4 Friday, September 6, 1974 University Daily Kansan THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN OPINION MAYDIN 1974 SKIKER ERA-TIMES "I HEAR WE'VE GOT MOST OF THE WORLD'S MONEY NOW." Movie profit paramount By KENN LOUDEN Entertainment Editor Movie executives have a life or death hold on a motion picture. If a director or producer fails to deliver the film, can figuratively kill his film. The success of the advertising campaign for "The Godfather" has led to some of the worst bigbudget, epic films ever made in the 1960s. The "Exorcist," "The Great Gatsby" and "Mame." Unfortunately, "The Godfather" was the beginning of something undesirable—the mass promotion campaign. It could result in the end of quality innovation in American films. The best example is Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation," which is undoubtedly one of the finest films of 1974. Coppola made "The Godfather" under the strict direction of Pamerton executives, who spent a fortune to promote it. Entertainment Editor "The Godfather" will be shown at Woolfstudio Auditorium this fall, and you can be shown on television this fall. Although the great roars of praise and publicity have died down, "The Godfather" is undeniably a fine film. He produced and directed "The Conversation" without any supervision and Paramount Town-and-gown conflict remains The 'Hawk and the Wheel controversy. The continuing saga of town versus gown. The reasons for strained relations between town and gown have varied throughout the ages. Townpeople's resentment of the students' easy life or students' looking down their noses at the uneducated townpeople often prompted shouts From the Middle Ages to Tom Brown's days at Oxford to last Wednesday night, the story is the epic, politic, the townpeople have property destroyed, got roughed up or are generally inconvenienced. In Medieval times it was the fisherwoman's basket that was upset, or cobblestones in the street that were uprooted. In Tom Brown's day, it was the tables and chairs in the local pub that were destroyed and it was the eyes of the "townies" that were blackened. In the '50s and '60s it was traffic on Massachusetts Street that was blocked after the football team won and this spring it was a police-car windshield that was smashed during the streaking episode. Last Wednesday night it was urinating in yards and fraternity men singing. of derision or fistulicus. Political causes have resulted in rioting. And sometimes spring fever would set frolicking off. Residents and property owners in the area of 14th and Ohio streets near the Jayhawk Cafe and the Wagon Wheel Cafe at the Yale University campus had numbers of students seeking liquid refreshment at the two bars have resulted in vandalism, attempted rape and robbery. Whether the complaints are exaggerated, as some say, or whether the situation is worse than reported as some residents contend, further information may severely further inflammation of an age-old conflict. It is unlikely that the conflict will disappear. It will be less evident at times. And attempts by police, University officials, establishment owners, some residents and students to improve the situation through diplomacy are better methods of easing the conflict than are attempts to shut the establishments down and arrest students. By Jeffrey Stinson Associate Editor Buckley book 'delightful' If the National Book Award have an Oscar in the classification of "Most Delightful Book of the Year," United Nations Journal, by William F. Buckley Jr. concentration camps in Mainland China, as I pleaded the case of the ballet dancer Panov. I would capule, wheedle, parry, thrust, mesmerize, dismay, seduce, intimidate. The press of the world would rivet its attention on the case the This is not the year's most By James Kilpatrick profound work of nofiction. It is not the most important book Buckley will ever write. But if I were to describe him as pure delirium, this is your dish. It didn't work out that way. Buckley speedily discovered that on a scale of creative values, the U.N. delegate ranks Robert Ruckle as the trioist's dummy. He speaks when he is told to speak, he says what he is told to say. Most of the time a delegate sits mute on the assasinator's knee. Buckley's knees never were exercised at all. Buckley, the columnist, editor, raconteur, yachtman, world traveler, lecturer, TV minister, lawyer, vivant, served from mid-September until mid-December 1973 as a member of the United Nations General Assembly. It was rather as if a fox had been board of the Chickens Alliance. his bernused observations. American delegate was making for human rights . . . " It might have proved a dreadful experience. My good friend is both actor and satirist, a kind of ham on wry, whose happiest hours are spent in the contemplation of his own success. Buckley mute is Buckley miserable. Instead of fretting at his diplomatic fetters, however, Buckley passed his time looking at the species he found in the zoo. This journal is a record of Why did he accept the post? As Buckley said, "It was. I think, the only experience I ever had with Mirtiym, I saw myself there, in the center of the great assembly at the U.N., holding the Nobel Prize, and then to them from Solstentzky, as I described the latest account of If the General Assembly It was a busy season for the General Assembly. The assembly never truly does anything. In substantive terms, it does nothing; but it does nothing interminably. During the 1973 session the assembly had Portugal to kick around, of Africa and the Pacific well, in addition to these familiar pastimes it had the Mideast to play with; it had General Mogut of Zaire, and had questions involving Cuba, Cambodia, and Chile. The Assembly also had to suffer a hundred windy speeches on human rights, each of them representing a man or woman and flatulent hypocrisy, in the fashion of a concerto scored for kazoo. "While as a legislative body, the