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Friday, April 9.1971
University Daily Kansan
Movies:
'Valdez' Has Come
By BION BEEBE Kansan Reviewer
Karanan Revue
Poor man. He is forced to kill an innocent man he gave up for money in a guise. Naturally, he wants to help the wilde of the innocent man so he can be saved from the guise.
Poor old Bob Valdez should have known better. This bad guy is not about to put up one dollar, but he wants to scare off Valdez. But Valdez soon returns and this time his welcome is even less warm. They his tires to cross and make the town to town on "Ghino, gingo; ee bad news!"
The bad guys should have recognized Burt Lancaster under that dark make-up and the Mexican accent. It's not easy to put Burd down, but one no one owes it twice and gets away with it.
Valder is fixed up by one of his friends and goes back to his home. From under the bed he pulls an old bundle. It in are an old uniform, a buffalo gun and a knife. He heads out after the bad guys.
The lookout for the bad guys tries to fool him but Valdez is step ahead. He sends the men these words, "Valdez is coming."
He's not kidding, First, he
kidnaps the bad guy's wife. Then he kills off a couple of his men. Now the whole gang goes out after Valdez
Naturally, the girl is good looking and natural; she seems to be at ease with her husband. But there is no love story to speak of and the movie doesn't have enough charm.
Poor old bad guys should have known better. All that Bob Valdez wants is the $100. But the chase is even harder against 20, and it's just about even. One of the best scenes in the show is when Valdez sets up shop on top of a hill and begins to pick out people who are easily half a mile away.
All the characters except Valider are stereotypes—the beautiful girl, the bad guy with no nose, the witch, the villain. Valider is a little different, especially for Burt Lancaster. Instead of his usual loud, boisterous character, he plays a Mexican and it works well pretty well.
"Valder is Coming" also has the usual quota of beautiful western scenery.
If you don't like Burt Lanker or westerns, don't see this. But, if you like either one, see it because it's a good example of both.
Shallow Pageantry
By BARBARA SCHMIDT Kansan Reviewer
The historical spectacular fall out of favor with the cinema-making public several years ago, because of its eccentricism. Rome, Elizabethan
KANSAN reviews
England, the French revolution
eliminated borne in veteran
occupation. The French and
over-sized battle scene, expenses
tostume and 'cast of thousands'
was cut to 20%.
When another such remnant of historical superfluity flashes upon the screen, it is an act of cruel redundancy. "Cromwell," currently playing the Granada, comes across as little more than a poor carbon copy of all those old monsters roasted into one.
Surely studio heads can see the faltering boffice popularity of the film, but the role and the excellent and overlooked "War and Peace." Yet the producers at Columbia Pictures still watch the stakes and time staked what must have been a major fortune on their terrace to resist originality.
The movie attempts the impossible by trying to present a cohesive picture of the entire process during and after the Protestant revolt of the mid-1600s. King Charles I is on the throne and he forces Charles II to step aside. Charles sends his men to steal both land and civil rights from the commoners and cares not to injure anyone in the way.
Oliver Cromwell, being a good God-fearing Puritan, abburs such atrocities. Therefore he even went on to assume that war, turns Parliament into chaos and, as a final stroke of Christian humanity, has poor, misguided intentions. The Cromwells of hundreds of blood-thirsty spectators. And after the brute action subsides Cromwell offers a less violent form of dictatorial rule in England: "I shall see this nation properly governed, even if I have
Director Ken Hughes worked with costume designer Nino Rizzi and the original gaudy display. The original armies of the king and Cromwell amounted to about 10,000 men in history. Hughes and Novarese
trained and eluded thousands of soldiers from the Spanish Army to march across the screen and engage in cinematic combat. Dressed with painful exactitude and all the battle scenes superbly.
"fromwell" fails to become a great film spectacle in that it cannot rest its laurels solely on the accomplishments of the screenwriter and the viewer and the script ridicules history.
Richard Harris plays Cromwell, and "play" is all he does. He never bothers to act in this adamant display of his emotional, temperamental man but Harris's stagnates in its sameness. "Dissagre, anger, sorrow and sorbidity are all part of his life," one lingering, dimited star.
Alec Guinness, usually an excellent actor, is disappointing. There is no substance to his performance.
"Cromwell" is a reticacy from bygone days, from the era of truly great movie epics. It is a shame that this 1970 "Cromwell" does a "peek" at the past by repeating its glories in such an inadequate manner.
