Saturday, April 10, 1976
All-Campus Orchestra
THE MICh*IGAN DAILY
Page Three
By JEFFREY SELBST
THE ALL-CAMPUS Orchestra bared
all on the stage of Hill Auditorium
last night, and the result was surpris-
ing. It was surprising because the open-
ing number, Overture to Prince Igor by
Borodin, was of quite high quality; the
following selection, Mozart's Symphony
No. 14, was amazingly terrible; and the
final piece, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Sym-
phony, was of remarkably high caliber
again.
The Overture is one of those rich,
stirring Romantic jobs. I'm certainly
not going to pick bones-it isn't as if
I thought just anyone could do this
piece simply because it's Romantic-
but the tone of this number is rich and
dark, ideally suited for a group of this
nature, whose strong points include a
warm, clear wind section and a bell-like
brass.-
THE PIECE is alternately exciting
and lulling, the more so for the marked
contrast that appears in the rather ex-
tended coda. It was here that the group
shone, under guest conductor David
Urguhart-Jones -the rapid transitions
between modes in the coda were han-
dled with care; at once driving and
delicate, concise and sweeping, boom-
ing and beautiful. An utter success.
The next piece on the program was
the Mozart Symphony No. 14, K. 114.
The main faults here included a con-
ductor who was more interested in
show than unity (Jeremy Balmuth),
a violin section which, with few ex-
ceptions, considered any tone played
within a twelfth of the written note
adequate, and a viola section which
more properly belongs in a washtub
band.
The Mozart is an early work, one of
his abbreviated symphonies - fairly
short, and the tone is like Viennese
whipped cream. One is meant to tiptoe
lightly through these tulips; the foot-
ball cleats applied by the orchestra
rendered the blossoms unfragrant.
THE FAULT, I am told, lies with
sitting in the first few rows of Hill,
rather than a prudent ten rows back.
"The acoustics," one orchestra mem-
ber remarked, "favor the rear." Yet
it seems to me than orchestra ought
not to have to rely on distance to ob-
literate the mistakes of the
ments, or the players.
The principal conductor, R
ters, chose for the final wor
memse, melancholy Tchaikov
He conducted himself; this
me an act of mercy. For Pe
man who knows and, more im
understands the music hec
conduct. Moreover, he is bot
and responsible enough to ch
that he had the capacity to d
The result was a sensitive
times deliberate interpretati
work. Certainly it has inher
matic qualities-these are1
Tchaikovsky. I do not berat
intent, for if anything had t
done, Petters over did it just
THE FIRST movement op.
ly-too slowly, I think. Th
dramatization of which I s
the pace was almost immedia
ed up, and the first stateme
first theme came across b
After the Introduction, the
became amodel of restrainti
The strings, too, picked u
cues in much better fashion
fluctuates
eir instru- had; the lower strongs (cello, bass)
did a fine job as their warm tones
obert Pet- enriched the balance as a whole.
rk the im- The only disappointment was in the
'sky Fifth. ending. Rather than dying in the close,
seems to as this piece ought, the movement
etters is a seemed to simply end. The orchestra
nportantly, stopped playing; the conductor dropped
chooses to his arms, and I was left wondering
h sensible what was to follow.
Dose works And then the French horn announced
irect. the first theme of the second movement
, if some- in a truly incredible bit of musician-
on of the ship, with a subtheme immediately in-
ently dra- truded by the oboe. There were no
built into flaws in this respect-each did its serv-
e him the ice for the symphony as a whole, en-
o be over hancing the continuity as well as the
a bit. individual notes. And as for the notes
themselves, it seemed to me that nearly
ened slow- everyone was playing Tchaikovsky's.
Ms is the These two movements set the way
poke. Yet for the last two; I can say of these
ately pick- only that they were fine, with a par-
ents of the ticularly rousing coda in the Finale
beautifully. movement, done excellently. The whole
movement orchestra seemed involved and respon
itself. sive. And, of course, the unbelievable
p on their music played no small part in this
than they triumph.
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MAE WEST in 1933'
SSHE DON HIM WRONG
Cary Grant plays a Salvation Army captain who falls for Bawdy Bowery
Queen Diamond Lil who is Mae West at her best. Her version of
"Where Has My Easy Rider Gone" brings down the house-and brought
on the production code. A social satire as much as a comedy, this film
was the embodiment of the 20's morality in depression America-and,
as such, was popular as well as condemned.
SUN.: BLOOD OF THE CONDOR
TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD.
