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Sl ovri vV si I ol 4 kliil teiAVlIfr Bella Davidovich Sacramento Symphony Programs Announced By Robert A Masullo Bee Reviewer OTOCKTON Robert Blake if ever seen him on the talk shows' may have struck you as candid But this is ridiculous When Johnny Carson recently asked Blake about to the film he is currently making (largely on location here) Blake told the nationwide audience movie sucks" Then he amplified on that saying nothing good about anyone connected with the film including co-star Dyan Cannon Producers Steve Tisch and Jonathan Avnett who came in for particularly strong blasts have attempted to brush the whole thing aside as a publicity stunt is one of the brightest men ever met in my Avnett said in an interview on the set near America Street just off of Main who think he knew exactly what he was doing is guilty of severe underestimation of the intelligence xiN INTERVIEW with Blake on the same set a few minutes later however didn't convince me he was just trying to sell the movie Just the opposite To begin with Blake was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the three words quoted above A photographer snapped his picture and Blake said this is the picture you have to use if going to run the That agreed to he was willing to talk but not until he first chased away a public relations adviser working for Paramount Blake answered all questions openly but questions about to got saltier responses than questions out anything else First he was asked about the character he plays in the movie tell you (expletive) about the character done so many different (expletive) things in front of the screen that at a minimum have to call him schizophrenic This is not what you would call your organic approach to acting This is kind of whatever you have to to get the scene in the can before it rots on the The character (Charlie Callahan an independent trucker trying to avoid loan collectors who want to repossess his rig) has developed on the set on a day-to-day basis said Blake my quitting four or five Callahan picks up a hitchhiker Madie Levrington (Can- Arts Briefs OSSIE DAVIS and RUBY DEE will present a program of drama stories and poetry at 8 pm Friday in the Memorial Auditorium for the Lively Arts Stanford University The two distinguished performers will present this theatrical experience as part of the Lively Arts 10th anniversary season $7 available ticket Community Stanford LA BELLE a loan Nouveau drawings will be on California I 1 xS f'f VMtJWVOT 77 i T3 i A I Xk- ab: Feb 7 and 8 will present Symphony No 36 and Mahler's Symphony No 4 with soprano Kaaren Herr Erickson The soloist on Feb 28 and March 1 will be cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in William Cello Concerto He also holds a prize from the Tchaikovsky Competition The orchestral portions of the program include Richard and and Symphony No 5 Davidovich will perform Piano Concerto No 1 on March 14 and 15 and the orchestra will present Symphony No 1 and And the eighth and final concert of the Master Series on April 4 and 5 will offer Requiem with vocal soloists Jacqueline Victorino Rose TaylOr Gene Tucker and Philip Booth The chorus will be composed of the Mas-terworks Chorus of the Sacramento Chorale and the University Concert Choir of the University of California at Davis I THE POPS series Rostal and Schaeffer will present the Beatles Concerto on Oct 29 The George Shearing Duo is scheduled for Nov 22 and on Jan 24 will be champion fiddler Jana Jae and the South Loomis Quickstep Band Regular symphony subscribers have until July 1 to renew their reservations New subscribers will have their ticket requests filled after July 1 There is a choice of four series: the Master Series of eight regular concerts Sampler Series A and each of which includes four of the regular eight concerts plus a choice of any one of the three Pops performances-and there is the Pops series itself Prices range from $17 to $6450 A free brochure listing the entire new season its programs and prices is available at the symphony office to see the sequel' I prepare anymore than that Blake looked considerably chunkier than he did in his hit TV series When I pointed to his ample belly he said just fat I was nice and skinny when I started but I'm so (expletive) frustrated Too much eating Too much sitting around and getting mad and wanting to bite throat out so I eat an apple or a donut or six sinkers or 0 who