ART S Friday, January 30, 1981 Page 7 Performance guide New Wave Benefit for the ERA-Three of Ann Arbor's most innovative bands-Gary Pryka and The Scales, The Flexibles, and Ragnar Kvaran-will be providing the show for the event-a political fundraiser. This is a good opportunity to support one of your favorite causes (New Wave) as well as the ERA. Friday, January 30, at 9:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Jerry Lee Lewis - Another "undisputed King of Rock 'n Roll" returns for a swansong, but Lewis has as much claim to the title-and the stage-as anyone, perhaps a little more. Look forward to an evening of platinum oldies, piano pyrotechnics and the sort of sweatily orgasmic joy in perfor- mance not seen much outside of Springsteen these days. Second Chance, February 2, at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Jack De Johnette-Woops, we goofed! In a preview of the concert in yester- day's paper, the Daily mistakenly printed that jazz master Jack De Johnet- te's concert was this Saturday night. The drummer will actually let loose for his first Ann Arbor concert Friday, January 30 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in the Michigan League Ballroom. DANCE Arjuna's Wedding-The University School of Music is giving their annual concert of Javanese dance drama. Accompanying the dancers will be the gamelon-the ensemble of Java and Bali, consisting of forty bronze gongs and xylophones: An Indian epic, 'Arjuna's Wedding' is the story of the hero Arjuna who saves the gods in Indra's heaven from a seige and his army who are intent upon abducting a goddess. At Hill Auditorium, January 30, at 8 p.m. Free! 'Mirror' crack s star By ELISA ISAACSON The most frightening thing about the murder mystery The Mirror Crack'd is the casting. It's not because the acting is bad-although at times it's that, too-but because of the uncanny parallels between some of the actors and the characters they portray on screen. An overweight Elizabeth Taylor plays Marina Gregg, a fading American actress who is in England to film her great comeback, and Kim Novak, a year Taylor's junior but looking 15, plays Lola Brewster, her rival who is given the lesser role in their new movie. The story is based on Agatha Christie's novel of the same name, and the movie is filmed on location in pret- tier-than-a-picture Kent, where the streets are real cobblestones and the grass is green as Astroturf. Marina Gregg, who is subject to nervous breakdowns, is trying to get her life together by starring in a new produc- tion of Mary, Queen of Scots, directed by her husband, Ja'son Rudd (Rock Hudson). THE MYSTERY BEGINS as a woman is poisoned at a party when she drinks a cocktail apparently meant for the actress. Jason Rudd spends the film doggedly trying to protect his wife from stress, which threatens constantly in the form of murders and visits from Lola and nosy police inspectors. Rudd's true motives are unclear, however, because we are always wondering whether he has had, is having, or will the ann arbor r(ilm cooperative have an affair with his adoring personal secretary, Ella Zielinsky (Geraldine Chaplin). The murder mystery is even- tually solved by Christie's lovable old lady sleuth, Miss Marple (Angela Lan- sbury), with the help of her nephew, In- spector Craddock of Scotland Yard (Edward Fox). As a mystery, this is relatively in- nocuous stuff. It seems to have been chosen primarily as a vehicle for Taylor and Novak to trade barbs. (Taylor has spent the last few years. marrying U.S. Senator John Warner of Virginia and becoming a Republican, and Novak has long been a voluntary Hollywood exile, living a life of com- parative seclusion in Monterey with her veterinarian husband. Both seem, for some reason, to have deemed this cat- tiness competition ample cause for screen appearances.) Marina's frumpy, ruffly dresses are the very sort that might have earned Taylor her frequent spot on the worst- dressed lists. When Lola arrives on the scene in an outfit just as tacky, but looking more like something out of the X-rated Mother Goose than the Ladies' Auxiliary Club, and coos about how her co-star has "added so much" to her lovely figure, the comment is so ac- curate that we cringe and look away with discomfiture. Why is Liz Taylor making this movie, we ask, feeling sorry for her. Why is she subjecting herself to these biting gags? All we can assume is that she's got a great sense of humor. ACTUALLY, the rivalry episodes are so entertaining-Marina and Lola raging about each other to their respQc- The Michigan Daily egos tine husbands, Marina and Lola glaring at each other in their brocaded Elizabethan gowns and red wigs-that