THE MICHIGAN DAILY
rts & Entertainm ent Friday, February 13, 1976 Page Five


cinema

weekend

TONIGHT:
FRIDAY, FEB. 13; SATURDAY, FEB. 14; & SUNDAY, FEB. 15
The Sixth Ann Arbor
8m Film Festival,
SCHORLING AUDITORIUM, School of Education
7&9
8mm filmmakers from all across the country will compete
for $1,000 in cash and prizes given by an awards jurv of
local cinema experts for"excellence in this *rwinq"field.
All shows the first two nights are different. WINNERS
SATURDAY NIGHT. $1.00 per show.
School of Education Building
located at corner of East University and Monroe

Dog Day Afternoon
Fox Village
Al Pacino has come a long way

8mm f ilm festival
Ann Arbor Film Co-op
Schorling Aud., Ed. School

Looney Tunes Review
Matrix
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since Panic in Needle Park, a Fri., Sat., Sun., 7, 9
9 The Looney Tunes Review,
bomb which came out about five Sixteen millimeter stock has 1937-1957, is showing at the Mat-
years ago. He has, in fact, been the most common medium rix on Saturday, sponsored by
proved that he is capable of in independent filmmaking for the Students Against S-1 and
considerable variety and quality most of the last three decades, Young People's Matinees. To
is his characterizations. turging principally because technical me, this is highly misleading.
deciding factor in turningequipment and laboratory ser- The name of their group F hould
what could have been merely a: vices have over the years be- be, 'Young People and Every-
decent movie into one >f the come available for 16mm at a body Else's Matinees.'
best to come out of the Christ- quality level reasonably com-
mas movie rush last year. parable to that enjoyed in com- There is nothing frivolous
Dog Day is the true story of mercial 35mm - but at less about the art of cartooning as
three amateurs who attempt to than half the price, practiced by the now-famous
hold up a small bank in Brook-'
lyn. They proceed to make one Tremendous cost increases, Warner Bros. clan: Tex Avery,
mistake after another, which however, have recently placed Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng et
results not only in comedy, but even 16mm out of the range of' al. They had a thorough knowl-
.in their escape being cut (.ff most beginners: conservatively, edge of comedy and the sense
by the arrival of the police. The it can cost between $1,000 and to apply it as much to adults
police can't get in because of $3,500 today to produce a half as to children. The puns-fie-
the hostages, and the robbers hour 16mm film with synchron- quent as they are-are terrible,
can't get out because of the ized sound. and the slapstick hysterical.
police. The occupants of the Thus an increasing number
bank become celebrities as the of new filmmakers now turn to Bugs Bunny is the universal
crowds of bystanders and news- 8mm as an alternative. Ad- Wiseacre who always (appro-
men gather to watch the excite- mittedly, super 8 quality doesn't priately) wins in the end. N'ith-
ment. even approach 16mm - especial- ing short of a stroke of genius,
There is actually not a lot of lY since many of the best lab- this transformation of a small
action in the film (not a single oratories won't touchethe small- fuzzy creature into a brash-
chase scene), and the result is er stock. But for the beginner talking winner fuels and brnad-
that the two hour plus movie with little capital trying to gain ens his appeal.

Jules and Jim
Ann Arbor Film Co-op
MLB Aud. 3
Fri., 7, 9
Jules and Jim, the Truffaut*
film widely hailed as a clas-
sic," is one of those intensely
lyrical movies that drift by slow- ~
ly, developing their wisp of a
story gently, engaging the view-
er only as he chooses.
This has a drawback, of
course, in that if you go to see
the film when not in the prop-
erly relaxed mood, you m iy be
irritated by the lack of rhythm.
The film has a tempo of its
own, but it will not be nurried.
Oskar Werner and Henri Serre
turn in sensitive, thoughtful,
though not flawless perform-
ances as the -lovers of Marie
DuBois. DuBois herself is a
marvel.
This film presages so mucn of
Truffaut's later preoccunations,
in love as in death, that it would
be a shame to miss it.
-Jeff Selbst

