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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Friddy, ~t~ber 26, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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fiioshima Mon Amour
Cinetnea Guild, Arch. Aud.
Fri., 7, 9
The screenplay for this unique
films was written by French
tnovelist Marguerite D ui r a s,
whose ideas somehow manage
to rise above the obnoxious di-
rection of pretentious Parisian
Alan Resnais.
Hiroshima Mon Amour tells
the sensitive story of a love af-
fair between a Japanese busi-
nessman and a mysterious
French woman. It was Resnais'
first feature film and features
Emmanuele Riva and Eiji Oka-
da.
-MICHAEL WILSON
Diary of a
Chambermaid
and L'Age D'Or
Cinema Guild, Arch. Aud.
Sat., 7, 9
Luis Bunuel is by far one of the
greatest living directors in the
world; his films are not to be
missed for their remarkable ab-
surdity and superhuman per-
ception.
Diary of a Chambermaid
(1964) stars the talented French
actress Jeanne Moreau in a tale
of the fantastically decadent
French squirearchy.
It is taken from the bizarre
Octave Mirabeau novel of the
same name and derives most of
its satisfaction from unique per-
f6fmance and Bunuel's unpre-
dictable direction.
Sun., 7, 9
L'Age D'Or (1930) affords mov-
itgoers, a rare opportunity to see
a marvelous film that has been
banned so long in Europe that
it has become practically im-
possible to obtain. It is Bunuel
at his surrealist best, and was
his first feature-length film. A
roust see for everyone.
Shown as a short subject pre-
ceeding L'Age D'Or is the 1929
Salvadore Dali - Bunuel collabor-
atibn entitled Un Chien Andalou.
Although little more than 10 min-
utes long, the film is quite
unique.
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By JIM KENTCH
Although German humor has
been rather meager these last
56 years, a strange brand of hu-
irnr intermittently erupted t h e
University Players' fine Wednes-
day night performance of The
Marriage of Mr. Mississippi.
The action in Durrenmatt's
play revolves around Mr. Missis-
sippi's (no connection to the riv-
er) marriage to Anastasia. Both
have killed their mutually adul-
terous spouses. Anastasia out of
jealously and Mr. Mississippi out
6f his ruling sense of Morality
(capital M).
As the play continues we learn
that Mississippi (who wants to
revive Moses' law) is a former
bordello owner, and Anastasia is
as fickle as a weathervane, jug-
gling three men at the end. The
fallen Count Bodo, a Communist
revolutionary, and a power-hun-
gry government official weave
TV
highlights'
0 x Movie: James Franciscus and
Charlton Reston in "Beneath
the Planet of the Apes."
S1niass rule the future
world while mutated hu-
Ma~ns live underground.
11..0 Moyie: "Pate Is the Hunt-
tr." Investigation into crash
of a commercial jet.
4 Johnny Carson. wuest Orson
$ran.,
7 In Concert. 411-50's show
with D3ion, Chubby Checker,
Bobby Rydell, Jackie Wilson,
the Coasters, and the Cry-
stals.
56 Movie: "Dark Victory" with
Bette Davis, lutnphrey Bo-
gt, and (whew!) Ronald
Reagan. Poignant study of
d ilt girl.
12 9 "he H[appening" - itter
satire about beach buns
who kidnap ea-;Mafia lead-
er. George Mabaris, Faye
Dunaway, Anthony Quinn.
1 4 M414nlgt Special. Sly and
the Family Stone, Mark-Al-
niod, F'rankie Vali and the
Four Seasons, Melissa Man-
chester, Freddy Weller, At-
Iee Ytager.
7 Don Kirshner's Rock Con-
cert. Sly And Farmily Stone,
Bhlack Oak Arkansas.
1:36 2 Movie: "The Man Who Cried
Wolf" Actor tries to elude
murder charge.
Incidentally, dressed in a T-
shirt, Bunuel makes a minor ap-
pearance at the start of the film.
-MICHAEL WILSON
Farrebique
Cinema II, Aud. A
Sun., 7, 9
One of the highlights of last
year's public television season
was a unique documentary look
at the day-to-day lives' of Cali-
fornia's Loud family. Perhaps
thanks to the success of An
tertaining journalist. They fall
in love. And you'll love them.
-MICHAEL WILSON
z
UAC, Nat. Sci. Aud.