assembly is useless, and while as a debating body it is invaluable, it does a great deal of legislating, and absolutely no debating." The American delegate listened gravely to this palpable nonsense, as attentive as Alice Johnston and wrote a journal that would chanted Lewis Carroll. It is a funny book—not merely funny, chuckle, but often funny, hawkish. It has serious insights; Once you delegate from Portugal was speaking, all other delegations walked out of the hall. This event revealed the huge frailty of the General Joseph overarching paradox." Buckley said. Saws Buckley. engaged in serious debate, Buckley suggests, instead of in Punch-and-Judy puppetry, the assembly must justify its existence as a forum in which nations of the world could search seriously for the moral reality of truth. But in this game one cannot be told that it does not truth but to falsehood "Ung United Nations," Buckley concludes, "is the most concentrated assault on moral reality in the history of free institutions, and it does not do to ignore that fact or, worse, to get used to it." executives have practically ignored it. "The Conversation" even won the Grand Prize at Cannes, Europe's most prestigious film award. But Paramount hasn't even publicized it. "The Conversation" isn't the only victim of executive privilege. Such fine films as "Mean Streets," "Thieves Like Us," "Sugarland Express" and "Dickies" are among the great critical success, but also financial disaster because the studios want to discourage the independent producers and directors who made the films. Look at "The Great Gatsby"—the most over-publicized ledworld in the history of the cinema. Gatsby-hats, Gatsby-b What does the mass audience have to show for all this selective advertising? Not much. nor dance. "Mame" is the worst musical of the year—maybe the decade—and should be retitled "Maimed." burgers, Gatsby-hairdies, Gatsby-Teflon-coffee-wave—the movie audience was so inundated with Gatsbyism that people went to the film for fear that they were missing great experience. What they saw was a drawn out, overblown film that wasn't bad, yet hardly worth sitting in a movie theatre for two and one half hours to see how it ended Yet, both "Mame" and "The Exorcist" are making a fortune for Warner Brothers. Motion pictures are making a career in the 1970s and the industry has already made money than in 1973. How sad that the biggest money makers are among the worst films. After the tremendous com-motion created by "Gatsby's" promoters, the critics tore the film to scrap celluloid. But all the elements of the film match for a tremendous promotion campaign. "The Great Gatsby" already has made a fortune. The motion picture industry is facing a grave threat—mass advertising. Chances are it may never survive. Perhaps the American audience will grow immune to this heavy bombardment of canned promotion if It doesn't, the best talent in the industry will have to bob their heads to businessmen who happily sacrifice quality and innovation for money. Unhappily, the opposite also is true, the best reviews can't make "The Conversation" a financial success. Hopefully, the event will be even, and the gifted Coppola will retain his independence. The greatest abuser of promotion has been Warner Brothers, which released two of the worst films seen in recent years. "Marine," the former gained a following through false promotion and extreme bad taste. Everyone had to see it out of curiosity. The people came away from the film, repeating how terrible it was. The success of "Mame" was based on the promotion of its star, Lucille Ball, who, as the movie proves, can neither sing "Exit Smiling" and "Hands Up"—Two little-known but delightful, silent comedies dated 1926. The first stars Beatrice Lillie and shouldn't be missed, "Exit" at 7:30 p.m. and "Hands" at 9 p.m. Tuesday in woodruff Auditorium.) "The Pawnbroker"—One of the great psychological dramas of all-time. The 1965 production by Sidney Steiger gives his greatest performance. Also starring Geraldine Fitzalgerad, Sidney Lumet ("Sercpol") directed, and the day in Woodruff Auditorium." On screen "Bank Shot!" - George C. Scott directs and stars in this funny story about a bank robbery. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. business at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Varsity. "The Knack"—Director Richard Lester demonstrates his artistic talents in this sometimes interesting sometimes borting 1965 British movie about the American and Michael Crawford. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Woodruff Auditorium.) "The Lords of Flatbush"* Another story about growing up in the 1950s. For the extremely bored and nostalgia freaks only. "The Godfather"—"Gone with the Wind" Mafia style. Besthed to become a classic. Headed by Danielle Pacino and James Caan. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. (4) Woodruff (6) and 9:30 tonight, noon, 3:30, 7 and 10:30pm, tomorrow. Shanghai Express--Excellent 1932 adventure starring one of the great sirens of the screen—Märlene Dietrue, Beautifully designed by Henningberg. (At 7:30 p.m.) Monday in Woodruff Auditorium. "Snoopy Come Home" and "The Violinist!" The first is an animated comedy starring the Peanuts gang; the second is a short subject. Good entertainment. Sunday Woodruff Auditorium. Costa Rican art varied By LORILYNAM Although it is a modest collection, "The Arts of Costa Rica," now showing at Spooner Row, offers the ultimate attitude of technique and detail. The various pieces, dating from 1000 to 1967, represent the country not only culturally, but "Death Wish"*Right-wing starring brasher Bronson. Avoid it at all costs. (At 7:30 and 4:54 p.m. through Tuesday with matinees Saturday & Sunday 2:15 p.m. at Hillcrest L.) Art Reviewer "For Pete's Sake"-Barbara Streisand is vibrant and funny as usual, but even she can't keep it up. The comedy from being buried by old cliche. (At 7:26 & 9:15 p.m. through