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D-0,oD erEU WW U seems to drag at times. This is early practical experience, 8mm1
Sreally the only obtrusive flaw is just about the only feasiblej And, since every star needs a
in the movie. Had 5-10 miuutes route. foil, Daffy Duck was created-
ihbeen edited out, the overall ef- This weekend's festival prom- aird
h o me111 111 1' ii Dl l feet would have been better. ises a glimpse at some of theh hooothe stll val af-
Nevertheless, director Sidrey best recent work in this newhs
Lumet presents a remarkably cinema medium. A typical en- fectations of Donald Duck. He
By DAVID WHITING sensitive study of a character try won't display the fine tech- satisfies the strident tendenciesi
BOB SEGER RETURNED in triumph to his home town Tuesday who himself proclaims that he is nical savvy of a flim in the in all of us, though ve can
night to headline a show at Crisler Arena with his kick-ass different, and as such must counterpart 16mm festival, but snicker and tell ourselves that
brand of rock and roll. battle a system which will not the best of the lot should cx- Daffy is fouler than we'd ever
Seger, who just- 20 months ago could only get gigs at such accept him. Lumet does a ter- hibit similar success in expor-i
rific job of keeping the movie ing thematic and spatial pos- be, and so we are pleased when
bars as Ypsilanti's Suds Factory, has finally attained the recog from becoming trite, in spite sibilities of film. he gets clobbered in the end.
nition he has deserved for years. If there were any doubts before; of a number of supporting char- Each showing on Friday and
Tuesday's concert about Seger's ability to captivate a crowd as acters who tend to e stereo- Saturday features a diffcrerst Go see the films, and have
large as the 10,000 gathered in Crisler, there are no longer. typed. The result is a movie schedule. Sunday's program will a nice afternoon. That's all,
BY THE TIME Seger's hour and a half set was over,, the which is amusing, exciting, en- encompass all festival award folks!
predominately high school age crowd had hollered and stomped tertaining and well worth seeing. winners.
their enthusiasm into near exhaustion. -Darrell Weininger -David Blomquist -Jeff Selhst
But Seger allowed his fans some rest by interspersing his -
a Ia Joe Cocker, crooned his four-year-old "Turn the Page," a'I. * p * i
moving song about a rock singer's depression with his roadie-
style life. TONIGHT!--FRIDAY FEB 13

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A RIDDLE:
WHAT IS
2/6 of "PLAZA SUITE"
by NEIL SIMON
3/6 of "LOVERS AND OTHER
STRANGERS"
by RENEE TAYLOR
2 6 of "You Know I Can't Hear You
When The Water's Running"
by ROBERT ANDERSON
ANSWER:
"THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE,
7/6 OF A PLAY"
A Lively Collection of four one-act comedies
Feb. 19, 20, 21-8:15 p.m.
Feb. 22-3:30 p.m.
MENDELSSOHN THEATRE
Reserved Seats $3 00/2.50 Hill Aud. Box Office
763-1107 A UAC/Ars Comedia Production
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE will be tourinq Michiqan prior
to opening night.

, : n vs .
CHARLES BRONSON in
RIDER ON THE RAIN
PLUS TRUFFAUT DOUBLE FEATURE IN THE MLB
THE SOFT SKIN (Francois Truffaut, 1964)
MLB 4-7 ONLY
Truffaut's least seen and most underrated film, this is the story of a menage a trois
with a weak man at the triangle's apex and two stronger women at the base. What
makes this film stand out from hundreds of others on adultery is Truffaut's extra-
ordinary capacity to combine several restrained impartial observations of his characters
with a real sympathy and sensitivity to .heir problems. French with subtitles.
RIDER ON THE RAIN (Rene Clement, 1970)
MLB 4-9 ONLY
A Mleasure trip to a deserted French resort turns into a terrifyirc nightmare for a rape
victim who kills the man, and in a panic throws the body over the side of a cliff. The
real terror begins after the murder, when a sinister stranger (Charles Bronson) ap-
proaches her and demands to know the whereabouts of a mysterious red boa owned by
the rapist. French with subtitles.
JULES AND JIM (Francois Truffaut, 1961)
MLB 3-7 & 9
This is the film that propelled Truffaut to the head of the French New-Wave. Althoucih
it evokes the Romantic nostalgia before the First World War, JULES AND JIM exquisite-
Iv illuminates a modern woman. Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), amoral and classically
beautiful, loves two fraternal friends and must have them both. For her, no commit-
ment is forever and only death is final. "Will rank amonq the greatest lyrical achieve-
ments of the screen. "Pauline Koel. Oscar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois. French
with subtitles.
ALL FILMS IN MLB $1.25 single show
$2.00 double feature

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UAC Concert Co-op Presents:

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