I Thursday, October 25, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY i'QgE FI-VIE Visions of 8:| Olympics grandeur asI By BRUCE SHL Visions of Eight is of another good idea b David Wolper, the ide assemble an internat of the best directors take them to the '7 Games, provide themv to any event or happe Olympic Village, and an unlimited budget. The stylized docume came out of this ven out to be one of the mate portraits of ath petition ever done, bo and emotionally. The accent in eachc ments is, of course, o vidual alone in his o formance, made so m than the event itself seen in the film isr just athletes; rather,i athlete as a focal po larger drama, working behind and beyonds tl Visions, then, is a po polation of the genera American sports repor has been to uncover1 underneath thevenee In books like Jim B pose of baseball, Ball stone unturned hasi vealed a nest of swi gots. Similarly, the am nomena of the ugly H sell's success lies in h dismna-ntling of the snortsmen as clean a symbols of eternal tru But Cosell's appr creates new cliches,a struggle or LAIN his insights, he too manages to Focusingt the result rob sport of its grandeur, if there at the Gol y producer is any grandeur left. If the dialogue t a being to Greek spirit of bodily competition ers to spe ional crew is alive anywhere, it is alive in those ex available, the Olympic Games; through the when they 2 Olympic eyes of Arthur Penn, John mysticalI with access Schlesinger, and the rest, it is contorting ning in the alive, but precariously so. feet from give them Mai Zetterling, in her segment, Claude "The Strongest," filmed the "The Lose entary that weightlifters because she said the great nture turns she knew nothing about them, of the au most inti- and besides, having no interest in making. F hletic corn- sports she thought that the men midget w th visually were interesting because their attemptst obsession to lift weights seemed with the, of the seg- to negate everything else in their pervades, n the indi- lives. Her view of these rotund love likeP r her per- men is cutting almost to the The pe uch bigger point of cruelty, but she lets up Penn's fuz . What is at the end to show a particularly of the va more than obese lifter in his moment of Forman's it uses the glory. cathlon," int for the In "The Fastest," Kon Ichi- durance-w itself out kawa, like Zetterling, had spe- hausted at he scenes. cific aims about what he wanted who they oetic extra- to capture in filming the sprint- country t al trend in ers. He felt that they epitomized _stu o tin g, which the modern life-style, a micro- the reality cosm of man's thirt for freedom. r of sport. "Their eyes are wide open during T outon's ex- the race," he narrates, "but they Four, the appear to see nothing." But 8 56 Bel indeed re- enough for the athlete as exis- e oav rling mag- tential hero. Undoubtedly the K a nazing pre- best segments are those that" toward Co- delve into the basic poetry of the Di Str his ruthless human body. One would have to R cliches of leaf through Da Vinci's note- 'who nd virtuous books to find a better disserta- pro th. tion on the intricate movement of sTo vem oach only muscles as is filmed in Aruthur vat and despite Penn's segment, "The Highest." VALLIANCE FRANCAISE dANN ARBOR French Clubs of Pioneer and Huron High Schools PRESENT Moliere's L'AVARE IN FRENCH LE TRETEAU de PARIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1973 AT 8 P.M. ANN ARBOR PIONEER HIGH AUDITORIUM TICKETS ON SALE AT DOOR Adult tickets:$4.00--High School Students: $2.75 on Bob Seagren's try d Medal, Penn eschews o allow the pole vault- eak for themselves in xcruciating moments are suspended in that limbo above the bar, their bodies twenty the ground. LeLouch's piece on ers" has to be one of documents in support uteur theory of film- For even when shooting restlers or boxers, he to imbue the brutality same melancholy that his lyrical films about A Man and a Woman. rfect counterpoint to zzy and poetic footage ulters comes in Milos segment on "The De- the roughest event en- ise. The totally ex- thletes, barely knowing are, let alone what hey are representing, in Schlesinger's analy- highlights hind the Lines-Press Cov- age of Watergate. ie - Spencer Tracy and atharine Hepburn in uess Who's Coming to nnter." eets of San Francisco - ek Nelson stars as charmer o leads teen-age girls into ostitution. See Ourselves - Misad- ntures in "Macivor's Sal- ion," a love triangle. sis of the long-distance runners. For in Schlesinger's portion,, the last one in the film, the dor- mant subject of national alle- giances and the time-bomb of modern civilization are brought to the fore. He was the only di- rector to get any footage of the Arab terrorists, and captured somewhat that air of desolation that hung over the competition like a stench. Talking with mara- thon-runner Ron Hill, he provok- ed Hill's declaration that he did not come to the Olympics to mourn the Israelis; he came to run. LOTS OF WRITERS HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - Twen- tieth Century-Fox has employed a total of 43 script writers for episodes in four prime time net- work series: "The New Perry Mason," "M-A-S-H," "Roll Out," and "Room 222." 11:30 2 Movie - John Wayne stars in "Sands of Iwo Jina." 4 Johnny Carson - Comedian G~eorge Carlin. 