'Barry Lyndon
Kubrick is
back
By JAMES VALK novel, tentatively entitled The brings him a son and consider- angry Kubrick responded with on the premise that only candles
HE DROUGHT is almost Luck of Barry Lyndon. But all able wealth, it leads to his a letter to the editor, claiming should be used for exposures
over. With the Christmas has been quiet since then, until ruin." "several important errors of since artificial lighting (which
season now upon us, movie- the same publication announced Kubrick has cast Ryan O'Neal fact" that he proceeded to is a vital necessity for low-lit
goers can take heart in the fact that the work had been finished in the title role as Barry. What- clarify. filming in color) would be just
that now is the time for the in January of this year and was ever led to this decision is one The facts that remain intact that: artificial.
"blockbusters"-the films that being held for a Christmas re- mystery to me personally that surrounding the film are indeed IN ORDER to achieve his
have been carefully assessed by lease. I am at a loss to account for at dramatic, particularly an inci- seemingly impossible goal, he
the major studios as those which It is only a matter of time this time. O'Neal, an actor dent involving the IRA that devised a 50mm f0.7 lens that
possess the highest probabilities now until another four years whose screen presence far pro- forced production in Ireland to would allow filming with the
of success in the commerical from Kubrick's life becomes a ceds his acting ability, seems be shut down and moved back light of a single candle (in color,
market. The result is a genuine matter of public record. Barry an unlikely choice for such a to England. It is believed by no less). The lens was developed
carnival of films that demar- Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick's tenth carefully calculating filmmaker Kubrick that the threat to "stop by Zeiss of West Germany for
cates a sort of "American Film motion picture, promises to be as Kubrick. filming or else" was levied on NASA and was adapted to mo-
Festival" of diversified entries. perhaps the most dazzling and But perhaps a miraculous account of the British film tion picture cinematography by
In the holiday madness of provocative film of the season, transformation has taken place crew. As a result, new locations Kubrick.
1971, Warner Brothers released if not of the last few years. under Kubrick (a la Ann Mar- had to be scouted, causing four The total impact of the work,
Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork In keeping with the Kubrick garet under Mike Nichols), or days lost in production, not the both technically and aesthetical-
Orange as their Christmas at- tradition, very little informa- perhaps Kubrick merely has an six weeks Evans reported. lv, is yet to be measured. The
traction, the highest honor to be tion has been released concern- acute eye that measures future IT IS SIMPLY a matter of film opened December 11 in
bestowed upon a film by its ing the film. We are told potential as well as past per- cinematic fact that Kubrick pos- London, and word is that War-
distributor. (through an exquisite and ex- formance. sesses a technical knowledge of ner Brothers executives are
It is now a matter of history pensive trade brochure inserted HIS CHOICE of O'Neal, how- film paralled by few. His pen- ecstatic over the preliminary re-
that the film ranks as one of in the September 3 edition of ever, will have to be measured chant for accuracy and detail views generated from the ad-
the most devastating works ever Variety) that Barry, an ambi- by witnessing his performance borders on the unbelievable, vanced screenings.
made, transcending not only tious but naive young man, is in the film, as no one has had with virtually nothing standing .
every film released that year, determining to seek a higher access to Kubrick to question as an obstacle in his maniacal It is somewhat of an event
but justifiably arising to join place in life. He enlists in the : him on this or any other sub- obsession of capturing conceived when a new Kubrick film is re-
the ranks as one of the great British army, is subsequently ject. There have been virtually realizations on film. leased-yet another challenge of
works of cinema. caputred by the Prussians and no press releases in advance of (2001 stands assurpas the f ou brilliance of his
FOUR YEARS have passed forced into their service. the film to date except for sim- anthology of detail, with Ku- that worked on Barry Lyndon
since A Clockwork Orange, and HE IS introduced into the up- plistic cast and credit sheets brick using the actual voices of has gone on record as saying
its mysterious creator has all per echelons of European so- and those glossy photos that NASA controllers on the theory "this gis oing to be the most
but vanished from sight. Only ciety, first a police-spy, then as have appeared in the trade pub- that those men were most cap- tunn ing ovie th has
a brief entry that appeared in a card-sharper. He seeks mar- lications. able of simulating the actual bs en " rovie that has ever
Variety in 1972 led on that Ku- riage to the countless of Lyn- When Peter Evans' article in speaking pattern required for unti I view te lat a nvi
brick was at work adaptating a don, " a woman of great beauty a September edition of New the total realism of the mo-
film from a William Thackeray and vast riches. Though this York magazine appeared, an ment.) t seei n troit.
