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A Delicate Balance - (Cam-
pus) - Edward Albee's prize-
winning drama is brought to the
screen via the auspices of the
now-defunct American Film
Theatre (AFT). It is (and is in-
tended to be) a photographed
stage play, and thus may be jar-
ring to the general film viewer
used to a constantly moving
camera and multiple scene
changes. Albee's drama about
the spoken and unspoken ter-
rors surrounding a pair of mid-
dle aged couples is no Virginia
Woolf, but it stands as one of
the better offerings of the AFT
series. A high-powered cast
headed by Katherine Hepburn
and Paul Scofield help things
along considerably.**
A Woman Under the Influence
- (The Movies, Briarwood) -
John Cassavetes' searing, merci-
less study of non-communicative
marriage, with Gena Rowlands
and Peter Falk working the di-
rector's improvisational tech-
nique to an almost unbearable
intensity. Rowlands is simply
spectacular, deserving of every
award on record including the
Oscar she didn't win. ****
Fantasia - (State) - For
those who don't mind cartoons
set to classical music, Fantasia
remains the supreme Disney
creation and admirably demon-
strates the cartoon medium's
potential as a legitimate art
form. The "Rite of Spring" and
"Night on Bald Mountain" se-
quences are like nothing seen on
film before or since. ****
The Happy Hooker - (The
Movies, Briarwood) - Lynn
Redgrave's seductively comic
performance just isn't enough
to redeem this otherwies very
tepid film version of the adven-
tures of Xaviera Hollender.
Save your money for the Art I.**
Return of the Pink Panther -
(The Moves, Briarwood) - 1975
sequel to Peter Sellers' famous
Inspector Clousseau films of
more than a decade ago. It
strikes one as a wistful, nostal-
gic effort to re-capture a time
of relative innocence, when we
could laugh without bitter cyni-
cism. Sadly, what is past is
past, and the film comes on as
nothing so much as a flat, des-
perate museum piece. **
Farewell, My Lovely - (Mich-
igan) Minimally' entertaining
adaptaton of the Raymond
Chandler novel, filmed much
better thirty years ago as "Mur-
der, My Sweet". Poorly per-
formed by sleepy Robert Mitch-
um and frantic Charlotte Rampl-
ing. *
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
CINEMA
Badlands - (Cinema II, An-
gell Aud. A, 7 & 9) - A young
laborer and his teen-age girl
friend drift icily, almost acci-
dentally into a series of murders
spanning several states in the
Northwest. An absolutely stun-
ning, esoteric debut by writer-
director Terence Malick, whose
first film is as original in style
and invention as was Bonnie and
Clyde almost a decade ago. In-
deed, the direction of Badlands
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is so good it often seems to out-
distance its subject matter since
killers-on-the-lam films have be-
come a noted cliche of recent
years. If Mr. Malick would get
really challenging material to
work with, the possibilities
would be frightening. ****
Mississippi Mermaid - (Cine-
ma Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 & 9:05)
-Dull, almost throw-away Truf-
faut, performed with appropri-
ate numbness by Jean-Paul Bel-
mondo and Catherine Deneuve.
N.Y. Times' Vincent Canby says
"I liked it," - you won't. **
The Conversation - (Media-
tres, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7:30 & 9:30)
-Coppola's film of a bugging
expert besieged by guilt and
fear over his machinations,
seems increasingly full of holes
as far as plot logic goes, but
remainsathe classic study of the
paranoia of the Nixonian (and
post-Nixonian age. As the non-
c o m m itt e dgchameleon-like
eavesdropper, Gene Hackman
comes as close as anyone could
to capturing the terror beneath
the surface in all of us. ****
Easy Rider and Five Easy
Pieces - (Matrix, Easy Rider
at 7, Five Easy Pieces at 9) -
Easy Rider seems more a
haunting, lyrical anachronism
with each passing outing (were
neople really like that then?)
Five Easy Pieces tackles the
ambitious theme of the intellec-
tual vs. the physical in human
relationships. but sadly fails to,
orovirie even an initial insight toI
the dilemma, much less offer al
solution. As the central charac-'
ter, Jack Nicholson emerges
more as spoiled brat than alien-
ated aesthetic. **
Charade-(Co'izens Cafeteria,
8 & 10) - Rich widow Audrey
Hepburn is pursued across Eu-
rope by Cary Grant and an en-
gaging assortment of hoods, all
in search of her late husband's
buried loot. An enjoyable thriller
in the Hitchcock style, although
definitely not Hitchcock. ***
MUSIC
Chances Are - Diamond Rio,
rock, 9:30-1:30, $2 to $2.50.
