Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Monday, October 28, 1991 SIDNEY Continued from page 5 noise. I was a little bit of a shock to him, because I was probably the youngest director he'd ever worked with, and he couldn't get used to a guy coming on a Harley every morn- ing, with my black boots and things. That threw him a little bit at first." Sidney looked back at the days of the Big Studios with fond memo- ries. "The only thing they were inter- ested in was, 'Can we make it bet- ter?"' he said. "Our pictures, hope- fully, were for everyone, not for a segmented audience from (age) four- teen to twenty-six. "Today, you fellows couldn't do what I did. I just went from one thing to the other: I was a camera- man, I was a cutter, I was an actor. There was plenty of work. By the time I came to Hollywood, they were making eight-hundred pictures a year, you know, good, bad or indif- ferent. You get fired from the job, you've got another job in twenty minutes. I suppose the only place you've got a chance now is in a film school. "We give a luncheon every year, a group of us, directors, for the for- eign directors who are up for the Academy. This year it came up, 'How many of you went to film schools?' Two hands came up. Bob Weiss said, 'There was no film school.' I said, 'Yeah, I went through hell film school, I went to MGM. That was the film school I went to.'" Sidney retired after his last film, Half A Sixpence, was released in England in 1967. He went back to school and became a paleontologist, and he continues to travel and study all over the world. He also contin- ues to serve on committees for the Directors Guild. Recent films Sidney has enjoyed include Goodfellas, Working Girl and Out of Africa. And he also voiced his opinion on one of last year's biggest moneymakers. "Pretty Woman, Pretty Woman was Cinderella. The fact that it worked," he laughed. "You know, you pick up a hooker on Hollywood Boulevard, this guy's a big guy from Manhattan. Come on... But there's always a point in the picture, if you can get by that, you have 'em." Little Dean Stockwell has grown up and made good, according to veteran Hollywood director George Sidney. While most of the Little Rascals came to grisly and tragic ends, Stockwell has starred as fine, upstand- ing citizens in films such as Blue Velvet and Married to the Mob. LENS Continued from page 5 woman is wrapped. John Lemker, the last photogra- pher of the trio, focuses on nature imagery. The theme for his display is, appropriately, autumn. Lemker, with his strong geology back- ground, depicts nature in what he believes to be its truest form. The forests, leaves, flowers, streams and sky portrayed by Lemker show that nature is omni- scient. Nature is shown in close-up studies of form, sometimes against a black background to emphasize the subject matter. Lemker photo- graphed single leaves as well as a spider web interwoven into a plant form full of intense red berries and lush green foliage. Lemker allows viewers a chance to experience na- ture on a more personal level. Through the Lens - Three Views be on display at Clare Spitler Works of Art, 2007 Pauline Ct., through November 26. For more in- formation call 662-8914. -Amy Meng A Celebration of Alumni Dancers Dance Building, Studio A October 25 and 26, 1991 "Dance makes visible the inte- rior landscape," said Martha Graham. If this is true, then the 15 artists who made up Friday and Saturday night's Guest Artist Series have souls as vast and varied as America itself. Their 14 works spanned a wealth of topics and perspectives, but one thing that held true for all of them was their honesty in both choreography and performance. The choreographers chose topics of ei- ther personal significance or per- sonal interest. The material was in- timate, but it was by no means ex- clusionary. The ideas, jokes, emo- tions and images were universally understood. Barbara Neri started off Friday's concert with her Great Lakes Movement Study, a mysterious, al- most meditative, solo, full of the depth of her feeling for the earth. The piece was performed to the ac- tual sounds of Lake Superior (from July 11, 1988), giving it a reality and depth that the average run of the mill "environmental music" doesn't offer. Next on the program came other energetic movement piece full of quirky, offbeat movement. The dancers were very successful in car- rying out her choreography, and the prop-enhanced images were delight- ful. The quintet might have fared better in a larger space where the au- dience could see the shapes from a distance, but the audience neverthe- less found it captivating. Dreams, by Barbara Rinaldo, was a delving, intense solo to her own poetry. The piece was dramatic, con- frontational and stirring. Her deliv- ery was impeccable, thrusting her Ferrato's technical virtuosity created a wonderful vehicle for this tale of