Saturday, November 18, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three 3020 Wastenaw Dal 434-1782 NIGHTLY AT 7:30 In new screen splendor.. Thc most nianiticent picture ever! S ocnrAGRTICRS IBowie: Winding down tour, churning out releases Winner CLARK (Ai$LE f en VIVIEN LEIGH A"admy LESLIE I IO'iRD OLiVIAd(IeI AVI AND Join The Daily Staff LAST PERFORMANCE Thnte at 0 P.M-. the University Players production of BERTOLT BRECHT'S MOTHER COURAGE and Her Children adapted and translated by ERIC BENTLEY BOX OFFICE OPEN NOVEMBER 15-18 12:30-8:00 P.M. POWER CENTER BOX (crti time IND. TICKETS $3, $2 763-3333 Department of Speech Communication and Theatre .(Continued from Page 2) survives this barrage of Viscon- tian aluminum though, and his success is one of listener's sanis- faction as well. eLeadirns of with a close-to-th- Width of a Circle, the album proceeds through several varying songs concerning a prophetized view of a domed society. Re- mote, and oftentimes defiantly so; the songs are best defined on the listener's own level. "All the Madmen" and "After All" complement this view with their stylized insanity. "After All" features a macabre Moog- laced instrumental break t h a t1 sounds like its very own carni- val of death. The instruments heave and then collapse, causing a breathless feeling and an even mrespaianf ull-nique spineting- songs in his direct, all-powerful sounding voice, ending on a eer- i shrill but netheles perfect Guy arawan s Taught & Influenced Michael Cooney, Bob White, Rosalie Sorrels, Pam Ostergren, etc.' He co-wrote "WVe Shall ,, Overcome. "Running Gun Blues" is sung mockihigly, but its tale of death- I slash them cold, I kill them dead I broke the gooks, I cracked their heads ' I'll bomb them out from under their beds But now I've got the running gun blues is anything but the tone of its performance. The thriving sound of "Runining Gun Blues" coi- tinues on through "Saviour Ma- chine," a song about a ma- chine that has a mind of irts own and is worshipping people who have none. "Saviour Machine"~ is provokingly dangerous but more- over it is a well-drawn conclusion of the times at hand: Bowie plays upon and provokes the listener's deepest fears. S"She Shook Me Cold" and "Black Country Rock" are both straightforward rockers, w i t h "She" - the story of a seem- ingly unsuccessful rape - t h e most interesting lyrically. Tiye title song is a stately, fuzzily. electric piece and the conclud- ing number, "The Supermen," announces the sad existence of the super being; of "wondrous beings chained to life,,. . . so softy a supergod cries. On its musical mierit alone, M.W.S.T.W. is light years ahead of Space Oddity, and extremely comparable to most, if not all, rock products on the current sucidal outburstsrowaly moe and more maniacally potent, and, as such, the artist maintains an un- matchable level of crisp severity and spontaneity. The Man Who Sold the World (previously re- leased in 1970) is far from a per- fect album, but its strong musi- cal and lyrical sense makes it an album quite definitely ahead of its time. Quite. West, Bruce and Laing; Not quite 'cream,'but satisfying By HERB BOWIE "Turn Me Over" is plenty catchy, its members are decent vocalists, If you're still looking for a and the rest of the tunes, includ- and they avail themselves of surrogate Cream, then West, ing Eddies Boyd's "Third De- this resource. More important, Bruce & Laing is bound to be gree," provide comfortable start- though, is the group's variety of disappointing. Leslie West and ing points for the band's per- styles. Corky Laing are both good, but formances. Although the band's staple is they can't begin to fill their pre- Instrumentally, Bruce is defi- hard rock, it varies the pace decessor's shoes., nitely the group's mainstay. As often enough to prevent their Although West tried to play the well as turning in competent basic style from becoming Iwear- role of guitar virtuoso in Moun- keyboard performances, he plays some. "Out Into the Fields," tamn, his liimted musical imagina- exciting lead bass throughout "While You Sleep," and "Pollu- tion makes him more suited to nearly the entire album, impro- tion Woman" are softer numbers, playing rhythm and a limited vising much more freely than and "Third Degree" is the sort amount of lead guitar. Laing has he did in Cream's studio work, of "progressive" b 1u e s that never tried to play Ginger Baker, The sturdy backbone provided Cream played, particularly remi- Ifdon thed othser hnd, you're by Laing's solid, steady drum- W orld "Sitn nTp h just looking for some good, en- ming and West's powerful rhythm ergetic rock, Why Dontcha (Co- guitar-work allow Bruce to pull Given the half-life of most lumbia KC 31929) should be this difficult trick off without a supergroups today, it's not like- pretty satisfying. The album's hitch. The result is some of the ly that West, Bruce & Laing will got a lot of things going for it: most driving, imaginative bass remain together very Ion. They good compositions, spirited per- playing to be heard anywhere in may even break up by the time