Word: screening
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Ideology seems like a feeble check on government, even to Marxists, and scarcely explains why the ruled defer to their rulers. Ceremony does explain. Legend, myth, and self-deception-the pomp of government-"siphon off dangerous emotions" and screen politics from public view. Cabinets, parliaments, and monarchy lacked the substance of power. Crossman wished to strip government of the Noble Lie and confront his audience with the garish clanking of the party machine. He may even have wished to demonstrate the drawbacks of the British system to Anglophile political scientists. But, as the Godkin series proceeded, he showed much affection...
...down in a frantic seven months. It is no small tribute to Wadleigh's dexterity that the film's three-hour running time passes with the mesmerizing speed of a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo. There could comfortably be even more. Using such intricate optical effects as split screen, overlapping and double framing, Wadleigh has expanded and enriched the original musical performances so that, in many cases, they seem to be almost superhuman...
...With a Little Help from My Friends. Performing part of the rock opera Tommy, Peter Townshend of The Who tames his guitar like some wild electronic animal, while Santana makes the theater seats vibrate, and Alvin Lee of Ten Years After comes close to tearing down the movie screen. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sound slightly out of tune ("It's only our second gig," says Crosby, explaining the group's nervousness to the assembled 500,000) but Arlo Guthrie comes over with a sureness and command only intermittently evident in Alice's Restaurant. Sha Na Na offer...
...interview any black students from south of the Mason-Dixon line, since there are many roles to be cast for young Mississippi blacks, including the part of the lead character, James Chancey, Ritchie will be assisted in his selection of actors by student directors at Harvard, who will pre-screen applicants next week before their final interviews during the weekend of April...
...most lauded guest of the season will be Quincy House Man-of-the-Year, Arthur Penn, who has accomplished the rare feat of spectacular success on both stage and screen. His direction of Bonnic and Clyde was a film landmark, and he has just emerged with another movie great, Alice's Restaurant. Mr. Penn's earlier film credits include The Miracle Worker. Mickey One, and Left-Handed Gun, which will be shown during the Arts Festival. No less impressive have been a stunning series of theatrical successes which include Two for the See-Saw, Miracle Worker, and Wait Until Dark...