does Blake fault? if I had to place the blame I think it would be a fairly large firing squad The producers are kind of funny They want to do something they just know what the hell to do and it makes life difficult for them 1 guess they would like to produce the movie but nobody will let them And at this point I really give a (expletive) who does what I just want to hit the marks and say the jokes and get the (expletive) out of here And afraid this movie is going to go on forever rather be working for a living not stealing the money I used to doing a half a page a day and sitting around and talking about it until I get constipated I'd rather shoot 10 pages and talk about it when in the It was suggested that things might go more smoothly if Blake were behind the camera rather than in front of it He said he had no interests along those lines mean I could do a half-assed job like 900 other actors I know that switched over but not Well see a big difference in directing and being a filmmaker I could direct could direct a play like I could direct traffic But being a film auteur understanding the whole concept of April 23 1980 Film filmmaking as opposed todirecting is something else is merely telling the actors what your point of view is Your tastes I think this is what you should do and I think that is what you should filmmaker a John Ford a man who understands the camera how to get what you want out of somebody else how to make do it how to trick and fake and fool how to control the set how to bring your magic got to go home every night and see the rushes of the next work Yeah the modem directors are actors They like to sit and talk to other actors say this and do that and If I were going to call myself a director it would take me 10 years right now to leave the acting profession and begin to train in all the other areas sure I could direct television or movies like 60 70 80 percent of the people doing it Just like I could write But it would take me a lo-o-o-ong time to begin to approach it with some 0 NLY a handful of current directors pass test He cited Stanley Kubrick Mel Brooks David Lean and Fred Zinnemann What about Francis Coppola? After a long pause Blake said would like to have worked with him in his first picture or I would like to work with him a couple of years from now think a lot of directors like I think Billy Friedkin was extremely talented in in the and on up through French then they reach a point where they make their $50 million picture where they have all the controls and all the reigns and it turns out to be What was it? (in case) a few years after that they get back to where they started and the talent is tendered seasoned with humility And then they can approach getting into the area of being a Fred Blake was rolling He obviously could be quite articulate Why then does he maul the English language on TV I asked think an he said revert back to what I was before I became kind of semi-educated When I get on a talk show and the pressure and tension is severe I drop back like someone who is left-handed but who has learned to use his right hand In a crisis he goes back to his left hand And I go back ta talkin' like dat dem kinda tings like you know like dat kinda To get back to to I asked the 41-year-old actor what would happen if his bad-mouthing resulted in its commercial success Could we expect to see him in the sequel? Aw (expletive) No I pay to see this one but pa to see the sequel (Expletive) iggsgagggHgacBBgE YOU fAQ Pour different views-select from a variety of poses Handcrafted voad cluster frame included! V' W'rv 1 'St: -a 9 tr c' 48 I I HE SACRAMENTO Symphony Association has announced its programs for the 1980-81 season to include Russian pianist Bella Davidovich performing Rachmaninoff and duo pianists Rostal and Schaefer playing the Beatles The opening concert of the Master 'Series has been scheduled for Oct 18 and 19 and will feature pianist Horatio Gutierrez in Piano Concerto No 2 He is Cuban-born and a silver medal winner of the 1970 Tchaikovsky Competion in Moscow 'Also on the program will be Carnival Overture and Brahms' Symphony No 1 conducted by Carter "Nice the musical director Guest artists on Nov 8 and 9 will be fyie Romeros Quartet (Celedonio Celin Pepe and Angel described as royal family of the They will perform concertos by Vivaldi and Joaquin Rodrigo Orchestral portions of the program will include and Japanese-born Akira Endo who has spent 10 years conducting for