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By CHUCK SACK
Suicide tale terrifying despite inconsistencies
In Franz Kafka's famous story "The Metamorphosis," the main character awakes one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a giant cockroach. The hero of Roman Polanski's "The Man of Mystery" entertained with an even more drastic change.
Aided by the somber lighting and camera work of Sven Nykivist, Pol兰斯 traces the deterioration of a naturalized French citizen. This meek, sensitive man, played by Pol兰斯, takes an apartment formerly inhabited by a young woman who com-
AS THE TENANT is increasingly stiffed by the other people in his building, he begins to compare his situation with the circumstances of his friends. As his dissatisfaction increases, so do the bizarre events that take place when he is alone.
Tenant' is little more than a "Jaws" for intellectuals.
SUCH THINGS begin to happen more and more frequently, but the character's desperation is preceded by the viewer's exasperation with the pacing of the middle half of the film. By the time the character asks himself, "A what precise moment does an individual step being who he thanks to someone so much too aware of Dolanell's intentions?
He moves a wardrobe in his room and finds a hole in the wall behind it. In the hole is a human's tooth, wrapped in cotton. From his apartment he can see the building. At night he can always see someone there staring back at him. He returns late, and
discovers that his place has been ransacked.
However, despite these major miscalculations, Polanski does succeed in salvaging the most important sections of the film. The tenant's gradual adaptation of
mitted suicide. Soon he is convinced that he, his being manipulated toward taking his own life, is manipulating
Review
POLANSKI IS probably the master of cinematic horror. From the twisted mental distortions of "Repulsion" through the comic variations of "The Fearless Vampire Killers" to the exploration of social deprivacy in other genres, as in Chinatown and the psychological literature these films often inject. In "The Tenant," the more subtle elements of the style are used to examine the horrors of modern living.
In its best moments "The Tenant" depicts with chilling clarity the sense of a vulnerable human being hemmed in by the impersonal fear and hatred of his fellows. When the hero approaches the concierge (Shellay Winters) about the apartment and is to be escorted home, she also takes the hospital, he starts to apologize for being premature in his inquiry.
"Don't worry," says the concierge. "She won't get better."
THE OPPRESSION of that response is the first indication that Polaniak isn't going to loosen his grip on the viewer. For all of his techniques, Polaniak is a director of the old school. Every detail in the film is manipulated to create a specific reaction.
When the tenant visits his predecessor in the recovery ward and she lets out a hideous scream, the shock is more a result of editing or ripping at something. Later, at the funeral, the priest's sermon about worms destroying the body seems heavy-handed. In its worst moments "The
Haskell builds residence hall
Construction has begun on a new women's residence hall for Haskell Indian Union College.
frank Quiring, de student, said yesterday that the hall would be completed in February 1977. The cost of the federally funded hall is $2.25 million.
The new hall, which will house 128 students, is being built to better accommodate students already enrolled at Haskell, Quiring said.
In the future, one of Haskell's six existing halls probably will be closed, Quiring said, although no definite plans have been made. "The students won't be crowded," and they'll have adequate privacy," he added. Haskell officials are hoping that funds soon will be made available to build another residence hall, Quiring said.
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The University of Kansas Theatre and The School of Fine Arts present
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
at 8:00 p.m.
—A Musical Experience
Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23
Oct. 17 and 24 at 2:30 p.m.
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
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K. U. students receive seat tickets without charge upon presentation of current I.D. card.
This program is partially funded
This program is partially funded by the Student Activity Fund.
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the suicide's dress and personality is a powerful piece of work, combining the predications of horror with the keen irony of Kafka. 'The Tenant' may not be the best picture, but its scenes are among the most terrifying that he has ever put on film.
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