Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 4, ; 977 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesdey, May 4, 1977 NO FILM DEBUT: Altman amuses crowd Ry OWEN GLEIBERMAN Altman's first film, "That Cold can film circles, and his orig- IAST SEMESTER'S Robert~ Day in the Park, wvent relative- inal techniques and organic Altma stilconcdetunnoticed AAft SH, he style of film-making have made Altmn fstivl cnclued y unotied.him one of the most creative April 28 with the personal ap- went on to make films such as and vital forces in modern film. pearance of Altman in Hill Audi- The Long Goodbye, a modern Altman spoke to a large en- torim. version of the Philip Marlow thusiastic crowd, and the audi- Altman has made eleven fea- story, and Nashville, his epic ence managed to pose enough ture films since he broke onto vision of America, set in the questions to keep the evening the scene with MA'S'H in count-y-music capital of the going for several hours. There 1970. Formerly a television di- world was, however, one big disap- rector (his credits in that area Altman has always been con- pointment in the course of the include Bonanza and Combat), sidered a maverick in Ameri- event, namely the cancellation of 3 Women, Altman's newly re- leased filmn, which he had is- tended to screen. Due to legal difficulties which Altman claim- ed were totally out of the fes- tival organizer's control, 20th Century Fox allowed Altman to screen only one reel (the first 20 minutes) of the film, amount- ing to nothing more than a long trailer. Whether this arrange- ment was better than nothing, O N Yin not sure, but the audience WIT. diAONt See ALTMAN, Page 7 Cott IV. SCREEN y« ALL MR R f wSpOTX0IWJ NLEAUES l 12& 4MONTHI Arts May Fest opener:* 'Dead', well played By KAREN PAUL THE PROBLEM with the op- ening concert of the May Festival was its lack of vitality. The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy performed an all Rachmaninoff program on Wednesday night which at times pleased a full house at Hill Auditorium. But what could be less appropriate than opening a spring festival with a tone poem called "The Isle of the Dead"? The piece began with low, un- dulating arpeggios and ebbed and flowed into several climax- es which were never quite dra- matic enough, though the strings had a truly pretty sound and the brass section cer- tainly was not timid. The solo horn performed lyrically, and the oboe and trumpet carried their melodies with sensitivity. Gary Graffman, pianist, per- forming the Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, proved able technic- ally but could not furnish the spark needed to enliven the concert. In fact, the lush ex- pressive Adagio cried out for more -feeling which Graffman failed to provide. With the live- ly pace of the last movement, the soloist displayed light and even technique, and the orches- tra gave solid support whether the atmosphere was a playful or romantically I y r i c a 1, all Tschaikovsky. R a c h m a n i n o f f' s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 are quite tame for having been written in 1940. The rhythmic first dance featured solo pas- sages for oboe, clarinet, trum- pet and saxophone: each exhib- ited musicality and fine clear tones. A tight brass section opened the second dance, and the or- chestra continued, first with a delicate waltz, then with rich harmonies. Delicate fluttering scales in the flute and clarinet accompanied the adept srtings. JHiE. THIRD IDANCE, the most colorful, employed a variety of percussion instru- ents and syncopated rhythms. See ORMANDY, Page 7 THE COLLABORATIVE sping ant Qnd aokft cIsses batik-bobbin lace - colligraphy & bookmak- ing - Chinese brush pointing - contemporary quilting -- drawing - the figure in modern art - jewelry - leaded gloss I & II - pho- tography I & 1 1--- quilting - sculptural sur- faces - watercolor I & II - weaving 6 week session May 16-June 25 $18.00 U-M ARTSITS & CRAFTSMEN GUILD 2nd Fl. Michigan Union-763-4430 X- Where House Records and Florence sends its love PU. TO WITH ,1 DOLPHIN 'Ia , rd da Vini' ai., An 01'= on called lore nce'e Ditrect from Ootroits sisr -aiy thinks to the Renaissance icnter Partnership ALSO FIVE OTHER EXHIBITIONS IVI roit Collec s Alri al1n rt ITiian iand ll Vene ian Woodut, Art o lthe W51odt w ltalian W1t ng \ \ itht Renaissanc e \Mh, I)e irit Publi i hru 'ihiow (ilhriighi Sli, i AlL FREE The Detnoit Institute of Arts j