7:00 & 9:00 Admission $1.25
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events and
entertainment
for the week of
April 10th thru 16th
This week's Happenings cal-
endar was prepared by James
Burns (bar listings) and Kim
Potter (film reviews).
a ll week
long
Robin and Marian - (State)-
Sam Peckinpah's lost American
frontier is transposed to me-
dieval England in Richard Les-
ter's new adaptation of the
Robin Hood legend. This ver-
sion presents us Robin (Sean
Connery) as a middle-aged,
world-weary warrior returned
from 20 years of Crusading
with the now-dead King Rich-
ard. Re-united with his aging
fellow thieves, he rescues his
old love Marian (Audrey Hep-
burn) from arrest by the Sher-
iff of Nottingham, then returns
to Sherwood Forest to rekindle
his clandestine struggle for jus-
tice (which, in Lester's -inter-
pretation, he had engaged in
prior to the Crusades). Director
Lester rather blatantly lifts
and employs the perennial Pec-
kinpah theme of elderly rugged
individualists slowly ground
under by a monolithc society;
Robin and the Sheriff (Robert
Shaw) are presented as equal-
ly noble, aging antagonists -
mutually admiring of each
other but pushed by sinister,
unalterable forces toward a
final Pyrrhic duel that neither
can hope to win. The result is
a mixed bag cinematically -
the first hour or so of the film
is brilliantly structured and
crafted, but the latter half tends
to lose its focus both motiva-
tionally, artistically and histor-
ically, casting a potentially
great film into the entertaining
near-miss category. Robin and
Marian benefits from snlendid
sinporting performances, but
Connerv and Hepburn are only
fair in the leads. **
Family Plot - (Campus) -
Alfred Hitchcock's first film in
four years - a reportedly
tongue - in - cheek escanade
involving a frantic search for
the rightful heir to a fortune.
The Magic Flute - (Fifth
Forum) - Ingmar Bergman's
film from the Mozart opera.
Said to be essentially a photo-
graphed stage production. but
reportedly quite good - if Mo-
zart's your bag (he's not
mine).
All the President's Men -
(The Movies, Briarwood) - The
film from the Bernstein-Wood-
ward best seller proves less a
chronicle of the downfall of
Nixon than a day-to-day study
of newspaper reporting. In this
case, of course, it's the jour-
nalistic story of the century.
President's Men contains few
thrills or surprises (we know
already who won), and is per-
haps a little hesitant to go ov-
erboard on events and person-
ages so recent to us. But it is
a thorough, precise and re-
markablyv compelling study of
the painstaking detectivedwork
that just mpv have nreserved
as as a nation. Producer-star
Nest - (The Movies, Briar-
wood) - The first film in over
40 years to win all five major
Oscars (Best Picture, Actor,
Actress, Director, Screenplay),:
but for all its accolades, still
just not as good as it shouldt
have been. No quarrels, though,f
about Jack Nicholson or Louise
Fletcher - they are both su-,
perlative. **
The Duchess and the Dirt-
water Fox - (The Movies,!
Briarwood) - Standard - for-
mula Western comedy, with
Goldie Hawn and George Segal.
L i p s t i c k - (Michigan)
-Margaux Hemingway's screen
debut as a model who under-E
takes a murderous revenge af-
ter she and her younger sister
are raped by an erstwhile solid-
citizen type. The film has been
the recipient of almost unani-
mous critical brickbats, and,
judging from the plot line, prob-
ably deserves everything it
gets.
saturday
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APRIL 10
CINEMA!
She Done Him Wrong. -
(Cinema Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 &
9:05) - 1933 Mae West - Cary I
Grane vehicle which produced
the immortal "Come on up andi
see me sometime" invitationc
by America's first sex queen.<
Qunite raunchy for the times
and pretty funny. ***t
The Gambler - (Cinema II,
Ang. Aud. A., 7 & 9:15) -J
Study of a young college pro-
fessor psychopathically de-
stroying himself through com-J
pulsive, non-stop betting -2
and at the same time thorough-i
ly aware what he is doing to,
himself. Another "good badf
film" - its script is overly,
melodramatic, Karl Reisz's di-1
rection is almost Wagnerian in
its wrought - up floridity, and
the performances by James
Caan and supporting cast are
uniformly overdrawn. Yet The
Gambler emerges as richly en-f
tertaining andsuspenseful -i
don't ask me how they did it,t
just go and enjoy yourselves.f
The Life and Times of Judget
Roy Bean - (Bursley Enter-
nrises, Bursley W. Cafeteria,
8:30 only) - John Huston'si
manciful re-creaton of the ex-
nloits of the notorious hanging
idge of the 1870s Southwest.
