Wednesday, April 3, 1974
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Movies Should Entertain Audience And Gratify Director, Altman Says
Films should be made for the self-graduation of the director and for the entertainment of the audience. Robert Altman, *The Help*, 1965. David Lucas, *Life Us*. said yesterday
Altman concluded his stay at the University of Kansas with a panel forum at 10:30 a.m. yesterday in Woodruff Auditorium.
Altman said that a major problem he confronted was the egos of his writers and photographers. He said, for example, that Ring Lardner Jr., who wrote the screenplay
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for M-A-S-H, once claimed that Altman had ruined his script. Lardner's attitude changed, however, when his screenplay won an academy award.
Concerning his relationship to actors, Altman said, "I am always honest with my actors. If you ever lie to an actor and you are caught, you have ruined a good relationship that has taken you a long time to build.
Academy Awards
Altman said that he was especially im-
for best supporting actor. It was his first screen role.
"I have to lie to everyone else but I am honest with my actors."
George Roy Hill was named best director for "The Sting."
The French film is an illustration account of the making of an ill-fated movie.
"Day for Night," Francois Truffaut's affectionate tribute to the movies, was directed by Jorge Luis Borges.
No matter that the biggest furor was created by onetime Beatle Paul McCartney and such television stars as Bono and Bobo, too, too, too for nopresence in acting performances.
The film world turned on its traditional glamor for the annual presentation of the Oscars, with screening fans and stars galore as in the old days.
The movie industry's newfound prosperity from a series of blockbuster movies was reflected in the thunderous music and the stellar arrivals at the Music Center.
There was quiet concern earlier that an Oscar would be rejected once more.
One of the biggest reactions was for Joanne Woodward, nominated as best actress for Summer Wishes Winter Wonderland, and a husband, Paul Newman, who was rumored not planning to come because of a longtime grudge against the Motion Picture
"Twice in the past three years best-actor awards have gone unclaimed—by George C. Scott for "Patton" and Marlon Brando for "The Godfather." Gene Hackman accepted the award in 1972 for his role in "The French Connection."
"The Sting," about an elaborate com game in 1936 Chicago, and the Exorcist," a scary tale of demonic possession, were the two teams that both received 10 award nominations.
Other best film nominees were "American Gangster" by Crius and "Wild Things" by a Touch of Fate.
Barbra Streisand, up for best actress for "The Way We Were," failed to accept the Academy's invitation until Monday, when she agreed to attend. The show's producer, Jack Hale Jr., said she was angry because she "hadn't been the Way We Were" on the television—at the telecast even before previously been asked. She was named best actress in 1968 for "Funnily Girl."
Other best-actress nominees this year
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were Ellen Burstyn, "The Exorcist";
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Other winners included: Animate Short Subject—"Frank Film," Animate Short Subject—"Bob the Boss."
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Documentary Short—*Princeton:
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pressed with Elliott Gould and George Segal as performers. Both actors will appear in his new movie, "California Split," which will be released in September. It is about two gamblers on the make in San Francisco.
Honorary Award—Henri Langlois,
founder of the French Film Museum
Sound—"The Exorcist," Robert Knudson and Chris Newman.
Film Editing—"The Sting," William Reynolds.
Improvisation also is used in Altman's films. He said that when he made "M-A-S-H," he hired 10 extras to play doctor characters without a formal script. He said the result was so successful that the performers thought would be out character for them.
Overlapping dialogue is a result of improvisation, Altman said, but he didn't mind sacrificing some humor for realism. People in real life often are difficult to understand and they often talk at the same time, he said.
Financially, Altman said, he is doing well but he would appreciate another success story. But he does not know what allows him to make films that he wanted to attempt but which might not be successful.
Altman said that he didn't try to force any deep meanings upon his audience but tried to entertain them. He said, however, that he attempted to entertain the intellectual audience as well as the person who went to a movie for only a good plot or action.
Altran said that he left many openings in his films so that each movie-goer could see them.
After the panel discussion, Altman opened himself up to the audience.
Altman said he planned to start filming "Nashville" in June. It will contain an all-star cast in the tradition of "Grand Hotel" which will be released next spring, he said.
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Easter Eggs Symbolize Old Beliefs
Bv TOM BILLAM
The Ukrainian Easter eggs displayed on the second floor of Watson Library are an art form, unlike American Easter eggs. The eggs, called pansyky, from the verb meaning to write, are examples of an ancient Ukrainian folk art.
Kansas Staff Reporter
The Ukrainian articles were arranged by Dr. Michael Palj, associate Slavic librarian, from his personal collection of Ukrainian eggs and embroideries.
Pali) said egg decoration was a widespread religious tradition in eastern Ukraine. The eggs symbolize birth, spring, life and the resurrection for Jesus.
The symbols drawn on the eggs also have meanings. An eight-pointed star relates to a celebration, and a seven-pointed star relates to a
The cross symbolizes the Resurrection; triangles represent the holy Trinity; fish stand for Christianity; roosters symbolize rebirth; bears encircling the eos represents eternity.
Ukrainians before conversion to Christianity.
A kitska, a small brass cone mounted on a stick, is used to draw designs on the eggs with beeswax. The egg is then dipped in a light colored dye.
Women are usually the most skilled in the
More designs are drawn to create different colors with successive dyes, leaving the darkest, black, for last. The eggs are arranged in a large square. Palj said he had purchased some of his eggs and embroideries in Chicago and New York, and sold them from Kiev and Love, cities in Ukraine.
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According to legend, if the custom should cease, evil in the form of a chained monster will burst his fetters and devour all the inhabitants of the earth.
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