Friday, aeottmber 21, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Friday, Sei5tember 21, 1 ~73 THE MICHIGAN I~AILY Page Five 2001: A Spae Oddyssey UAC-Mediatrics Nat. Sci. Aud. Fri., 7, 9:30 2001: A Space Odyssey is di- rector Stanley, Kubrjck's mlag- humi opus, one of the few films that can be seen three and even four times. It includes a short course in anthropology, a history of tools, HAL the tool that bites back, a good light show, mystery, sus- pense, and The Meaning of Man's Existence, all in only 141 min- utes. The movie, a medium of en- tertainment made with machines, is brought to an impressive level of technical excellence in this well thought out story about ma- chines. Keir Dullea and Gary Lock- wood are appropriately machine- like as the two astronauts. Doug- las Rain's voice of HAL has re- placed that of Boris Karloff as the essence of True Evil for a whole generation. -Philip Mirowski Viva Zapata Cinema Guild Arch. Aud. Sat., Sun., 7, 9:05 This forceful film has a lot to offer: beginning with M~arlon Brando as Zapata, a Mexican peon-turned-revolutionary presi- dent. Brando sports his most exten- sive make-up job ever, with tap- ed eyelids,, plastic rings for nos- trils, and even brown contact lenses to go with his dyed hair. His acting, as usual, is impecca- ble. Anthony Quinn stars in his Academy Award - winning per- formance as Zapata's brother. J o h n Steinbeck wrote the screenplay, and Elia Kazan, whose credits include On the Waterfront, directed it. Viva Zapata's big fight be- tween Quinn and Brando uses no stand-ins. And watch for a pret- ty actress named Movita in the background. She managed to steal Brando's heart in real life and create one of the biggest Hol- lywood romances of the fifties. -Michael Wilson My Night at Maud's Cinema 11 Ad. A Sun., 7, 9 MyNight at Maud's challenges teassumption that gripping mo- vies must be built around vio- lence, car demolition derbies or raw sex. There is very little action: Eric Rohmer's shots are slow- paced; people just talk without preaching or pretension. The plot hinges on a young man's temptation to stray from the Catholic Church's command- ment against fornication. Vnex- pectedly, for a modern film, the teachings of the Church pre- vail. Still, the movie is not a dia- tribe against the sins of the flesh. Rather, it seems a cry- stal clear picture of what life is like for most of the people of the time The result is a quiet happiness, like a fire on a cold day. Maud's stars Jean-Louis Trin- tiagnant, one of the few actors alive who can play an intellect- ual without resorting to a hoary stereotype. -Philip Mirowski Investigation of a Citizen Above suspiciont Cinema IH Ad. A Sat., 7, 9 This 1970 Italian film may just rank as that country's greatest contribution to the cinema world since Sophia Loren. Directed by Elio Petri, Ivs- tigation won an Academy Award in 1971 As the best foreign lan- guage film. This version is sub- titled. The "citizen above suspicion" is a rather psychotic police chief who sets out to prove that a man wAith the right position in life can literally get away with murder. F-le decides to kill his mistress, making certain that hie leaves be- hind several obvious clues. But much to his surprise, hi assistants do not even hint that their boss might be guilty. In- stead, they quite willingly accept his flimsy cover-up at face value. Gian Maria Volante's finely de- tailed performance as the police chief provides tasty icing for this already delicious cake of a film. 9 News-Don Daly 56 To Be Announced 9:30 4 Brien Keith-Comedy 7 Adan's Rb-Comed 9 sports scene 10:00 4 Dean Martin 7Love, American style 9 Tommy Hunter 50 Perry Mason BW 56 High School Football 11:00 4 7 News 9 CBC Nws 50 One Step Beyond-Drama-BW 11:30 2 9 News 4 Johnny Carson 7 Jack Paar Tonite 50 Move-Drama BW "I Confess." (1953) 12:00 2 Movie-Drama "Contempt." (French; 1963) 9 Movie-Comedy SW "Georgy Girl." (English; 1966) 1:00 4 Midnight Special 7Movie-Western "Gun Glory." (1957) 1:30 9 Wrestling 2:00 2 Movie-Drama BW "The Man Who Cried Wof.~ (1937) 2:30 4 News 3:00 7 News 3:30 2 Divorce Court 4:00 2 ew w cbn Pygmalion Cinema 11 Aud. A Fri., 7, 9 As the original 1938 classic made from George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion leaves out the music that the remake Mfy Fair Lady popularized 26 years later. Unfortunately, few know of this excellent, serious original which presents the distinguished Leslie Howard as Prof. Henry H-igg ins. -Mike Wilson Rifles of the Game Cinema Guild Arch. And. Fri., 7, 9: 05 Rules of the Game offers a rare chance to see a film that The movie's technique is ob- noxiously interesting, and for some reason, one cannot take one's eyes off Jagger whenever he's on the screen. Those big, bulbous lips and the identity switch Mick pulls with Fox are alone worth the admission price. If, however, anybody thinks he or she understand the ending, please write this reviewer at The Daily and explain. I've seen the filmh three times and still can't figure out who is in the limousine which pulls awsay at the wild story's con- clusion. Is it Jagger or Fox? -Michael Wilson Kite Jane Fonda portray's a New Fork City prostitute who has be- come the target of a mysterious murderer. She turns for help to a private investigator, Klute cinem weekenld on Clint Eastwood, who can only squinit, White Lightnin' is strictly an- other Burt Reynolds grinner-and- squinter, this time about hillbilly moonshining. Ned Beatty (the frit guy who was raped in De- liverance) co-stars as a you-in-a- hear-o' -trouble-NOW-boy sheriff. This is simply a Burt Reynolds movie, nothing more, nothing ...well, nothing more. -James Hynes Siddiharth a Campus Theater Siddhartha takes all the forced profundity and pseudo-Eastern mysticism of the novel by Her- man Hesse and then adds some old cinematic cliches to it: hushed dialogue, slowv pace, and soft-focus photography. The movie concerns the young I n d i a n mystic Siddhartha's search for inner wisdom, which he finds by abandoning wealth, fine clothing, and sex in order to live beside a river. Uh huh. Strictly for those who take their philosophy no strong- er than Kahil Gibran. Written, produced, and directed by Con- rad Rooks. --Harry lKrishner And a(other Last Tango in Paris with ex- cellent performance by Marlon Brando at the Fifth Forum. Blume in Love at the Michigan with a cute Kris Kristofferson and a top-notch performance by George Segal. 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