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Show Tht D9y paTwo Utch Chronldt. Uondcy, Jcnusry 13. mi Elbert, ff ilmmakeirs look at trends in tmiovoe biz from pagt on "(Apocalypse Sow director) Coppola kepi talking about having troubles with his ending. ending So much was written about the ... that the audience went into the theatre thinking. 'Am I going to like the ending or not? Here comes the ending. Here's Brando. This is the part the trouble is with. I feel that if Coppola had kept his mouth shut and simply oxntd the film, nobody would have M'teived that there were any problems with the ending. . . I know what you mean in general loo." How to deal with this negative critic al eifet t. he doesn't know. The key is ultimately in an individual's taste. "Your own taste gets betiei . Your taste depends upon a long hisioty of interaction between who you ate and what you do." Kbert's taste? "In a way. my taste was by good movies I have seen." formed We chatted, all told, for nearly an hour. As the interview drew to a close, we joshed about Spot the Wonder Dog. and I switched off the cassette recorder, tbert's voice changed markedly, as I had suspected it would. He has learned to play to the medium al hand. Now he was quieter it felt more I ike a motel room again, less like a studio. He suggested that I The Haunting of M. I did so and talked with the director and c inc maiographcr two days later. Anna Thomas' M did not win thecomx-tition- . but this 19(H) ghost story stretc hed the medium, had as memorable a feci about it as any film there. I talked to her and her Gregory Nava. as they waited to join Kbert's Wednesday afternoon see husband-cincmatogiaphe- Do the tight constraints ol an independent filmmaker's budget get very much in the way. or is adversity turned to advantage? "I think about what it is I want to do," Thomas said. "Then I try to figure out ways 10 do it with the money I have. We did a lot of studio-typ- e of lighting, a lot of mounted scenes that looked very expensive, but are not necessarily very expensive after using ingenuity and hard work." (Later, in the panel discussion. David Carradine talked about location shooting: "You find a place thai looks just like it's supposed to except time's a parking meter in front. You put someone in Kriod costume in front of it and 11 disapjK-ais.The studios would build a whole new structure.) " filmmakers as assessment of indejx-nden- t artists. individualistic Thomas, for highly an sense of adroit have 10 seems example, with actors (It's certainly apparent woiking in the film) and tries to avoid traditional genres; Nava has a highly original, or at least rarely articulated, view of light. "The way you handle and light that film is going to have a lot to do with whether or not the film looks like 1906 or like 1981 with a bunch of in costumes. . . A lot of times you'll dollar film with lots of see a multi-millioextras and costumes and it still looks like eople walking around in costumes. We tried to light this film with the mind of the turn of the century." He explained that their cue was taken from I he impiessionist painters. "It's something that's very imjxitani to do, but it's generally missed." ix-opl- e n r, film panel. " Talking to the two confirmed Ebeit's I asked them the Mo k question at the film festival. Where's ihe independent film movement headed? Anna Thomas, director of the independent film, "The Haunting of M." believes the independent film movement in the United States is headed in the right direction and may blossom eventually. "I hope that it's going in a good direction," along rather unnoticed for many years before Thomas said. "But I don't know; it takes so bursting into the general consciousness. At this point, Ebert breezed affably over, of life. out That years discourages many your a lot of people." not realizing an interview was progressing Does the movement need a standard bearer and. in fact, drawing to a close. "Why don't like the French New Wave had in Godard or you answer this question, Roger?" Nava asked. "What question is that?" Ebert Truffaut? "I think it will have, eventually. If enough responded. "About the independent film movement and what direction it's going." are in kind a certain doing something people Ebert didn't miss a beat: "It's going of atmosphere, then some journalist comes clockwise at 24 frames a second." few films writes and a about and gives along Thomas: "Thank you." them a name and it becomes a movement." Ebert (going jauntily off): "You're And, as Nava pointed out, the New Wave welcome." and the current Australian movement went U considers proposal to housejuvenile offenders by Jim Wright Chronicle staff The University is considering a proposal by the State Youth Corrections Agency to house a number of juvenile offenders on c ampus, providing up lo 15 youths with food and shelter, counseling, classroom instruction and recreational activities. Russ VanVleet, assistant director of Youth Corrections, said the plan is part of the state's emphasis on plating young offenders outside of juvenile institutions. is becoming a national trend, the theory being that in most cases, institutions are harmful, that we probably do more harm for kids by locking them up with lots of other offenders than we ever do them any good, VanVleet said. Ideally, in the future "secure custody facilities," like the Ogden Youth Development Center, should only be used for violent offenders who are a danger to the community, he said. The program, as outlined by VanVleet, would consist of 10 to 15 male juveniles a floor or wing of a single dormitory for up to 40 days. The number of juveniles would be determined by the occupying Today 2 p.m. Chemistry Seminar, Computational I muesli gat ions of PhotodLsociation of the First Excited Stages of 'Hand PH Dr. Jiri Muller, University of Bergen, Norway, Chemistry Building Room 20. 3:30 p.m. Middle East Lecture. Pollicitation and Socialitation in Some Arab Slates, Ahmed Dhaher, University of Kuwait. 255 OSH. 7:30 p.m. Amnesty International Meeting, Discussion on Chile led by Herb Clemens (Mathematics). Newman Center, 1327 E. 200 So. M s ttn 0 M5stor BQLShow . 00 For your enjoyment, ASUU is sponsoring a series of videotape performances. cm Our firstThe Mister Bill Show--will run Monday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 25 on the first floor of the Olpin Union Building at noon. Other features for Winter Quarter will be: NFL Football Follies Rolling Stones Concert Skills, Brains and Guts Be &ere There was also the concern that the simple dormitory each quarter. Counselors would provide supervision, round-the-cloc- k taking youths to meals, recreational activities and, hopefully, to classes. VanVleet said the program is being designed to hire counselors from student ranks, adding that graduate students in social work, psychology and health education would be afforded an opportunity for valuable practical experience. University students working with the program will be getting "damn good work experience," VanVleet said. "We'll be gaining from them, and of course, the kids that are in the programs will be gaining a great deal, because we will have their exposure, not only to the students, but to the professional expertise the University will provide." VanVleet said the first concern of everyone involved was how resident students at the University would view the program. "I think the answer to that is, while they are certainly delinquent kids, they are screened carefully, and they are not people we have any notion will be harmful or dangerous," VanVleet said. presence of these young people would intrude upon the lifestyles of University students, and particularly those of dorm residents. "We want to assure everyone that we're not going to do anything to interfere in any way," VanVleet said. "We will be as much a part of the campus as the students and the faculty want us to be. "We can isolate ourselves completely if that's what is necessary. But we're hoping we can somehow become a part of the campus. We would see this as a positive experience for students and for residents in the program." VanVleet said the program will use a renewable contract, where the program would periodically come under review, and the University would have the option of discarding or renewing the contract. University department heads involved in the program are formulating an academic proposal to be submitted to University vice president in charge of academic affairs, Cedric Davern, and then to University President David P. Gardner. The proposal is scheduled to be submitted early this week. Applications are now available in ASUU offices for OWL Si KEY HONOR SOCIETY The University's oldest and most prestigious honor society Founded in 1909 Qualifications o Senior standing o Demonstrated achievement in the . areas of leadership, scholarship and service to the school or community Deadline Is Friday, Jan. 30, 1981 |
