i THE MICHIGAN DAILY A r s &Ete ti n Thursday, October 28, 1 976 Page Seven rtYsingtVicaactors :' IA(;E TO, f4C1 ouLg Vic actors arouse excitement Bergman film a bore By DOBLIAS MATULIONIS -clos-ups, profiles, silhou- EACE TO FACE is a very. ap ettes, you name it. Bergman is propriate title. for the new a well - known fanatic (at least Ingmar Bergman film, because among critical circles) of actors over half of the movie is faces faces, because he believes in the cinematic power and reve- lation of a person's facial ex- 1.;pressions - "the mirror of o o rn es: the soul." However, in this film, ihe carries this idea to an irri- tating extremity. nie's five minute soliloquies on human relationships and say, "That's interesting". Needless to say, these speeches are quite monotonous. During these monologues, the whole audience' (all three people) squirmed in their seats. Fantasy dramta Basically, the film is a psy- chological analysis of Dr. Jen- nie Issacson (played by Liv Ullmann). In many ways, Liv' Ullmann's character closely parallels Catherine Deneuves character in Roman Polanski's Repulsion. Both are attractive LITTLE . THINGS movie are annoying, strained, unnatural the characters, and plodding of the plot runs well over two about the such as the dialogue of the endless (the movie hours). By ANGIE NICITA women, they both show the first' signs of insanity after being ARE YOU ready fora fun- left alone in an apartment, they tastic trip into the world both have severe sexual diffi- of fantasy? If you'answered culties, and they both imagine yes to this question then you're seeing strange people lurking ready for the first children's about their flat. Unfortunately, theatre production of the 197 Liv Ullmann's part falls far 77 season. The Disappearing short of Miss Deneuve's, de- Goobies. The play will be per- site Miss Ulman's absolutely formed Friday, Oct. 29, at 4:30 stunning performance. and 7:30, and Saturday andi Sunday, the 30th and 31st, at - Bergman's film style is cold, 11:00, 2:00, and 4:30, in the unemotional, and definitely not Residential College Auditorium entertaining. The camera work at East Quad. is very static, with about a doz-' . The Disappearing Goobies is a en of the torturous close-ups be- combination mvsical comedy ing well over three minutes and fairytale. The story was long. Most of these are of Jen- originated by Dotty Politziner. nie, but there are a few mean- Her brother Dlae Strauss, a ingless ones of other characters grad student and teaching fel- - meaningless because the oth- low at the University. comnos- er characters are cardboard. ed the musical scores. The For instance, all Prof. Thomas story behind the creation of this Jacobi (played by Erland Jo- production is one in which sephson), Jennie's boyfriend,. Strauss nlavs a central role. does is listen intently to Jen- Last September the Univer_-; sity Activities Center (UAC)' childrens theatre nresente& Free to'B'e. Voti and Me. qnd Straviss arranged the rolsic for it. After the program, he sis, any 'Specia parents wanted to know why he had omitted certain songs from the original production. As can je be imained, Strauss felt some- jen what frustrated with this reac-_ tion to his music, and thus he decided to do an original play in which he would be the origi- nator of all the music. He asked his sister to write the script and she came up with the idea of The Disannearing Goobles. It was then presented to the UAC,I and Heidi Gottfried. a member Save $22 On wh of the UAC, 'decided to sponsor S it. The result was the produc- you'd expect to tion which will be performed for this set! this weekend. . .' tr > But by far the most irritating thing about the movie is Berg- man's use of "arty" esoteric symbolism. if you see the mov- ies, try to figure out, for vo'ir own amusement, the svmbolism of the clock or of the stained elass window in the hallway of her grandparents' an-tment. If you're a "Bergmaniac" , vou may immensefy eniov this film, but if you're not interested in melancholy obscurity, don't bother to see Face to Face. Have a flair for artistic writing? if You are Inte'e- pm t. a ri Tusi or writing fe:'t," Sstries a b r u t the drama. danee . tr ars:Cn a A By MIKE JONES and STEPHEN PICKOVER ENGLAND'S Young Vic reper- tory company will be in Ann Arbor next wyeek to give us a fresh and vibrant approach to two classics: W. B. Yeats' Oedipus