Ark - Rosalie Sorrels, folk,
9:00, $2.50.
Baker's (Detroit) - Chuck
Baker, Jazz, 9:30, $3.50.
Casa Nova - Susan Michaels,
poo, 9:00-1:00, no cover.
Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Sense, rock,
9:00-2:00, $1.
Rljbaiyat - Strutter's Ball,
Arbor, but doubtless worth see- Mr. Flood's Party - Er
ing. Glatz, country, 9:30, no cove
F a n t a s t i c Planet - (New Golden Falcon - Ann Arb
World, MLB 3, 7 & 9) - Animat- Experimental Jazz Band, 9:0
ed sci-fi from Czechoslovakia. $1.
Beautifully original animation Chances Are-- Sgt. Pepper'
and a solid script make this a Beatles parody, 9:30, $1 to $1.5
funny and exciting film, but an Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Sense, roc
all-too-pat, all-too-brief resolu- 9:00-2:00, no cover.
tion at the end spoils things Musical Society - Gusta
somewhat. *** Leonhardt, harpsichordist, Rac
Experimental Films - (Cine- ham, 8:30. Standing room ticl
ma II, Angell Aud. A, 8 only) - ets only.
Series of five short films-some
previously shown here, some
not. Probably an interesting
program, but experimental
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Adam's Rib - (Matrix, 7 & 9)
- See Monday Cinema.
MUSIC
Ark - Hoot night, folk, 9:00,
75c.
Baker's (Detroit) - Richard
Grooveholmes, jazz, 9:30, $3.50.
Chances Are - Foxx, rock,
9:30, $1 to $1.50.
Casa Nova - Susan Michaels,
pop, 9:00-1:00, no cover.
Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Salty Dog,
rock, 9:00-2:00, no cover.
Mr. Flood's Party - Chuck
Coggins & Company, everything,
9:30, 50c.
Blind Pig - Robbets, rock,
9:30, $1.
Bimbo's On The Hill - J.B. &
Company, rock, 8:30-1:00, no
cover.
Bimbo's - Grievous Angels,
country, 9:00, no cover.
Musical Society - "Porgy and
Bess," Power, 8.
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MUSIC nearest thing to an overthorror
Loa uinas ixe Bg film Ingmar Bergman has pro-
Loma Linda - Mixed Bag, dc;soevwrsmyb
jazz, 6:00-2:00, no cover. duced; some viewers may be
Ark - Art Rosenbaum, folk, spellbound, others may be,
bored. Max von Sydow and Liv
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ton 40's, 10:00, no cover.
Heidelberg - Continentals,
German, 9:00-1:30, no cover.
Hedelberg Rathskeller - Mus-
tard's Retreat, folk, 9:30, no;
cover.
Pretzel Bell - RFD Boys,
bluegrass, 10:00, $1.50.
Loma Linda - Mixed Bag,
jazz, 11:00-2:00, no cover.
Mr. Flood's Party - North
Country Grass, country, 9:30,
$1.
Golden Falcon - Headwnd,
jazz, 9:00, $1.
Blind Pig - Silvertones, blues
(also Frazier Smith, comic),
9:30, $1.
Bimbo's On The Hill - J.B. &
Company, 8:30-1:00, no cover.
Bimbo's - Gaslighters, rag-
time, 6:00-1:30, 50c after 8:00.
