1982_04 The Daily Collegian April 1982

              Film
Pag* 4-ihe Daily Collegian- April 1, IW2
'Pictures Is another Simon success
Neil Simon has a problem that a lot of
others would also like to have. His
problem is success.
Simon is a prolific screen and stagcplay
author. He has the "midas touch" with his
typewriter: every project that has the
Simon stamp on it has the potential to be
box-office gold.
In his latest screen effort. "I Outta Be In
Pictures." Simon once again captures the
hearts and funnybones of Americans.
Like his previous film. "Only When 1,
Laugh," Simon has added a serious
backdrop to the comedy elements in 'I
Outta Be In Picti
atalyst for the reunion of father and
daughter.
Mason may not have wanted this role
because, while it may be important to the
film, it is too small of a part for an
accomplished actress.
"I Outta Be In Pictures" is better than
Simon's earlier effort. "Only When  I
Laugh."
•   Simon adds a very tender moment
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Walter Matthau plays Herbert Tucker la
Tucker is a once successful Hollywood —
down and whose 19-year-old daughti
Nell Simon's "I Ought to be in Pictures!"
scripts are now regularly turned
I up after an absence of 13 years.
his wife, Marsha Mason in the female
lead. Simon has received a lot of flack by
critics for constantly putting his wife in his
AnnrMargret replaces Mason and does
a fine job supporting actor Walter
Matthau.
'I Outta Be In Pictures" isabout Libby
Tucker, a 19-year-old who travels across
country to become an actress and meet her
estranged father, (played by Matthau).
Libby is played by Dinah Manoff, a
face you might remeber from "Ordinary
People."
Manoff and Matthau work very well
together. The father-daughter relationship
that Libby never had. comes only after her
father and her share some screaming and
fighting.
Matthau, who plays character Herbert
Tucker, looks better than ever in this
screen role. His hair pitch black and face
bearded with salt-and-pcppcr hairs.
Matthau acts like a man 20 years younger
than'he actually is.
Manoff is superb as the Brooklyn kid
who comes ro Hollywood to find her
father—a person she thought was a successful screenplay writer—and ask for his
help in launching an acting career.
Ann-Margret plays Herbert's once-a-
week live-in girlfriend. Stephanie. As
Stephanie. Ann-Margret becomes the
When Libby gets involved with a young
man who has gotten her a job parking the
cars of celebrities, she goes to her father
and asks him about sex.
The conversation which transpires
between Manoff and Matthau is the most
tender and touching moment in the film.
Its honesty marks a growth in Simon's
writing. He no longer is afraid of serious   .
While the two are very similar in many
ways—"Laugh" dealing with the reunion
between a mother and her daughter and
"Pictures" dealing with the reunion
between a father and his daughter. And,
"Laugh" dealing with a once great stage
actress dealing with alcoholism and "Pictures" dealing with a once great writer
who's turned to gambling—"Pictures"
isn't as heavy-handed.
Simon does not try as hard to get his
point across in "Pictures* and his not'
pushing it down our throats works better.
Even Simon's comedy is different in "Pictures." He docs not make California the
center of his jokes.
If Simon can keep creating films and
plays like" The Gingerbread Lady," "Only
When I Laugh." and "I Outta Be In Pic-
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score by Marvin Hamlish and Carole
Bayer Sager. "I Outta Be In Pictures*
ought not to be missed.
Police have
busy day on
campus
By Wes Heins
Daily Collegian Si .II Writer
The campus university police were kept
on the run for a period of about an hour
and a half Wednesday morning, during
which they answered four calls.
The first call of what was to be a busy
morning came in at 8:53 when student
Judy Wai Shan Tong was transported to
the Student Health Center from San
Ramon 4. She had reported feeling nauseated, apparently with the flu.
Nineteen minutes later, at 9:12 a.m.,
student Paul Harrison developed a cardio
problem at the health center. He had
reportedly gone to the health center not
feeling well. Paramedics were sum-
monded and he was transported to St.
Agnes Hospital, where he was treated in
the emergency room and later released.
Police then had a quiet time before two
alarms sounded at 10:11 a.m. in the Free
Speech Area and in an eastern section of
the new Henry Madden Library. Both
: caused by short circuits as a result of
construction work on the old library.
"There was a short circuit in the old
library." said Sgt. James Myers. "Somehow that backed up into our fire alarm
system and tripped off the two alarms. It
police were completing that call, ,
[her emergency call came in at 10:22
a.m. University custodian Leo Yessaian.
who has a pasi'history of diabetes, became
ill in the Men's Gym. Health center doctors and paramedics treated him on the
spot before he. too. was taken to St.