There's not too much plot con-£
tinuity, as one episode leads
hanhazardly into another, but
the whole enterprise is carried
out with such ingratiating good<
humor that you're bound to be
entertained. Paul Newman, out
of his usual suave hearthrob
role, is srnrisingl and won-
derfully conic as the wily
-mle.-
?001: A Snre odyssey -
(New World, MLB 4) - Stanle
Kubrick's outer snace Gene-
sis IT stands as, among many1
other things, one of the most
comnletelv personalized works1
in all of cinema. A maddening-
lv crvtic film, the merits of
which will nrobably be debated
forever - perhans not even a
good film, but nonetheless an
incredible one. This is a movie
which has to be seen more
than once - although most Ann
Arborites have doubtless seent
it many more time than that.
Gone With the Wind - (New
World. MLB 3, 8 only), - The7
nne. the only. An utterly be-
son, jazz, 9:30, $1.
Mr. Flood's Party - Stoney
Creek, country, 9:30, $1.
Casa Nova - Michael & Jon-
athan, soft rock, 9:30, no cover.
Bimbo's - Gaslighters, rag-
time singalong, 6-1:30, 50c after
8.
Heidelberg Rathskeller -
Mustard's Retreat, folk, 9:30. no
cover.
Ark - Michael Cooney, folk,
8:30, $2.50.
EVENTS
Residential College Players -
"The Tempest", East Quad, 2
and 8.
Professional Theater Pro-
mous thriller film immortalized
by its zither musical score, but
not really very good. Always
interesting to watch Welles, but'
as in most of his films he's
pretty much wasted here. **
Touch of Evil - (Cinema'
Guild, Arch. Aud., 9:05 only) -
A tyrannical police chief in a
Texas border town goes one
step too far in his attempts to
solve a crime. The film's ba-
sically routine story is turned
by Orson Welles into a master-
work of direction and acting
(Welles himself plays the fa-'
natical cop). Made on the direc-
tor's usual shoestring budget,
Touch of Evil emerges as one
of the most memorable films
of the 50's, thanks entirely to
the efforts of our best and most
Tragically neglected filmmak-
er.
part he plays here, and amaz-
ingly versatile supporting heip
make The Ruling Class both hi-
larious and terrifying. ****
BARS
Blind Pig - Synergy, jazz,
9:30, $1.
Chances Are - Whiz Kids,
rock, 9, 50c with ID.
Mr. Flood's Party - Stoney
Creek, country, 9:30, 75c.
Casa Nova - Michael & Jon-
athan, soft rock, 9:30, no cover.
Ark - Hoot night, folk, 9,
75c.
EVENTS
Gilbert and Sullivan Society-
"Ruddigore", Mendelssohn, 8.
Hopwood awards - Presenta-
tion of 1976 Hopwood awards in
creative writing, and lecture,
"The Word on Film", by critic
John Simon, Rackham Lecture
Hall, 4.
516 S.State ARR Apbop,M.48108
fine. books bought and sold
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gram
8.
- "Camino Rel", Power,
sunday
APRIL 11
CINEMA
Blood of the Condor - (Cine-
ma Guild, Arch, Aud., 7 & 9:05)
-Drama 4f an Indian village in
Bolivia, and its resistance to
various American pressures
and influences.
Woman in the Dunes-
(Cinema II, Aud. A, 7 & 9:30)
- A Japanese school teacher
on vacation is lured into a sand-
pit where he is held prisoner
with a young woman who al-
ready resides there. Initially
desperate with the need to es-
cape, he gradually changes his
attitude toward his living situa-
tion and the value of his past
existence.Ultimately he ad-
justs to his new environment,
and when finally offered the
opportunity to escape, he re-
jects it for the life in the pit.
Aside from its rather obvious
existentialist and behavorist
overtones, Woman in the Dunes
is an incredible visual achieve-
ment. Director Hiroshi Teshiga-
hara leads us into a subtly
surreal extravaganza, hypnotic-
ally blending sand and desert
with human flesh into an erotic,
dreamlike unity. There is no
way to adequately verbalize the
effect - you'll just have to see
it. This is cinema of the fan-
tastic - the best film to emerge
from Japan,and arguably the
most lyric and beautiful mo-
tion picture ever made.
BARS
Chances Are - Masquerade,
rock, 9, $1 with ID.
Mr. Flood's Party - Fred
Small, 9:30, no cover.
Ark - Michael Cooney, folk,"
8:30, $2.50.I
EVENTS
Musical Society - Vladimir
Horowitz, piano recital (sold
out).
APRIL 12
CINEMA
Nothing scheduled.
BARS
Gordon Falcon - Silvertones,
blues, 9:30, $1.
Mr. Flood's Party - Catfish
Miller, jug blues band, 9:30, no
cover.