Sunday
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
CINEMA
Juvenile Court - (Cinem4
Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 & 9:05) -
One of the latest in Frederick
Wiseman's superbly penetrating
documentaries on American in-
stitutions. Unscreened in Ann
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Chances Are -Jeff Harvey, The Fugitive-(Cinema Guild,
rock, 9:30, $1 to $1.50. Arch. Aud. 9 only) - Henry ursday
Mr. Flood's Party - Idaho Fonda as a revolutionary priest
Stcam Packet, country, 9:30, battling tyranny in Mexico. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Baker's (Detroit)-Chuck Ba- Good John Ford adventure, al- CINEMA
ker, jazz, 9:30, $3.50. though not really one of his Day For Night - (New WorldC
Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Sense, rock, best. *Nat. S. Aud., 7 & 9) - Truf- B
9:00-2:00, no cover. Les Enfants Terrible - (Ann faut's tribute to moviemakingn
Arbor Film Co-op, Angel Aud itself - a fictionalized account f
A, 7 & 9) - Jean Cocteau flm Isof - daytoed t acon
ofthe dayto-day tribulations
about a complex brother-sister and hilarities of the making off
relationship. Reputedly a mosta film called "Meet Pamela" (a
influential film upon other a
MODYOCTOBER 13 Fec ietrbta n real potboiler, judging from
MONDAY,French directors, but an un- what we see). It's all very en-
CINEMA known entity to this writer. joyable, but no more than that
Adam's Rib - (Matrix, 7 & 9) Adam's Rib - (Matrix, 7 & 9) Will the master ever take risks P
- Spencer Tracy and Katherine -See Monday Cinema, again? ***-
Hepburn play husband-and-wife MUSIC The Last Detail - (Matrix,
lawyers pitted against each oth- Baker's (Detroit) - Richard 7 & 9) - A slick, entertaining n
er in a trial of attempted hus- Grooveholmes, jazz, 9:30, $3.50. tragi-comedy by Hal Ashbyv
band-slayer (Judy Holliday). Mr. Flood's Party - Gemini, (Shampoo) about the odyssey of
This battle-of-the-sexes comedy folksy blues, 9:30, no cover. two Navy MP's and a likable,
was considered a classic in its Chances Are-Lightnin', rock, born-victim prisoner they trans-
time, but now seems awfully 9:30, $1 to $1.50. port to a far-away New England I
shopworn. For Hepburn cultists Blind Pig - Melodioso, Latin brig. Jack Nicholson and Otist
only **Fjazz, 9:30, $1. Young are excellent as the MPs,:
Titicut Follies - (Human Val- Bimbo's On The Hill - J. B. but are outshown by the re-I
ues Series, Angell Aud. B, 8 & Company, rock, 8:30-1:00, no markable Randy Quaid as their
only) - A terrifying look at the cover. young, gullible ward. *** f
inner workings of a seedy state Musical Society - Michigan THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16A
mental hospital by master-docu- Opera Theater's Porgy and CINEMA
menter Frederick Wiseman. Bess," Power Center, 8. The Prince and the Showgirl-F
Concise, unflinching and hor- rCinema Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 &p
rible - if you think the human ) - The unique teaming of
condition needs improving, look w ednesday Marilyn Monroe and Lawrencer
no further. The film is easily Olivier is about the only inter-
the best bargain of the week esting aspect of an otherwise
(it's free) - if you can stand it, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 very dull story about the ro-
by all means see it. **** CINEMA 1ance of a showgirl and a for-
Henry V - (UAC Shakespeare The Last Hunt - (Cinema eign nobleman. Based on - and
Cinema, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 & 9:30) Guild, Arch. Aud., 9:05 only) - utterly shackled by - a very
-The first of Lawrence Olivier's Big, sprawling Western adven- minor play by Terence Ratti-
Shakesperian trilogy, and prob- ture about a brutal buffalo hunt- I gan. **
ably his best. Purists may ob- er could be classified as our
ject to some of the changes and first ecology film. Moderately
condensations, but by and large diverting. **SUN DAY
these alterations improve the en- Hour of the Wolf - (Cinema
terprise as cinema. **** Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 only) - See BRUNCH-
MUSIC Tuesday Cinema.
Blind Pig - Boogie Woogie Les Enfants Terrible - (Ann Speaker: DR. G
Red, blues, 9:30, $1. Arbor Film Co-op, Angell Aud. Topic: Problems i
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MUSIC
Mr. Flood's Party - Mike'
Smith and his Country Volun-
eers, 9:30, 75c.
Chances Are - Foxx, rock,
9:30, $1 to $1.50.
Casa Nova - Susan Michaels,
pop, 9:00-1:00, no cover.
Bimbo's - Grievous Angels,
country, 9:00, no cover.
Bimbo's On The Hill - J.B. &
Company, rock, 8:30-1:00, no
cover.
