So turday, :January 10,191 76 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Saturday, January 10, 19" THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three ______________________________________________________________ - I -C 1k events and entertainment ese " for the week of Jan. 10-16 all week long COMMERCIAL CINEMA Lucky -Lady-(Fifth Forum)- An utterly routine, standard formula crooks-on-the-lam film in which every person can be predicted at least ten minutes before it takes place. As far as stars go, the movie's big-name trio of Liza Minelli, Gene Hack- man and Burt Reynolds seem obviously to have been matched more for their box-office draw than for their dramatic corn- patability.** Nashville -(Campus)-Robert Altman's giant country epic back for a return engagement. Prob- ably the most wildly -aised American film sine Dr. Strangelove, but is it really a soul-searching X-ray of ou so- ciety, or jst a smugly simplis- tic nose-thumbing at Middle America? You be the judge, but either way a genuine original, and not to be missed.*** Hustle-(State)-A surprising diverting deteective flick star- ring Burt Reynolds and Cather- ine Deneuve. The film contains a strong story line and reaso i- ably taught Robert Aldrich di- rection, and also is a show in which Big Burt does not go smirking triumphantly off into the sunset-which itself may be worth the price of admission.*** Dog Day Afternoon-(Fox Vil- lage-Sidney Lumet's film about an actual bungled bank robery in Brooklyn, which turned into a kind of city-wide happeningI thanks to the whacky sideshow eccentricities of the felons in- volved. In its intimate detailing of the event, the film lakes on a kind of schizophrenic quality, as what begins as an hilarioisl' botched, slapstick noldup grad- ually changes into. a grim, soul searching vigil between the thieves and their ..tage in out surrounding the buildings. As surrounding the building. As such, Dog Day Afternoon stnkes a very tenuous balance between farce and tragedy, and its too- long running time tends to leave the viewer in a state of unease. Even so, the story is very com- pelling, and the eleatric per- formance by Al Pacino as the exhibitionistic "brains" of the operation and John Cazelle as his silent, psychoti sidekick make this a better film than it perhaps deserves.*** The Black Bird-(Michigan)- Whad'ya know: the worst film of 1976 and here it is only Janu- ary 10th. Certainly a landmark of sorts. BOMB.' The Killer Elte-(The Moves, Broarwood) - Why does Sam Peckinpah seem more and more THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVI, No. 8 Saturday, January 10, 1976 Is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage pad at Ann Arbor, Michigan 4l06. Published d a 1I y Tuesday through Sunday morning during the Univer- sity year at 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates; $12 Sept. thru April (2 semes- ters); $13 by mail outside Ann Ar- bor. Summer session published Tues- day through Saturday morning. Subscription rates $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. NEW COURSE FOR CREDIT "POLITICS OF MASS EDUCATION" Endorsed by 3 University professors TUES. OR THURS. 7-9 P.M. JEFF HOWARD, Ph.D. Program Call 662-8193 for information Crab lice infest *even the nicest people 1111 KILLS- CRAB LICE' OM CONTlAC " Special comb, included * Without a prescription at Drug Stores a parody of himself" Has le embarked on a conscixus cam-i paign of self-humiliation, or have his creative juices run so dry that he is genuinely un- aware of what he's doing to his recent films? his latest is a tired re-hash on his usual theme of rugged individualists selling out to some sinister mor.- olith, this time modernized to incorporate the current pop theme of the CIA as villain. On this occasion, paid gvernment killer Robert Duvall defects to the highest bidder, as former co-killer James Caan hunts him down. All very grim, straight- laced stuff, but conducted in such a frenzied, satirical style that one can't believe Pekinpah was taking it seriously-or was , he? Either a very funny or very sad enterprize, depending on how you look at it.