Blind Pig - Boogie Woogie
Red, blues, 9:30, $1.
Chances Are-Lightnin, rock,
9, $1 with ID.
EVENTS
Music School - Composers'
Forum, School of Music Reci-
tal Hall, 8.
Music School - Symphony
Band and Wind Ensemble, H.
Robert Reynolds, conductor,
Hill Aud., 8.
Last Tango in Paris - (Ann
Arbor Film Co-op, Aud. A, 7 &
):15) - The most controver-
sial film of the '7fs, which hash
a l il o t e '7 s, w h ch h
perhaps suffered from a kind
of critical backlash to Pauline APRIL 15
Kael's famous pre-release sup- CINEMA
er-rave in 1972. The accepted Day For Night - (Ann Arbor
"in" position today seems to be Film Co-op, Aud. A, 7, 9) -
to categorize the film as a Francois Truffaut's tribute to
good but decidedly overrated the art of moviemaking - a fic-
effort. Well, I think Kael is tionalized account of the day-
absolutely right: Last Tango is to-day tribulations and hilarities
the most intimate and at the of the making of a film called
same time most flamboyant "Meet Pamela" (a real pot-
study of human relationships I boiler, judging from what we
have seen in a motion picture. see). It's all very enjoyable, but
One of the three or four most no more than that. Will the
important films ever made, and master ever take risks again?
also one of the best. **** **
(H e s t e r Street, originally Death Race 2000 - (New
scheduled for tonight, has been World, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 & 9)
canceled.) - A science fiction film about
+ vawln o ytic cross - counry
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SATURDAY, APR. 10th
TON IGHT'
Michigan Men's Glee Club
8 P.M.
HILL AUDITORIUM
Tickets Still Available
$1.50-$2.50-$3.50
Featuring 20th Anniversary
performance of Friars
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BARS
Mr. Flood's Party - Aging
Children, 9:30, no cover.
Chances Are - After Hours,
rock, 9, $1 with ID.
EVENTS
Music School - Arts Chor-
ale, Leonard Johnson, conduc-
tor; Michigan Singers, Jack
Jonker, conductor; Hill Aud., 8.
Residential College - RC
Singers and Orchestra, North
Dining Room, East Quad, 8.
wednesday
APRIL 14
CINEMAj
The Devil is a Woman -
(Cinema Guild, 7 & 9:05) -The
last of the Josef Von Sternberg-
Marlene Dietrich collaborations
of the early and mid-'30s, and
probably for fans of the direc-
tor and/or star only.
The Ruling Class - (Ann Ar-
bor Film Co-op, Ang. Aud. A, 7
& 9:45) - An elaborate, far-
flung satire on the coming
death of the British Isles, fea-
turing Peter O'Toole as a mod-
ern English lord convinced be-
yond all doubt that he is Jesus
Christ. Hammered away at by
relatives interested in preserv-
ing the family name, he is fin-
ally cured of his delusion, only
to have it replaced by - well,
let's just say it's a very cynic-i
al show. Director Peter Medak
is workmanlike but not espe-
cially inspired, staying almost
totally within the confines of
the original stage play, but the
play itself is bizarre enough to
captivate the viewer. O'Toole's
sometimes overextended his-
trionics are tailor-made for the
an apoalyptc cross - counr
race. A "sleeper" movie that
is highly regarded by cultists,
but unfortunately missed by
this critic.
New Orleans - (Cinema
Guild, Arch. Aud., 7 & 9:05) -
1940's film about Basin Street
musicians joining forces to keep
their clubs open when authori-
ties move to close them. Prob-
ably worth seeing just for the
cast, which includes Billie Hol-
liday and Louis Armstrong
among many other notables.
BARS
Casa Nova - Michael & Jon-
athan, soft rock, 9:30, no cover.
Mr. Flood's Party - Mike
Smith and his Country Volun-
teers, 9:30, 75c.
Chances Are - Foxx, rock, 9,
$1 with ID.
EVENTS
Gilbert and Sullivan Society-
"Ruddigore", Mendelssohn, 8.
Music School - Violin Pyro-
technics from Bach to Paga-
nini, Stearns Bldg., 8.
UAC - Cecil Taylor, Power, 8
4 friday
APRIL 16j
CINEMA
Milestones-(Ann Arbor Film
Co-op, MLB 3 7:30 only) - A
fictionalized look at members
of the '60s protest generation
as they are today. An almost
unknown film, but sounds quite
interesting.
King of Hearts - (Ani Ar-
bor Film Co-op, MLB 4, 7 on-
ly) - Better hurry, folks - the
next-to-last showing of the sea-
son! ***
See HAPPENINGS, Page 5
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