The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 37

June 5, 1967 Page 37 The Ottawa Citizen El Stoneham at the movies PAID OUT TO DATI OTTAWA PREMIERE JUNE 14th! METRO SK 4is I Li ii 1 1 1 diiinri i vi 1 1 it v' i li ci 1 1 i ii a 2.550-00 IN SUPER PANAVISION' AND MLTHOCOLOR Malibu, an obliging manservant, and a group of lively neighbors, the man is nagged by memories and self doubts. And, inevitably, he wants to "go back," but he finds it is not that simple. It's a harrowing little story, RESERVED KKAT HOX Ol I l( I (ll'I lltll.V NOON TIM. a P.M. TIC'KKTH ALSO AT RKUKN'T TIIKATHK First Offer $2,050 Cash tU KlllKAl' KT.

cool self satisfaction and hidden frustration. Vanessa Redgrave is beautifully mysterious as the woman from the park, and Sarah Miles is sharp in a brief appearance as an emotionally hollow modern wife. With its strnge, demanding mode of expression, its dizzying pace, and the elusive crosscurrents of its design, Blow- HURRY LAST 9 DAYS Main Klftin BLOW-UP A Premier Productions Release. Produced by Carlo Pond. Directed by Mieh-aelangelo Antonioni.

Screen-ploy by Michaclangclo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and David lletrtmings. Don't be dismayed if ou can't figure out exactly what it is that Michaelangelo Antonioni is trying to say in his new film Blow-Up, the Italian director's first English-language feature, which opened Friday at the Main Elgin. Or if you find yourself irri- Th Mlrlirh torporill(i roduy Till Wednesday All Hnlnr I I I I 1 rd I Boi Officii Optn Dll Noon Id p.m. Son.

from 1 p.m. BMMIM JULI2 ANDREWS MAX VON SYDOW RICHARD HARRIS JAMKH A. MICIIENKH'8 i i IMa TKLKPIIOM. Adult EatcrUinmrnt 5 'fMttlftBoi)6c HAWAII KFKKVATIOS ACCEPTED iilerl by his deliberately enig I IN COLOR libit 8HIRLEY I I Mai. Ktta.

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Dally 111 KIOEAI' ST. U7-48M well adapted by John Lewis Carlino from David Ely's novel, and director John Frankenheimer, with the assistance of James Wong Howe's fluid black and white photography, has done it up in a stark and uncompromising style. A grinly climax Indeed, its climax is a grisly and shattering bit of business. Possibly, it's all a little too low keyed and deliberate, and there is a hint of artincss in the presentation, but it is an engrossing thriller for ell that. And Rock Hudson, as the revamped man.

does better than you might expect in a difficult part. Will Geer, Salome Jens, Jeff Corey and Richard Anderson are ominous as assorted "company" employees, with John Randolph and Frances Reid credible as the transformed banker and his wife. 3rd and FINAL Julie Oskar Christie Werner TODAY 3 PAUL JULIE IT TEARS YOU APART WITH SUSPENSE! fh i lahrpnhQit nEuimnn (moreius in men -m) is the inability of people to escape from the synthetic surroundings and artificial stimuli of a sterile existence, to get involved in something outside the narrow range of their understanding. What makes Blow-Up so fascinating, and the quite extraordinary movie it is, is the accumulation of simmering tensions and the myriad of minute detail with which the theme is explored. As the photographer races recklessly around the London locales, alternately snapping pictures of mangy derelicts and glamorous fashion models, indulging himself with 'he purchase of some attractive antique that has caught his eye, or casually engaging in a playful sex orgy with a couple of obliging teen-agers, the arrogant nature and impersonal attitudes of an uncertain personality arc well and truly projected.

What propels him into a momentary mood of self-appraisal is a roll of film he has casually shot in a secluded park as he followed a pair of romantic strollers. When woman desperately tries to re-trie'e the film, even turning un at his studio willing to trade her favors for the unexposed pictures, the fellow's curiosity is piqued, and send-ine her away with a bocus roll, he proceeds to develop the real one. A art of murder And in a brilliantly conceived succession of shots. Anton-ioni introduces into the proceedings not only a definite shaft of plot, but also an in-tricuing hint of mystery, for in Wow-up after blow-up of the nccalives, the camera is re-vealed to have caught an act of murder. All at once there is a moral issue for the young man to face, the resolving of which (or the non-resolving) occupies the balance of the picture.

