Ross to show donated classic films
By Samuel McKewon
Senior editor
It’s the thought of a gif) that
counts. But perfect timing never
hurts.
It* a way of looking at the 553
short and feature-length films
donated to UNL's Mary Riempa
Ross Film Theater by patron Jerry
Jensen. The films range from the
silent era to the 1980s, and include
a few of the seminal works of those
eras.
Ross Director Dan Ladely
lauded the new additions to the the
ater’s collection, adding that they
come at a key time in the develop
ment of the UNL film community.
The Film Studies major is still
defining itself for the long term,
while a new Ross Film Theater is
being built across the street from its
current location in the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery.
“(The collection) is one that
will be invaluable fix film students
as well as our patrons for years to
come,” Ladely said. “It is especial
ly auspicious in light of our new
building.”
The Ross will have a chance to
showcase seven films in the collec
tion during its summer outdoor
series, which starts Wednesday
with “The African Queen.” Co
sponsored by the University
Program Council with funding
support from the Nebraska Arts
Council, the series runs on
Wednesdays around 9p.m. outside
Kimball Recital Hall. Admission,
which includes complimentary
popcorn and soda, is flee.
A schedule of the series :
June 14th “The African
Queen” (1951)
Think “Heart of Darkness”
without Kurtz and well, die dark
ness, and “The African Queen”
zooms into focus with a tricky
World War I subject. Humphrey
Bogart and Katherine Hepburn
travel on a small boat, whose mis
sion is to cruise through the African
jungle toward a lake and sink a
German sub.
Not die first picture for Bogart
or Hepburn, their crafts are well
honed and they play off each other
for the entire movie. It’s Old
Hollywood, and one of its better
directors, John Huston, is at the
helm.
June 21- “Woodstock”
(1970)
This movie is mile-long at
three hours, but at least half of it is
worth watching. “Woodstock”
unflinchingly captures the 1969
experience, better than nearly any
live music documentary ever
filmed. Jimi Hendrix is die show
case for many watchers, but the
film does get repetitive. Some fans,
however, won’t move until after
midnight
June 28-“It’s a Mad Mad
Mad Mad Work! (1963)
See this film only if you love
comedy - broad, guffawing come
dy. Another time beast (three
hours, 10 minutes) of epic tomfool
ery. Milton Berie, Sid Caesar, Ethel
Merman, Mickey Rooney and
Jimmy Durante. Want a plot? This
film is comedy with a buried-loot
backdrop. I did not like it. But
Merman fans will.
July 19th -“It Happened One
Night”
Trademark Frank Capra story
starring Clark Gable and Claudette
Colbert, who meet on a bus under
vastly different circumstances.
Sweet, well-played, meaningful. In
other words, Frank Capra.
July 26—“M*A*S*H*”
Not everything is initially lucid
about “M* A*S*H*,” the first well
know film of Robert Altman’s
career, and still one of his best. A
second viewing is needed to see all
its layers, die running soundtrack
of the base camp, the attitudes, the
odd football game right in the mid
dle which serves as a centerpiece
of the movie and an interlude at the
same time. The television show,
which has become more popular
than the movie, owes quite a bit to
Altman.
The movie proves that this type
of narrative, opposite in tone and
sensibility from a movie like
“Saving Private Ryan,” can work in
proper care.
Aug. 2 — “The Bridge on the
River KwaT
And here comes a completely
different war movie, entrenched in
the struggle of two proud leaders.
A British officer (Alec Guinness)
is imprisoned in a Japanese camp
and forced to labor on a bridge by
an Axis commander (Sessue
Hayakawa). Another prisoner
(William Holden) lodes for escape.
Straightforward and tense, director
David Lean based this on a true
story. Hard to say how much we
can really believe.
Aug. 9 - “Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid”
The screenplay by William
Goldman lives in movie lore as a
brilliant, original creation. Well, it
is on most accounts, in the sense
that Goldman writes action and
tense dialogue together perfectly
and the jump scene is cited over
and over as the scene to beat most
scenes. It’s hard not to like bank
robbers Butch and Sundance -
Paul Newman and Robert Redford
here. Their pairing in “The Sting”
sure never lived up to their chem
istry in this film. And the shift to
South America works surprisingly
well.
Not particularly violent, the
whole effort is more or less foiget
table, but very, very good while
moving along.
Ladely, to assist with Telluride selection
■ The Ross director
will participate in
Filmmakers of
Tommorrow selection.
By Samuel McKewon
Senior editor
It's an odd locale far a film
festival, Telluride, Colo.There’s
no quesjjggrin that A turn of the
century railing town higgi in the
Rockies — it’s a wonder movie
mogul types can even find time to
breathe.
But Telluride, through some
sort of strange civic pride, plus
some landmark movie premieres,
not only has survived in the mid
dle of nowhere, but established
itself as one of the world’s best
gathering of previously unseen
moyieg. Unlike a few Sundance
movieit or films shown at the
Toronto Film Festival, everything
at Telluride, held over every Labor
Day weekend, is a first time run.
And this year, UNL plays a
large part in the festival playlist
: Dan Ladely, director of the
Mary Rimepa Ross Theater, has
frequented the festival for several
years, establishing contacts with
fellow film lovers. So when
Telluride officials came to Ladely
for assitance in choosing films for
its Filmmakers ofTomorrow pres
entation, which selects short Films
from student autuers.
“Telluride has a reputation of
being able to uncover amazing
talent,” Ladely said.
Ladely has been charged to
help with selecting die first round
of candidates in die Filmmakers
ofTomorrow series, which is
open to students that make films
under 30 minutes. The total of
films to screen is more than 500,
Ladely said, and that list has to
whittled down to around 30, as
Telluride officials will decide the
final entries from there.
“It’s not an easy task,” Ladely
said.
Panera Bread Co. rises
among local bakery elite
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elusive bread knife when you
get home.
For the aura of elitism that
Panera emits, its prices are
suprisingly modest. You can get
half of a big sandwich, soup,
chips and a pickle (definitely
very key to the meal) for less
than five-and-a-half bucks. The
most expensive sandwich is
$5.95. So while it might not be
the Hy-Vee Deli, it’s not out of
the price range of most college
students.
The biggest negatives of
Panera are location (who wants
to drive to Pine Lake for cof
fee?) and the chips. I know, it
seems like a small thing, but the
Krunchers they serve are the
worst chips I’ve ever eaten.
It would be a wise decision
for the Panera management to
look at Nebraska’s own
Weaver’s Potato Chips for some
quality chips. Another minus is
the snobbiness that can’t help
but be in the air at a place like
this. The location, menu and
everything else screams high
class.
But the food may very well
be worth a trip into a restaurant
of high noses. I think I’ll stick
with the Molan bakery at 13 th
and South. Itfs a lot like Panera,
but with a little more hometown
character and a little less
Starbucks feel.
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