** ,E' 4Saturday JANUARY 1') CINEMA I Confess-(Cinema II, Angell Aud. A, 7 & 9)-Canadian priest is faced with moral dilemma of divulging guilt admited to hm by murderer during confession,' or else being charged with the m'urder himself. Offbeat H,eh~- cock film, and not one of his best.** Deep Throat - (New World, MLB 3 & 4, 7, 8:30 & 10:00)- The cinema world's most und- serving financial tri'impn this' side of Harold and Maude. No better or worse than most stand ard-quality norn, Deeo Throat began to gain notoriety as the test case in a landmark New York ornorauhy suit. Throat s"bsecpiently soared to i:red- ihle but entrenched s t a i s thronghot America, and is nov embarked on an inexorable march to conquer Erope. If you'd like to be a part of an international f i1 m bgnnenrg, then yo" shohld probably go see it. On the other hand, if you're looking for items like n inter- esting niot, interesting acting, interesting direction-r even interestiq sx-nvell, Penthouse is a bick cheaer.* Blhping Saddles-(Medintris, brat. S-i. Avd., 7, 8:45, 10:37- The film that insured Mel 1rook's imnvrtalitv. both artis- tically and financially. Mos - of it is ouite funny, desne the fact that Brooks will stoon to nracically anything to get a laugh. Even his most bnal ef. forts seem to work hnoronlv here,, althogh the film e final hectic climax falls frenriedly, thnddingly flat.***_ IThe Garden of the FinziCon- tins -,(Cinema Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 & 9:05)-Vittorio Di- Sica's lyrical heart-rending film of an artistocratic Italian Jew- ish family in World War II, who await their inevitable doom admist the fantasy-traoring of their estate - the world oside seemingly no more than a bad dream. One of the most visually beautiful films in memory, with the thematic solidness to richly deserve the many honors be- stowed upon it. Don't miss this one.* Emmannuelle - (Matrix, 7 & 9:30) - The highly-touted soft- core porn film, the one that peddled itself under the slogan "lets you feel good without feel- ing bad." The real problem wlth this stultifyingly dull film is that it doesn't let you feel at all. For a vicarious thrill, maybe.* JANUARY 12 CINEMA Emmanuelle - (Matrix, 9:30)-See Saturday Cinema. t t t #1 , .t .j & MUSIC MUSIC Mr. Flood's Party - Larrys Bimbo's-Gaslighters, ragtime Sparks and his Lonesome Ram-I sing-along, 6-1:30, 50c after 8. blers, bluegrass, 9, $2.50.t Casa Nova-Him and I, 9-1, Blind Pig-Boogie Woogie Red, no cover. 'blues, 9:30, $1. Chances Are-I Band, rock, 9, Chances Are-Headwind, jazz, $2 to $2.50. 18, $1 to $1.50.f Blind Pig-Jack Orion, jazz,!, 9:30, $1.8 Pretzel Bell-RFD Boys, blue- j e grass, 10, $1.50.I Golden Falcon-Street Fiction,; jazz, 9:30, $1. , JANUARY 13j Ark - Ed Trickett, Pat and CINEMAf Gordon Bok, Ann Muir, folk, 9, ',Broken Blossoms - (Cinema' $2.50. Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 only) - Heidelberg - Austrian Band, Film of a tragic intercultural 9:30, no cover. love affair, directed by the ori- Heildelberg Rathskeller-Mus- ginal genius of cinema, D. W.E tard's Retreat, folk, 9-1, no Griffith. lodr s The Killers - Cinema Guild,' Mr. Flood's Party-Melodioso, 9:05 only) - Screen version oft Latin jazz, 9, $1. 'the famous Hemingway short ,story is notable primarily for being the film that made Burt s Lancaster a star. Flashback plot unravelling the murder of a prizefighter makes for an OK JANUARY 11 melodrama but hardly the proto- CINEMA type for American gangster Wuthering Heights - (Cinema films, as some of its admirers; II, Aud. A, 7 & 9)-William Wy- laim. Dated but entertaining.