Page 6 University Daily Kansan, April 23, 1981
On Campus
TODAY
LA MESA ESPANOLA (Spanish Table) will
meet at 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. in 398 Wescow.
THE UNIVERSITY OPEN FORUM will
connect to Cancelor Robert Cobb
2:30 p.m. in 1045 Pigeon Hill
THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL will meet at 3:30 p.m. in 188 Blake Hall.
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM will present Marlene Springer on "Jude the Obacure": The Allusive Pattern" at 4 p.m. in 419 Wice巷.
THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE LECTURE SERIES will present Lillek Lerron on "Namuel Pulp": The Fiction of Popular Design (4 p.m., in the Walmart Room in the Kansas City).
THE KU GERMAN CLUB will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the cafeteria on the lower level of the building.
THE MINORITY AFFAIRS FILM SERIES
THE MINORITY "Nicole's Free Homeland or
Death" (1982)
THE LIFE-ISSUE SEMINAR ON SPIRITUAL
POWER IN THE ECONOMIC WORLD,
in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
MEN'S COALITION will discuss "Looking at
Maturity in a Male Perspective" at 7:30
A STUDENT VOICE RECITAL—Trish Hoff-
Ham will speak 5 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital
Hall.
'Excalibur' challenges 'Star Wars' victory
EXCALIBUR, starring Nigel Terry, Neol
CHELIS, directed by Cherie L哈里. Cherie
Directed by John Boorman.
By MIKE GEBERT Contributing Reviewer
★★★
"Excellbar" is the film that finally shows "Star Wars" up.
Not that is what a lot of people want. They feel comfortable at "Star Wars" because it's cheerful and unthreatening—good guys win, nobody really gets hurt. Nobody grows, nobody makes mistakes, nobody sells their best pal for a battle cruiser. It's very clean.
"Excalibur" is not. It's bloody, grilty and tragic. It contains all the pretty pictures and cheerful slaughter that "Star Wars" had, but infuses with them mortality and human nobility and failure. As a result, when "Excalibur" succeeds, it is infinitely more affecting.
Swordfights, pretty pictures, damsels in distress—well, they're there to be, sure, but so is the sensibility of John Boorman, the madman who directed "Excalibur." And it seems likely that a film with Boorman will precipitate a film that rises above the facile level of comic-book violence as found in "Star Wars."
But "Star Wars" entertains; "Excalibur"
dawes you to be entertained. I will take the latter.
But "Hell's Reef" doesn't matter.
story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
it begins, in Booran's furious way, in warr-
nt England some time after the Romans.
Other Pendragon, a British warlord, receives
the sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.
But Uther lusts after the wife of the Earl of Cornwall, Irgaine, and starts a battle to have her. The furious Merlin allows Uther to have his way but extracts a promise that Uther or Uther may also grant to Merlin. Shortly after, Uther is ambushed and, dying, thrusts the sword into a rock.
Twenty years later, the boy, Arthur, unaware of his heritage, pulls the sword from the rock and becomes the first humble king England has known. With Merlin's tutelage, Arthur manages to form an alliance and bring true peace to England.
But there is trouble; Morgan Le Fay, who is Igraine's daughter and Arthur's half-sister, acquires some of Merlin's powers and seduces Arthur, later bearing a son, Mordred. And his friend and greatest knight, Lancelot, falls helpless in love with Gwenne, Arthur's queen.
In the meantime, Mordred comes to Camelot and decides to destroy his father's plans. A mighty battle spells the end and Excalibur is thrown back into the lake at Arthur's command.
to wait for a time when men can try again to live in peace. .
The audience found many of these moments risible, but I think intelligent viewers will find such moments as when Uber Pendragon, in full armor, irrates Igraine to be brilliant, appropriate and cunning. The clash of soft skin and dirty armor suggests instantly and utterly the brutishness of the age.
Like Ken Russell ("Altered States"), Boorman has an eye for strange imagery, but Boorman keeps his imagination in check, and he brings a range of beauty his scenes come out of the story.
"Excalibur" rivals "Tess" as being the most beautifully photographed film of recent memory; and in "Excalibur" it all seems much more natural. The forest has never looked greener, nor fire hotter. Alex Thomson's cinematography is simply fantastic.
The cast will be mostly unknown to Americans, but they're rather good. Nicol Williams and Helen Mirren are the best known and also the most noticeable.