7 Walt Disney - Golden Anni- versary Salute. l 54 Movie - Bette Davis stars in "Dangerous." 1a 00 9 Movie - "Doctor in Love," misadventures of two doc- tors. 1:30 2 Mtiovie-Antbony Quinn and Ann Margret in "R.P.M.," a liberal college professor's confrontation with student protesters. -THIS WEEKEND- Woody Allen X 2 r if T he incredible 'journey' The New Phoenix Repertory Company rehearses for its premiere Sat. at 8 in Duerrenmatt's The Visit in Mendelssohn. Also part of the Professional Theatre Program Repertory Series is tonight's Chemin de Fer by Georges Feydeau, beginning at 8. SlovaliOrchestra's 7 pure, wa Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Boh- dan Warchal, Conductor. Bohdan Warchal and Viliam Bobrucky, Violin Soloists. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1913 at Itackham Auditorium. By TONY CECERE The Slovak Chamber Orches- tra employed two very unusual performance practices Tuesday night: first, the ensemble played standing for the entire concert and second, the conductor dot- bled as a soloist. This unusual ar- rangemnent worked to the bene- fit of the groin, however, as Maestro Warchal was excellent in both capacities. In fact, the entire group gave a good show. There was compete agreement of timbre in the en- semble, resulting in a pure warm 'sound that w s excellent for Baroque music. It was sur- prising that 12 players could pro- duce such an exquisitely full tone. The group did not lack tech- nique, either. The Corelli and Scarlatti pieces contained many imitative "Question - Answer's passages that were easily passed from one member of the orches- tra to another. The two soloists in the Vivaldi, Bohdan Warchal and Viliam Bobrucky, were not so well matched, however, as Warchal seemed to play much louder than his solo partner. The Janacek Suite was a na- tural program choice for this rmn souna Czech string group, as Janacek is almost a patron saint of Czech music. The suite was a very ac- cessible conglomeration of Ger- manic harmony and Slavic melo- dies. Both the Janacek and the Simple Symphony displayed yet another forte of the ensemble- their ability to play precisely together in pizzicato (plucked rather than bowed) passages. The individual movements of the Britten bear humorous titles, such as "Playful Pizzicato" and "Frolicsome Finale", truthfully indicating that the symphony is written in a whimsical and ca- pricious style. The Czechs real- ly "hammed it up" here, and the audience expressed its ap- proval with muffled laughter. The Slovak Chamber Orches- tra proved itself to be a versa- tile performing organization. They executed Scarlatti and Brit- ten with equal facility and im- maculate. Swiss-watch precision, as well as with a full sound. It is gratifying to find a cham- ber ensemble so excellent. It shows that the classical ideals of balance and beauty through simplicity may not be dead after all. pang p p p p p p p ~ CUU(TURE CALENIWAR FILM-AA Film Co-op presents Russell's The Devils at 7, 9 in Aud. 4; New World Film Co-op shows Mystery of the Leaping Fish; International House in Aud. 3, MLB at 7, 8:45, 10 and Finnegan's Wake; Sinister Harvest at 7, 8:45, 10 in Aud. 4, MLB; Cinema Guild features Cukor's Born Yesterday in Arch. Aud. at 7, 9:05; Mediatrics presents Guns of Navarone at 7, 9:30 in Nat. Sci. Aud.; South Quad Films shows Shaft's Big Score in Dining Rm. 2, S. Quad at 7:30, 9:45. MUSIC-The Bach Club ,features a baroque program with tenor Edgar Taylor and pianist Patricia Mash in Greene Lounge, E. Quad at 8; Music School presents Theo Al- cantara conducting University Philharmonia at 8 in Hill. DRAMA-University Players perform Durrenmatt's The Mar- riage of Mr. Mississippi in Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg. at 8; P.T.P. enacts Feydeau's Chemin de Fer at 8 in Men- delssohn. UPCOMING CONCERT TIPS-Gordon Lightfoot appears in concert in Detroit at Masonic Aud., Nov. 10 at 8:30. Tic- kets available at Masonic Temple, Detroit; Arlo Guthrie performs on Oct. 27 at 8 in EMU's Bowen Field House. Tickets at AA Music Mart. a~f Med iatrics 6$. c - G NATURAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM Fri.&Sat. $1.00 7&9:00 JACK ROLLINS -CHARLES H. JOFFEProduc*n woo alens Executve Producer Produced by wLOUISE LASSER . CHARLESHJOFFE - JACK GROSSBERG -AND- Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask. FRI DAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.-Oct. 26-28 Modern Languages Auditoriums 3 & 4 $1.25' $2 friends of newsreel 769-7353 OPEN DAILY AT 12:45 SHOWS AT 1, 3, 5, 7,9 P.M. HELD OVER-3rd HIT WEEK DON'T MISS IT! Rated G CHIS s RS GEORGE CUKOR'S BORN YESTERDAY CUIKOR is known as the best actress director in America and Judy HOLLI- DAY'S performance in BORN YESTER- DAY is one of the reasons, An arrogant junk merchant (Broderick CRAWFORD ) hire so reporter (William HOLDEN) to cultivate his "dumb broad." Fri.: HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR ARCHITECTURE AUD. CINEMA GUILD Tonight at ADM. $1 7 and 9:05 NEW WORLD FILM COOP presents * HALLOWEEN MADNESS * * Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. as "COKE" ENNYDAY in James Joyce's EMU Major Events Committee with WWWW PRESENTS NOV EMBER 9 8 P.M. s... ,. ... .::... :.. ) featu res; fabulous ,'. Cab Callowov .,...-_-.