Agnes. There he was treated and released
from the et
April 1. ma-tat Defy Cifcats*   r«s-»
'Pomegranates' a brilliant biograph
Poet-priest featured
By Cynthia AvaMan
Special to the Daily Collegian
One of the most brilliant films in the
history of cinematography will finally
premiere in Fresno Sunday. Sergei Parad-
janov's The Color of Pomegranates,"
about the life of the 18th century Armenian poct-troubador Sayat Nova, will be
shown at the Tower Theatre at 2 p.m. This
unique presentation is sponsored by the
. Armenian Studies Program along with
the Armenian Alumni Association of
CSUF, the Armenian General Benevolent
Union and the United Armenian Commemorative Committee.
Though known for only two major
films, "The Shadows of Our Forgotten
Ancestors" and The Color of Pomegranates,' Paradjanov has been acclaimed by
the world's leading film directors and critics as one of the greatest Soviet film makers. Though made in the late 1960s, the
film was removed from circulation by
Soviet authorities after playing to packed
Allow me a moment to be near you.
So that I may revel in the warmth.
Of your exotically beautiful,
dark-skinned face.
The fire is gone out of my eyes.
The fury is gone out of my heart.
Like the dark, grey clouds.
Distorting th( color of the sea?
Love and life are ruined in me.
In the final chapters of the film the
viewer proceeds through the last years of
Sayat Nova's life in the monastery where
baptisms, weddings and funerals all become part of his life and duty, followed by
the time he leaves the monastery and ultimately returns to his death.
• In Sayat Nova's words:
Myw
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houses. In 1974 Paradjariov was arrested
and sentenced to 10 yean in prison. In
1978, after serving four years, he was
released and permitted to live in Tbilisi,
capital of Soviet Georgia. During the past
four years he has been living in house
confinement in Tbilisi with his mother. He
has riot yet been allowed to make any
The highly moving and symbolic feature film covers the stages of the poet-
priest Sayat Nova's life in a series of absolutely stunning tableaus. Professor Leo
Hamalian of City College of New York
and editor of Ararat literary magazine will
discuss Paradjanov's life. Dr. Hamalian
visited the film maker in Tbilisi last summer; he will share his interview with the
audience. The intricacies of this film of
epic proportions will be discussed by Dr.
Taline Voskeritchian of Los Angeles. Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian of Armenian Studies
at CSUF will introduce this once-only
Fresno showing. The film is divided into
eight chapters of Sayat Nova's life. Sayat
Nova(ArutinSayadian),thel8thcentury
troubador, son of an artisan-dyer, was
trained as a carpet weaver. From an early
age he was famed as a poet and musician,
writing and singing in four languages:
Armenian, Georgian, Azerbaidjani, and
Hindi. He became the court minstrel of
Herakle XI. king of Georgia. His ill-fated
love for the king's sister caused his banishment to a monastery to lead a celibate
life; he then became a bishop and finally
archbishop. In 1975. Tbilisi was cbn-
quered by Agha Mohammed Khan, the
new Shah of Persia. The cathedral where
Sayat Nova look sanctuary was beseiged.
Refusing to renounce Christianity for
Mohammedanism, he was killed.
The film takes the viewer episode by
episode through his life. Each chapter is
followed by Sayat Nova's poetry translated into English here by Haig Ailahver-
dian. We see him as a young boy, observing, absorbing everything around him,
discovering nature. To show the childhood of this boy. Paradjanov has him
scrambling up to the roof ofa monastery
lugging a book half his own size. He
perches there, turning the parchment
pages and the sound is of thousands of
pages turning in the wind. We then progress to the poet as a youth, court
cian and lover.
My words are ofa different letters.
Not everyone can read it.
My love is ofa different love.
Not everyman can match it...
The Color of Pomegranates" has universal themes of life, death, love, the
church, art and the artist. Paradjanov has
given, with this film, a powerful statement
of the human condition.
Proceeds from the benefit performance
will go to the Paradjanov Support Fund.
On Sunday. February 14, 1982, the influential French daily newspaper L« Monde
reported that Paradjanov had once again
been arrested three days earlier.
There will be petitions at the Tower
Theatre to sign to help once again secure
the release of Paradjanov from prison.
Tickets can be purchasedat the door on
the day of the showing for S3. For more
information, contact the Armenian Studies Program, 294-2832.
Personals.
Sergei Paradjanors The Color of Poesegrmnates' Ala krfMaatty depict, the Bfe of
poet-troubador Sayat Nova.
Songs
Whither would one wend w.hen wrong
ones pursue you? A small group flees, to
east we go, who knows what Ahnkeg wails
to feast on the least of desert-bound fools?
A Khoatian Prophecy
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and between the musk producing a melody all its own.
The album version of the soundtrack is
approximately forty minutes in length.
. The cassette version of the soundtrack
runs seventy-three minutes in length and
contains all twenty-three pieces of music
composed by Byrne specifically for the
ballet. Despite the additional thirty minutes of music on the cassette, the cost is the
same as the album. The additional music
Bob Linncman,
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recommend that you purchase either form
of this musical offering, then sit back and
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