As the film regains its head and becomes more serious, one loses the initial feeling that the director listened to the art director more than to the screenwriter. Interestingly, it is about that time that many members of the audience begin losing patience with Boorman's vision.
GERLINGS
(Formerly Bengals)
Large selection of Earrings
803 Mass
In the Casabah
--only 39cea.
25th & Iowa/Holiday Plaza 842-4499
--only 39cea.
THE NO LIMIT TACO SALE!
Fill up and save on all the delicious Taco Tico tacos you can eat. It's a crunchy corn tortilla filled with seasoned taco meat, lettuce, real shredded cheddar cheese and a juicy tomato slice. Come in and try it. You'll love the taste...and the savings!
Offer good thru May 13, 1981
2340 Iowa Street
Regular tacos only.
A DISCUSSION OF CHANGING SEX ROLES
TRANSITIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN
PRESENTED BY
NANCY MIMS WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
THURSDAY APRIL 23, 7:30pm PINE ROOM, UNION
SPONSORED BY COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
E'TOULAUD L'AOI'ETOUFFEE FILE COURTBOUILLON PIOUANTE ON
CREOLE GUMBO & CAJUN CRAYFISH among the many Louisiana gourmet items featured at the Prairie Schooner this week.
SUCCULENT SHRIMP SPECIALS
• Jumbo 6.75 lb.
• Large 5.50 lb.
• "Extra Medium" 5.35 lb.
• Peeled "Gumbo" Shrimp 3.95 lb.
HALIBUT STEAKS 3.99 lb. while supply lasts
Bay Scallops 5.95 lb.
Ocean Perch fillets 1.49 lb.
Indo-Asian foods on sale:
SAIFUN
(Bean Threads)
sale 1.59
Thailand Rice Paper 2.75 lb.pkg.
SQUID this week only 69¢ lb.
PRAIRIE SCHOONER
SEAFOOD & INDO-ASIAN PROVISIONS
Open 10-6 Monday-Saturday
841-6410
Lawrence, Ks.
LAMBALAYA · BOUILLABAISE CALAS (mice cakes) REMOULAD
THE CASTLE
TEA ROOM
Wedding Showers
Rehearsal Dresses
1307 Mass.
Phone 843-1151
BUY OR SELL
SILVER, GOLD & COINS
Class Rings
Antiques-Furniture
Boyds Coin
& Antiques
935 Iowa
Monday-Saturday
731 New Hampshire 9 am-5 pm
Monday-Saturday
9 am-5 pm
Classified ads get results
(1978)
Thursday, April 23 The Last Supper
Among the first Cuban films to gain attention in this country, this is the film *The Man with the Moustache* minded manado who gathers together his slaves for n-o-reaction of the Last Supper... only they have a different idea. The movie is based on a historical piece from Cuban director Tomas Guitierrez Arena (Memories of the Man with the Moustache) 10 min.) Color, Spanish subtitles: 7-30.
Friday, April 24 And Justice for All
Al Pacino plays a lawyer disgusted with the law and the courts in this satirical comedy directed by Norman Jawison (1978). The movie's law-and-order judge on trial for rape, Jack Warden is who carries a gun to court, and Christine Lahiri is Pacino's D.A. office-fireman. Plus: Tom & Jerry (2003) cortez ("1978") Color: 30:30, 80:30
My Brilliant Career
Perhaps the best of the films of the new young cinema, *Davla* growing up in 1900's Australia, who refuses to believe that a child can be self-sufficient and determines to be independent and self-supporting, regardless of the rest of life, a light welcome to chameleon film, directed by GIL Armstrong, Plus: Norman McLaren's "Begone Dull Clee" (10/19)
Let it Be (1971)
A glistem of the Beatles at work, shortly before their breakup, climaxed by a long, spectacular concert on a rooftop that "Across the Universe," "The Long and Winding Road" and the title tune are among the songs from this unique docu-
ple. Plus: Tux Avery's "King Size Canary," (607 m) color, 1200 m
Unless otherwise noted; all film will be shown at Woodford Auditorium in the evening. Admission is free on Friday, Saturday, Popular and Sunday films are $1.00, short films are $2.00. Includes a variety of free movies and Union, 4th level, Information 884-3477, No smoking or refreshments at