feelings, wants, ideals, sexuality or self-
hood, and, likewise, they don't understand each other. Nonetheless, their
antics are :amusing, not melodramatic. Here eccentric behavior is less the
cause of social grief, instead being more a sign of humanity-something to be
appreciated. Amidst all this (or as part of it), an urban woman moves to the
country to escape the banality and confusion of the city, only to meet up with
rural people yearning for the "sophistication" of city life. As in "ousin
Cousine," Tacchella's previous film, there is an overall friendliness and good.
feeling not usually found in contemporary antiseptic U.S. cinema.
TONITE"AT 7 & 9 MLB 4 $1.50
ALTERNATIVE ACTION FILM SERIES
The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative presents at MLB 3
Friday, February 9
ERASERHEAD
(David Lynch, 1977) 7& 10:20-MLB 3
This bizarre film has been playing to packed midnight audiences in New
York since its release. A coherent plot description is impossible, but it
suffices to say that director Lynch has created a true cinematic rarity: an'
original work that seemingly has no antecedents in the horror genre. "The
special effects are simply extraordinary. I am not easily' given to overstate-
ment. See this thing."-David Bartholomew, Cinefantastique. ANN ARBOR
PREMIERE.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
(George Romero, 1968) 8:40 only-MLB 3
A group of people trapped in a farm house are surrounded by radio-active
ghouls with a taste for human flesh. More frigtening then THE BIRDS, more
grotesque than THE FREAKS, more menacing than INVASION OF THE BODY
SNATCHERS, this movie is as horrifying a nightmare vision as one could hope
to see on film. "Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul."
Tomorrow: Truffaut's THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN
Page 6-Friday, February 9, 1979-The Michigan Doily
For the week of
0 in sFebruaryl through 15
FRIDAY
February 9
Slaughterhouse Five (Old A&D, 7 and
9:05) Based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel,
which contains a very cinematic idea: a
man who becomes "unstuck in time"
and lives parts of his sweetly bizarre
life all out of sequence.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Aud.
A, 7 only) A very unusual film for 1944,
in that (1) it's a comedy about an unwed
mother, and (2) there's not a mention of
Hitler. Delightful.
The Lady Eve (Aud. A, 9 only) Henry
Fonda plays a wimpy millionaire her-
petologist, and Barbara Stanwyck is
the slinky vamp who charms him.
The Gold Rush (Nat. Sci., 7, 8:30 and
10) Many consider this to be Charlie
Chaplin's finest film, and it has its
great moments. "The Little Tramp"
becomes- the first man to conquer Klon-
dike gold country in baggy pants and
bowler.
Eraserhead (MLB 3, 7 and 10:20) No
one seems to know what this -film is
about, exactly, but reports say that it's
bizarre, original, extraordinary. A
must-see for all adyerturous cineastes,
if only to find out why that guy on the
Ann Arbor Film Co-op poster does his
hair that way.
Night of the Living Dead (MLB 3, 8:40
only) A true horror classic, about dead
peple coming back to eat the living.
George Romero made this low-budget
effort into a perfect nightmare of
horror and suspense.
Blue Country (MLB 4, 7 and 9) A
romantic comedy by the maker of
Cousin, Cousine, about the problems
and joys of single life. In French, with
subtitles.
Mister Roberts (Hutchins Hall, Rm.
100, 7 and 9:15) Another comedy about
fun in the Navy during WW II, starring
Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack
Lemmon, and directed by Mervin
LeRoy.
Second Chance - Foxx plays dancing
Top 40 rock through Sunday.
ThebArk - Bryan Powers plays a
superb autoharp Fri. anctSat.
Blind Pig - The progressive Blues
Band plays urban blues as inspired by
Detroit's asserftbly lines this weekend.
The Earle - The Bruce Dunlop Quin-
tet performs jazz and some dancing
music this weekend.
Mr. Floods- The Latin Salsa
colorings of the Prismatic Band
through Sunday.
The Pub - jazz by the Rob Brooks
Trio every Fri. and Sat.
Poor Richard's - Splash does Top 40
and disco this weekend.
Zelda's - If you get tired of the Top
40 and disco at Poor Richard's,
Whirlwind will play the same thing this
weekend.
SATURDAY
February 10
The Eiger Sanction (Old A&D, 7 &
9:15) Clint Eastwood directed and
starred in this film about a professional
assassin and part-time art instructor
who goes out to avenge the death of a
friend.
Silent Movie (Nat. Sci., 7, 8:30 and 10)
A cumbersome, embarrassingly un-
funny Mel Brooks comedy. A definite
must-not-see.
Papillon (Aud. A, 7 and 9:15) Steve
McQueen plays Paillon, the brave, cool
French felon who escapes Devil's
Island not once, but again and again.