it's a shame the repartee must give way to the more serious business of solving murders. Without Liz and Kim around to make us laugh at each other, what will keep our attention? Hudson's per- formance is so bland and aimless the fact that he's kept his good looks doesn't capture us. Angela Lansbury makes a convincing Miss Marple, but she's kept in the background throughout most of the film with a See CRACKS. Page 6 TONIGHT TONIGHT PRESENTS ALIEN OPENS TONIGHT Tomorrow at 8p.m. Sun. at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. POWER CENTER Tickets at PTP M-F 10-1, 2-5 Power Center Box Office opens at 6:00 ____________(763-3333) 7:00 & 9:15 MLB 3 Admission: $2 ] 'Arjuna's Wedding' FILMS The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith-The Ann Arbor debut of the film several critics have called the best of the recent Australian cinema-and given the flood of intriguing films from Down Under in the last few years, that statement may count for a lot. Jimmy Blacksmith is about an aborigine whose attempts to gain success and social standing at the turn of the century are thwarted by the prejudice of whites, leading to his violent rebellion. Saturday, January 31, 7 and 9, Aud. A. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors-This musical-fantasy-tragedy-document of the peoples of the western Ukraine is about as dazzling and original a piece of filmmaking as anything that's come from Eastern Europe. Op- pression and hardship are legion in the area, but as the film shows, the stub- born freedom of its residents is never crushed. Our thanks to the Crosscurrents Festival for providing these all too rare screenings of major Eastern European films-for free, yet. Sunday, February 1, 7:00, MLB 3. Little Big Man-Arthur Penn's revisionist western may try too hard to com- pensate for the bigotry against Indians in earlier films-the tribespeople here are so communal and admirable, the whites so uniformly cruel and stupid. Dustin Hoffman plays the hip caucasian hero who's captured and raised by Indians; he moves between the heartless white and increasingly tragic Indian worlds throughout an anecdotal 110-plus-year life. The movie oversimplifies and blunders, but it's rarely less than very-affecting. Thur- sday, 7 and 9:30, Lorch Hall. THEATRE The Elephant Man-Bernard Pomerance's play about John Merrick the celebrated freak and the doctor who rescues him from his life as a side show at- traction. A first class Broadway import. At the Power Center,,January 30-31 and February 1 at 8 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. No More Masks-For anyone who ever questioned a relationship or ate a Sara Lee cake one-of-those-days. Featuring the Quiet Revolution Theatre company, Loren Hecht and Judy Midstein, in a revival of their highly ac- claimed revue. Slick, yet surprisingly touching and confessional. At the Residential College Auditorium, East Quad, Friday, January 30 at 8 p.m. Cinema f11presents Friday, January 30 7:00 and 9:00 Aud. A. Angell NO N UKE S(Julian Schlossberg, Danny Goldberg, and Anthony Palenva, 1980) One of the decade s great politically motivated rock concerts captured on film. No Nukes represents the best performances gleaned from six sold-out days at Madison Square Garden. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dominates the film and generates enough electricity to keep you jolting along. Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne work overtiime to make this a real musical meltdown. (103 min.) Sat., Jan. 31 7:00 and 9:00 Aud. A, Angell The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Ann Arbor Premiere (Fred Schepisi, 1978) Based on a true story, this film tells of a half-caste aborigine at the turn of the century who believes in the Australian dream only to discover that, because of his color, it will always be out of his reach. His violent rebellion which follows isn't so much political as a reflection of his sense of frustration and helplessness. One of the best films to come out of Australia in recent years. (108 min.) Vincent Pricle OS as Oscar Wilde qversions February 5, 8pm Power Center Professional Theatre Program Tickets at the PTP ticket office - Phone -64-0450 Sun., Feb. 1 Aud. A, Angell Audrey Hepburn/Stanley Donnen Night TWO FOR THE ROAD- S.tanley Donen, 1967) Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney star in this sophisticated romantic comedy-drama. Director Stanley Donen effectively incorporates French "New Wave" techniques with Hollywood slickness as he portrays the ups and downs of the Hepburn/Finley love affair and marriage in an entertaining and uncon- ventional fashion. Screenplay by Frederick Raphael. (112 min.)