adolescence and adulthood. Juxtaposing texts of wit and pain with peach pie recipes engaged the audience with it's non-confrontational style and deep truth with a wonderful audience-perfor mer awareness. Jean MacGregor-Wiles Within Reach was a visceral, grounded per- formance of an engaging, if unclimatic, solo. MacGregor-Wiles herself was really what made the piece so intriguing. Alan Lommasson's Martha's Lament (no relation to Graham) was a witty, light piece set to a fab- ulous score by John Lock. Lom* masson utilized the quartet mostly as two duets, making it easy for the audience to follow the humor. Without a doubt, the most strik- ing of Saturday's works was Portrait of Frida Kahlo, by Eli- zabeth Bergmann, an excerpt from a larger piece, A Woman's Place, about three female artists including Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe. Kahlo, a Mexican artist most famous for he striking self portraits (featured throughout the piece), is one of the foremost artists of her era. Says Bergmann, "It's about women sup- porting women... about their. per- sonal power." Henry Van Kuiken gave a com- manding performance in his solo, French Postcards. He gave the audi- ence an engaging and delightful show in his witty piece. 0 Finally, the Carolyn Dorfman Company presented Video Vantage, which gave the audience the rare op- portunity to look through the eyes of the performer. Using two video monitors which projected different angles of what was happening on stage, as well as text of what might have been going through the dancer's minds, the piece was a captivating perspective of the performance. * -Alexandra Beller Catherine Lichtman's Peach Pie and Passages, performed by Linda Ferrato. Ferrato's technical virtuos- ity created a wonderful vehicle for this tale of adolescence and adult- hood. Juxtaposing texts of wit and pain with peach pie recipes engaged the audience with it's non-con- frontational style and deep truth. Paula Hunter's male duet, Cave was an exploration of the power and grace of men dancing. Veta Goler's Sisters was obviously a personal ex- ploration. It incorporated self-ma- nipulation and some vivid images and was successful in getting across a feeling, if not the inspiration be- hind it. Whitley Setrakian's De Soto Sonata offered the audience yet an- voice into the risers and shooting forth the striking pictures of her body. Closing off Friday's program was Barbour Gym, choreographed by Diane Eilber and Carol Richards especially for the occasion. Al- though the piece was intended specifically for the University audi- ence, Eilber said, "(They) tried to find themes that had significance to everyone." Saturday night opened up with Nadine Tringali's playful, rhythmic and colorful solo, Lagtime. It was followed by Beth Corning's Special Delivery, a sardonic look at love.. Full of humor and honesty, it alter- nately made the audience laugh and sigh. The execution was excellent, with student comedian T H jE The L~~e mmity flub is a UL,..B t V , 1 1 i rOpn t cul members may C L Purchae acohol. Is Josh Berg Christoph Winarski Universty Activtes Center for more information dial 763-1107 11 The Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. cordially invites the students of the University of Michigan to an information session on careers in Investment Banking. All undergraduates are welcome to attend. Monday, October 28, 1991 Michigan Business School Paton Accounting Center - Room 1016 5:00 p.m. (;lrh1 ;l n Nope, it's not the Bay City Rollers' reunion party. It's Ibid and the Footnotes, Dave Gould's answer to Parliafunkadelic. The mothership lands tomorrow night at Rick's. MMOMMb- Discover Kinko's. You get more than just great copies. When you're checking out the campus, be sure to check out your local Kinko's. You'll find 10\04 just about everything you: help you complete course including... ~ Quality black and whi copies, ~ Full color copies, ~ Macintosh*rental, need to r/ Poster-size copies, Binding, and more! We're open 24 hours t projects. ite to - s -- -- 'aw r- IBID 0 Continued from page 5 enough of that." O.K. So the band doesn't play ABBA. Dave: We play a lot of Schoolhouse Rock songs... all the grammar ones, "I'm Just A Bill"... Me: Why Schoolhouse Rock? Is it, like, delving into your past? (Maybe I could convince him to d the theme from S.W.A.T.) Dave: It's really good music. It's so much fun, and for people our age, it's something to look back upon and laugh. I enjoyed talking with Gould, and I admired his quest to bring back funk to the world. I wonder if he knows that Roxette, the other Swedish band, is on a stamp? IBID AND THE FOOTNOTES play tomorrow night at Rick's. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Cover is $3 at the door. hel p you make those last minute due dates Oren 24 Hour, 761-4539 - 540 East Liberty 747-9070 - 1220 South University 6TH AVU_ AT LIET M1.CAA