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by 20. This beautiful turquoise jewelry is some
of Lincoln's finest selections of Indian jewelry
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Racial hatred evident in movie
"The Klansmen" is a violent, primi
tive, B-picture of modern day racial
hatred in the deep, backwoods south.
It's one of those gun-toting, "good or
boys" vs. "niggers" movies with
outrageous stereotypes and disgusting
prejudice. It uses graphic presentations
of castration and a bloody rape that
makes one want to walk out after the
show has barely started.
Lee Marvin stars as an austere, silent,
yet tough-as-nails county sherrif caught
between the Klansman in his constitu
ency and his sympathies with the plight
of the persecuted blacks. One of his
friends is a cynical, country gentleman
played by Richard Burton. Burton lives
alone on his farm, gives help to poverty
stricken blacks, and stands up in the
face of the Klansmen, almost to the
point of self-righteousness.
Burton, to put it mildly, is horribly
miscast. His role is so intangible it floats
eff into the middle of nowhere.
Movie's black force
O.J. Simpson is the only viable black
force in the movie. But even he doesn't
have much of a part, spending most of
his time darting in and out and
executing, one by one, each of the
members of a Klan group that had
butchered an innocent friend. Simpson
could be hot movie property in the near
future (he'll be seen again soon in "The
Towering Inferno") like Jim Brown,
another football star, was several years
ago. Brown filled in the black, movie
tough guy role before Superfly and the
blaxploitation period hit. But at least he
could look tough. Simpson can't. His
sensitive, wide-eyed look isn't con
ducive to his role as a phantom-like
killer in "The Klansmen."
The movie was directed by Terence
Young, a reigning veteran of the
medium-budget, action melodrama,
R&vl'i'rtj' directed everyone from James
Bk&fiWUG Charles Bronson. But the-most
important name in the credits may be
that of Samuel Fuller, who wrote the
screenplay. Fuller is the classical
example of the obscure cult director so
popular with the auteur critics. He
wrote and directed a body of seldom
seen B-features during the '50s and
some critics love his primitive American
style and consistent personal stamp that
is apparent despite his low budgets.
"The Klansmen" fits nicely into the
Fuller mold; basic, broad and insanely
oversimplified.
greg lukow
cey grip
Toots c,o back
But the movieVtrue roots go back
much further in spirit to the hopeless
ness of a group of late '40s and '50s
thrillers ofdespair and black tragedy.
It's the kind of film the French have
dubbed film noir. A lot of those films
(like "The Klansmen"), don't really
appeal to anyone as entertainment, and
yet some of them, (unlike "The
Klansmen"), are great movies (Orson
Welles' "Touch of Evil" is a good
example). "The Klansmen" runs true to
form by depicting a bleak world of
people trapped in a tense, potentially
explosive situation and surrounded by a
thinly disguised yet formidable evil.
Like so many others before, the final
reckoning takes place in the dead of
night with an unshakeable, preordained
fate catching up with both sides.
I don't know who the producers had in
mind for an audience when they thought
up this movie. Not the small-town
southerner. ..the movie snubs them for
letting such conditions exist; not the
Klan. ..they are presented in not-too-flattering
terms as racist brutes; and
certainly not the blacks. Everybody I
saw the movie with seemed equally
revolted, . . .
im fcTansfT7ey7 is redeemed only in
part ''by' Marvin's steady performance
and a fairly stylish climax that ends on a
flaming, nighttime-battleground. Who
knows, maybe 20 years from now that
will be enough to make it an obscure,
cult film; a 'basic primer on violent
American bigotry,
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coming
A program of original music, composed by UNLN
School of Music students, win oe presented at a
p.m. tonight in Kimball Recital Hall.
The program is free and open to the public.
"Camino Real", a drama by Tennessee
Williams, will be presented tonight and Dec. 10.
11, 12, 13, and 14 at 8 p.m. in Howell Theatre by
the University Theatre Arts Division of the Speech
and Dramatic Arts Dept.
At 8 p.m. Tuesday the University of Nebraska
Madrigal Singers and Clarinet Choir will present a
Christmas concert at Kimball Hall.
The 32 freshmen in Madrigal Singers are
singing under the direction of John Moran,
director of the School of Music. The 16 member
Clarinet Choir is under the direction of Wesley
Reist.
The program will include well-known Christmas
carols and hymns. The concert is free and open to
the public.
SKI
Jan. 2-4
eCLRAD0
Monarch Resort
The Department of Recreation is now accepting
reservations for a Christmas Break Ski Trip. Four full
days of skiing on the slopes of Colorado Mts.
WHEN: January 3-6, 1975. (Leaving Lincoln January 2.
and returning January 7).
COST: $145.50 COST INCLUDES: Transportation
1 (Chartered Bus), 4 full days of skiing, boots, and po'es,
lodging, 2 meals per day, trip insurance, ski lift tickets,
tax, & tips. Cross-country ski package for $121 .00.
WHERE: Monarch, Colorado.
SLOPES FOR: Beginning, Intermediate, & advance
skiers.
SIGIM UP: Recreation Department, 1740 Vine,
472-346, prior to December 18, 1974, A $25.00 deposit
due upon signing up with balance aue on or before Dec.
18, 1974.
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daily nebraskan
monday, decernber9, 1974
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