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monday, january 19, 1976 page 8 daily nebraskan Secret ly turmoil cand retfoiwt Ion in Argentina By Diane Wanek The critically acclaimed documentary on Argentinian politics, La Horn de los Homos (The Hour of the Furnaces) will be screened at Sheldon Film Theatre Tuesday through Thursday at 7 pan. Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino clandestinely made this three-part film from 1966 to 1968. They inter viewed workers, intellectuals, labor leaders, students and others and combined them with newsreel footage, docu menting Juan Peron's rise to power, his years in power and his eventual overthrow. The first part of the film, "Neocolonialism and Vio- half ffClfil This week's television and movie highlights. Monday "Stan of the Union Address. " (all networks, 8 p.m.) Prat. Gerald Ford ii expected to recommend a $10 billion tax cut to coincide with a curb in government spending. Children of Divorce. (NBC News special, 9 p.m.) Psycholo gists, lawyers and children discuss the impact of divorce on youth. Who Sank The Lusitania? (NETV Play of the Month, hot licks I Bachman Turner Overdrive: Head On, Mercury, $6.98. Some things are better forgotten. One example is this album. BTO has varied nary a niche from a formula that brought them success three years ago: At the foundation, ponderous bass and percussion lines; for thrust, Randy C.F. Turner of BTO rumbles tarouh the baas Ilaes that helped the group sell millions of of dollars. BTO will be appearing next Sunday at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. - arts& 9 p.m.) The facts and suspicions surrounding the Lusitania's sinking. TUESDAY Work! at War. (NETV. 8:30 p.m.) Tonight's episode, Bamil December 7947 February 7942, features film footage from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Shirley MacLeine Special. (CBS, 10 p.m.) Musical variety special starring Shirley MacLaine with special guest Lucille Ball. Shirley and . Lucy trade stories about their show business starts and offer a musical salute chorus girls. Tomorrow. (NBC, midnight) Guest host John Henry Faulk discusses the CIA with Sen. Frank Church (O-ldaho). BTO formula same; album it v m & v Vv 5 1 lence," deals with Argentina historically, geographically -and economically. Divided into a prologue and thirteen separate film essays, Solanas and Getino study the de velopment of Latin America, its natural resources, the contrast between the 90 per cent of the population earning an average of $10 a month and the other 10 per cent which owns all the land and industries. Call for violence The first part of the film ends with a segment called "The Choice," which is a call for revolutionary violence as the sole means of combatting "imperial violence." "An Act for Liberation," the second part of the film, is divided' into two parts. The first, a "Chronicle of ,Peronism," uses newsreel and historical footage to examine the ten-year reign of Peron, analyzing the ' strengths and weaknesses of his regime and his program for national liberation. The film contends that the Peronist movement, as one of the first examples of the working class struggling for political power and attempting to find a third way between socialism and capitalism, was precursor to what is now known as the Third World. The second section, a "Chronicle of Resistance," traces Peron's fall from power and the activities of the Peronists during the decade following it. Part three, "Violence and Liberation," is a study of the role of violence in the national liberation process and a call to action. Consisting of interviews, testimonials, re ports and letters, it is considered by the film makers as an "open work" to which new materials can be added. Viewer becomes protagonist The film, hailed by critics including Pauline Kael (The New Yorker), Vincent Canby (The New York Times) and Michael Goodwin (Rolling Stone), purports to create a new kind of relationship between film and audience, to WEDNESDAY 200 Yean of American Humor. (NBC, 7 p.m.) A self explanatory Bicentennial special starring Jonathan Winters. Consumer Survival Kit. (NETV, 7:30 p.m.) A comparison of checking accounts and an explanation of compound interest are amoung the topics covered in Don't Bank On Itl A Look at Financial Institutions. Dance In America. (NETV, 8 p.m.) A performance of Trinity, a 1970 "rock ballet" by the Joffrey Ballet. Reply To The State of The Union, (all networds, 8 p.m.) Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie presents the Democratic view of the "State Of The Union". Analyses by net Bachman's (undoubtedly one of rock's most mediocre guitarists) vocals and guitar licks. Some aspects are unusually tacky, even for this band. Especially stupifying is "Average Man," which uses the same introduction as the BTO hit, "Let It Ride," and ends ' "I 2 A '' . .... ? - of work correspondents follows. THURSDAY The Waltont. (CBS. 7 p.m.) Tragedy strikes the Walton family as fire guts their home in this special two hour episode. Widow. (NBC, 8 p.m.) Micheal Learned of The Waltont stars in this made-for-television movie about the traumas of widowed life. Hollywood Television Theeter. (NETV, 8 p.m.) A light ' hearted book at the after life is offered in this comedy, The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner. Charles Durning stars as a ghost who materializes to complicate the lives of his widow and friends. Photo by Ted Kirk records end make millions 1 5 ,-v ra jl . tXt. - Photo courtesy of Trioontinental Film Canter The Hour of the Furnaces, a documentary about Argentina in the throes of political strife, has been hailed as a masterpiece by critics across the country. redefine the traditional concept of the film viewer as a passive spectator and instead encourage the viewer to consider the film as an act and himself as a protagonist of the action. Kevin Kelly of the Boston Globe said, "(The film) is a stunning achievement. . .in its hammering force it drives beyond ideological politics and becomes a remark able human document which enlists both an intellectual and emotional response. "It is impossible to witness the film without being filled with rage and a need for action, and that, precisely, is the intent. If The Battle of Algiers is a primer for revo lution, The Hour of the Furnaces is an advanced program." Mary's Incredible Dream. (CBS, 10 p.m.) Mary Tyler Moore sings and dances her way through a retelling of man's creation, fall and redemp tion, Presented as surrealis tic dream sequences. Ben Vereen (Pippin) co-stars. FRIDAY The Adams Chronicles. (NETV, 9:30 p.m.) Debut episode in this 13-part series about the famous Adams family. The series' main concern is the family's personal triumphs and tragedies. Tonight's episode, John Adams Lawyer, stars George Gizzard as John Adams. What's Up Doc? (ABC, 8 p.m.) Multi-talented Barbara Streisand teams with Ryan O'Neal in one of the best comedies of recent years. betfer forgotten with dab bed -in crowd screams while Bachman walls, "I'm just an average man." During one cut, Bachman sings, "I know it's over." We can only hope. - Deb Gray Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music. United Artists, $6.98. Album by album, the Electric Light Orchestra gets better and better. This album exemplifies the sophistica tion the band has achieved. After that, there's not much to say about an album that is solid invery aspect. It is highly professions!, but also stirring, ine melodic tunes are more closely related to pop idioms than the music of its predecessors in the art-rock field, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Yes. No individual band member stands out for special recognition. There are no stars here, because the success of ELO's sound is its ability to integrate seven separate parts into one seamless whole. With art-rock in. its oreseni muAAn. rWnto nf th. form will welcome how electrifying the Electric Light Orchestra has become. Britten: "Four Sea Interludes" and Peter Grimes; "Sinfonia Da London Symphony Orchestra, Angel Records. In 1945. Beniamin Brhtn world-famous, exportable opera since the age of Handel r,,v" was unveuca at Sadler s Wells in London. It graphically depicts the shifting moods of the sea near Britten's boyhood home, East Angtia, where he now directs the internationally prestigious Aldeburgh festival each summer. The distinct musical character is best heard in its orchestral interludes and preludes, in cluding the dramatic "Passacaglia." lh fomP "tanged them In concert form, and they already have become a standard concert favorite, W2S contenw mmk " The more austere "Requiem Symphony" (1941) beaut i f, sHS" CSCrVCS rnoe rirfornuncV work To !r2Tm It ,0rU eftCndcd' P""ly ymrhonic us Midnight Special. (NSC, mid night) Omaha's C. W. McCall performs his monster hit "Convoy." Petula Clark and Uriah Heep also star. Cable TV (Channel 9) Three outstanding films are offered again this week. The Prima Of Miss Jeen Brodie stars Maggie Smith In her Academy Award-winning performance as the attractive, spinster school teacher Jean Brodie. Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn " co-star Fn another Academy Award winner Viva Zapata. The story concerns the creation of democracy in Mexico. Also featured is The Endless Summer, the ultimate surfing document ary. - Deb Gray isacadis" from Requiem," Op. 20. Andre Previn, Cond., gave England her first