Thursday, September 27, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five ThursdQV, September 27, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page rive p U Francois, By BRUCE SHLAIN Francois Truffaut has always demonstrated a remarkable ca- pacity for seeing the poignantly humorous aspect of even the most pathetic of situations, but never has he woven the tragic And comic elements as subtly and consistently as in Two En- glish Girls. The film is an adaptation of a novel by Henri Roche, an inten- tional complement to Truffaut's earlier Jules and Jim. 'There are, however, two triangular relation- ships this time, the central one being Claude's (Jean Pierre- Leaud) indecisive yearnings for the two sisters, Anne and Muriel. His proposA to Muriel in the midst of the menage a trois formed b and the sister, is more than a fervent desire. reply that "I don't lovei clouds the issue in a ha certainty that never lift only exaggerated by t trary solution that th apart for a year to " love." 'Claude, Anne, and Mu left everything to chant in earlier films like Stol the random encounters faut's characters are tr farcical, here he has a graveness of tone, of Antoilie. , coming ceptional as natural," enhanced Bu awkward by the dispassionate narration. ter. y Claude In Two English Girls, he fol- wha a whim lows Renoir's formula that the left And her more emotional the subject mat- slee you yet," ter, the cooler the treatment, stan ze of un- leading to a particular kind of the1 s, and is irony that mocks the characters him the arbi- as it sympathizes with them. twe hey stay The coincidental aspect of their peri test their engagement is reminiscent of whe Jules and Jim; Catherine chose strik riel have to marry Jules largely because Tr ce. While Jim was late for a dinner date. tong en Kisses But the characters in Jules make trac of Truf- repeated, even desperate at- feel reated as tempts to control their respec- that dapted a tive fates, at least with regard to failu "the ex- each other. emp They are prototypes of Law- plat rencian lovers, feeling the need mun to reinvent love, to establish A one's own code, to experiment, the to create, until what matters is bits the search and not the attain- Ind ment. hav But Claude, Anne, and Muriel eve make no real attempts to grow. A Claude and Anne, the artists, to 1 move easily beyond the more thou rigid moral strictures, but have ity. not the ideology to accompany poin their sexual freedom. As Claude omn and Muriel drift apart during Cla their year of waiting, Claude and and Anne become convenient lovers, boo determined to "live first, define T it later." con A iut they never do defi The characters ne t they vaguely desire repeating to himsel p, "I am nothing,l nd nothing." His sta two sister: is never , so little is expreE en them; eventually ence of a strong n he is re-united with kes him as insincere ruffaut's periodically gue-in-cheek is an ar ction from the tragi ing, an intentional di mirrors the charact ures as they falll ptier and emptieri itudes as the need nicate becomes more s Anne says midway film, "Life is mad and pieces that d eed, each of the ch e an equally valid vie nts, the camera favor s Truffaut has said be objective, so I p usand different facets " There are threer nts of view in the f niscient speaker (T ude's thoughts and Muriel's painfully k k. he diverse realities flict with each other dy ing me it la- as fail to meet altogether. ver find while in Jules and Jim, Tr , Claude played with the spectator's f before tions by ironically setting I under- music against the action, tus with he makes blurry the chara clear to intentions and emotions,t ssed be- providing for the audien the ex- stark reality in the crucial emotion, ments that is new in the Muriel, career of Truffaut. e. The lingering close-up o bulging blood - stained sheet after C rtful dis- and Muriel consummate c loss of failure to love each other r straction Cries and Whispers, as doe ers' own vomiting scene when Anne back on Muriel that she and Claude romantic lovers. to com- Whereas Two English Gi urgent. more a study in detachme r through the elusive-nature of feeling le up of the irreconcilable distance on't fit." tween people, we must lo iaracters Jules and Jim to find the s ew of the of the abundant vitality tha s no one. vades the earlier work. , "I try The unifying force is un resent a edly the characterization ofa s of real- erine (Jeanne Moreau)a narrative Eternal Woman, the perp ilm: the enigma, the androgynousi Truffaut), nation of the life force, an i d ,letters, of herself that she labors to ept note- petuate. Indeed, it is when begins to understand her do not mere mortal that she reb