But be warned don't expect anv pat answers to the problem posed. In fact, you I may be justifiably confused by the ambiguity of Mr. Anton-ioni's climax, which is suggestive of various shades of meaning. And he has drawn a highly persuasive performance from David Hemminns as the jaded hero, an artful blending of i matic narrative approach, and I he whole cryptic structure of his reflection of cert a i aspects of contemporary society. Tin' truths of life That happens to be Anton-ioni's way of doing things.

And if it frequently seems undefined and unrelated, even untidy, it, nonetheless, offers a vivid and valid interpretation of some of the truths of life. Actually, Blow-Up, despite an over abundance of symbolism and the redundancy of certain passages, is not too difficult a work to fathom. By making the hero of his story a spry, selfish, successful young magazine photographer, very much a part of the "in-crowd" of today's swinging London scene, Antonioni captures in a few deft strokes the unrecognized dilemma of a man restricted by the nature of his environment and his alienation from reality. Inability to escape What Antonioni is trying to get across, then, at least on a basic level of communication. Ml 1 HITCHCOCK'S TECHNICOLOR mm I TORI.

Up will not be to everyone taste. But while it may be disturbing, and even frustrating, it is still a film that generates a special kind of movie excitement. Regent SECONDS A Paramount Release. Produced by Edward Lewi s. Directed by John Frankenheimer.

Screenplay by John Lewis Carlino, based on the novel by David Ely. Starring Rock Hudson. A fascinating, if frightening, notion is explored in the Paramount film Seconds, the current attraction at the Regent Theatre. The idea of a discontented middle aged man taking the opportunity to be "reborn'' through an extensive program of physical and facial alteration offered by a mysterious corporation (who even oblig-inelv arrange a convenient death, complete with corpse, for the old self) is Oie sort of science fictionizing that has a chilling air of plausibility about it, and an intriguing sense of the macabre in the unfolding. The Scarsdale banker who undergoes such a metamorphosis in Seconds is one of those vaguely unhappy and confused individuals who.

though at first hesitant about making such a complete break from his normal existence, finally succumbs to the blandishments of the professional organization who specialize in starting people off in a new life. A now identity Through painful plastic surgery he acquires a different, younger appearance, and from the counselling branch of the company, comes an identity consistent with his youthf 1 dreams, that of an artist. But for all the arranged attractiveness of his new life, which includes an established From the famed novtl by ALL COLOR AOL'LT PIlMi RTRIR' cu Ray Bradbury YUL BRYNNKR "RETURN OF THE SEVEN" 3 BIG HITS OPERATION CROSS BOW. MURIETA PRISONER IN THE IRON MASK. Francois Truffaut III his internationally acclaimed most unusual motion picture DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAYS AT 1.30 3.30 5.30 7.35 9.40 OF IM THE HT1WI1 W1W ''F A is, 9a wm, ADULT Annitti ixf FUNICELLO "FABIAN" im McBAIN Si UV "An uninhibited eipositwn the onrush ot physical desire!" DEM JOHN tZmam' 10th VICTIM Ursula ii ii I TU MM TONIGHT Audie MURPHY ahpii KIITM JOHN MM inn uOREY- LARSEN AGAR GILBERT ANDERS TSU i.

tnfR am "ONE OF THE YEAR'S BNAYT 10 BEST! ti ii ilj l't'' KPttw reputation, a fancy home in 9 mam Tu' Movie Directory fercH Alt WW Hi COLOR RUUR1 Actum If A man who lives the age-old dream If only I could live my fife off over again Alll LT PANAVISION 6 2nd FEATURE thiMon look in M-GV IT HAS FINALLY IT-Tj JhJJB HAPPENED lf7V-Wy -fTt IN THE FUNNIEST JHN FOUL-UP IN cJiHia starts BOBKBKHKOSS'tHKtKK LaaaaMWA TBlfrS i I mm ttXmJkJtAmmi Un A fl am WINNER OF 6 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! fuhioN 41 Best mhw ririVHKS KRKI) 7JWKM NVS num Actor I'M I. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS unjb, )HKRT HOLT -TECHNICOLOR Ith ILL SEATS EVENINGS MONTH RESERVED SUNDAY THRU FRL, s.mi P.M. SATURDAY AND HOLIDAYS 8.00-9.0U P.M. Minfr. H.4..

