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Tuesday, March 28, 1972 Brooks on film 'Finzi-Continis9 conte ates oppression The Daily Tar Heel mph VitTorio de Sica's new masterpiece. "The harden of the Finzi-ContiniC is a beautiful and midiigent study of the psychology of aristocracy, and the clashes of its personal way of life with the re-jlity of social oppression. It is a very easy film to appreciate "in al! its richness, for de Sica gives conscientious attention to both individual and impersonal relations to specific situations, so that our awareness is always complete and satisfied. It is also a very easy film to watch, thanks to the indispensable splendor of the e x p r e s s i v e photography. 7 he subject of the study is the family Hnzi-Contini, an elite Jewish group of five: an ancient aunt, two drily-aged parents, and two grown children, Micol (portrayed with brilliance and class by Dominique Sanda). and Alberto (given handsome sensitivity by Helmut Berger). The family lives on their old estate in the city's their luxuriant midst, separated from a!3 by garden. One of Alberto's friends, an upper-middleclass Jew named Girogio. visits the family and fails awkwardly in love with Mice!, who was a coy and removed playmate in his childhood. He is torn -with passions for Micol, and against the Fascist situation, he is crushed by Mi col's confident insouciance to both aspects of his passion. She is sensitive to him only in terms of then happy memories: when Giorgio insists on concentrating himself on the frustrating present, Micol reveals to him the quality of true aristocratic elevation: "We are not people of action; we are people of memory." Giorgio misinterprets her solipsism as an elite distaste for him. since he is incapable of overcoming his bourgeois view of her actions. He runs from her, rightfully, for their positions are irreconcilably different. Micol -s epilcguf that :ne trait that carries the F:nz:-Cont:n:$ gracefully thro;:?-: th- F-u-s Tr--i' o" s tnat r?:i -1, roeeeas. drive Gioreit iro his horn; 'oad. As C5v-pe a they are brusquely herded into a schoolhouse en route to imprisonment and deprivation, the family members maintain their composed beauty by taking their past and its influence with them. They have their memor which their very psychology is present bourgeois forces indiscretions rather than destructi i..il..i. ;J. ... establish a relations ct c 'a . e n t . v De Sica's eariv d: 1- -s v. in - 4 th: rse impressions lor tr.; ji ce.us into a depe: necessary mc . I . , I - i. . t unpleasant atrocities. ir.dulses varied beautv in the camera's potentia i io: - r T- - familv s d ": the xds in the cmnme he rordms the out f - - Bv Since the Fmzi-Continis are aliv: is important that the past be aliv; :n the past m them; i HrTPSSr? f ' " I f cM i ' b : i I j jj 'Wli)WIIM;i.l'tJ.JiliH!i;.Ui"i!ii.'- bmJ.J I I John Chappell, star of the one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight," before and after the elaborate, three-hour ritual of makeup which prepares him for performance. Chappell appeared Saturday night in connection with the Symposium. T 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. V BARBECUE CHICKEN w2 veg. and bread OOAY 87M THE i entrance behind the Zoom self service HAE o7 MBS5!aJ ALL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS REGISTER TO VOTE Before 5 p.m. April 7th for May 6th Primary PLACE Hillsborough (Court House) Chapel Hill (New Municipal Building) Carrboro City Hall DATE Monday-Friday Saturday Tuesday Thursday Saturday TIME 9-12 & 1-5 9-1 9 -12 & 1-5 9-12 & 1-5 9-1 9 -12 & 1-5 Saturday FREE NO I ARY SERVICE for applications and Absent "T" Ballots at KEMP'S-114 Henderson Street -10 - 5:30; This Schedule and FREE NOTARY SERVICES furnished by friends of: KEMP BATTLE NYE for DISTRICT JUDGE Alamance-Orange-Chatham May 6th Primary 103 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 'HIS 'N HERS' NOW AVAILABLE IN WHITE TOO. LEATHER MOCCASIN TOPSIDERS. An old favorite of sailors. Cool, breathable, handcrafted elk tanned cowhide. Dries soft. Easy on, easy off. Moccasin comfort, barefoot flexibility. Improvisation essary that de Sica never sever the sensual history of their lives. The sense he eokes is not a essential cutting ieisure-v to many angles of view of a bicycle troupe nding through the estate, showing us many aspects of the garden as though the bikers and their progress was nearly inconsequential. Shots of conversation becm as loreshots of two V v . . L . J shown often a dramatic ?oom garden, se reiated to :ne themselves Vs ro: n! . conversation' are people, are less overtly eace also and exist tor forced. a are the Fir.zi-Cor.tinis. to maintain our past impression to this difficult and rew ardins experience The is as moving as it is aestheti 'vie 1 wai mimic Jriow by Bruce Mann Feature Editor Pink curlers, Robert Burns' cigars and Ohio Blue matches were strewn about the Memorial Hall dressing room as actor John Chappell began the process of dissolving Mark Twain from his face and psyche. Chappell had just performed his two and a half hour one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight" for an appreciative Symposium audience Saturday night. His execution of the lecture-drama had been sharp, punctuated with improvisation and filled to overflowing with Mark Twain folk stories and one-liners 'T believe our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey." said Chappell alias Twain on stage. And the audience laughed, so convinced by the characterization of the septuagenarian Twain that a standing ovation ensued after the play concluded. Chappell. who secured permission from originator Hal Holbrook to tour '"Mark Twain Tonight" on a circuit of small towns and colleges. spoke freely backstage as he made the transformation, lifting off the fluffy white wig, tearing off the face mask components in sheets and slivers and melting away the shades of color which add age to his face. He commented on the many visitors after the show. "I find myself out there talking to the people and making comments, almost ad-lib. in character because the makeup is so forceful and because of the rapport. This whole show is a rapport. It's an emotional relationship with the audience. Twain has become a friend, an acquaintance." He seemed genuinely elated at the audience's attention and involvement in the show. "College audiences are more receptive. The show is fun to them and they're willing to become involved, moreso than sophisticated audiences that are used iO going to the theatre to be done unto. The last thing a college audience wants is to go and be done unto." What in particular, pleased this active audience was Chappell's ability to improvise. Twain-Chappell lit cigars with acetylene torch fervor. Twain was also well tuned to every bit of audience activity. When one story began, a tardy student trooped down the aisle. Twain halted and addr essed the person. "I was tellin' about this dog. ya see . . ." "I'm trying to create the illusion that what's happening on stage is happening right now to these people in the audience," said Chappell in a smooth, rich voice so markedly divorced from the drawling, aged tones of Twain. "So at the beginning of the show I try to take advantage of any incidental thing that happens, to sort of S3v to the audien vou re ow Chappell himself, a native North Carolinian, has an abiding interest in the people he entertains. He holds degrees in mathematics, physics, drama and religion, and he very much considers the theatre his pulpit. "hspecially so with Twain. 1 can say things about a lot of issues that are really germane. People can hear and decide whether it relates to them or not without feeling that the person speaking is deliberately saying 'this is true about you.'" Theatre audiences, though, can discover the fact on their own as the show progresses. "You know. Twain said that whenever he told the truth, people wouldn't believe him. 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