r ARTS Jhe Michigan Daily Wednesday, January 6, 1982 Page 5 SObligatory ten best Something's Happeninq at the GU-Club! GREGG.RE MUSIC GDRNCE PA RTY with D. J. Michael Kremen movies of the year y y..: Y ' ._ ;. Diane Keaton and Warren Beatty in 'Reds'. Records By Richard Campbell IT'S THE FIRST issue of the Daily for 1982 and I really don't feel like writing a film review. So I'm going to do something a lot easier: pick the ten best movies for last year. Not that it is an easy thing finding ten extraor- dinary films out of the rather average bunch that came out. It is like the stars many reviewers give out for movies, albums, etc. They are almost meaningless, but quickly communicate a simple, abstract notion about the film's worth. Anyway, here it is: 1) Reds-The years best. This one has got it all: acting, editing, music and photography. Beatty, Keaton, Nicholson, Stapleton, Sorvino; and Kosinski give impeccable performan- ces: Romance and communism have never looked better. 2) Prince of the City-Treat Williams presents a remarkable portraitt of a man caught between his loyalty to his fellow cops and his conception of justice. Contrary to popular opinion this film is not boring. Sure it's over three hours long, but every minute is filled with insights into Williams' character. 3) Raiders of the Lost Ark-Even though this film is a little one- dimensional, it is the only film to com- pletely succeed in its mission: to en- tertain. Harrison Ford shows he is a very good actor; not many other people could stand up to the larger than life events that whirl around him. 4) French Lieutenant's Woman-Meryl Streep stars in this an- cient romantic tale of love and mystery. Harold Pinter's screenplay confused a lot of people, and some of it is simple-minded. The movie is one of a kind, and upon repeated viewings you will understand the grace with which Karl Reisz directed. 5). Gallipoli-Director Peter Wier started to make a film about the Gallipoli landings in WWI, but it was turning into a straight documentary. So he started all over again, keeping with his strength: telling a story. He ended up with an epic tale of a young boy who goes to war. 6) Body Heat-See this film and be transported back to the '40s. There's; snappy dialogue, mysterious women, and a murder. A wonderful retelling of a half-dozen film-noir classics all rolled into one. 7) Atlantic City-Louis Malle turned to the rebirth of America, or at least Atlantic City, in this story of an aging, would-be gangster on the boardwalks. Burt Lancaster is turning into the U.S. version of Laurence Olivier, running around playing the old guys, acting his.socks off. 8) Thief-Janmes Caan gives a tense performance in this frantic tale of, you guessed it, a thief. His neurotic acting has never had a better outlet. The music, by Tangerine Dream, isn't bad either. 9) Napoleon-Okay, so it was made in 1927. But the 'movie has practically never been seen in its entirety since the premiere. Napoleon is certainly able to stack up with anything from this year. It deserves to be on this list. 10) - I couldn't find any other film that was worthy of being on the ten best list. Maybe Pennies from Heaven, maybe Ragtime, but nothing that could undisputedly take its place with the others.' G'he GUniversity Club Qt's here for you! V Aw I Caribbean QDrink Specials! GEvery Guesday 8630--12:30 Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark-'Architecture and Morality' (Virgin import) "The New Stone Age," which opens this new OMD album, is simply the wildest. thing they've ever done . . . honestly, the only really wild hing they've ever done. They never. should have put it on this album. , For next to this bit of inspired chaos, the remainder of the album seems somewhat manicured. "The New Stone Age" speaks with the rhythmic busyness of The Velvets or The Feelies and the distortion-with-a-mind-of-its- own of Pere Ubu. There's no room to doubt that Andy McCluskey means it when he sings "Oh my God, what have I done this time?" from inside this con- fusion. The song goes off like a fizzled firecracker, flaring off in every direc- tion just on the verge of exploding. The sum total is more akin to Killing Joke than OMD's usual fare. But 'after that it's back to music as usual on Architecture aid Morality., There's certainly no way to fault the other compositions; most of these songs are every bit as fine as anything they've ever done. The only certifiable loser is "Sealand," a blatant and over- wrought, attempt' to recreate the' mechanically moving ballad, "Stanlow." With the one exception, it's mostly smooth sailing, though I must admit that I'm beginning to question the motivations and methods of everything Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys do under the guise of Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark. It seems to me that OMD are mostly pop revisionism. I don't think it would be a misleading exaggeration to call them the post- Giorgio Moroder (or maybe even the post-Keith Emerson) Beatles. It seems to me that what these two really want to do is write tearjerker pop songs, but their musical sophistication and in- tellectual reserve make them come out more like anthems of cerebral anguish. Luckily, the true pop song that beats underneath the trumped-up groun- dswells of emotion and soung manages to save OMD every time around. Admittedly, my qualms with this record are somewhat unclear, even to myself; I know that every time I listen, to Architecture and Morality a different part pulls at toe heart strings. Maybe it's just that OMD's veddy English reserve has infected me and made me unable to embrace this album wholeheartedly. Or maybe it's just that "The New Stone Age" has ruined this album for me by showing me OMD's capacities to develop in an almost con- tradictory direction from where the rest of the album leads. Therefore, if syou can ignore this on'e exceptional song, I think you'll find Architecture'' and Morality an otherwise very good album. -Mark Dighton do all, the work. Just fill out the RUSH SLIP below (or pick one up in the store), and hand it to one of our clerks. o Voila! Your books will appear. No searching shelves and pawing through stacks looking for the ~ right book. We maintain an up-to-date list of required texts. And, of,, course, any changes will bring a cheerful exchange or refund (even for dropped courses). 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