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Fm ?as 'atmospheric horror'
"Johathan", a German film of 1870,
will be screened this weekend in the
Sheldon Film Theater as the last film of
the Sheldon's Horror and Fantasy Film
Series.
"Jonathan" is the work of 30-year-oid
Hans Geissendorfer, a veteran, despite
his age, of documentaries, feature films
and television production work.
It is a retelling of the Dracula story,
having as a predecessor F.W. Murnau's
"Nosferatu", the first picture based on
Bran Stoker's novel. In the retelling, the
story has lost none of the standard
fixtures of the genre: rotting cadavers,
buckets of blood, cackling villains and
dismemberment all are in abundance,
as well .is the standard bloodsucking
routines.
However, "Jonathan" raises .itself
high above the vast majority of horror
films by carrying its common enough
premises to almost transcendent
extremes. Geissendorfer has succeeded
in creating a film that generates a
genuine atmostpheric horror, perhaps
more broodingly sinister than any film
in recent times. As if to provide a
counterpoint for this, the film is also
cne of striking, vibrant beauty, with the
two elements combining to form an
excruciatingly effective film that lingers
in the mind.
"Jonathan" will be screened Friday
and Saturday at 3, 7 and 9 p.m. Tickets
are $1.25.
Messiah'
concert
Sunday
The UNL School of Music's annual Christmas
presentation of "The Messiah" will be given
Sunday afternoon in the University Coliseum.
Eighteenth century German music giant George
Frederick Handel composed "the Messiah" in
1741 and it has certainly become one of the most
monumental and famous works tor orchestra and
chorus of our time. The School of Music has been
performing the piece every year since the turn of
the century.
The entire production is conducted by Earl
Jenkins, of the School of Music, who also directs
the Oratorio Choir. Soloists are Sara Ganz,
soprano; Myong Sook Jo, alto; Douglas Jostad,
tenor; and Vaught Fritts, bass.
The University Symphony Orchestra is con
ducted by Emanuel Wishnow and features George
Ritchie at the organ.
The performance is free and open to the public.
It starts 3 p.m. this Sunday.
Foreigners have blue Christmas
By Lori Clepper
Christmas can be a lonely time,
especially for UNL's foreign students,
most of whom will have to spend the
three week vacation in Selleck Quad
rangle. "We really have a hard time getting
these students to tell us what they are
planning," said Rowena Boykin, foreign
student advisor. "They wait until the
last minute because they keep hoping
they'll get an invitation home from a
roommate or a friend." . , ,
Boykin says' Selleck is a particularly
dismal place to spend Christmas
because there will be no phone service.
no Tood service and a limited mail
service. '
There will be some activities planned
for the foreign students, including a
tree-decorating party Dec. 22 and a
party Dec. 28 or Dec. 29.
"It's still a' terribly dead time, and
really hind of depressing for the
students," Boykin said.
"If anyone wants. to take a foreign
student home even for only a few
days, thsy are more than welcome to
talk to us about it," she said.
The fcreign student office is located
on the third floor of the Nebraska Union.
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'St. Nicolas7
Sunday at
local church
The first Lincoln performance of Benjamin
Britten's choral work, "Saint Nicolas," will be
held Sunday night at First Plymouth Congrega
tional Church.
The presentation is part of the chruch's
"AhPnrimusik: Lincoln5' series. It will be
performed by the Abendmusik Chorus and
Orchestra under tne conduction oi juhm m.
Jr., and featuring tenor Mark Madsen.
Levik,
The production is staged by Roger Sephens and
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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