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NBC salutes Nebraska
Photo by Stew Bocmar
John Jost, film maker of the eight films being screened at Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery this week. ,
Jost's do-it-yourself films
run at Sheldon this week
"I film, I edit, I record-I do it all be
cause I can't afford to pay anybody to do
it for me," says film maker Jon Jost.
Eight films by Jost (pronounced with a
long o) are being shown free this week as
part of Sheldon Film Theater's Film
Maker's Showcase. Speaking Directly:
Some American Notes, screened last
summer in the Edinburgh Film Festival in
Scotland, is the last film in the series and
will run Thursday at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Billed as a political reflection on con
temporary alienation, Speaking Directly is
Jost s latest work. Following the 7:30 pjn.
showing, Jost will answer questions and
talk with the audience.
In his films, Jost says he has unsuccess
fully aimed at producing a strong, lasting
effect on the audience.
Jost calls himself a "reformed roman
tic." In the late 1960s when several of his
films were made, he was associated with
leftist and anti-war groups. He was jailed
in 1965 for two years after refusing to
serve in the army.
But Jost said he now shuns political
labels, although politics and economics are
part of his film themes. The effect of
capitalism on the movie industry is one of
his concerns.
The supposed expense of filmmakiig
often turns people away and makes the
business seem inaccessible, he said. But he
made Leah, a 32-minute black and white
sound film for only $125 while it costs at
least $1,000 per minute of film to hire a
company to make a movie, Jost said.
"I try to de-mystify the process if I
can," he said. "Some people call it making
cheap movies.7
Despite his frugality, the 32-year-old
Jost said he has been unable to make a film
in the past two years. He lives in Kalispell,
Mont, with his girlfriend and dog. His bills
are paid with revenue from showings such
as this one in Lincoln. He said he hopes to
get a teaching job in San Diego.
By Aunt Hannah
America will receive a double dose of
Nebraska in the days ahead, thanks to
nationwide TV. UNL's football game with
the University of Missouri will be broadcast
by ABC-local channel 7-at noon
Saturday.
But the day before that, Aunt Hannah's
favorite show, NBC's Today, presents a
two-hour Bicentennial salute to our com
husking state. Today, on channel 3 from
7 to 9 a.m. weekdays, has honored one of
the 50 states each Friday during this
anniversary year and it's Nebraska's turn.
Today's co-host, Jim Hartz, will be on
location talking with Gov. J. James Exon
on the Capitol steps. Hartz, a likable laid
back newsman, also scheduled interviews
with John Klinker, president of the
Nebraska Farm Bureau and singer and
historian Robert Manley.
Omaha's Strategic Air Command Base
will be profiled, along with the controver
sial Interstate 80 Sculpture Project. And of
course, they won't miss looking at
Nebraska's delirious tremors over the Big
Red football team.
For other viewing this week, Aunt
Hannah recommends:
The French Connection (Thursday, Ch, 6
and 10, 8 p.m.) Gene Hackman plays
TV Aunt Hannah
Popeye Doyle, New York detective chasing
a shoot-em-up gang of heroin smugglers.
This 1971 film scored Oscars for just
about everything-Best Picture, Actor and
Director.
Cactus Flower (Thursday, Ch: 6, 10:40
p.m.) Dentist Walter Matthau yearns for
crazy Goldie Hawn in this 1966 movie
adapted from the Broadway hit. But don't
overlook Matthau's nurse, Ingrid Bergman,
who is capable of letting down her hair.
The Night That Panicked America (Friday,
Ch. 7, 8 p.m.) A TV movie based on Orson
Welles's "War of the Worlds" radio broad
cast on Halloween night 37 years ago, with
Paul Shenar as Welles. Nowadays, if the
Martians invade our planet, earthlings
would fight for a window seat on the trip
back.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (Saturday,
Ch. 7, 10:45 p.m.) Robert Redford,
Katharine Ross, Robert Blake and Barry
Sullivan turn in fine performances for this
in 1909.
The Ascent of Man (Sunday, Ch. 12,
9 p.m.) This week the series examines man,
the star-gazer. Galileo's defiance of Church
dogma in the 17th century is the theme of
this show on astronomy.
NETV offers grad classes
The Nebraska Educational Network
series "Classical Theatre" is enabling Ne
braska high school teachers to earn
graduate credit in their homes.
The telecast, presented each Thursday
at 7:30 pjn., includes interviews with ac
tors and a performance by a London acting
company, said Robin Bowers course
. instructor.
The 13 plays in the series include
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Candide
by Voltaire, The Wild Duck by Henrik
Ibsen, and Mrs. Warren's Profession by
George Bernard Shaw.
The course, which was approved by the
English curriculum and UNL Graduate
Council earlier this fall, is being offered
to graduate students.
Bowers said the course is going well,
although only three persons registered for
it.
He said the course probably will not be
offered next semester so it can be
evaluated.
The novelty of taking a graduate course
at home, may be working against the
course, Bowers said.
"Classics Theatre" also is offered for
undergraduate credit at UNL, Chadron
State College, Northeast Nebraska Techni
cal Community College in Norfolk, Wayne
State College and the State University of
Nebraska (SUN) from Omaha.
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