Probably the most refreshing thing about modern music in the last few years is that more kinds of music are being created without crowding out other styles. For instance, country music can be confused with pop music, but groups like Poco have started their own trends, yet still left room in the market for Grand Soprano and low-soprano situations is the advent of artists who incorporate the best艺人 one established form of music.
By DICK COWDEN
Artists Release 2 New Albums
In "Tea for the Tillerman," Cat Stevens draws from so many different musical techniques that it is difficult to classify him at all. He seems to have originated his own music in the middle medium between Joe Cocker and
Paul McCartney. Stevens depends on the acoustic guitar and piano for basic act; he uses accordion instruments and echo chambers effectively. He often calls upon a solo violin or a whole section of a viola.
The mood of Stevens' songs ranges from serenades in "Sad Liss" to the exorbitances of "Beyond Dawn." There's also "And on the Read to Find Out!"
Stevens also writes for a variety of purposes. "Father and Son," he wrote, "conflict between the generations." "Into White" is an imaginative poem set to music. "Longear Song," a poem written in folk song, Stevens is an adept lyricist. He mixes mysticism with simplicity, anger with indulgence.
"Tea for the Tillerman" is a
unique album. But it is Stevens's adaptation of traditional music to his own instrumentation to his own impressions that makes it exceptional.
Brisley Schwartz is among the many groups playing electric钢琴, flute and saxophone. Stevens, they combine musical creativity, but they lack Stevens' creativity.
There is nothing out of the ordinary about their songs, but their voices have a clear, an-
Brisley Schwartz makes worthwhile listen, simply because its music is down to earth and easy to take.
pealing emotion that distinguishes them from other bands. Their lyrics are a mix of asset and at times, a stumbling block. Lowe, the lyricist of the group, begins "Burny Down" with freezing chill in summer morning with nothing to do And over my shoulder hung a beautiful blue May I'll walk the street.
NOTICE
The UNIVERSITY INFORMATION CENTER (864-3506) will be closed from midnight, Saturday, April 10, until 6:00 P.M., Sunday, April 11. However, in the event of an emergency, the INFORMATION CENTER will remain open.
ROME (UPI)—Henry Cabot, Lord President Nixon's envoy to the Vatican, left for New York Thursday after a three-week visit he be conferred with Pope P. VI and other church officials.
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Draught House—Tide; both nights.
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Red Dog—Factory Friday
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Yuk—Blue Max on both nights.
On Campus Movies:
SFLA Popular Film
"In the Heal of the Night," This picture took the Oscar as the best film of 1967, but don't let that scare you off, for it is truly engrossing. Rod Steiger easily hits Sidney Pollutier for acting honors (Friday and Saturday at 7 and 3pm in woodward).
"Odipids the King," (1988). In which Christopher Plummer goes too close to his mother (Wed.) on the way back from film. SUA Science Film Films.
"The Time Machine." (Monday at 7:30 in the Forum
Room. )
A double bill. "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), a screen classic with Henry Fonda, and "Twentieth Century" (1934), with John Harrymore, which is sup- pended good, too. M at Theatres.
"Airport," a Slick, thoroughly entertaining melodrama which packs a decade's of excitement into a day in the lives of Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, and Tom Cruise. And old Helen Hayes, (Hillcrest 2)
"Cromwell." Fun in merrie England at Reformation time. Don't bother. (Granada)
“五Easy Pieces.” A superb study of the American black sheep. Don't miss it. (April 8-11, Gem Theatre, Baldwin)
"Love Story." Oh, vomit
GYMKHANA!!
The Jayhawk Sports Car Club is holding another Gymkhana this Sunday at 11 o'clock in Gibson's parking lot.
Open to all automobiles, special class for V.W.'s.
A brilliant documentary-style study of a political murder that is far and away the best film. In English. (Hillcrest 3)
1'00 for members.
(Hillcrest I)
$ ^{1} 2^{00} $ for non-members.
More information 841-3244
"Valez is Coming," Burs Lancaster again, this time as the Taco Kid. It's not too bad. (Varsity)
GEM Theatre, Baldwin 1
This and more—at the S.U.A. Office in the Union.
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THE DRAUGHT HOUSE
TIDE Almost Live
About 8 months ago Tide began recording a live album at the Draught House. Mother Nature turned out the lights and stopped the recording. The album's back now and it's all Tide. Tide will definitely be live Fri. & Sat. at the Draught House.
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