Fri., Sat., 7, 9
Costa-Gavras's Z is an only
slightly fictionalized drama of
the assassination in Greece of
Dr. Gregarios Lambrakis, the
leader of a movement opposing
placement of Polaris missiles in
that country.
film a highly entertaining come-
dy,
-MICHAEL WILSON
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American Family, Georges Rou-
quier's 1946 film Farrebique is
enjoying a quiet comeback after
several dormant years.
Rouquier spent an entire year
photographing a I m o s t every
imaginable activity of a French
farm family: planting, meals,
harvest time, and even the mak-
ing of a major decision - should
the farm be wired for electric-
ity?
Frankly, although Farrebique
Farm may join the electric era,
electrifying this film is not. Un-
fortunately, it has aged into lit-
tle more than a sorely outdated
period piece.
-DAVID BLOMQUIST
It Happened One Night
Cinema II, Aud. A
Fri., 7, 9
This 1934 Frank Capra deluxe
won 5 Academy Awards and de-
served every one of them. When
Clark Gable took off his under-
shirt in a scene with co-star
Claudette Colbert, they say T-
shirt sales dropped by the thous-
ands all over America.
Gable, a fine actor, admitted
he didn't remember making the
film but said he thought it was
one of his best pictures. The
story is simple: a runaway rich
girl meets up with a highly en-
Later investigation showed that
the assassination had been plan-
ned by high government officials
and a secret, super-patriotic
right-wing organization.
Perhaps the heart of Z, nomi-
nated for best picture in the
1970 Academy Awards, is the
superb visual pacing master-
minded by Costa-Gavras and the
almost-legendaryFrench cine-
matographer Raoul Courtard. Z
contains some of the best excit-
ing action footage of recent
years.
Yves Montand and Jean-Louis
Triortignant lead a superior cast
in this excellent and most pro-
phetic film.
-DAVID BLOMQUIST
His Girl Friday
Cinema II, Aud. A
Sat., 7, 9
Howard Hawks, a versatile
and American director, made
this fast-paced film in 1940 mod-
eled after the screenwriting
genius of Ben Hecht's Broad-
way hit Front Page.
It stars Rosalind Russell as a
fast - talking reporter and Cary
Grant as her manipulative edi-
tor. Cary gives a terrifically ex-
citing screen portrait of the kind
we sorely miss nowadays. Rus-
sell steals many scenes from
him, though, and makes this
comedic genius, Woody Allen is
a master of incisive political and
social satire, unbridled slap-
stick humor, and gentle spoof-
ing of the human condition. Be-
sides, he makes me laugh.
Bananas is Allen's funniest
movie to date, a riotously luna-
tic chronicle of a wholly improb-
able revolution. Appearing with
Allen in Bananas are Howard Co-
sell and Louise Lasser.
Everything You Always Want-
ed to Know About Sex, But Were
Afraid to Ask, on the other hand,
is disappointing and mediocre.
Only occasionally does it rise to
Allen's usual level of insanity.
With Gene Wilder, Lynn Red-
grave, and Vincent Price.
-JAMES HYNES
Midnight Cowboy and
Where's Poppa?
Campus
An excellent double feature
with two of the finest films of the
60's.
,John Schlesinger and his Mid-
night Cowboy won Best Director
and Best Picture at the 1969
Academy Awards.
Jon Voight plays Joe Buck,
tall, handsome stud from Texas.
He has come to New York to re-
lie'e high - society ladies from
lonely days while their enascu-
lated husbands are down on
Madison Ave.
Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman)
from the Bronx, is a pathetically
lame character who lives like the
rat he resembles, hoping to save
enough money for a bus ticket to
Miani. He becomes Joe'srpimp
and together they pile around
New York's "Village" to the
strains of Nilsson and "Every-
body's Talkin' At Me."
Also on the double bill is Carl
Reiner's Where's Poppa? star-
ring George Segal. Reinerbex-
ploits Segal's incomparable
comedic talents, long oversha-
dowed by his famous leading la-
dies, i.e. Barbar Striesand in
The Owl and the Pussycat and
Eva Marie Saint in Loving.
In Where's Poppa? Segal is a
36-year-old bachelor lawyer who
decides its time to knock off his
duting mother (Ruth Gordon).