formances, a minimum of self- rock today. West and Laing, you read this-which would be indulgence, and variety, while playing subordinate roles, too bad, becautse they show It's hard to tell who was re- deserve credit for their restraint, promise of becoming one of the sponsible for most of the song- Teprl ntuetlps- bs-acems besael reditedtheetr aes aebrif and boh us- gup arund h Dontchais group plus various collaborators, cians play tastefully if not bril- certainly the best thing Bruce but t nsemssaf t ettha liantly. has done since the demise of "Pollution Woman" is just beau- What makes this album the Cream, and probably the best tiful, combining the grace and little gem it is, though, is the thing West and Laing have ever power of Bruce's best efforts. group's versatility. All three of done. DIAL 665-6290 "Breathtakingly Beautiful" CULTJRE Cr\-. EI'Wr~ ART-Pyramid gallery sets the scene tonight at 6 for a multi- media presentation of performances, happenings and conceptual art pieces as valid art forms; Bachelor of Fine Arts show on exhibit at the Union Gallery today from 12-5. FILMS-Cinema Guild shows Lubitsch's Ninotchika tonight at '7, 9:05, Arch. Aud.; Cinema II shows Busby Berkley's Gold Diggers of 1935 tonight at 7, 9, Aud. A; India Stu- dent Association shows Jeevan Mrityu tonight at 7, As- tron. Aud. DRAMA-University Players present Brecht's Mother Cour - age tonight at 8, Power Center. MUSIC-University Musical Society presents Paniagua Quar- tet from Spain tonight at 8:30, Rackham aud.; Ark fea- tures Ed Trickett and Guy Carawan tonight at 9; Peo- ples Ballroom features Rio Smokers tonight; School of Music presents operas Puccini's Sister Angelica and Ibert's Angelique tonight at 8, Mendelssohn and Maggie Speier, viola this afternoon at 2:30, SM Recital Hall. WEEKEND BARS AND MUSIC-Bimbo's, Gaslighters (Fri., Sat., Sun.) cover; Del Rio, Armando's Jazz Group (Sun.) no cover; Rubaiyat, Iris Bell Adventure (Fri., Sat. Sun.) no cover; Pretzel Bell, RFD Boys (Fri., Sat.) cover; Blind Pig, Carey Bell (F'ri., Sat.) cover, Classical music (Sun.) no cover; Golden Falcon, Wooden Glass (Fri., Sat.) cover Mackinac Jack's, Ramblecrowe (Fri., Sat.) cover, Okra (Sun.) cover; Mr. Flood's Party, Terry Tate (Fri., Sat.) cover; Odyssey, Mack Truck (Fri., Sat.) cover; Bimbo's on the Hill, Cardboard, (Fri., Sat.) cover. Noise for W es tern DawnTe SAT. & SUN, MATINEES ''MAGIC XMAS TREE" Only at 1 & 3 One Day Only-SATURDAY-Double Feature-SATURDAY-One Day Qonly TH E FILM SELECTED TO OPEN TH E NEW YORK WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL the incredible Maria Callas OS MEDIA directed by P'''er Pa1ol Pasoli n i By GLORIA JANE SMITH Arts Editor In the lobby outside of the Un- ion Ballroom Thursday eve- ning, a group of dancers garbed in quasi-translucent white went through expressive motions - whetting the appetites of all those who waited to enter the Ball- room and experience Noise for Western Dawn, a multi-media event presented by Bodylens. It is rare that we are offered the opportunity to experience aesthetically innovative events on this campus - much less produc- ed by students. Noise for Wes- tern Dawn was indeed a breath of fresh air in a student com- munity too often confined to "academic" pursuit in the arts. There was definitely at least a para-professional air to the en- tire program, which utilized four large screens with slide, film and video projection. Following a Sagian "entrada," we witnessed "Songs in Space" with visuals and sound by Bill Lillvis and Jerry Gazda. This portion of the program featured Lillvis' poetry which concerned itself with hollowness and was complimented by well-executed slides of the human body accent- ed by mellow red lighting. We were then swept into t h e poetic mind of James Peters who explored linear, concrete a n d sound poetry, climaxing his pre- sentation with an integration of concepts utilizing dance, slides', and video: Noise for Western Dawn. Although I do have my criti- cisms of the evening -- its pace was at times too slow, its dura- tion of two hours perhaps t o o long, its approach at times too scholarly (at the expense of en- tertainment), its impact at times too overpowering (often hiting us with just too much information at once) - its intent was defin- itely carried through in a suc- cessful fashion. By VERNON SCOTT Hollywood (UPI) - A group of highly qualified film producers and critics nominated the 50 most significant movies in Amer- ica cinema history and conclud- ed the two most important were Ctzen Kane and Gone With the The group was selected by University of Southern Califor- nia's Performing Arts Council, which asked the panel to choose milestone pictures - those which gave new concepts and advanced the art and technique of filmnmaking-. Responses were mostly pre- dictable as the professional movie makers came up with a total of 53 landmark films. Few "Greats" are recent. Perhaps, this indicates a decline in movie quality since only a handful of the 53 all-time great movies selected were filmed in the past decade. An interesting footnote is that of those nine recent pictures only Dustin Hoffman among the stars appeared in more than one of the elite - "Midnight Cowboy" and"The Graduate." wihTeBirth of a Nation, h Gold Rush, Greed, Intolerance, ThtGreat Train Robbery, Cit and Nanook of the North. Another quirk is the appear- ance of Ben Hur twice on the list - the original in 1925 with Ramon Navarro and the 1959 film with Charlton Heston. A glaring oversight was the omission of "The Oxbow Inci- dent,"perhaps the most trend- seting radical western ever filmed. How would your personal choices rate with the 53 films ranked in order of votes they received: 1 -- Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind. 2 - The Birth of a Nation. 