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tit f if " 'Sleeper' in tradition of screen's great comics Woody Allen's Sleeper is the funniest movie of the past year. Somehow, one expects that from the man who is probably today's only comic genius. True to Allen's usual style. Sleeper is a hodge podge of .elaborate gas ard hilarious Miners piled one on top of another. Once a basic framework has been set in this case, Miles Monroe, health food store owner, is unfrozen by scientists in the year 2173-who cares what happens in the rest of the film? Allen takes his movie anywhere he wants, as long as there is a laugh somewhere along the line. This makes Sleeper more memorabfe for its individual parts than as a comic work as a whole. It's unsophisticated, and the sequences seldom make any real sense, but the laughs are the best to be found, and that's what counts for ASIerv Woody's comedy is in the tradition of some of the screen's greatest comics. His constant trouble with huge machines and massive forces beyond his control brings back memories of Buster Keaton. A crazy, rollicking scene in which he and co-star Diane Keaton pretend to perform cloning surgery on a nose, is in the purest form of the nonsensical insanity of the Marx Brothers. Starring, directing, writing and even helping on the film's musical score, Allen would seem to be the most . complete screen comedian since Charles Chaplin. But a movie like Sleeper really needs no direction. Allen is greatest as a writer. While his acting and diane wanek half frames Several.choice.film -highlight this week's fare, featuring -such directors as Vittorio De Sica, Andy Warhol and Vilgot Sjoman. pantomime are more than adequate, it is his large nose, shaggy hair and scrawny body that so perfectly compliment his style. Sleeper is hilarious not only because of the way Allen looks at the future, but also in the way he views the things he left behind in 1973, be it President Nixon or MacDonald's hamburger stand. greg lukow the pretty, blonde outsider trying for acceptance in the family; and of course the final bloodletting when contracts are carried out on bigshot after bigshot. Anthony Quinn, as the Don, even has his career ended by a sudden heart attack at film's end. Vie Don is Dead is, however, one thing The Godfather never was: boring. K&3U QflO In the endless string of cop movies, there stil! seem to be a few surprising variations to at least make the cycle interesting. But the same cannot be said of mafia-oriented spinoffs of The Godfather, and The Don is Dead. adds nothing to the scene You've seen it all before. The respected, eging Don, basically kind, but ruthless when necessary; the younger brother who really wants out of the whole mess but ends up the head of the family; the obligatory car blowing up when the hood is opened; The top xiiN3 s jnducer-since 2173 Monday The Tribe Hides from Man, ETV, 7 p.m. This awai d-wtnning,'docur 1 1 taty traces the search for a mysterious, war-like tfibt of trtdidiu frazil's Amazon jungles. ; Tuesday . - The Best of New Cinema, Sheldon Gallery Auditorium 3, 7 and 9 p.m., admission $1.25, donations accepted. The Thousand Flavors Filmmaking Cooperative, a non profit organization of persons interested in film making, is sponsoring this series of brilliant short films by famous and not-so-famous experimental filmmakers. The films include Les Mistons '67 by Francois Truffaut; The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film by Richard Lester, ' who filmed A Hard Day's Night and The Knack; The Fat and the Lean by Roman Polanski; LeJetee, a science-fiction film by Chris Marker; and Tfie Machine by Wolfgang Urchs. - ,' ' . "'The Cooperative will hold an open meeting for interested persons Sunday at 3 p.m. at Commomplace (UMHE), 333 N. 14 St. ' Little Women ETV, 9:30 p.m. A 9-part series based on the novels of Louisa May Alcott premieres tonight as part of ETV's Famiiy Classic Drama series. Wednesday " - 491, Sheldon Gallery Auditorium, 3, 7 and 9 p.m., admission $1. Directed by Vilgot Sjoman (I am curious, Yellow), the film's apparent thesis is that those who violate the mores of bourgeois society, however innocent under the law, end up in police custody. June Moon, ETV, 7:30 p.m. Jack Cassiday and Estelle Parsons star in the classic American comedy by George Kaufman and Ring Lardner Sr. Thursday Painters Painting, Sheldon Gallery Auditorium, 3, 7 and 9 p.m., admission $1.25. An intelligent documentary about how artists think and work, directed by Emile de Antonio. Many of the painters featured in the film are close friends of Antonio. The artists featured include Wiilem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hoffman and Andy Warhol. Umberto D., ETV, 8 p.m. Director Vittorio De Sica dedicated this film to his father, ft is a study of the lonely struggles of old age and specifically a study of Italian society at the time the film was made. This film is the second in the Humanities Film Forum series. Women in Revolt, Hollywood and Vine Theatres. Vincent Can by of the New York Times, said of Women in Revolt, "The movie is called a comedy, but it can be more accurately described ?s a madcap soap opera whose three manic heroines are played by female inpersonators, which may be interpreted as the ultimate putdown of women's lib, as well as the ultimate endorsement." Friday and Saturday Sympathy for the Devil, late show at 11:45 p.m. Hollywood and Vine Theatres. Jean-Luc Godard's masterpiece on rock, revolution and the Rolling Stones hits town again. Whether your interest lies in Gociard or the Stones, you should see this film. x I till 1 Feb. 11 I X si . V !' v:. 4 .. f if ! Radio Station KFOR and their co-sponsors invite all prospective brides ? to attend the '.Ana.- as" mi Bridal Foram Tuesday Jan. 29 at 7:00 pm at Pei'shing Auditorium PICK UP YOUR INVITATION AT DOOR EMDNIgEI5 OPPOESTUNITIES AVAILABLE Air Forco HOTC has openings for engineers. Scholarships ere available. Stop by tha Air Force ROTC offices. Room 209 M & N Building for coffee and conversation, or call 432-8163. Or, tolk with one of these gents (or with any of the several other engineering students enrolled in Air Force ROTC): Gale Wheeler, freshman, Albion, Chemical Engineering Grant Drenkow, sophomore, Norfolk, Electrical Engineering Lynn Hineman, junior, Crete, Mechanical Engineering Randy Mainquist, senior, Wausa, Mechanical Engineering . . . they are among the engineering students who have received the Air Force ROTC Scholarship which pays for all tuition, textbooks, lab fees, and $100 a month, tax free. page 6 monday, January 28, 1974