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Film Guide
A convenient listing of the
week's films. Commercial
schedules may be subject to
change. (Some films shown by
University groups may be
inadvertently omitted. If your
group's film is one of these, we
would appreciate hearing from
you.)
TONIGHT
The Bride Wore Black
(Wilson Hall; 4:30, 7 and 9
p.m.; series pass). Beneath the
surface of Jeanne Moreau's
relentlessly dead pan
performance and the seeming
chaos of Francois Truffaut's
conception, lurks a masterful
film filled with irony and
obsession. Moreau is so unreal
that she becomes a fantasy to
the men she seeks to murder.
Mired in the lassitude of an
uneventful life, these males
clutch at the fantasy and the
ever more distant realities that
Moreau represents.
Cries and Whispers
(University; 1,2:40, 4:20,
6,7:40 and 9:20 p.m.;
$2–except 5:30-6:30 $1).
Alice's Adventures In
Wonderland (Barracks Road;
1:25,3:20,5:15,7:10 and
9:05p.m.; $2).
THURSDAY
Melody Time and Cartoons
(Wilson Hall; 5:30, 8, and
10:30 p.m.; 75 cents or series ticket).
Walt Disney.
The Flying Stewerdesses
(Cinema; 2,4,6,8, and 10p.m.;
$2) For Adults only.
FRIDAY
The Chase (Wilson Hall;
6:30 and 9 p.m.; 75 cents $1) A
film of almost uncontrolled
hysteria and fantasy that is
only interesting because it is so
excessive. The society and the
people in this film are not just
corrupt, but almost mythically
evil. Arthur Penn's appetite for
messages is large but he almost
chokes on this screenplay
(Lillian Hellman had some part
in writing it). The violence is so
extreme and the Southerners
of this Texas town so sexually
obsessed that Penn almost
manages to make the film work
as a self-parody, but he doesn't
quite have the sense of humor
to bring it off: after all he is no
Douglas Sirk.
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