And believe it or not, that's all
Since Barry Lyndon is set in I want for Christmas.
eighteenth century Ireland, a
time in history when the pri-I
THE MICHIGAN DAILY mary mode of illumination was James Valk is the Doily's
FieW candlelight, Kubrick advancedfm critic
Thursday, December 11, 1975 Page Five -.-
GEORGE CUKOR'S 1935
DAVID COPPERFIELD
shines on deaM . Charles Dickens didn't have this Hollywood
- n e bt a b u - - ! cast to choose from when he was creating the
memorable characters of this novel-but if he
first, the two eventually merge liance, Patti offers a crudely plains, "I'm not human" and hod, he might well have chosen W. C. Fields
physically (conventional com- explicit description of Johnny "We like Birdland." , ha midht f erlMhaerhsnWFrCddielBr
pared to what follows). hitting up, one in which she ONE OF THE album's most as a model for Micawber and Freddie Bar-
Patti rejoices at having "made merges with the junk itself, en- spirited r o c k e r s is "Free tholomew in the title role. A classic film any
her mine," while the band re-'tering into Johnny's body through Money," a gripping mockery of way you look at it-from story to acting, it's
sponds by breaking into a fren- the needle. As the energy level America's preoccupation with Cukor's finest dramatic effort.
zied rendition of Van Morrison's rises, Patti laughs and exclaims, wealth:
old classic,"Gloria." "The Tower of Babel, they knew FRI.: Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS
what they were after!" Every night before I go
"BREAK IT UP" goes a long to sleep Cinema Guid TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUG
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DIRECTOR Stanley Kubrick, in one of the rare photos released depicting the mentor himself
behind the scenes, surveys the proceedings on the set of his tenth film, "Barry Lyndon."
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HORSES:
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By LEE BERRYf
and
TOM DORAN '
A FTER TWO years of thun-l
derous local success in the!,
clubs of New York City's Vil-,
lage, 28-year-old poet / singer
Patti Smith has completed and
released her d e b u t album,i
Horses (Arista 4066). Produced way further towards reaching THE LP'S BEST song, "Bird.
by ex-Velvet Underground gui- this ultimate union. As the gui- land," is a nightmare of black See HORSES, Page 10
Starist John Cale, Horses effec- tar drives the music up, Patti ship, funeral cars, and black ----- --- --- - - - -
- Pz f tively combines the desperate, sings as if half-crazed: bouquets that borrows its setting! ec9v
?k aurgent feel of 1960's rock 'n' roll I saw the boy from Hitchock's The Birds. In
z "'with Patti's frightening vision of Break out of his skin a small boy's voice, Patti pleads
\k .... the '70's to create what might My heart turned over with "Daddy" not to go away ,PA RT H ENON GY R O S
of the year. I cried 'break it up!' there but the birds around the l -~ . .* W
K£Comparisons with new super- Here, when Patti takes on the New England farm." The song!19.
star Bruce b ingsteen can be song's masculine perspective, begins slowly, but rises steadily
expected, but they will be wit she switches identities (it is this and passionately as Patti's vo-
out grounds.For, unlike Spring- moment, perhapsthat isa calsbecome more and more like FE
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_____________ stee, who successfully recap-trdvnthinbms ak t). ge JFNEaG EEK MEN
tures an aura of the past by Oddly, now that she has totally ;tBefore long, chaos ensues asi
ising characters a usetti merged with this man, she can, the birds attack, "diggingat GYROS SANDWICH A DELICIOUS CONTINENTAL SPECIALTY Gvros
M ah al 'rIix es Smith ventures into a realm of for the first time, effectively neck! everything was twisted."3 blend of specially selected portions of beef and lamb. It is lihtly seasoned and co
tmerge with a woman The music, too, gains momen- t to sear the outside so that the juice and flavor are sealed inside. The meat is co
that is new and THE MUSIC rocks and builds tm, especially Lanny Kaye's to order on the Autodoner, which Gives it that "charcoal like" flavor. Served
ii travelled and strangelynseduc .t l guitar which clucks and scratch- RwOnions, Tomatoes on Greek Pita Bread. 1.45
it iiP 11by tie byTom Verlaine's high-pitched, es at fever pitch over Patti's SHISH-KA-BOB SANDWICH Succulent, marinated Greek "Ka-Bobs" broiled to per
WBruceSpringsteen is the main- distor liks AidbPi's now-incessant rambling: "Take { ' tion and nestled between thick wedes of our own special Greek Pita Bread. Served