Tuesday. Matinee Saturday & Sunday 2:06 p.m. in Hillcrest II.) In concert "Uptown Saturday Night!" Excellent but sometimes uneven comedy starring and dancing at the Peep Show and Paula Kelly steal the show with their particular brands of comedy, Sidney Poitier diary series, and 35 p.m. through Tuesday to meet Todd at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.) geographically. Three areas of Costa Rica make up the exhibit, the Nicoya Peninsula, the Pacific Islands and the Diquis River Valley. London Symphony Orchestra—Part of the Concert Series. (At 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch Auditorium.) This Week's ENTERTAINMENT In all the geographical areas, the pottery and stoneware appear to hold some religious (At 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. with matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Granada.) "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" and "The Last American Herce"—The first is a forget- tale, the second a scene starring Fonte Panda and George. The second is an ex- cellent, but poorly publici movie about a boy trying to his place in American soci- ety. Underly portrayed by Jeff Kennedy, the director of Saturday at Sunset Drive-In. "The Last Picture Show" and "Easy Rider"-Two films destined to become classics, and the film that made excellent film about a small Texas town in the early 1850s. It stars Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybil Shepherd, Ellen Burnstein, Clyde Leachman Burstin, and Kate Murray, fantastic in their roles. The second film stars Pete Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. It is the pride of the movie (At 8:15 p.m. Monday and Sunrise at Sunset Drive In.) significance. Stylistically, however, the pieces differ according to location. The Nicoyan works are basically pear-shaped forms supported on an angular base or trip legs. They are covered with coral and are the nicoyan. The Nicoyan island is famous for its polychrome wares. The Highlands works are characterized by non chromatic patterns that are highly geometric. Much of the pottery is chocolate or black colored. Distinctive Highland ware are called Applique Wares. They are thick-walled vessels made from stone and covered with small buttons and ribbons of clay applied to the outer walls. The surface motifs are usually animal or fish effigies. Highly painted wares characterize the Diquis River region. The motifs are animal-like and somewhat animal-like. The Nicey Peninsula exhibits the most beautiful pottery. However, stoneware finds its emphasis of sophistication and is a traditional beritage. The culinary brilliant display of nurse form. The various pieces, whether it is stoneware dated 1000 or a 1967 painting, are much in keeping with contemporary standards of design. The works through their direct relationship pay homage to their heritage. The small collection offers a splendid variety in the extended imagination of the Costa Rican cuisine as well as fascinating. At the gallery Museum of Art—“The Stouse Collection: The Arts of Costa Rica” and “Basil King Allen Ginsberg: The Visions of the Great Remember.” (From 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday through Saturday and 1:30 to 4:45 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 6.) Kansas Union Gallery—"Artists of the River Quay" (From 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 17.) 7 East 7—"Recent Works: Barbara Feres." Paintings and Drawings by a Raytown artist. (From noon to 5 p.m.) Tuesday through Sunday through Sept. 28. ) Off the shelf "The Curse of the Kings"1: Victoria Holt, the grand dame of Gothics and tales of royalty, offers a story about two aranes who are unaware of the mysteriously after they have probed into the tombs of the pharaohs. An ancient curse: "Whoever disturbs the sleep of the kings will die." Our heroine determines that the curse was meant to harm her. Then the curse follows our hero as well (Crest, 145). "Rascals in Paradise"—A "rerecord of James Michener's story of the men and women who have helped to make history in the South Pacific. (Crest, $1.50) "The Devil on Lammas Night"--Following the signal success of "Rosemary's Baby" there has been an overload of about the evil one. This one by Susan Howell, is about a young woman who becomes frustrated with her life in addiction and meets up with a social Satanist. (Crest, $1.50) "Limmerton Hall" Mystery and suspense here by Hester W. Chapman in a story about a man who brings a young woman to his home to take care of his two wards. Young woman with a beautiful face, young man, and becomes wrapped up in a number of strange doings on a neighboring estate. (Crest, $1.25) "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Stories of Young America" and "Love and Its Dangements"—The first of these by Joyce Carol Oates is a collection of 17 short stories about growing up in an urban area. The second is a collection of stories that peared originally in other volumes. Both are by one of today's most widely recognized writers. (Crest, $1.50 each) "Haldane Station"—A story of terror by Florence Engel the heroine, Rachel, goes to work in a married woman with three children. And the poor girl has to figure out what has happened because she remembers nothing since being 17, (Great, $1.25) Kansan Telephone Numbers Newsroom—UN 4-4810 Business Office—UN 4-4358 An All-American college newspaper THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Published at the University of Kansas weekdays during the academic year except holidays and excursions. Subscription费, $10. Lawrence, Kan. 60045. Subscriptions by mail are $8. Subscription fee is $1.35 a semester, passed through the student activity Accommodations, goods services and employment opportunities are made available for students whose progress is necessary, those of the Student leader, the President or another official. 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