3 - All Quiet on the Western Front. 4 -- The Best Years of Our Lives, Midnight Cowboy, Stage- coach. S - High Noon, On The Water- front. Hpet an msic.or orts writingatr arts: Contact Arts Edai to r. c/o The drama, dance, fim, 6 - 2001: A SpaceAdyssey. 7 - The Treasure of Sierra Madre. 8 -- The Jazz Singer, The In- forerWest tSide Story, The 9 - The Gold Rush, It Happen- ed One Night. 10 - The Big Parade, Casa- 11ca F-n Gred Itolerance, King Kong. 12 - The Great Train Robbery, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sunset Boulevard, The Wizard of Oz, The Graduate. 13 - Nanook of the North, Little Caesar, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Sound of Music. 14 - City Lights, Ben Hur 1925, Forty Second Street, The Maltese Falcon, Public Enemy, Dr. Stangelove. 1S - Ben Hur 1959, A Streetcar ARTS Named Desire, An American in Paris, The Robe, I Am a Fugi- tive from a Chain Gang, The L o s t Weekend, Easy Rider, 16 -CovereldeWagon, S n 0 W White and the Seven Dwarfs, The 39 Steps, The General, Shane The Godfather, Lost Hori- Tonhe purpose of the poll was to gather materials on each of the films and make them available for students of the arts and for special public exhibitions. Although many of the films antedated the Academy Awards, only 13 of the movies in the group were Oscar winners. Such award - winning pictures as Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, Gentlemen's Agreement, From Here to Eternity, Marty, Law- rence of Arabia, Tom Jones and Patton were passed over. q More ARTS today on Page 2 Local women exhibit art works Mai Zetterling's "The Grls" STARRING: Harriet Anderson, N a k e d Light & Mon ika Persona Bibi Anderson, The . Magician The Silence-Virgin Spring, Gunnel Lindbloom "Full of eccentric imagination arnd real passion . . . superb." --N.Y. Tirmes this important film program will be shown -ONE DAY ONLY- SAT U RDAY, NOV. 18 modern languages auditoriums 3 & 4 complete shows 6:30-7-8:20-8:40 $1.50 cont. Friends of Newsreel UAC-DAYSTAR PRESENTS the ailman brothers band * K 16 * * CIN EMA I I PR ESE NTS: * * SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER Goiddiggers of 1935 BUSBY BERKELEY. With Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart, Adoiphe Menjou. Hundreds of dancing feet! "The rmaster of scenic pres- tidigitation .. in one of his happiest moods."--N.Y. Times SUNDAY: GOLDDIGGERS OF 1935 AT 7:00 LA DOLCE VITA AT 9:00 By ANN DI LORETO Ann Arbor women, joined in the pursuit of their artistic interests are currently exhibit-. ing another successful bollec- tion of watercolors, prints and 3-dimensional construction at the Rackham gallery. This 21st annual showing fea- tures color and vibrance that of- fers a refreshing change from the bleak grey that has settled since that infamous Tuesday. The artists ranging from stu- dents to senior citizens also have yearly showings at the Un- dergraduate Library and North Campus Commons. The artists are neither ama- teur, nor do they expect amateur prices. Three works have been of which is "Circus Backstage," a fine print by Sheri Emley. Five others were also awarded "Special Mention," including an unfortunate attempt at a modern interpretation of a vase and flowers, "Harvest II." Another obnoxiously shocking work entit- led "Hot Poppies" fails in its at- tempt at originality, coming across as merely another Hall- mark Greeting Card. This blatent insensitivity on the part of the jury causes the gallery's only flaw, its inconsistency of qual- ity. The success of the show is par- tially in debt to three original works by Nancy Wilkoff entitled "No. 178," "Ms. Ellery," and No. 181," each of which desersv- ed a separate "Special Mention." No. 178 an entirely white sculp- ture constructed of, among other paraphernalia, empty birth con- trol dispensers, expressing the ceremonial and peaceable plight The;colorful and vivid expres- sions of nature, growth and life reveal these Ann Arbor women's efforts in cooperative organiza- tion since 1951. The women of Ann Arbor should be congratulated for their offering of one of the few free diversions in our city with surprising freshness. Until 5 pm today they will be giving their affiration of life, something a bit rare in this cold, cloudy city lately. 4 erformances Dec.2 and 3 AUDITORIUM A 7 AND 9 O'CLOCK $1.00 DANCING * RAMBLE- CROWE 8 P.M.-2 A.M. EVERY NIGHT r~r~ A r-r' rr'~ -- J F~I 77 A I