so much suicide. dreI am For Similarly, The 400 Blows and Uffaut Stolen Kisses also deal with the emo- inevitable erosion of the abso- the lute and the ensuing reconcilia- here tion. for the ideal is never shat- cters' tered, only transmuted. Truffaut while crystallizes the moment beauti- ce a fully for Antoine in the freeze- I mo- frame confrontation of the sea, film and in Kisses it is Fabienne Ta- bard who teaches the overly ro- f the mantic Antoine that she is a laude woman and not an apparition. their ecalls This fragile idealism is ruth- es the lessly parodied in Two English tells Girls. Muriel's religious virtue is were nothing more than her inverted irs is guilt, her suppression of self- nt, in abuse twisting her into a tortur- g and ous knot. Claude, meanwhile, is s be- an insulated imitation of An- ok to toine Doinel, without his imagi- ource nation or vitality. t per- Claude writes a novel, Jerome doubt- et Julien, using characters to ab- Cath- sorb his suffering; his are is ul- as the timately a denial of feeling, like petual incar- his life, like his experience pass- mage ing him by before he has the o per- chance to grasp hold of his bud- a Jim ding life. "What's wrong with as a"" els in me today," he says, I look old." Truffaut has watchedhis cine- - - matic persona Leaud grow old, and they seem, in this film, to have grown weary together of mischievousness in the face of an uglier and uglier oppression cor- rosively eating away at their s dream. in the somber silences of Two offers English Girls, if one listens close- sides lv, there is the fait beating of moves funereal drums as Antoine Doinel w bal- is laid to rest. DIAL 662-6264 & t OPEN 12:45 SHOWSAT13,5,7,9pm NOW SHOWING! riginal Soundtrack Albumavailable featuringJoe Simon ("Theme From Cleopatra ones) andMillieJackson("Love Doctor" and"it Hurts So Good") Coming Thursday: "JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR" EMU Major Events Committee PRESENTS: SHA-NAN October 13 Bowen Field House TICKETS ON SALE WED., SEPT. 26 $4.00 advance, $5 at the door general admission TICKETS ON SALE at: Hudson's, AA Music Mart, Grinnells, Huckleberry Party Stare, McKenny Union Mark-Almond: Variety plus Garfunkel pouring on patho Daly Photo by STEVE KAGAN Crafts on display Liz Bunkey, a coordinator for U of M Artists and Craftsmen Guild, opens U Cellars new small craft shop yesterday. Members of the Guild and U of M students contribute works for sale. When our most distinctive rock band falls apart, each member usually sets out to prove that he was the true mastermind of the group. Now that Simon is making it by himself, Art Garfunkel has come to request his share of the praise, please. He calls his new album Angle Clare (Columbia KC 31474). Surprise! Garfunkel is a shameless romantic, despite sev- eral years as a cynical movie star. His arrangements on Angel Clare give us a good idea who was pouring all the extra butter- scotch on top of the old Simon and Garfunkel songs. If you swore at Mick Jagger for ruining "As Tears Go By" with strings, you will never get 11:30 2 Movie-Comedy "Boys' Night Out" (1962) 4 Johnny Carson 7 Alan King at the Indiana State Fair 9 News 50 Movie "The Silver Chalice" (1954) 12:00 39(Movie--Musical "The Girl Can't Help It." (1956) 1:00 4 7 News 1:40 2 Mlovie-Drama "The Violentones." (1967) 3:10 2 Mayberry R.F.D. 3:40 2 News along with Angel Clare. A single side of this album contains enough pathos to reduce the en- tire city of Ypsilanti to rubble. Garfunkel has taken 10 pretty songs from mostly popular sourc- es (Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, Randy Newman) and overwhelm- ed them with strings and harpsi- chords and choirs of heavenly angels. Whether he has smoth- ered the songs or brought them to life will depend on your own tastes. Garfunkel's voice carries plen- ty of emotional clout all by it- self, but he chooses to encase it in arrangements that even Man- tovani might find a little rich. If you can tolerate a little melodrama, though, this is a very professional and enjoyable easy listening music. -Tom Olson Mark-Almond's newest album CAMPUS THEATRE 1214 S. UNIVERSITY DIAL 668-6414 Sat., Sun. and Wed. at 1. 3, 5. 