the American Ballet Theater will be guest conductor Dec 6 and 7 with Paul and from Samuel and of and Symphony No 6 0 JAN 10 and 11 violinist Charles Trager will perform Symphonie Espagnole and the orchestra under conductor Nice will present and Russian Easter Overture Trager is the only American to win the International Wieniawsky Competition in Warsaw The fifth Master Series concert Robert Blake: 'I'll non) an escapee from a mental institution Avoiding two sets of pursuers they slowly take a liking to each other (In real life Blake and Cannon fare as well Of his co-star Blake said crazy obvious to anybody Blake said he got into the film because he liked the script written by Stanley Weiser and David Odell which was given to him by friend Penny Marshall They were exchanging scripts because they wanted to do something together When he looked into it however he found that Paramount had already signed Dyan Cannon to do the Marshall part wO I called Penny and she said go ahead and do it do another I said But since he became contractually involved he liked anything about to not even the title He wants to call it That Funny but so far been rejected How come he anticipate problems? the hell do I know? I liked the script and I know from producers and things like that I assumed everybody was a professional I knew I was in trouble when (director Joseph) Sargent said go upstairs and rehearse for two months I like to prepare My preparation is eating a banana belching and getting in front of a camera and shooting it If Legion of Honor from Friday (previously scheduled to open on April 21) through June 1 IIS r- i I 7: vV-vviT Cx i 'C 4 4 Vt xk 4 f' pay 4 WAYS Tickets (general students $4) are at Tresidder office CAPA Box Office Barn Box Office and BASS EPOQUE exhibition of Art watercolors and posters display at the Palace of the TO SAY I LOW ELAINE POWERS GET READY FOR SIMMER 2 fori Sale 'i 'X 4 XX r-c' se '-r 111 t' I I I rv A 4 4 Mr i 1 t' je- 4 I ''V4 1 4 4 4 'V r' si a SV Jazz Musicians To Gather Here The spreading fame of annual Dixieland Jazz Jubilee is drawing participating bands from ever greater distances The 1980 festival coming up' May 23-26 for instance will include for the first time bands from Denmark France and Thailand Best known of these at least to fans of the Dixieland form is the Danish group Papa Viking Jazz Band of Copenhagen Formed in 1956 by trombonist Arne Bue Jensen the appearances around the world include two previous trips to the United States to New Orleans in 1969 and to the Newport Jazz Festival in New York in 1972 been the resident summer band in Tivoli Gardens through most of the It has recorded more than 35 albums including one that sold a million copies in Germany and Holland Jubilee Chairman Bill Borcher says Charlie Shavers Muggsy Spanier Jack Dupree George £Lewis Bobby Hackett Ben Webster Stuff Smith £jC Higgenbotham Art Hodes and Wingy Manone among the jazz greats who have played and recorded with group Cornetist Wild Bill Davison a Jubilee guest star the last two years was a regular with the band through most of 1975 and 1976 More than 70 bands in all plus a list of guest stars headed by pianist Teddy Wilson are lined up for the 1980 Jubilee which again is centered in the capital Old Sacramento Historic Area with ganglia extending to hotels motels and nightclubs both downtown and in West Sacramento The festival traditionally falls on the weekend that includes the Monday observed as Memorial Day which this year is May 26 It is sponsored by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society which is handling ticket sales out of its office at 101 1 2nd St 1 Per Person Per Month For the Complete 4 MONTH PROGRAM Unlimited Visits BRING A FRIEND Call Now For Free Figure Consultation Elaine Powers Figure Salons 1978 fHi 1 13: Good thru May 8 1980 Special an portrait ehildrtJt 1 2 yrt end younger Catt for yswr cluster -1 't V'- Elaine Powers Figure Salons CALL FOR YOUR FREE SALON TOUR! 444-8464 Beat inflationl Secure your vacation with this luxury 4 bedroom 3 bath home in So Lake Tahoe Plan to attend our presentation on this new concept in time sharing at the Red Lion Inn American River Room 1-80 Arden Way Thursday evening April 24 at 7:30 PM SAGE ENTERPRISES Box 17083 So Lake Tahoe Calif 95706 (916) 577-3067 SACRAMENTO AREA: FREEPORT 452-5532 SAN RAFAEL 454-9421 MARCONI AWAIT 481-8230 FAIRFIELD 422-7454 RANCHO CORDOVA 361-0251 CITRUS HEIGHTS 723-2439 a THE KEY OTOt0i I STRUT.