Blind Pig - All Directions,
azz, 9:30, $1.
Ark - Michael Cooney, " folk,
9:00, $2.50.
Pretzel Bell. - RFD Boys,
bluegrass, 9:30, $1.
Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Salty Dog,
rock, 9:00-2:00, no cover.
Baker's (Detroit) - Richard
Grooveholmes, jazz, 9:30, $3.50.
Musical Society - Monteverdi
Choir; Hill, 8:30.
friday
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
CINEMA
Sleeper - (Ann Arbor Film
Co-op, MLB 3, 7, 8:45 & 10:30) -
Back in wide screen, in case you
missed it on TV. Woody Allen's
futuristic fantasy is his most
structurally solid and thought-
ful film, although as such it sac-
rifices some of the uninhibited
mania of his earlier efforts.
Nonetheless, grade-A gold. ****
Casino Royale - (Ann Arbor
Film Co-op, MLB 4, 7:15 & 9:30)
- Horrible parody of James
Bond films starring, among too
many others, Woody Allen. Six
different directors supposedly
worked on this flick at one time
or another, and boy, it shows -
the resulting mess is a totally
incoherent 104-minute drudge
that even (and perhaps especial-
ly) hard-core Allen fans should
avoid. *
Bus Stop - (Cinema Guild,
Arch. Aud., 7 &9:05) - Marilyn
Monroe is perfectly cast as a
lonely nightclub dancer who gets
pursued cross country by a tem-
pestuous, marginally civilized
rodeo cowboy (Don Murray).
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DANNY and the JUNIORS
THE BELMONTS
MOOSE and DA SHARKS
CKLW's Brother BILL GABLE-Emee
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Excellent adaptation of the Wil-
liam Inge play.
The Passenger - (Cinema II,
Angell Aud. A, 7 & 9:05) - Dis-
illusioned journalist switches
identity with a dead acquain-
tance in Northern Africa, soon
finds himself dangerously im-
mersed in the other man's form-
er existence. Antonioni's first
film features wonderfully evoca-
tive performance by Jack Nich-
olson as the journalist, but falls
flat whenever the director in-
jects his chronic pop-existential-
ist philosophy into the proceed-
ings. Still, if not taken for more
than it is, an enjoyable film. ***
The Great Gatsby - (Media-
trics, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 & 9:45) -
The most pre-ballyhooed cine-
matic - event of the decade
emerges as a mouse. Director
Jack Clayton's adaptation of the
Fitzgerald novel is so reverent
that it scarcely twitches at all-
it just sits there like an honored,
slightly decaying statue. It is
complimented by spectacularly
imperfect casting, from poor
Rob Redford on down. **
The Last Detail - (Matrix, 7
& 9) - See Thursday Cinema.
MUSIC
Ark - Michael Cooney, folk,
9:00, $2.50.
Baker's (Detroit) - Richard
Grooveholmes, jazz, 9:30, $3.50.
Bimbo's - Gaslighters, rag-
time, 6:00-1:30, 50c after 8:00.
Bimbo"s On The Hill - J.B. &
Company, rock, 8:30-1:00, no
cover.
Bimbo's (Ypsi) - Salty Dog,
rock, 9:00-2:00, $1.
Blind Pig - Aldebaran, jazz,
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9:30, $1.
Casa Nova - Susan Michaels,
pop, 9:00-1:00, no cover.
Chances Are - Foxx, rock,
9:30, $2 to $2.50.
Golden Falcon - Headwind,
jazz, 9:00, $1.
Heidelberg Rathskeller-Mus-
tard's Retreat, folk, 9:30, no
cover.
Loma Linda - Mixed Bag,
jazz, 11:00-2:00, no cover.
Mr. Flood's Party - Melodi-
oso, jazz, 9:30, $1.
Pretzel Bell - RFD Boys,
bluegrass, 10:00, $1.50.
Rubaiyat - Strutter's Ball,
top 40's, 9:30, no cover.
Music School - University
Chamber Choir, Hill, 8.
EVENTS
Musical Society - Martha
Graham Dancers, Power, 8.
This week's "Happenings"
calendar was prepared by Jim
Burns, Philip Kyko, and Kim
Potter. The column was edited
by David Blomquist and Jeff
Sorensen.
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