Based on a true story. With Dustin Hof-
fman giving his usual fascinating per-
formance as Papi's loyal friend.
The Man Who Loved Women (MLB 3,
7 and 9) Although not up to the
passionate intensity of Truffaut's Story
of Adele H, this collection of charming
anecdotes about a perennial "leg-man"
is still more enjoyable than most of the
fluff the director has made during the
last 10 years.
Second Chance -- Foxx plays Top 40
rock through Sunday.
SUNDAY.
February 11
The Wizard of Oz (Old A&D, 7 and
9:05) Yes, it's that delightful, whim-
sical, mondo bizzaro 1939 perennial,
brought to you in dazzling color on the
big screen. With Judy Garland, Ray
Bolger, Bert Lahr... you know 'em
all. "And your little dog, too! "
Second Chance - Foxx rocks with
dancing Top 40 music.
The Ark - Martin Simmons plays
jazz piano.
MONDAY
February 12
Man with a Movie Camera (Old A&D,.
7 only) An unusual, innovative ex-
perimental film, made in 1929 by Dziga
Vertov.
The Overcoat (Aud. A, 7 only) A
whimsical, touching film about a poor
clerk's search for the perfect overcoat,
based on a novella by Nikolai Gogol
(the 19th century Russian version of
Woody Allen).
The Bad and .the Beautiful (Aud. A,
8:15 only) Another film assuring us that
Hollywood is really a nasty place. With
Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner.
Second Chance - Patti Smith's
favorite group, Sonic's Rendezvous
Band turns up the db's.
Blind Pig - Club regular Boogie
Woogie Red plays more Detroit blues
on his piano.
Mr. Flood's - Don Tapert and Tim
Sparling.
TUESDAY
February 13
The Valley (Aud. A, 8:30 and 10:15)
An Ann Arbor premiere, rated X. With
music by Pink Floyd.
Open City (RC Auditorium, 9:15 only)
Made during' WW II in occupied Italy,
this innovative film by Roberto'
Rosselini combines conventional film
drama with documentary techniques.
Second Chance - Jazz vibist Roy
Ayers and his band Ubiquity.
Mr. Flood's - Gemini.
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WEDNES)AY
February 14
Center for Japanese Stlies Film
Series, free at Old A&D.
Dr. Strangelove (Aud. A,and 10:20)
Just in time for Valentins Day. A
queasily plausible comedyn which a
psychotic general named J~k D. Rip-
per (Sterling Hayden) decles nuclear
war on Russia, for highly pshosexual
reasons. With Peter Sellers s George
C. Scott.
Heavens Above!(Aud. A, 80 only)
An English vicar decides o take
Christian doctrine literally inis own
life, with disastrous results. tarring
dear old Peter Sellers.
Second Chance - Big Fo plays
Funk.
The Ark - Open hoot.
Mr. Flood's - Martin Sinns and
friends provide the mid-wk folk
music.
THURSDA
February 15
The 400 Blows (Old Arch. Al., 7 and
9:05) Francois Truffaut maddiis film,
about a bright, rowdy, misulerstood
little boy, a young film-cril-turned-
filmmaker. Not only is he aaster of
the cinema, but a man rho can
remember what childhood iike, and
that's a rare gift
Wizards (Angell, Aud. A, 7nd 10:20)
Ralph Bakshi's quasi-Durd;ons and
Dragons cartoon fantasy.
Fantastic Planet (Angell Al. A,8:40
only) An elegant, past-colored
animation about two races oeings on
a distant planet, one gigantithe other
thet Lilliputian pets. In Fnch,.with
subtitles.
A Different Story (th. Union
Assembly Hall, 7, 8:30 and) About a
male homosexual and a lesbn who fall
for each other.' This ratheicontrived
plot line offended some ga critics on
the film's release.
Second Chance - The lok rocks
through the weekend.
Mr. Flood's - Teh Katie Lr Band.
Awards for stidents
The LS&A Scholarship Committee
plans to award up to fve t000 scholar-
ships to undergiadu es{dets of ab-
solutely outstandg inerit and
promies, according t'the University.
Each candidate fc the award must
be nominated by a rgular member of
the faculty, who mst supply all the
supportive data inuding additional
letters of support,and any other
evidence. Beyond thA, it is the respon-
sibility of the faculy member who
wises to nominate the student 'to
assemble all suppotive data. The
student should not be :volved any fur-
ther in this procedure.
Only regular staff iembers may
make nominations for tiese scholar-
ships. Supportive materie- letters of
support from other' authoities, other
evidence of excellence, etc.- must be
in the hands of the Commitee in 1220
Angell Hall by March 1, 1979.
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