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Show THE PARK CITY Wednesday, September IS, 1974 BMiON Books s Bjy For the past two months or so, Ive been spouting off about Thomas Pynchons Gravitys Rainbow . Ive put myself out on a limb by saying that it is An excellent double feature, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic, makes its way to the Opera House this week. The Steve Kranitz production owes a great deal to the unand experimental derground filmmakers who pioneered the techniques that the films use quite effectively; but for the general public, these two films will be new and excitingly different. For those of you who like simple plots and lots of exciting chase scenes, theres a chance that you wont like the films, but you wont know until you try, will you? Heavy Traffic is the earlier of the two films, and it is an interesting film to compare with the original Fritz the Cat. While Heavy Traffic, like the original Fritz, does have a fairly clear plot, Kranitz allows it to be interrupted by moments of pure cinematic expression. The film uses such uncommon techniques film and as infra-re- d to create a very surrealistic, but beautiful, pinball game. The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat tears another page from Zap comix. There is little of what one could call a plot in the new Fritz, but just as in Zap, let it roll by. and the chances are good that youll enjoy it. As in Heavy Traffic, there are moments when the only thing that is occurring is a visual and aural feast. Kranitz seems to be moving toward Him for films sake with each film that he makes. Maybe one day it will be perfectly acceptable to see some of the underground classics in your neighborhood theater. (Dont hold your breath till this happens though, as I would not want to be responsible for any damage that might occur when you pass out.) With the coming of Death Wish, there are some people who wish that Charles Bronson would have been stillborn. The film is a ng of example manipulation of emotions frightening . through film. This is made worse by the box office reports that this is going to be a smash of a movie. Why, when there are probably one of the greatest novels published in the English language. Certainly it is the finest novel written in the past few years. In my opinion, of course. Probably some are aware of the fact that the 1973 Pulitzer Committee, comprised of three many other films to go see, are people flocking to see Death Wish? Perhaps because the film is feeding on Americas loss of and fear of lawlessness. America has always had the self-respe- ct tradition of taking the law into the hands of the local population. The last lynching was not that long ago that it can be called an- dent history. Of course, vigilantes are just as anarchistic as Sacco and Vanzetti were supposed to be, but if its in the right cause The film concerns a middle-age- d man, who, after vandals n murder his wife, goes on a to kill campaign every mugger in New York City. The audience cheers every time he pops one off. What a great man! Isnt this great emotional masturbation? Look closely at the way the muggers are portrayed. They are one-ma- sniveling, cowardly punks who delight in their jobs. Look closely at Bronson. He is courageous and powerful, invincible in the face of these dregs of society. The film doesnt mention rats in slums nor desperate people who cant get decent jobs; it shows sadistic zombies with a lust for blood. Nor does it mention extortionists or ' outstanding professors of literature, recommended it to be the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. They were understandably infuriated when the journalists, who actually gave the prize, refused Gravitys Rainbow on the ridiculous grounds that it was too complex. In other words, they didnt understand it. The journalists reaction is not common . Im not really sure that audience manipulation. The peoples' fantasies, and-righ- t-: youre thoroughly confused. Perhaps the editors of the Book Review put it best: (Gravitys Rainbow)is one of the longest, darkest, most difficult and ambitious novels in years... (it) is 1 understand it, either. All I do know is that I am amazed at Pynchons ability to sustain his imaginative flight. It is not that the plot is especially complex. Stated simply, it involves the search for a V- 2 rocket. However, the search involves at least three different levels. The most common interpretation is that the rocket is a symbol of the sexual love of death, which Pynchon suggests is the driving force behind the events of modem history. But, thats not all, folks. bone-crushing- The setting is, as my mention of V-- 2 rocket implies, that period we know as World War II. Pynchon moves from England to France to Occupied Germany without much warning. He also slides back to the twenties and thirties in Americ- aagain without much warning. Furniture GOODIES Hardware by Barbara Clayton If you like yogurt, you may want to try making your own. However, it has a few idiosyncrasies that make it a little Heat milk slowly until small bubbles form around the edge and it reaches a temperature of tricky. Remove from heat and let cool until very warm to touch or 8 V4 out to k Take degrees. cup of milk. Gently stir the starter into. this milk. Distribute the mixture evenly into lidded jars (if used), adding warmed milk to each and mixing gently; or return mixture to warmed milk and mix. Yogurt is now ready to incubate for 5 to 8 hours. It must be kept warm and undisturbed. 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I SAWS RAKES SHOVELS BROOMS -- WEVE GOT IT ALL! com- pulsively elaborate, silly, obscene, funny, tragic, poetic, dull, inspired, horrarific, cold, and blasted. There isnt a hell of a lot more to add to that, except that the literature teacher in me compels me to have as many sophisicated readers as I can dredge up read it. Then, perhaps, we could all get together and try to figure it out. If it's possible. Who should read it, then? Well, if you could plow through Moby Dick, if you were caught by Catch-22, and laughed at the plays on language in Lolita, youre a candidate for Gravitys Rainbow. This and other books are available at DOLLYS. the and dense, ly EDIBLE wealthy movie was made to make you want to cheer a hero. The characters are all evil or all noble. There are no sensitive people in Death Wish, only animals. Some of the animals are designed to make you hate them, and when you do they send another animal to kill them. You salivate and applaud. Not quite what I would call a great film. Would you? Now, add to' all that a central character who can read other MAIN racketeers or pimps, just the muggers. Poor mans crime. Stereotyped muggers at that. It would be a little more difficult for the crowds to cheer if Bronson was killing a human being instead of the shallow automatons that attack him every time he walks the street. It's easy to cheer when its the Japs, gooks, Nazis, or bad, bad people. Which brings, me back to C Rooks tsp. Starter dried, commercial, or homemade yogurt, not more than 5 days old. 1- degrees. 110-10- -3 qts. milk evaporated texture. Use 2 cans, plus equal water.; whole milk gives a more liquid texture; Skim milk is most liquid, so add cup dry milk per 1- 180 -1 makes Vz custard-lik- e Taste becomes more tart the Yogurt longer it incubates. Mild yogurt is incubated the minimum amount of time. 13-o-z. 551 MAIN STREET li quart for firmness. THE PARK CITY num . 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