the King, and Shake- s-eare's Taming of the Shrew. Their arrival here marks the: mid-way .point for their U.S. tour. Judging from past re- snonses, we texpect several ex- ceptio!1al performances. The company, whose advertis- ing campaign has been ratherI sparse b: cause of a tight budg- et, hasn't failed ini arousing ex- citement at the news of their coming. They are known for striving to "bring a new vitali- ty and experimentation to clas- sical and modern theatre." Productions are generally sim- ple in set and costiumes, thus placing emphasis on text and aldience rapport. This method of production has made the Yo'urg Vic's theatredmoreaac- ,.ssi ble to the modern audi- ence, particularly young peo-, U. Thir success thus far has iwnired them two Tony nomina- Made up of competent and e qrniced actors and direc- tirs, t' ;e cornpacy frequently at- trac s muay ntLstanding theatre r ;alitils, who perform at t1e Yo'ng Vi.: playhouse in; Ld.In the brief six years the' h e been together, they. hae 'r dni ed many plays ragi-g from Sophocles and Shu) s r,?to Beckett, Pin- r. ad Gd enct. THEIR PRODUCTION of Shrew has won them the "Crit- ics Award of Madrid for the best foreign company to visit Spain' in 1971. Roland Jaffe's direction of W. B. Yeats' adap- tation of Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus the King has been de- scribed as a "stirring theatri- cal experience." Perhaps what has inspired such great enthu- siasm for these productions has been the result of the com- pany's philosophy of "team- work." They rehearse together intensely to define the sensi- tive relationships between char- acters. The Young Vic is subsidized by the British government, thereby enabling them to bring good theatre to today's audi- ence at an affordable price. They have been very successful in educating people of all ages, who might not be regular thea- tre-goers, into the intense per-} sonal gratification of experienc- ing the classics. Unfortunately, the cost of bringing the company to the U.S. will not provide Ann Arbor drama buffs the benefit of the Vic's London prices. Nonethe- less, the opportunity to see this world reknown repertory group perform should not be missed. Oedipus will be performed' Noy,. 5 and 6, at 8:30. The Tam- ing of the Shrew will be per- formed Nov. 7, at 2 and 8 o'cl'>rk. All performances will be at Power Center. Daly Photo by SCOTT ECCKER A MEMBER of the Young Vic Repertory Cmpany of England gesticulates during an in- terview at the Michigan League last week. The group will be performing two plays in the Power Center next week. DANCING toLIVEBANDS I Offer! Levis' prewashed mnd a jacket for just... Enjoy Oum Halloween Party Sat. Night PRIZES GIVEN FOR BEST COSTUMES No Cover Casual dress --ALS- in our 1 st floor PUB0 Fri. & Sat. eve. Sandalwood Sun. eve. 7 nights a week1 AT THE LADlE 'I Night-. SalalwoolTuesdays ASTAU ANT LOUNG E & WA EThursdays NOW APPEARING _ "*"'~**~~ ~the it ann arbor inn, 769,9500 "'SHIMMER" 100 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. ALTHOUGH the play has a written scrint, it is done as im- provisational theatre. In other words, the script is used as a skeleton for the plot and the players 'come un with their own lines to fit within this frame- work. The whole things comes together under the direction of Jim Moran, who is also the co- ordinator of the medieval fes- tival. The cast inclludes TLeesa1 Wittus, Karen King, Sandv Ryder, Ann Rubentiseh, Laurie Brown,. Lucy Biorklind. An-: drew Swee. and Tim Stane. By this time you're probably wondering what The Disappear- ing Goobies is about. Basically it is the story' of a neglected little boy who loves to eat be- cause he has no other emo- tional outlet. He creates a fan- tasy about a world full of crea- tures called "goobies", who have their own king and queen and castle, in short an entire goobie domain. But something terrible happens in the land of the goobies. They start disap- pearing one by one. The king decides something must be done, so he sets a guard to find out what is kidnapping the goo- bies. Alas, the guards falls asleep and another goobie disappears. One very little goobie has an idea however, on how to catch this sly thing that is stealing away with all of them. but no one will listen to her. Thus she decides to stav awake and try to catch this thing herself, and sure enough she is confronted with "the enohie