Friday, July 34, 1976
THE MICHIGANVAILY
Page Five
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Happenings...
HAPPENINGS film reviews
are written by Kim Potter.
Friday
CINEMA
The Godfather - (Ann Arbor
Film Co-op, MLB 3, 7:30 only)
- Coppola's definitive - if op-
eratice - Mafia inquest is
splendid entertainment, but
falls short of real greatness due
primarily to Al Pacino's wood-
en performance as Michael
Corleone (the same applies to
Part II). Both films rise or
fall utterly on the shoulders of
the Godson, and Pacino, a su-
perb actor in practically every-
thing else he does, simply
doesn't measure up to the
complex character of Michael.
Interestingly, Pacino himself
agrees with this conclusion,
contending that he didn't under-
stand Michael's motivations
and could never really get into
the role. ***
To Be Or Not To Be - (Ann
Arbor Film Co-op, MLB 4, 7
only) - A most unusual com-
edy - drama synthesis depicting
the efforts of a Polish Shake-
spearian company to aid their
underground in the struggle
against Hitler's occupying
Nazis. Director Ernst Lubitsch
prances nimbly from the grim
to the comic with remarkably
little strain, providing us with
a film that can be enjoyed on
either level without jarring its
credibility. Jack Benny is very
funny in the unlikely role of a
great Shakespearian actor, and
Carole Lombard also shines in
what was to be, sadly, her last
screen effort. ****
The Palm Beach Story -
(Ann Arbor Film Co-op, MLB 4,
9 only) - A 1942 Preston Stur-
ges comedy about a young
housewife (Claudette Colbert)
who determines to shed her
humdrum existence, thus takes
off to Florida to find true
meaning and contentment.
Sturgis' theme sounds decades
ahead of its time, and, though
never seen by this writer, the
film is now considered one of
the real comedy classics.
Junior Bnner - (Cinema
Guild, Arch. Aud., 7:30 & 9:30)
- Ever wonder what a Sam
Peckinpah 'film would be like
minus his usual lexicon of guns
and gore? This study of an ag-
ing rodeo cowboy (Steve Mc-
Queen) is virtually the only
such hybrid product in the
Peckinpah filmography, and the
sometimes - great director ob-
viously didn't know quite what
to make of it.
The usual Peckinpah theme of
the rugged loner battling vain-
ly against encroaching civiliza-
tion is as present in Junior Bon-
ner as in his other work, but
this time the setting is the mod-
ern - day West, the corporate
antagonists are members of
Junior's own family, and it is
culturally too late to assert
one's individuality through the
standard weapons of war. Jun-
ior is chronologically a fish out
of water, but so, artistically, is
Peckinpah; and his attempts to
dramatize his protagonist's di-
lemma are victimized by the
very 70's trappings he is at-
tempting to debunk - result-
ing in a film not so much lyric-
ally tragic as languidly boring.
Peckinpah has often express-
ed the desire to break out of
the violence mode and try his
hand at more mature, low-key
efforts; if Junior Bonner is any
example of such a change of
pace, one can only conclude
that Peckinpah without a gun
is like Jimmy Carter without
teeth.
The Story of Adele H -
(Cinema It, Ang. Aud. A, 7:30
& 9:30) - Francois Truffaut's
recent study of infatuation car-
ried to its extreme, chronical-
ing Adale Hugo's neurotic
round - the - world pursuit of
a fickle young army officer and
her eventual descent into mad-
ness. Falling in love with love
is the theme here, and while
Hruffaut's direction is rather
stolid, Isabelle Arjani's virtu-
oso interpretation of the obses-
sed heroine manages to bring
the whole enterprise off.*
The rest of the week's hap-
penings will appear tomorrow.
STEVE McQUEEN in 1972
JUNIOR BONNER
A modern western with McQueen as a fading rodeo star trying to impress
the hometown one last time. Rodeo pageantry, a classic barroom brawl and
great performances by Robert Presson and Ida Lupino as Junior's parents
make this one of Sam Peckinpah's more interesting works.
SAT.: Capra's MR. PEEPS GOES TO TOWN
TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD.
&730 & 9:30 Admission $1.25
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT first time on compus 1975
The story of Adele H.
Based on the tragic story of Victor Hugo's daughter, Adele, Truffaut's
most recent work is "his finest film since Jules and Jim" (Pauline Kael).
Isabelle Adjani won on Academy Award nomination for her haunting por-
trayal of a young woman who destroys herself in her hopeless search for
romantic love. French, with subtitles.
*Ih kA II TONIGHT AT ANGELL HALL AUD. A
II mI 7:30 & 9:30 Admission $1.50
The 5-minut e
course in 7;
cassette
decks. ti tiey
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records. Tape cs ettes ore at least
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wide freouencv rance, and is ad ° suoerior
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201 features comoete mochanic.al
risenooement in the event of a
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tope recorder on the morket today?
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