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PAGE 12 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1982 While the aura of violence that surrounds them is alilâ€"pervading throughout the movie, Costaâ€" Performances by Sissy Spacek as Horman‘s wife and Jack Lemmon as his initially lessâ€" thanâ€"sympathetic father are unâ€" deniably among the best recordâ€" ed on screen by these Oscarâ€"win ning stars. They create and sustain totally believeable charâ€" acterizations with whom audiâ€" ences of all political stripes can comfortably identify. The duplicity of officials whose assistance was sought by the Hormans provides a strong ele ment of mystery which keeps the audience in suspense right up to the final few minutes of the picâ€" ture. The shocks and horror in Miss ing centre around the disappear ance shortly after the coup of a young American writerâ€"cartoon ist, Charles Horman, and the subsequent search for him conâ€" ducted by his wife and father. It does, rightly enough, conâ€" demn the brutality and inhumanâ€" ity that routinely accompanies these supposedly ‘"internal" revâ€" olutions, and the at least tacit approval such atrocities receive when they are perceived to be beneficial to American business interests. (One can easily find parallels in the current situation in El Salvador, although U.S. activities in that country are blatantly apparent.) But, despite protestations by the American State Department that the movie is oneâ€"sided and misleading in its portrayal of U.S. involvement in the coup, Missing is by no _ means an overbearing or sensationalized leftâ€"wing polemic against the Unites States or Capitalism per se This ability to transport viewers so thoroughly into the terrifying world of the politically oppressed is almost a trademark of Missing‘s coâ€"writerâ€"director Costaâ€"Gavras, internationally acclaimed for such previous simâ€" ilarâ€"themed films as Z, The Confession, Special Section and State of Seige. Missing is his first Englishâ€"lanâ€" guage picture and is based on the book of the same title by Ameriâ€" can attorneyâ€"author Thomas Hauser. Both book and picture lay the responsibiltity for the bloody South American coup, which overthrew the Marxist government of Salvador Allende, squarely on the government of the United States, presenting stronly documented evidence that the military action was indeed initiated by the C.1.A. Depicting events which ocâ€" curred during the 1973 military coup in Chile, this picture inâ€" tensely involves audiences not only in the emotionâ€"charged perâ€" sonal story of the principal charâ€" acters but also totally envelops them in the tensionâ€"filled atmoâ€" sphere of a country under marâ€" tial law. Missing is a m tains truth mor fiction and reali ing than fantasy MOVIE REVIEWS Missing: realistic an horrifying By Victor ictor Stanton a movie which more dramatic reality more ho horrify conâ€" than His subject matter is mostly drawn from personal experience and ranges from his early days in Mafiaâ€"run nightclubs to his reâ€" cent nearâ€"fatal accident involv ing an exploding drug base. The latter offers a compelling â€" and hopefully repelling â€" picture of drug addiction. Practically every other word Pryor utters is a vuigarism, and mostly the same one, which, for me at least, loses both humorous and shock effect after a very few moments. If, however, you are merely familiar with Pryor as a perâ€" former in such movies as Silver Streak, Bustin‘ Loose and Stir Crazy, then you quite likely won‘t be prepared for the kind of performance that confronts â€" or, perhaps, assaults might be a better word â€" you here Photographed during two liveâ€" concert performances at the Holâ€" lywood Palladium, the picture consists solely of Pryor doing his standâ€"up comic act before highly appreciative audiences. Enjoyment of this film likewise depends solely on audience apâ€" preciation of Pryor‘s comic style prior to going to the theatre. If you are familiar with, and like his particular brand of humor and delivery, then you are most likely going to be entertained by what you will see and hear on screen. Music by Vangelis, the Oscarâ€" nominated composer of the score for Chariots Of Fire, is also used in subtle and small doses, so that viewers are not merely being emotionally manipulated by the technical aspects of filmâ€"makâ€" ing. For the most part, the storyâ€" telling in Missing is straightâ€"forâ€" ward and easily comprehensible. The first in a series of flashbacks to events which occurred prior to Horman‘s disappearance, howâ€" ever, may be initially confusing because Costaâ€"Gavras doesn‘t make any visual distinction beâ€" tween it and the preceding scene nor does he provide any narraâ€" tive to set it up. Among the movies released so far in 1982 â€" at least among those which have been shown in area theatres â€" Missing is by far the best and, on a dramatic level, would rival in quality any of the 1981 pictures up for Academy Awards later this month. Not for all tastes is Richard Pryor Live On The Sunset Strip, a film that is not really a movie in the traditional sense. Gavras never indulges in graphic overstatement. The horror is there in both sights and sounds, but it is all the more ominous and disturbing by not being hamâ€" mered home in scenes of gory, slowâ€"motion slaughter or microâ€" scopic closeâ€"ups of flesh being torn asunder. Mexican locations convincingâ€" ly double for actual Chilean sites, and interestingly enough the country of Chile is never directly identified verbally in the movie although there is a visual referâ€" ence to its capital city, Santiago, near the end. $ d J / * B N t ‘\\ k. . S a . Pak. \ = i At ) hy Te an e ## & W «,.w,_ s# R t § 4 ks io => uomm t M * > hi. #s £2., i 22 *T C .