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Heavy Traffic
of bleak New
in
the sphere of the popular
feature cartoon, Heavy Traffic appears
io bn, if not an artistic brcvktiao.,!.1..
least a unique creation in n;mr,t.e!.
For its creator Ralph Bakshi, ..ho
rrj only wrote and directed ii, bu t
i'l :.- used his voice for several of tf'o
characters, Heavy Traffic is a pim-CuI,
v n tive view of an integral pa. of I
u-ots -the bleak, rough and h ; nv r'e
!,. nis native New York. A f ;-moi chief
.i CBS TV's Terry toons, he gives us
0 d'mly lit world of shipyar d dot k ,
1 . oliops, bars, dingy opji rmvit.-..
streets and alleys.
greg lukow
y grip
We meet Michael, a iginal voung
.iitisl who gets caught up with a lnud,
hustling black chick named Cft .-!.,
ph.::, true to the movie's ad campaign,
a myriad of kooks, hustler;,, cop-.,
hai dhats and God.
The film probably is insulting to
-.:! !y everyone from Italians, Jew.
a ! blacks to piostitutes, tiansv.
s-.d cripples.
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The film is contemporary, hut
I Sere are many items in it that could
r.'r.te it at nearly anytime since the
'20s, perhaps suggesting the city as
j giant, entrapping organism, impervious
to betterment or change
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In the ninth season of the Lincoln Fncti'.: ; of Chamber Music, opening
Boys choir
to open
concert set
offers view
York life
? o: a cartoon, it has many
i3';n't(j imayes to drive its point
i-,o-:.t; di jd, naked woman dangling
he1'!-! ..! clothesline high above the
b.i rm streets; a voice at the Ixjginning
ask in-;. 'VVb.it k'lls the pain? Who do
.o,i ev?", and a captured pigeon
in vain tries to chase
ich finally splatters bin.
y, -.id
, set you free, and you shit on
me, " he says.
The cartoon begins and ends with a
l.w tson frorrowoi k using a flesh and
blood .V1i.li,,! I and Caiole. This partis
ret oi.lv unnecessary, but even
'neexj: i.oiis with the rest of the film.
It also has a set of completely
dissimilar, yet effective, musical
selections; from Chuck Berry's
' Maybelhne" to Vivaldi's "The Four
Seasons."
With blood, gore, sex and assored .
ji-.nit.'tli,) iike that ftom the
in id--! i. ;;'! comics, Heavy Traffic
di '- o.es its X rating. But if Bakshi's
on ).. effort, Frit the Cat, was a
ec'ie shallow capitalization on that
r.it.nu H'-'.ny Traffic is not only a
inn";! statement, but also
invent ivi within the realm of
ai :'Li'e'i;
f 1'iixts fantasy and the real
v !ild .ariply, yet effectively. A
cntojii car cruises down the
i I ' 1 1 ".ii .iphi.'d ; 11 i i ts of the city,
f"..i h.e I .ind Carole sit in a caitnon bar
'v.'t:' ,i real backgiound 1,'lvniJ tliem
an. I Mich h I watches Clai k G. l ie and
Jean H.nlrjw in Red Dust while sitting
ip a vast empty animated theater.
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: i r 1 1 1 o Orfhoctr.'l lAill (if fpntnrOfl
lb; (jiithii voices of the Texas Boys Choir will fill
Pei si, it a, Auditorium tonight. The chorale, from Fort
Wor '.. ep' os the Lincoln Community Concert Seties at 0
p.m.
1 his highly tooted choir has toured the world. The lxys
have ,,) 4 x fouj Pope John XXIII at St. Peter's Basilica in
Pr.mv , icpi' ., eiited the U.S. in Austria's Vienna Festival and
appealed on national television with Ed Sullivan and Petty
Co! iO.
!i won an International Film and Television Festival
!7,-)'d for ilsfilm, A I in ic of Waking. It also participated in
,r pi ir. nta Fe and F ott Worth
ii rhrei bias re oi di d right albums for Columbia
Ma- n't wc-i ', .aid two of their records won Grammy
A-.v.-rd- (oi I; i st recorded choral fM-rformance.
h,c (I, wi s ijiicctoi, George Bragg, founded the qtoup
v.. 1 -s Vv-4 - vvw.A ,fi
A hardhat finds his date is not all
Heavy Traffic.
