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Show daylight with special filters. Truffaut himself plays the director making a movie in this film about movies. He faces such problems as a juvenile lead whose amorous adventures cause P mm By Jean Piatt havoc, to an obviously pregnant preg-nant leading lady who is not playing a pregnant role. Those of you who saw ANN E OF A THOUSAND DAYS or KING OF HEARTS will remember the beautiful Jacqueline Bisset, who plays an actress back at work after a nervous breakdown. Valentina Cortese puts in a good performance as an aging ag-ing actress gently easing herself into playing the "mother roles." The film is heart-warming at times, and very funny, contrasting the tedium and turmoil of making a film with the glamorous and dramatic lives of the actors off screen. Truffaut is a man who knows and loves film, and his films always prove it. In Heber, the delightful academy award winning film THE STING is playing. It is a story of 1930's Chicago con men. Robert Redford plays a small time drifter trying to make it big in the con game. He is spurred on by the death of his teacher -friend, and looks up Newman, one of the all-time great con artists. Newman is hidingfromthe all the intrigues involved. It is well-timed, keeping your interest throughout the slow unraveling of the plot. I feel this is Redford's best acting role to date. Newman is shown, once again, as a master at underplaying, under-playing, but it is Redford's film. Good portrayals are done by all to make this one of the most enjoyable films this year. It is also very well detailed detail-ed in its settings and style. It almost plays likea'30's film, or even a silent film, complete with titles for each section and a fantastic soundtrack of rags by the great Scott Joplin. And, of course, director George Roy Hill gives you a truly surprise ending that cons you, too. This week is a sure-fire week for filmgoers, with such films as DAY FOR NIGHT .through THE STING. At the Opera House, we have the week starting off with a good, foot -stomping piece of 50's memorabilia, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. Those who remember the 50's will enjoy reliving the music of Chuck Berry, Chubby Chub-by Checker, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley, to name a few. Those who don't remember re-member the fifties will enjoy this concert film intercut with such 50's happenings as flying saucers, quiz show scandals, and early political speeches by none other than our own Richard M. Nixon. It is a fun film that, like AMERICAN GRAFFITTI, captures an era that is becoming be-coming wrapped in nostalgia. Speaking of nostalgia, THE GREAT GATS BY is the last word in glossy nostalgia of an era gone by. The film is a remake of the famous Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald novel. It has received much ad vance publicity due to the-casting the-casting of Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in the two leading roles. It is an accurate visual reproduction of the roaring twenties, complete with sumptuous costumes and sets. Unfortunately, the gloss sometimes wears a bit thin in this love story of a mysterious my-sterious bootlegger who buys a mansion on Long Island and kindles a flaming love affair with Daisy Buchanan. The actors did not put out their best portrayals by far. But many people feel the film is worth the price of admission admis-sion just to see a good-old-fashioned-love -story complete com-plete with lots of spectacle and gorp. For many uninitiated film goers, the name Truffant is unheard of. For those who have heard of him, or seen him, his name is recommendation enough for a film. DAY FOR NIGHT is the latest of films by this master at filmmaking. This comedy about filmmaking takes its title from the term used for a night scene shot in F.B.I." but together they plan a fantastic swindle. The mark is Robert Shaw, an underworld mobster. The film revolves around the arrangements ar-rangements for the stingand |