7, 9 p.m. Other days at 7 & 9 only is an exquisite movie'" -REX REED, Syndicated Columnist A NOVEL BY HERMANN HESSE A FILM BY CONRAD ROOKS R lad to an Afro-rock arrangement - more dynamic than anything they've ever done before. The second side maintains a more mellow mood: jazzy, semi-classi- cal, easy to listen to. Lead singer Jon Mark and flu- tist Johnny Almond head the group. Between the seven mem- bers, Mark-Almond plays over 32 instruments, backing their ly- rics which on this album some- times become verbose. They're not nearly as depressing, how- ever, as those on their last al- bum, Rising. Both sides of '73 are recorded equally well, but the live side seems to be more dynamic than side two. Apparently their live performances outshine their stu- dio works, and I'd welcome a lo- cal Mark-Almond concert. -Elijah Langford 4 UA(COmEnd Iatri cs PRESENTS THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY ON THE WA TERKFRONT starring MARLON BRANDO 7:00 and 9:30 Natural Science Aud.-75c Fri &Sat. - THE GRADUATE '73 (Columbia KC 32486) six songs showing different of the group. Side onei from a fast boogie to a slo te' tonight 6:002 4 7Nw 9 Andy Griffith 50 Gilligan's Isad 56 Lilias, 'Yog a d'limi 6:30'2 CBS News 4 NBC News 7 AC News 9 CIDream of Jeannie 56 French Chef 50 Hogan's Heroes 7:00 2 Truth or Consequences 4 News 7 To Tell the Truth 50 Mission: Impossible 56 Course of Our Times- History 7:30 2 What's My Line? 4 You Asked for It 7 New Treasure Rust 9 Bewitched 56 Why You Smoke 8:00 2 The Waltons 4 Flip Wilson 7 Rock and Roll Years 9 shake, Rock and Roll 56 Playhouse New York: The 1940s 50 Night Gallery 1:30 9 Beachcombers 50 Merv Griffin 9:00 2 Movie "Kelly's Heroes" 1970 4 Ironside 7 Kung Fu 9 News 9:30 To See Ourselves 10:00 4 NBC Follies 7 Streets of San Francisco 9 Sept Ilies-Documentary 50 Perry Mason 56 'Masterpiece Theatre 11:0(0 2 4 7 News 9 CBC News 50 One Step Beyond How you express yourself depends upon your camera. 7 12 3 6 6:30 7:30 11 wbn The Morning Show Rock Progressive Folk/Rock/Progressive News/Sports Latino-Americano Jazz Blues Progressive CUL'(URE CALEiAR UPCOMING CONCERT TIPS-UAC-Daystar presents Steph- en Stills & Manassas at 8 in' Crisler Arena on Friday. ART. EXHIBITIONS IN PROGRESS-Pyramid Gallery dis- plays works of Women Artists through Sept. 29; College of Architecture and Design exhibits Art Students' Work in the Exhibition Hall through Oct. 15; Union Gallery displays Indian Drawings by Robert John George through Saturday. MUSIC-Medieval and Renaissance Collegium presents a con- cert of early music at 4 in Main Lounge Lawyer's Club. MOVIES-Cinema II and AA Film Co-op show Truffaut's Two English Girls in Aud. A at 7, 9; Cinema Guild pre- sents Fellini's White Sheik at 7, 9:05 in Arch. Aud.; New World Film Co-op shows Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl at 7, 9:45 in Aud. 3 MLB and Newman's Sometimes a Great Notion at 7:30, 9:45 in Aud. 4 MLB. ARE YOU POLISII? Interested in Polish language and culture? Want to meet other students of Polish descent at the University? COME TO THE POLISH CLUB i Thurs., Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.-4202 Mich. Union For more info call: 663-7483 so m mm.....................and Arbor Civic Theatre's ARMS AND THE MAN Today almost everybody is getting into photography And it's not the snapshot variety People are doing sports stories, nature stories, portraits-you may even have a friend who s doing photographs through a microscope. Or a telescope. You also know that everybody has his own idea about which camera is best. That's why its important for you to know about the Canon F-1. Because it's the system camera that s fast becoming the favorite of professionals. And the new status symbol among photography enthusiasts. The whole F-1 system includes over 40 lenses and 200 accessories. It s capable of doing virtually everything in photography So whatever idea you have for a picture, the F-1 has the equipment to make sure you get it. Because it was conceived from the beginning as a system. it works as a system. All the elements are quickly and easily interchangeable. No matter which lens or accessory you use with the F-1 body you won't have tjie feeling that something has been "tacked on. What's more the F-1 is comfortable to handle. Years of research went into the design of the F-1 body and placement of controls so yor fingers fall naturally into place. You Il appreciate this comfort when you're on assignment. It's also an important thing to keep in mind if you're investing in a camera you plan to keep a long time. Canon has been in the optics industry over 37 years. We make microscope equipment, amateur and professional movie cameras and TV lenses. It s this experience that helps make our still cameras the best selling cameras in Japan. In America, it s just a matter of time. See your dealer for more information. He ll also show you Canon's other SLR cameras. like the FTb ENDS TODAY-"BLUME IN LOVE" open 12:45 feature at 1, 3, 5,7, 9 P.M. STARTS TOMORROW DOMINIQUE SANDA IN . . . 601, east liberty HICAH Theatoe Phone 665.6240 I i romantic comedy by G.B. SHAW October 3.6, 1973 Mendelssohn Theatre t + :