There are cartoons within cartoons,
and the graphics and other technical
gimmicks combine the most brilliant
psychedelics since Yellow Sahniarine
with an energetic, raucous power. In a
medium where this type of effect is
attempted rarely, let alone achieved,
Bakshi's dialogue and animation are
even more remarkable.
Regardless of what tradition has
said the featutc cartoon should ie, (I
was bored to tears at Charotto's Web),
Heavy Traffic is not a great film, but it
is a well made cat toon.
I wouldn't call Harry In Your
Pocket absolutely the worst movie I've
Middle East war
Tel A viv Quartet
The war in the Middle East has had
a most surprising effect loc.Jly; the Tel
Aviv String Quartet, featuring
clarinetist Yona Eulmger, was
scheduled to open the ninth season of
the Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music
on Oct. 26. However, the ensemble
may be unable to leave It.-H because
of the conflict.
In that event, die otmdivaii
Quartet, assisted by Hi;: ha id
Stoltzman on clarinet, w!l open ihe
new season. T he Stiadwaii ensemble,
from the University of low,., was
founded ten yean ago, ims made fuui
European tours and has per f o med in
major music ceo' s in Noith Amr'iica
Members of the Stradivari Ouartct
are Allen Qhnus, first viol'n; William
Preucil, viola; John Fanell, second
violin; and Charles Wendt, cello.
Sloltzman is n;co(ii.'ed ,r 01 u; (jf
the great American . lai inch ,r , He is
affiliated with the M.elboto Music
Festivals and has nlteri pei Ir.'i med with
Rudolph and Peter S rkee
The quartet wib pri'S'iit lir.ibms'
in 19-10 in Denton, Tex. Since moving to Fort Worth in
1907, it has Ite.u supported by private contribution in
addition to its recording arid performing revenues.
Compose! Igor Stravinsky conducted the boys in a
recorded performance of his composition, "Persephone."
Altei the recording was complete, he called the Texas Boys
Choir "the best bi y's choir in the world."
Fl -. v- 's Community Concerts will have four other
l rfoim H.ces. On Nov. b, the Bayanihan Dance Company
from ihe I'hmtmes will appear. The other concerts include
sop. am; HniM it., Peters, the musical Briyxdoon, and an
oig.'i' dm.. .'';; til ,iud Crow.
i' r.on o: , are at Pershing Auditorium. Season tickets
: :" lj,jx office at tonight's program only
''V. ;" ! ' ' '"" For ticket information call'
. i i i i j.
"she" appears to be in Ralph Bakshi's
seen in quite awhile. Dull and
worthless are more fitting words.
James Coburn, Machael Sarrazin
and Walter Pidgeon move through two
hours of nonacting, mostly hanging
around hotels and pulling off phony
looking pickpocket maneuvers. The
movie is not even the comedy the ads
indicate it to be. Melodrama is a better
term.
You do learn several neat
pickpocket terms though, like cannon,
rat kicks, wire mob, stall, steer and
skin the poke. And you probably will
leave the theater with the useful habit
of checking for your wallet every five
minutes. So I guess it's not a complete
waste of time.
may prevent
performance
"Clarinet Quintet", "Quartet No. 1"
by Bartok, and the "Quartet in E-flat
Major" by Mendelssohn.
In addition, the new season will
feature four other groups. These
include: on Nov. 9, the Baroque
Ensemble of the USSR, which consists
of a violin, flute, cello, oboe and
harpsichord; the Lincoln Chamber
Players, a group of local artists, on
Dec. 15; the Czech Chamber
Orchestra, led by Joseph Vlach on Jan.
25; and finally, on March 1, the
Janacek Quartet, which will play a
piece by Smetana in addition to one of
Janacek's quartets.
The concerts will be in the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium,
with the exception of the Czech
Chamber Orchestra, which will be in
Kimball.
The series, cosponsored by the
Sheldon Art Gallery, is open to the
public on a subscription basis. Season
tickets are $15, and are available at
Sheldon or from UNL professor of
philosophy Nelson Potter.
'Jaily nebrasksr
Wednesday, octohor 17, 1973
