University of Virginia Library

Films For The Week

A convenient listing of the
week's films. Commercial
schedules are subject to
change.

TONIGHT

The Big Sleep, (Wilson Hall;
7 & 9 p.m.; $0.75 or series
pas). Directed by Howard
Hawks, written by (among
others) William Faulkner,
photographed by Sidney
Hicker, with Humphrey
Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy
Malone, Elisha Cook. "You
may not be able to figure out
the plot, even after the
denouement, but it's the
dialogue and the entertaining
qualities of each sequence, not
the plot, that make this
movie." –Kl, "The Big Sleep
is a violent, smoky cocktail
shaken together from most of
the printable misdemeanors
and some that aren't – one of
those Raymond Chandler
Specials which puts you, along
with the cast, into a state of
semi-amnesia through which
tough action and reaction
drum with something of the
nonsensical solace of hard rain
on a tin roof." – James Agee.

Fritz the Ca, (University;
11:30, 3, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9; $2,
except 5:30-6:30, 1; thru the
week).

The Thing with Two Heads,
(Cinema; 2,4,6,8, & 10; $2).

Summer of 42,
(Paramount; 1,3,5,7, & 9; $2,
except Tues. w/U.ID $1; thru
Thurs.).

When The Legends Die,
(Barracks Road; 1:20, 3:15,
5:10, 7:05, & 9; $2 except
4:30-5:30, $1; thru Tues.).
no charge). Directed by Miles
Forman, with Hana Brejchova
and Vladimir Pucholt. "...how
a hopeful but shy little blond
who meets a kooky young
Prague pianist at a dance in an
all-girl factory town goes up to
Prague to try to find him the
weekend after she has let
herself be had and gets mixed
up in a wonderfully funny
hale with his mother and
father in their tiny apartment
home It senses and spots,
yet away from, the
vagrant hangers and longings of
youth Besley Crowther.

TUESDAY

Loves of a Blonde, (Wilson
Hall, Rm 308; 4:30 & 7:30:
Zodiac Couples, (Cinema;
10 p.m.; $2). Adult late show.

WEDNESDAY

The Milky Way, (Wilson
Hall; 4:30, 7:30, & 9; series
pass). Directed by Luis Bunuel,
with Laurent Terzieff and Paul
Frankeur. "... a symbolic
history of the Roman Catholic
Church in Europe, told in
terms of its progress though
the heresles and schisms...Two
present-day tramps, a young
man and an old man...start
from Paris on foot to visit the
tomb of the Apostle James in
Spain...En route they meet a
number of odd people and are
involved in a lot of strange
incidents... The tramps never
meet the Holy Family, but
there is a near miss." –
Kauffmann. "But that white
eye-lid of the screen reflects its
proper light, the Universe
would go up in flames." –
Bunuel.

Funny Girl, (Barracks
Road; 1,3:40, 6:20, &9; $2,
except Good Neighbor Hour,
$1).

Poswsible Superfly,
(Cinema).

THURSDAY

Football Game Films,
(Newcomb Hall Ballroom;
12:30 p.m.) University of
North Carolina game. Narrated.

The Absent Minded
Professor, (Wilson Hall; 7:30 &
9; $0.75). From Disney
Studies, with Fred MacMurray.
Remember Fred floating over
Washington in his flubberized
jalopy?

FRIDAY

Ichabod and Mr. Toad,
(Wilson Hall; 7 & 9 p.m.;
$0.75) From Disney Studios.

The Ra Expeditions,
(Paramount; 1,3,5,7, & 9; 2
thru Tues.).

The Boston Stranger
(Paramount; 11:30 p.m.;
$1.50; thru Sat.). Benefit for
the Free Clinic.

Satyricon, (Wilson Hall; 7 &
9 p.m.; $0.75). Directed by
Fellini, with Martin Potter,
Hiram Keller, Max Bern, Marie
Romagnoli. Put mildly, an
eye-feast. As Kauffmann says:
"This film has no cumulative
story, let alone drama. There is
not even a cumulation of
adventures, in the picaresque
manner; many of the sequences
are simply scenes observed.

Satyricon depends entirely on
its look, and, unlike 8½s
which finally lives through its
style, there are few efferent to
bind us to the style, to make us
care about it in anything more
than a graphic arts, 'gallery'
way – a way that is directly
opposed to theatrical
experience." But there's never
been a gallery piece with as
many fascinating people doing
as many weird things as this
one.