"Mir "lid HolMf. 1 fin. IN trWrnWin MtlfNCOlOR I'lmnr ordrr. Irrtplfd Hall from II a IM, in p.m. Sunday front l.w p.m.

tn-sai to nv SAi OME JENS WILL GEEK LEWIS JOHN CARLINO DAVID ELY LEWIS JOHN FRANKENHEIMER ADULT ENTER. "SECONDS" 1.30 5.20 9.05 "SPY" at 3.20-7.05 MS "BEST PICTURE OF THE National Society ol Film Critics plu. KM It Mill III lirilN ill VRJCJ "THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD" Michelangelo Antonioni's fllST (NGt ISH UNGUAOf FlIM Vanessa Redgrave 1 VIOLENCE IS THEIR GOD! GET OUT OF THEIR WAY BLOW-UP nt sr ANGELS AT ALADDIN: "Dear John" plus "10th Drive-in opens at dusk. AUTO SKY: "Devil's Angels" plus "Marine Battle Drive-in opens 7.30. Show starts at dusk.

BRITANNIA: "Thunder Alley" plus "Trunk To Cairo" Drive-in open 7.30. Show at dusk. CENTRE: "Navy vs. Night Monsters." 12.10 3.10 9.45. "Women Of Prehistoric Planet" 1.50 8.15.

CAPITOL: "Four For Texas" 1.00 5.00 9.10. "Robin and 7 Hoods" 3.05 7.10. CINEMA VENDOME: "Angel-ique et le Roi No. 3" 6.30 9.50. "Fraternelle ama-zonie" 8.25.

Last complete show at 8.15. L'LMDALE: "A Man for All Seasons" 8.30. Matinees Sun. 2.00. MAIN ELGIN: "Blow Up" 1.30 3.25 5.27 7.25 Last complete show 9.20.

LITTLE ELGIN: "Fahrenheit 451" 1.30 3.30 5.30 7.35 Last complete show 9.30. LINDEN: "Irma La Douce" 2.1(1 6.50. "Tom Jones" 4.45 9.25. Last complete show 6.45. MAYFAIR: "Torn Curtain" 1.40 5,30 9.20.

"Return of Seven" 3.50 7.40. Last complete show 7.40. NELSON: "Hawaii" Mat. 2.00 g.m. Evenings 8.00 p.m.

unday 7.30. ODE ON QUEENSWAY: "Devil's Angels" plus "Marine Battle Ground'' Drive-in opens at 7.30. Show at dusk. REGENT: "Seconds" 1.30 5.20 9.05. "Spy Who Came In From The Cold'' 3.20 7,05.

RIAl.TO: "Operation Cross-how" l.oo 6.10 "Murleta 3.00 8.20. "Prisoner In the Iron Mask" 4.55 10.00. Last complete show 6.10. RIDEAU: "Thunder Alley" LOO 4.00 6.55 10.05. "Trunk To Cairo" 2.35 5.30 8.30.

Last complete show 8.25. SOMERSET: "The Quiller Memorandum" 1.20 3.25 7.35 9.45. Last complete show 9.25. STAR TOP: "A Patch Of Blue" plus "Made In Show nt dusk. I.M 3,1) S.3H I.

COMPLETE nr-TTTi ail IS ON THE LOOSE AGAIN bursting the screen with their hilarious brand of frantic antics I laMMMHaMaMMIIII w.f DDKI) FEATURE MARINE BATTLE GROUND BVT'I J'l I I Pt nHil n1n liiiM STARTS "A skill ull adaptation. much better than just about anything going. Some people will be sWbHBsSHs1 taken aback by its HURRY ENDS THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING! 2nd WEEK 1 ltt explicit scenes! GEORGE SEGAL ALEC GUINNESS Arthui Zeldin STAR A REFLECTION OF MORAL -NiwYofkTimn MAXVON SYDOW JIMiOiMfln ptttmti lonvurs MHeim kSENIABERGER MAI ZETTERLINGS having Couples iiw.t Jhfller Memoral MhllMtRIITANIHKsSON amiLtNooiOM caopiTRt anharkct. NUUVBttTcihiiDKiai MX'LT KNTBRf AINMRNT ALL TECHNICOLOR FUN RIOT unit Kill Kill Todaj and Tuesday: "FAHRENHEIT 451" CAPlToL TEXAS hi l.oo 9.10 HOODS nt 3.05 7.10 Next Attraction Jamci Mnson in "A DEADLY AFFAIR' I. urn Itiiltmvr A 1 BANK JV KIMI Itnl I.