*** ler's film of most of Emily The Tall Blond Man With One' Bronte's novel. Corny as hell, Black Shoe - (Ann Arbor Film but wonderful nonetheless.ICo-op, Aud. A, 7, 8:45 & 10:30).f Wuthering Heights was released Emmanuelle - (Matrix, 7 &i the same year as Gone With the 9:30) - See Saturday Cinema. tually improves over the novel on which it was based. Director George Roy Hill (The Sting, Waldo Pepper, etc.) displays a most uncharacteristic sensitivity in depicting Billy Pilgrim's trav- els through past, present and fu- ture, bringing to Billy's story the scope and dignity that Kurt Vonnegut's indulgent, self-con- scious novel so painfully lacked. A film deserving of anyone's at- tention, but they're simply show- ing it too often around here.**** Tristina and The Exterminat- ing Angel - (Ann Arbor Film Co-op, Aud. A, Tristina at 7 & 10:30, Exterminating Angel at 8:45 only) - Two of Luis Bun- el's more recent films. B o t h quite cryptic and individualistic and not to everyone's taste, but for Bunuel fans a must.*** I MUSICl Casa Nova-Him and I, 9-1, no cover. Chances Are-City Boys, rock,l 8, $1 to $1.50. Ark-Hoot night, folk, 9, 75c.j Mr. Flood's Party-All Direc- tions, 9, 75c. Blind Pig - Aldaberan, jazz, 9:30, $1. thursday JANUARY 15- CINEMA Fantastic Planet - (N e w World, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 & 9) - A wonderfully imaginative sci- fi cartoon from Czechoslovakia involving a reversal on socie- ty's dog-and-cat-syndrome. On a make-believe planet, small, hu- man-like creatures called "Oms" are kept as pets by their huge, less-than-human masters. Eventually the Oms rebel against their third-class status, and soon are engaged 1i armed warfare against their overlords. The clever plot and beatifully original animation make Fan- tastic Planet both funny and sus- pensful, although an all-too-pat, all-too-brief resolution at the end spoils things a little.*** GRAD WINTER PARTY SATURDAY, JAN. 10 at BAITS It Coman Lounge 8:30 p.m.-50c CAMPUS BUS TO THE DOOR Sponsored by Hillel Grad Committee. An American in Paris - (Cin- ema Guild, Arch. Aud., 7?& 9:05) - Ultimate example of a film musical redeemed utterly and exclusively by its singing and dancing. Story of the life and loves of - you guessed it - an American in Paris (G e r e Kelly) is extremely threadbare even for a musical comedy. But a healthy dose of George Gersh- win sings keeps things jump- ing remarkably well, and t; e film's focal point - an extended ballet set to Gershwin's title composition - is a choreogra- phic achievement unparadled in I film hostory. A movie whe:-e one doesn't have to think at all - and probably enjoyable accause of that.*** O Lucky Man - (Ann Arbor Film Co-op, Aud. A, 6:30 & 9:30) - Lindsay Anderson's epic al- legory of a modern-day Candide wandering innocently and optim- .istically through a world which seems created for the precise Iurpose of disecting him. A snrawling, loosely-connected film, that slirprisingly works most ofI the time, due largely to Mal- com MacDowell's wonderful por- trnyal of the bright-eyed, gull- ible protagonist. The film is cer- tainly too long, and is furt er bogged down by the constant ir- ritating intrusion of an obscure British rock group. Every twen- tv minutes or so we get an ex- tended sequence of the group (Continued on Page 5) The most beautiful picture ever of a woman's breasts. It's a tlermogram-a picture of heat patterns in breast tissue. Along with a, mammogram (X-ray), it's the most advanced way to spot trouble before it's felt as a lump. And that will save lives. And that's beautiful. 100,000 women this year will be tested at Breast Diagnostic Centers set up by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. But we're greedy. We want to protect millions of women. And men and children, too. Another major project is looking into possible causes of cancer in our environment-our habits, foods, jobs. We need money for all our cancer research. Please give., We want to wipe out cancer in your lifetime. Ameain Cancer nSociet We want to wipe out cancer in your lifetime. " Wind-the two films make ap- propriate companion p i e c e s, breaking every "cool movie" rule in the book yet triumphing over all their shortcomings. Goj and groove with Olivier and Oberon in the heather on the bill-Redford and Dunaway will never touch them.