el ur est at'sn 'll ht so rsr us and a at srs rsed tic Monday, December 5, 1977 5 Film records history of Allende Bv MERLE GOLDMAN Reviewer Patricio Guzman returned to his native Chile in 1970 from Madrid with the hopes of running for the presidency, with the first democratically elected socialist government in the western hemisphere, however, he decided that he would be fascinated by saving him he could imagine. With the help of four others, who formed the film collective Equero Tercer Ano, Guzman set out to direct a film on the Chilean experiment. The result was "The Maze," a movie that will be shown at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union at 7:30 tomorrow night. The film covers the most important events in the turbulent 10 months before a military coup overthrew President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. Here is an unprecedented record of Chilean history that has been documented by a confirmed popular support for Allende to the bombing of the presidential palace. Here, too, are the mass demonstrations in KANSAN Review support of Allende and the opposition rallies. THE FILM transports the viewer to a rare political climate: a country where people, not politicians, are the primary actors in politics. We see how the people distributed needed supplies when a strike by anti-Allende truck owners paralyzed transport. The film collective worked hard to make coverage "comprehensive. Wherever possible, the film also included political persuasions. The team posed as cameramen from French television to record the activities of the opposition. After meeting with the team, the film out of Chile and two years to it. For this, "The Battle of Chile" has been hailed worldwide as a landmark in the recording of history on film and in the documentary genre. It was also shown in many European countries, including a showing on Swedish television. It won awards at half a dozen international film festivals and a screening at the Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The "Battle of Chile" which made its debut in New York in October has special appeal to the United States. IN 1975, former CIA Director Richard Helms admitted that the United States had paid $8 million to opposition groups before the war. He also said other military regimes in Latin America reportedly have been trained in the United States. "The Battle of Chile," because it immerses us in Chilean political reality, will show how these actions contributed to the coup. The film leaves its viewer with a disturbing question: Why is the United States involved with governments like the NSA, the CIA and America's 13 other military dictatorships? But even if the film did not raise important political questions, it would be important just for its photography. The film includes one of the most dramatic scenes ever captured on film: Argentine cameraman Leonardo Hendriksson's record of his own shooting death by the Chilean military. Although its makers obviously are sympathetic to Allende, "The Battle of Chile" is not a propaganda film. The intent of the film collective was to document events rather than to make a case for their interpretation. 'Freight'an intimate performance By HALINA FINDLAY and ROBERT FINDLAY Reviewers Kevin Kuhike's "Freight," a solo performance piece done this weekend at the Lawrence Art Center, is in no way a conventional theater work. It is a 50-minute intimate encounter in a confined space between Kuhike, a young Lawrence actor and Laurence Hopkins, one of several experimental groups as Stage I in Boston, and a seated audience of about 20. Although no direct physical contact is made between performer and spectators, Kuhik shapes the time in such a way that it feels as if the performer has psychological intimacy of the performance. "Freight" has no story line as such, although much of the performance's framework reels on fragmented stories and characters. The audience's acceptance, presented directly to the audience. THOSE WHO are unfamiliar with terms like "working class" and "class struggle" should be warned that the narrator uses socialist rhetoric. Her role, however, is only to outline the events and should not sub-optimize his own assessment of what is presented. THESE INCLUDE a hot summer night in Kansas, an upstairs bedroom in a two-story house, a thunderstorm, a wind that blows the roof and causes tapes at the window, a fear of the unknown outside the window, a remembrance of a boy who caught his head in the slats of a rocking chair, being accused of climbing on a ladder and experiencing a first-love encounter. Sometimes Kuhlke presents the old KANSAN Review tradition of storytelling, always insisting that the story is true. At times