++ ‘f%‘v{“w *3 13 fi,}' poreligh ) es ever indulges in graphic \ h % > *A ts ment. The horror is A" o oth sights and sounds, e l * d l the more ominous and ; B rallk e ~5 ~ s by not being hamâ€" e 2N : L wl s me in scenes of gory,. R h. .+ on slaughter or microâ€" j N oseâ€"ups of flesh being * l oo " &, der. * $ y Vangelis, the Oscarâ€" + H Eo F3 F i d composer of the score .ocitill es i ots Of Fire, is also used 4 \ s y ?’ j and small doses, so that ie .$ A ’ are not merely being ls: P sol ly manipulated by the E: E> ‘ aspects of filmâ€"makâ€" , *E / E: + o »»# : . slus ’, t sp & ‘K‘» ~% fln n locations convincingâ€" e 1 + 2. 4 for actual Chilean sites, * § i: h * restingly enough the a Tie, £ $Ck f Chile is never directly iY Ww . . C verbally in the movie e * & there is a visual referâ€" J i s capital city, Santiago, 4 h e . . f nd. P e h ‘ most part, the storyâ€" x s . Missing is straightâ€"forâ€" i e : d 2 easily comprehensible. € f gf' j in a series of flashbacks c3 e \ which occurred prior to 4 & * ; disappearance. howâ€" ks & > 6 ®R indulges in graphic .. The horror is sights and sounds. who went missing during a coup. Jack Lemmon stars as Ed Horman, who travels to South America to try to find his son UW plans dance school Prof. Rhonda Ryman of UW‘s dance group and one of the organâ€" izers of the summer school, says Waterloo and York are the only two Canadian universiâ€" ties that teach Benesh as part of the dance curriculum . Benesh is one of the two notation systems most widely used for scoring western theatâ€" rical dance. Labanota tion is the other; it is more abstract than Benesh and is taught at many North American universities. Benesh is more visual and is fa vored by most major professional ballet companies including Canada‘s National Bal let company, the Co vent Garden Royal Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and many others in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The school, the first of its kind ever offered on the North American continent, will teach Benesh movement noâ€" tation, a system for scoring dance. 1t makes use of a fiveâ€"line staff, as does music. Special to the Chronicie A summer school of interest to the dance world will run on the University of Waterloo (UW)} campus this summer, from July 26 to Aug. 13. The Institute of Wilfrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity (WLU) has a full schedule of events planned for the last days of March. Anner Bylsma, ba roque cello, will be the featured performer at the music at noon conâ€" cert on Thursday, March 25 at 12 noon in the Keffer Memorial Chapel. Then on Friday, March 26 Michael Purvesâ€"Smith will conâ€" duct the WLU Wind Ensemble in a concert at 8 p.m. in the Theatre Auditorium. From Monday, the 29th to Thursday, April 8 Laurier will present an exhibition of weavy Choreology, London, England, is coâ€"operatâ€" ‘ing with UW in offering the school. The princiâ€" pal instructors will be Monica Parker, direc tor of the Institute and former principal choreologist with the Royal Ballet, and Wendy Walker,comâ€" pany choreologist for the American Ballet Theatre. (Choreoloâ€" gists are professional dance notators, using Benesh movement no tation to score their companies‘ reperâ€" toires.) Two courses will be available during the threeâ€"week period: (1) an introduction to the Free events at Laurier Local students present Endgame The University of Waterloo (UW) drama department presents Samuel Beckett‘s Endâ€" game, the modern classic of life at the end of its tether. Endgame, directed by Wojtek Kozlinski, will be performed in A film entitied Greed will be shown by the English department on Tuesday, March 30 at ing art by Raija Gas kell in the Concourse Gallery. The school is intendâ€" ed for dancers, dance teachers, ballet masâ€" ters, administrators and people interested in becoming choreoloâ€" gists. The school is geared to ballet rather than to some other form â€"of dance. The Benesh movement no tation system through studying variations from such classics as Giselle, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, and (2) a course with more emphasis on reâ€" cording and reconâ€" struction. Both courses will include daily ses sions in ballet techâ€" nique and ballet reperâ€" toire. Tickets are $3 for general admission, $2 for students and senior citizens, $1.50 each for a group of 10 to 99 people, and $1 each for a group of 100 or more people. The school is funcâ€" tioning under the paâ€" tronage of a number of distinguished persons within the field of dance: Sir Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Kenneth Macâ€" Millan, Glen Tetley and Dame Ninette de Valois. the Theatre of the Arts; curtain time is 8 Admission is free to all of these events and everyone is welcome to attend. courses will be regardâ€" ed as credit courses by Waterloo and may be applied towards a uniâ€" versity degree. They will also carry credit towards certification by the Institute of Choreology; in fact the first course will qualify a student for the Insti tute‘s elementary solo certificate. 2:30 p.m. in room 2E7 of the Arts Building. Discussion will follow .