**** The Garden of the Finzi-Con- tinis - (Cinema Guild, 7 & 9:05)-See SaturdayCinema. Emmanuelle - (Matrix, 7 & 9:30)-See Saturday Cinema. I i MUSIC Chances Are-City Boys, rock, 8, $1 to $1.50. Blind Pig-Rabbits, 9:30, $1. Mr. Flood's Party - Gemini, folksy blues, 9, no cover. wednesday JANUARY 14 CINEMA k j Ars Comedic Open Auitions, MONDAY, JAN. 12-7:00 P.M. UAC Offices, 2nd floor Mich, Union Auditions for TIME OF YOUR LIFE, an original adaptation of four plays: Renee Taylor's "Lovers and Other Strangers," Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water's Running," Niel Simon's "Plaza Suite." ALL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN TEACHING AND CREWING ALSO WELCOME Broken Blossoms - (Cinema MUSIC Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 only) - See Ark - Ed Trickett, Pat end Tuesday Cinema. Gordon Bok, Ann Muir, folk, 9, Torment - (Cinema G u i 1 d , $2.50. Arch. Aud., 9:05 only) - Ing- Chances Are-Lightnin, rock, mar Bergman's first commercial 8, $1 to $1.50. and artistic success, made in the Mr. Flood's Party - Larry mid-1940's. This is the first of a Sparks and his Lonesome Ram- 'seven-week Wednesday night blers, bluegrass, 9, $2.50. series of early Bergman films Musical Society-Detroit Sym- seldom seen in Ann Arbor or phony, all-Beethoven program, elsewhere in this country. It 2:30. should prove a most interesting collection. Philadelphia scored 19 goals Slaughterhouse-Five - (Mat- against Buffalo's 12 in the 1975 rix, 7 & 9:30) - The rarest of Stanley Cup hockey playoff. happenings - a film which ac- ------ for more info contact UAC 763- 1107 EII! II . ^_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SORORITIES-_ An Old Tradition, A New Way of Life. Register for Sorority Rush: Call 663-4505 I or go to the Fishbowl Noon-4, Jan. 12-14.j1o VITTORIO DESICA'S 1971 ATTEND MASS MEETING: 3rd Floor League Jan. 14-7:30 p.m. E .he Gard n of t e Enzi- ontini S---I- The late Vittorio Desica's beautiful and touching look at the plight of -- ----- - -an aristocratic Jewish family (living in Italy in 1938) that refuses to m .. a . . r s rr"m l recognize or accept their vulnerability to the anti-semitism of the Mus- solini government. In color, in Italian (with English subtitles) and CHEESHED ER starring Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio and Helmet Berger. BEST CHEESE CAKE I TUES.: D.W. Griffiths BROKEN BLOSSOMS (at 7) Hemingway's THE KILLERS (at 9:05) IN TOWN. TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD. 7:00 & 9:05 Admission $1.25 Longevity Cookery I CHILDREN'S SATURDAY MATINEE FILM SERIES PRESENTS IQI 314 E. Liberty JAMES CLARK'S 1972 II Ann Arbor, Mich. E 313) 662-2019.THE LITTLE ARK GOURMET NATURAL FOOD RESTAURANT Two orphan children, an Indonesian girl and a Dutch boy, search for their foster father in the aftermath of the disastrous 1953 flood in BEGINNING JAN. Holland. This epic film is the co-effort of two veteran family film makers: producer Robert Radnitz (SOUNDER) and director James .m - n -- IClark (FLIPPER). Parent's Magazine Gold Medal winner. Starring Genevieve Ambas, Philip Frame, Theodore Bikel. ANN ARBOR-Prepare yourself for the RETURN INVASION of PLUS, the short COSMIC ZOOM--a spectacular journey from the smallest atom to the end of the universe. (All Ages). PROCTOR & BERGMA NCOMING NEXT: Jan. 31 FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS featuring FREE TO BE YOU &r ME ROCINEMA II TODAY at ANGELL HALLADM. $1.00 ADULTS PLUS ALSO 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. AUD. "A 50c KIDS A APPEARING: Ann Arbor's ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S 1952 Firesig11 own comedy specialists NNIS Iheatre Ihe The inviolable sanctity of the Catholic professional is challenged when Movi Proessial a priest hears an admittance of murder, and is then arrested on sus Movie Professionals picion of having committed the crimre himself. Can he speak up and cl.rr his name. or m-t he mmain silent and face execution? This is I TODULAY AT 1-3-5-7-9 I Open 12:45 .x < a o II