he enacts the story without words, depending only on his physical presence and personal responsiveness to the objects with which he surrounds himself. A broken chair is something to sit on and a lover; a balloon becomes a musical instrument. A piece of fabric serves as rain, a window screen or a cart. A child's toy becomes a symbol of death. WITH A WORK such as this, one must accept the premiers of the performance to evaluate it. In his program notes, Kukhle states: "My initial objective in this piece was to discover the relationships that might develop between myself and the objects. Through work with these objects and artworks, I can learn how to release deeper, less superficial emotional associations than story-based naturalistic improvisations had been able to discover." The actual space itself is fluid, and Kuhke's overtly physical presence allows him to use the floor and the walls, and at one time he might be walking along the windowsills in the back wall. One of the great beauties of Kuhle's performance is that it is so honest. In this "The Rivals," the play that introduced one of the most famous characters in English literature, opens tonight at the William Ike Theatre in Murphy Hall. "The Rival's" shifts from farce to high comedy as it pokes fun at the manners of 18th century British society. The upper classes of the time were fashionily sentimental and shallow, and Sheridan took them to task in this popular comedy. Comedy to open tonight The plot concerns Miss Lydia Languish, (Nancy Flage, Pittsburgh graduate student), a sentimental heroine whose wealth is controlled by the whims of her aunt, Mrs. Malaproo (Beth Wattke, Iowa City sophomore) and she has an absolute, also known as Ensign Beverley (Richard Delaware, Phoenix graduate student). ABSOLUTE ADOPTS the disguise of an impoverished win to签 Lind's hand. This results in a confusion of identities that leads to the comic incidents of the play. A number of parallel plots involve Bob Acres (Doug Weaver, Marietta, Gaea, sophomore). who is Absolute's rival for Lydia's hand, and Sir Lucius O'Trigger (Alan R. Tilson, Topea special student), a tempestuous Irishman who carries on an amorous, but mistaken, correspondence with Mrs. Malaprop. Other members of the cast are Heather Laird, Lawrence sophomore; Stephen H. Landes, Prairie Village special student; Bill Anthony, Wichita senior; Stan Haeln, Lawrence senior; and Jeff Tamblyn, Mission Hills graduate student. type of production, the performer must constantly guard against too much private imagery and personal indulgence, which lead to sentimentality. QUICK STOP PHOTO SHOP Kuhik successfully treads the line between over-personalization and blatant explanation. His honest response to objects is that he has always become the real points of contact between the performer and his witnesses. One has to work hard as an audience member, but, if he is willing, the verbal and kinetic imagery of interaction fit together as an organic whole. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BREW, BOOGIE TUES: Drown Night—All the draft beer you can drink for admission price! MON: Students with I.D.'s—NO CHARGE FRI & SAT: After Hours—The Disconnection parties until 1:00 am! Stay late! Coors on Tap This performance seems to owe a debt to the concept of "poor theatre" articulated by Jerzy Grotowski, the Polish director whose experiments have helped helpefine theater and the way theater is perceived. There is only Kuhike, his objects, his self-portrait, his life and his presence in a defined space and time, lighted only by single red and green spotlights. There are no sound effects except those produced by Kuhike and his objects. WED: Loose Ladies Night -Ladies admitted FREE from 7:30-9:30 and receive one draw on the house. Guys admitted after 8:30. THURS: Dance Contest! Every Thursday night Dec. 1st - 22nd. Cash and prizes! 29th & California, Highland Village Shopping Center, Topeka 266-5902 "The Battle of Chile" does not try to manipulate the viewers' emotions, it is an appeal to reason. The film paints a sensitive portrait of Allende as a popular leader but there is no morbid dwelling on his death. It does not allow him to realize the left. It opens up the space for allude to Allende's supporters and therefore encouraged the military to take action. A YOUNG PEOPLES NIGHT CLUI Topoka's Finest 3.2 Disco The most divisive issue was whether to arm the people. Allende said that would provoke the military, but many said it was necessary to combat a coup, which was inevitable. "The Battle of Chile" presents this dilemma but draws no conclusions. Once again, this marvelous film leaves it up to the viewer to decide. 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