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Show Movie Review 'Z' is very timely V , - .' ' i - J'' ' BY JANE COTTRELL I never cry at movies. Never. But I wept in "Z," now playing at the Cottonwood Mall. "Z" is supposed to take place in Greece, but it could happen anytime, anywhere. Here, now. "Z" shows what happens when all functions of government govern-ment are one the foreign negotiating interest, the domestic' interest, the administrative, judicial and law enforcement elements. It is frightening. Non-violent peace rallies oppose op-pose policies of nations with which the native country coun-try is attempting to curry favor. Ergo, says the government, these rallies must cease "This is political mildew on the minds of men," says one official. At the next rally, a peaceful leader is struck down by a hit-and-run driver. The police claim the driver was drunk; the death was accidental. An earnest, honest young magistrate begins to turn up new evidence, but the Establishment counters him on every move. His eventual fate is to be expected ex-pected under such a regime, but is depressing nonetheless. none-theless. The film is almost documentary in approach, proceeding chronologically except or ,v occasional flashbacks, which are effective in making mak-ing the film personal as well as political. On the character is developed in terms of ideas - integrity, corruption, etc. - rattier than in terms of individual personalities. Without being sensational, without exploiting its subject, the film is a tremendous study in violence This is the human kind of violence so near to us now not the slug-'em-and-stab-'em kind of violence so comfortably distanced by the TV western To see a peaceful leader struck down, to see his friends trying to help him, to see this minority physically attacked by a violent mob, and to see the police stand by and do nothing - this is frightening fright-ening To see freedom of the press, the right of free speech and the rigorous pursuit of justice destroyed de-stroyed in the name of right, law and order this is frightening. "Z" makes one realize that many situations thought quite conservative in this country today are liberal in comparison with situations in some countries abroad. The film has many implications, but it has particular significance for Americans, and especially for students, in the here and now. " Next Monday at 8 P.M., Lew Welch, who has publish ' of poetry, will read selections from his works in IibnrJJ 1 |