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Though largely ignored by students and
faculty here, the Alternative Cinema has
built a national reputation among film
distributors.
An article written by Vincent Canby in the
New York limes was passed through all
levels in Films, Incorporated. This same
article has prompted Daniel Talbot of New
Yorker films to offer the Alternative Cinema
the American campus premiere and the
second booking in the nation of The Mother
and the Whore. Other films (Playtime,
Visions oj Eight, Such A Gorgeous Kid Like
Me) have had their American campus
premieres here, and some (Belated Flowers,
If I Had a Gun) have had their second
booking in the nation, but this is the first
time such an important movie has been
shown on campus so soon after its initial
release.
Fortunately, the film does not need to be
an event to be important. It is a titanic
masterpiece on its own account. Recipient of
the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival,
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Starting 10:30 a.m.
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types of other businesses: 3 natl-cash registers; variety of office equipment and furnishings; and numerous record and tape
display fixtures which are suitable for other uses also.
We are catalogueing the sale now and there will be many more items and a complete list of all items in this receivership
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this film centers around three people who
might be called, in cinematic terms, part of
the post new-wave generation.
"In the sixties there was Maoism, there
were riots and demonstrations ... now
there's nothing," one of the characters says.
Separated from any sort of meaning, they fill
their time with perverse conversations and
sexual fun and games. The conversations are
bright and interesting. "Like all imitations,
she is better than the original . . . imitations
don't drag around their myths with them.
One person plans to cut off his hand and
exhibit it as "My hand: 1940-1972. .
The picture centers around the sexual fun
and games. And here director-writer Jean
Eustache shows a perception that is truly
extraordinary. Alexandre, played by Jean
Pierre Leaud (Day j or Night, 400 Blows), is
the main character, a charming but totally
selfish individual. He has many outbursts of
emotion which at first seem touching and
sincere, but after a while it becomes obvious
that he is playacting, drawing on the movies
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about which he is a fanatic and carefully
calculating for affect. He lives with Marie,
played by Bernadette Lafont. Marie is by
turns the nagging bitch and the complacent
bed partner, and it is difficult to tell when she
is acting. The third character is Veronika,
Alexandre's pick-up, who comes to live with
him and Marie. She is a very self-consciously
liberated and makes frank declarations of
her sexual desires. Late in the picture, she
has a startling monologue in which she spits
out her hatred of sex without love, and sex
whose purpose is not to conceive a child.
Even though Francoise Lebrun does not give
this speech as much force as it deserves, it is
one of the most memorable moments on
film.
By putting these people together,
Eustache achieves what must be the
definitive . statements on certain aspects of
sex and love in modern life. Example:
Alexandre says to a former mistress, "I don't
want to let go of the pain. In fact, I cling to it.
For when the pain leaves, I will have lost you
completely. We will no longer be a part of
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The writing throughout is magnificent.
During certain speeches delivered by Leaud.
I had the feeling that this is surely the
greatest script ever written. As it is, I cannot
imagine any script this year or perhaps next
year surpassing it.
The acting is mostly worthy of the script.
Leaud, known mostly for his charm, proves
that he can really act. He gives a truly great
performance that manages to give meaning
to every line, quite an accomplishment since
his may be the longest film role ever written.
Bernadette Lafont . etches perfectly the
shallow Marie, and if Francoise Lebrun
doesn't rise to the level of her co-stars, she is
generally adequate.
This is a three-and-a-half hour film that
manages to rise to the same height of
dramatic revelation that one might ascribe to
an O'Neill play. Ads always say that if you
see only one movie this year, you must see so-and-so.
Here it's true. I cannot imagine that
anyone would not find something here that
reaches quite deeply into his life.
The Mother and the Whore will be show n
at 5:30 and 9:30, Wednesday and Thursday, '
in Murphy Hall, and at 5:30 and 9:30, Friday
and Saturday, in Carroll Hall. A matinee at
1:30 Saturday in Carroll Hall is also
scheduled. Because of the enormous
guarantee involved, the admission price will
be $2.
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"The SUng." Carolina Thsstre. Con comedy
is itielf a con wl tome pretty moldy material
being turned kilo excellent entertainment by
some ta! r.ted hands. 1 0, 4:10, 6:23 end 8:50.
$2. Ends Thursday.
American Film Theatre: "Rhinoceros."
Varsity Theatre. 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets, $2.50 for
the matinee, $5 tor the evening showing.
Today and Tuesday onJy.
"Dirty O'Neal." Plaza I. Love life of a cop.
Could you possibly be Interested? 3, 5, 7 and
9. $2. Ends Thursday.
"Con rack." Plaza II. Martin Ritfs tale of a
teacher and poverty stricken students has
many tcu ching and beautiful moments but is,
as a who! a, a self-congratulatory collection of
embarrassing and syrupy old-fashioned
liberal sentiments. 3, 5:05, 7:10 and 9:15. $2.
Ends Thursday.
"The Exorcist." Plaza III. 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30.
$3.
Free flicks: Friday, "Spellbound." Vintage
Hitchcock film of a doctor with amnesia and
his quest to discover his own identity. Dream
sequence designed by Salvador Daii. 9 p.m.
showing only in Memorial Hall. Saturday,
"Frenzy." Hitchcock's most recent film
follows a series of necktie murders in London.
Sunday, "L'Atalante." Story of a newtywed
couple eboard an ocean liner. An all-time
great. 6:30 & 9 in the Great Hall.
Alternative Cinema: "The Mother and the
Whore." A titanic masterpiece that strips bare
three people as they discuss their lives, sexual
and otherwise. Today and Thursday at 5:30
and 9:20 in Murphy Hail. Friday at 5:30 & 9:30,
Saturday at 1:30, 5:30 & 9:30 in Carroll Hall.
$1.50.
Chaplin Series: "The Great Dictator."
Chaplin's satire of Hitler. Not his best f ilm, but
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definitely a comedy classic. 2, 4:33, 7 & 93.
Sunday In Carroll Hall. $1.
Chapel HiU Fiim Friends: "f4other."
(U.S.S-R- 192E) Pudovkin's adaption of
revolutionary novel by Ktaxlm Gorki. Friday at
9:33, Saturday at 11:33 p.m. in 101 Greenlaw.
"A History cf the Cartoon." 19 mind blowing
cartoons from 1S02 to 1SS1. 7 & 9-23.
Thursday through Saturday In Hamilton H3.
$1.
Theatre
"The Tempest." An abridged v anion
presented for high school students by Evs
Carolina Piaymakers. 1:30 p.m. Today In the
Haymaker's theatre. Tickets available Vn tS
Piaymakers Box Office. $1.50. Public la
invited.
"Sticks and Bones." Controversial play by
David Rabe presents domestic comedy in
new light. Presented by the Carolina
Piaymakers. April 16-21 at 8 p.m. In the
Graham Memorial Lounge. Tickets for season
ticket holders available now at the
Piaymakers business office or at Ledbetttr
Pickard In Chapel Hilt. General ticket sales
bsgln Thursday.
Concerts
The Carpenters. Monday, April 15 at
Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh. Tickets, $4, $5
and $8 in advance; $5, $8 and $7 at door.
Available at Record Bars in Raleigh, Durham,
Chapel Hill, Greenville, Rocky Mount and
Reynolds Coliseum box office.
John Denver. Saturday, April 27 at the
Dorton Arena, Raleigh. 8 p.m. Tickets, $4, $5
and $S, available at Record Bars in Raleigh.
Durham and Chapel Hill.
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