In this fast-paced comedy see
Pon Liebman as George's bro-
ther rape a hooker in Central
Park. The hooker is a cop-in-dis-
guise who shows his appreciation
by sending Liebman a bouquet
of roses.
Segal the schlemiel and Trish
Van Devere in her movie debut
attempt lovemaking - standing
on a bed. And who can forget
Gordon's shocking display of af-
fection as she takes a bite out of
Segal's tush?
-CAROL PETOK
harry in Your Pocket
Michigan
Here's a story about pickpoc-
keting, starring James Coburn.
It is chiefly concerned with Co-
burn's smile, which we are so
used to by now that is begins to
look like an ad for Maclean's.
Michael Sarrazin and Trish
Van Devere also act in what re-
ceives my personal citation as
this year's worst piece of gar-
bage.
-MICHAEL WILSON
Also . **.
New World Media presents
Marcel Ophuls' A Sense of Loss,
a film about Northern Ireland,
free in UGLI Multi-Purpose
Room at 8 tonight.
Fifth Forum features the
French - made Le Sex Shop. Not
seen at press time,
The State Theatre presents
Jesus Christ Superstar.
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This Weekend
8:30 2.00
FRI.-SAT.
Bill Vonaver
Livia Drapkin
virtuoso on guitar, banjo,
and tambura
SAT.-2 P.M.
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has never seen an X-rated movie, 'Le Sex Shop' is
the one to take her, or him to. It is whoesome,
refreshing and deliciously funny satire."
---Stewart Klein, WNEW-TV
"This charming French comedy is the first really
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their way in and out of the ac-
tion.
This is a world in which any-
thing can happen. Three trench-
coated figures walk out of Katka
and into the opening monologue
and kill the speaker, who pro-
ceeds to explain that his death
belongs at the end of the play.
The action takes place "in a
room at Anastasia's ° house, in
some place."
Slide projectors project por-
traits onto empty picture frames.
People walk by the window al-
though the room is on the sec-
ond floor. As the audience arises
from its seats an actor rushes on
stage to inform us that it is not
yet intermission. Disbelief is sus-
pended 500 per cent.
The actors continually speak of
the play as a comedy, and it is
funny. The audience laughed
throughout the play - but they
laughed at people dying, broken
collapsing worlds as well as the
dreams, hollow morality and
truly humorous lines and situa-
tions.
Did Durrenmatt start to write
a tragedy, stop, fish his manu-
scriptout of the wastebasket the
next day and add some one-lin-
ers?
This is a comedy of ideas: the
characters are to a large extent
humorless meglomaniacs. The
last scene is a barrage of images
that leaves the mind reeling: the
politician, the, whore, Don Quix-
ote, Beethoven, naive trust, be-
trayed love and heartless lies.
What is to be done with his
presentation of believable ab-
surdity? It must be seen and ac-
cepted as an accurate mirror of
our time.
The acting, overall, was fine.
Richard Frank as the Communist
revolutionary was superb in a
very energetic role.rDon Pais-
ley, playing the power - hungry
politician, performed an excel-
lent dance of lust in his under-
wear. Denise Koch's acting,
though excellent, led one to be-
lieve that it was a tragedy after
all, while Laurence Coven as
Mississippi rarely spoke with the
true voice of feeling.
But Marshall Levijoki as Count
Bodo gave by far the best per-
formance. His role was very de-
manding in its emotional range,
and his portrayal of having drunk
five bottles of brandy is very
convincing.
The remarkable competence
displayed by the technicalbstaff
of this production cannot be ig-
nored. Janice Gary's well-eng i-
neered set not only survives but
enhances the intimacy of Arena
Theater.
Much of the play's effect as
well as a substantial portion of
its humor result from the fine
coordination and execution of the
lighting and set designs.
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hisduke in the pit and
skinned the poke.
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IN PLAIN ENGLISH
While you were watching
the pretty girl that bumped
you, Harry stole your wallet.
JAMES COBURN
assisted by
MICHAEL SARRAZIN and
TRISH VAN DEVERE
n a Sun comedy about money
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ALAIN RESNAIS'
HIROSHIMA MOM AMOUR
A French acress and a Japanese architect
meet in Hiroshima and seek escape from
painful war memories in a fleeting love
affair. A mixture of expressionism and
newsreel realism.
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