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Entertain ment . . . by FRED EISENHART . Entertainment Editor ; Lately some fantastic (I don like to use that word, but I .., mink mat in mis instance it is apropos) tilings have been going on around nere in Lincoln-land Gary Hill, John Holland and the Nebraska Union Special Films committee obtained and presented a series of very fine films which were shown four nights during the past week. It is encouraging to see the Union take an interest and support a series of these types of films. They put up the money and Gary Hill got in touch with independent film makers he has contacts with and lined up a program of eight filims. Hill also included his own new film, "Crime." Some very good movies were showni. Dannv Sevmour'a film "Flamenco" mav verv well be the best film I have teen. It Is a beautiful film about music neoole. life and artists, and how they all function together how they all fit together. Though this one sticks in mv mind, I found something in all the rest of them that was worth experiencing. I don t believe one can say that Robert Frank's "Me and Mv Brother is an eniovable movie. It is a cruel movie, but not Just at the end wnen prang interrogates Julius. Does anvone reallv a&k a catatonic schizophrenic what his shock treatments were like? Director Frank does. In fact, it seems this is what he is doing to his audience: adding cruel ques tions. Perhaps this could be con doned if the questions were worthwhile, tout I am not sure they are. Is Julius the only sane person in the film, or in the world? Is he a modem day sage-prophet, a second com ing'? I don't know, and I don't know if Frank knows either. He seems to be making a movie about 'life' with Julius as the reference point. It is not Julius's view at all, it is Frank's idea of what Julius's view is. Frank pushes and pushes until he gets the response be thinks is right, the one he wants from everyone in the movie. It is cruel pro cess. Oh sure, it erabs vou bv the balls, but that's a pretty painful thing to have to experience, especially tt you don't really know why somebody has done What it comes down to in the end is a fUm about Robert Frank by Robert Frank. Ta "art" important enough to Justify cruelly? Does the artist have the right? If his goal Is important enough, then he does have the right (if you subscribe to the theory that all art Is didactic in some respect or another). I am just not aura that Frank's goal is justifica tion. A short word about Gary Hill's film (there will b a longer commentary about It next week). It contained a memorable Image, those shots en the Interstate with the snow Mowing and m san shining through It Perhaps there Is a little Charles Starkweather In most of us. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, T TVi I rn Krkirfi UillOll Jjuuiu i . . interviews Set 1 'Jfcf I i I a; SPECIAL 2 - 1970 The Nebraska Union Board will be interviewing applicants for the 1970-71 Union Program Council Saturday morning in the Union. I III I jT J t X (UnHried) including! Mclbmbourin Man Eight Mkt HighJut A Season Lovor Of Th BayouChothwt Mar fHHl'l'l Will Hill ! IWIM Mill 1 1" ii IM o ; V. '5 ,1. V' . ma RECORD SET HM 3 ON COkUMSIA AND IPIQ RECORDS ANO TAPES QT) filer ejine THE NEBRASKAN Applications may be picked up in Room 128, Nebraska Union. The Program Council is a ten-member board which makes budget requests and COOOiOOOOOOOiOOOOOOOOO o o o o o o 3 o o o J o o o o o o o n o o o Friday 2:30-5:30 with 1I(D)IB(IDKIEM 50 cover Must be 20 to attend. o o o o 122H o o coorooooooooooooooooooo V I INCLUMM.: VMI BETTEK THINK TWICE KEEP ON BEUEVIN' HONK V TONK DOWNSTAIRS ANYWAY BYK KVEIMINTLETtTPAieiBV M rnappy ing maiden ItwDDglm SemHumi Mamiliiw Oootf loam DoMRWMntoTlwSun'EMncOINiw GIFT-PRICED AT $3.4S IT Ir flUBT m-. mi Ji.i lj is if' vsrssjUiNiHiMisifwvvn V advises committees in setting up programs for the c&mpus. They determine how student fee money allocated to the Union is spent o o o o o o o o o o fc, o o o Q o o o o f t o o 1 KG EACH PAGE 5