stream. Patti Smth is the lunatic distorted licks. Aided by Patti s me up/ take me up! I'm helium! Onions and Tomatoes. 1.40
By KURT HARJU Ladies' and a laid-back version re ra p " The raven soon appears : GYROS PLATE A fine meal in itself, served on a plate with a generous portion of m
BK T Afds Chuc Berry's "Brown-e ring, dguitar work lends a raw, primal o da- Raw Onions and Tomatoes. 2.25
of huc Bery' BownEye i orss i d m n t d y eefeel he otoanthetvasongd dlands hactivateson y
ON Music Keeps Me Together Hno meCMa rs tandouts themes of helpless isolationand meme s of sg ffd a ir-tger. However, his contact with MOUSAKA Sauteed egg plant and potatoes covered with a generous layer oft
(Columbia PC 33801), Taj losers fear which are brought to life peons. eary ersn the birds had been so poignant Itaround beef and our spe.cial seasoning, then topped with special cream sauce.I
Mahal pays homage to the in lthrough Patti's vivid Jim Mor- Land the athat he had merged,-become f PASTITSIO A hefty portion of pure ground beef and tender macaroni, slowly b
many different forms - jazz, HOSHAL WRIGHT'S electric rison-like images of violent sex Land is the adventure ofwith a delicate cream sauce topping. 1.75
blues, soul, reggae and rock 'n' guitar and Rudy Costa's sax, heroin and death. young Johnny and his first high- one-with them. He later ex- DOLMADES-"STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES" Made with cround beef, mixed with
roll-that black music has taken clarinet and flute gave jazz and school encounter with heroin. wrapped in arape leaves and topped with a special lemon sauce. 1.75.
in this culture. rock flavors to the reggae THE SINGLE thread conne Crystal-clear images of "white, ____ACHPEFreshs_____hmixedwthGreek__hese.__.7
SPRUCELEthed oneUP SPINACH PIE Fresh spinach mixed with Greek cheese. 1.75
While reggae dominates this sound. Taj adds soul strains to g these gessPt' -shin', silver studs with their SPRUCE UP
LP, as it did on his release, the background vocals while his insstheseimaesvis Patt's nose in flames" pulsate over FOR THE HOLIDAYS ICOMBINATION PLATE Pastitsio, Mousoka
M' Roots, it is a distinctive own deep-throated singing is less thro ing o the galloping bass line and cym- Dolmades, Spinach Pie, and Gyros. 3.65
M'Rositiaditntv ow deptrte signd Imlies through merging - body .__________________________
mix of the rich influence and best described by the credits and soul-with the various sub- bals. Patti describes this scene DASCOLA
interests Taj has been incor- as "smokey." jects of her fears: the lover in terms of Johnny merging STY ISETS OPEN: MON. -THURS.: 11 A.M.-12 MIDNIGHT
porating into his music ever Though Taj presents a glow- ("Glorida," "Break It Up"), with "the movie" ("but the FR-SAT.: 11 A.M-3 A.M
since he first recorded blues. ing tribute to his musical herit heroin ("Land"), and even movie kept going as planned") MAPLE VILLAGE-761-2733 SUN.: 12 NOON-12 MIDNIGHT
This is a light-hearted collec- age, it is evident that he creates death itself ("Birdland"). indiating that Johnny's fate ARBORLAND-971-9975 + 994-10
tion of songs that radiates hap- a type of music that is entirely After clearly establishing a was unavoidable.-a E. UNIVERSITY-662-0354 2 SM
ess ra t eflecting his own. He is, as he displays mood of isolation at the outset In a moment of poetic bril- UNIVERsf3Y-662-354csha0
the historical suffering on the on the album jacket, returning of "Gloria" ("Jesus died for - - -
part of the black man. There to his cultural roots, but what somebody's sin! But not mine"),
is, consequently, none of the be has found there is nothing Smith finds herself attracted to:s
biting hatred that was displayed short of a personal paradise. a beautiful woman. TimidsatPy
on "Svlavedriver" from Mo' . 7Ir t rC c h ~ t'
Roots LPd. ad plays i 1A1TnEI A' ICUSaMre I i
bange on the funny parody of
plantation life, "Aristrocracy." PRESENTS The.tre - ne 62-
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THE FACT that music is at
issue here is supported by the'
inclusion of three instrumentals
that celebrate the ability of Taj
and his back-up group, the In-
tergalactic S o u l Messengers
Band, to jam in a variety of
styles.
Though "When I Feel The Sea
Beneath My Soul" is a reserved,j
carefully-presented melody, both
"Roll, Turn, Spin" and "Why?
. And We Repeat Why? .
And We Repeat!" (a tune that!
echoes the rhythms of Taj's
classic "Why Did You Have
To Desert 'Me?") are long, ex-
tended pieces that set your feet
tapping.
The quality of the material
and its execution is absolutely,
first-class. Earl Lindo's "West.
Indian Reservation" and "Dear
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