Your Clinton Street Theatre Schedule 2522 SE Clinton October—November 238-8899 1981 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM DELECTABLY FUNNY!... Now see why the Academy voters fell for this endearingly romantic comedy —Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News Moscow Does Not Helieve in Tkars’ is one of the best films, foreign or domestic, Ive seen.' —Carrie Rickey, Village Voice "FILM MAKING AT ITS BEST..." —Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine Dirtcud by VLADIMIR MEN5HOV NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS , A forthright comedy about Soviet life as three young women come to Moscow for new lives and urban excitement. The film covers a 20-year period, as each of them picks her own path, while maintaining a close mutual friendship. It is very reminiscent of American romantic comedies of the 1930s, with a poignancy that is truly universal. “The natural, truly inspired playing of Ellen Burstyn, makes ‘Resurrection’ a moving, original and magnetic film.” Rex Reed RESURRECTION Melvin And Howard Tell someone that a movie is about America and, if (s)he has any sense, (s)he’ll head for the exit. But I don’t know how else to define the subject of Jonathan Demme’s funny, stirring film: it moves from mystical apprehension of American values to astute satire, from warm evocations of middle-class institutions to a somber appreciation of their limitations, using a visual style that is at once lyrically radiant and naggingly honest. And as Demme’s casual, episodic narrative unwinds, following the fortunes of gas- station attendant Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) after his brush with the scruffy legend of Howard Hughes (Jason Robards), it all looks so easy, unforced, and simple—which is one definition of great moviemaking. Chicago Reader Stevie Wonder’s great score enhances director Walon Green's (Hellstrom Chronicle) dazzling array of cinematic techniques to chart the link between human - and plant consciousness. A mesmerizing, enlightening experience. The Saragossa Manuscript Asmall band of Napoleon’s soldiers, looting during the invasion of Spain, bursts into a room and come upon a bound manuscript. Without a second’s hesitation—bullets and cannonfire whistling over their heads—they sit down and eagerly commence reading the tale of a young nobleman traveling through a haunted Goya-esque landscape. The nobleman, after several fascinating but only partly complete adventures, sits down to hear a story about another young nobleman, on a fascinating Journey of his own, who himself sits down halfway through to hear the equally compelling story of the adventures of yet another young noble. The resulting nest of tales-within-tales is so intricate, each one so dazzling in its romantic interest yet so frustrating in its suspense that you may go halfway out of your mind—but your elation will be so intense when the threads are (miraculously, breathtakingly) drawn up at the climax that it’s worth the risk. This movie is a masterpiece quite unlike any other. Made in Poland in 1968 by Wojciech 3. Has. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 6:48 & 9:88 Wed Sept. 83—Tues Sept. 89 Resurrection 7:00 Melvin (and Howard) 8:88 Wed Sept. 30—Tues Oct. 6 Dark Star 6:48 /10:00 Secret Life of Plants 8:18 Wed Oct. 7—Tues Oct. 13 Saragossa Manuscript 7:30 Wed Oct. 14—Tues Oct. 80 Eyewitness 7:00 *9:10 Wed Oct. 81—Tues Oct. 87 Body Snatchers 7:00 Nosferatu 9:08 Wed Oct. 88—Mon Nov. 9 ORIGINAL "COMPLETELY FRESH ... A TRULY ROMANTIC THRILLER." David Denby, New York Magazine ROMANTIC "A FRESH, FUN, ENTERTAINING ROMANTIC THRILLER. WILLIAM HURT GIVES THE PUREST, MOST CHARMING PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR." Joanna Langfield, WMCA THRILLER Our “classic” Halloween bill. Werner Herzog gets a great Dracula performance from his Aguirre star, Klaus Kinski, with Phil Kaufman’s remake of Body Snatchers, featuring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Man of Marble 6:48*9:80 Wed Nov. 4—Mon Nov. 9 "AN ECCENTRIC TREAT... LEADS FROM ONE SCARE SEQUENCE TO ANOTHER AND ULTIMATELY TO A SMASHING FINALE." Vincent Canby. New York Times Eyewitness is reviewed on the preceding page. Adams and Leonard Nimoy. Guaranteed chills and Heartworn Highways6:48 /10:08 Gal Young Un 8:80 Wed Nov. 11—Mon Nov. 16 Heartworn Highways Heartworn Highways is one of the best music films these eyes have ever seen. Starring Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, the Charlie Daniels Band, David Allen Coe, Larry Jon Wilson, Steve Young, Barefoot Jerry and Gamble Rogers, Heartworn Highways presents an intimate look at these performers and provides a clear insight into their lives and how they create music.... See Heartworn Highways; given the current state of American film, it is like a cool breeze wafting across the stockyards. A j A John Lomax HI YQLJING . . . m th a e r r p ia e g c e u li o a f r Mattie and Trax It is the Prohibition Era, and the place is the backwoods country of Florida. Mattie Sites, a widow of means, lives alone on her family farm. Trax, a young dandy down on his luck, learns of her situation and convinces the skeptical Matt that he loves her. They are already married before Trax reveals his true intentions by building a whiskey still on her property. Trax oversteps himself when he brings home a young girlfriend, Elly, claiming that she is just a “gal young un with no place to go.” Finally Matt regains her self- reliance and takes her own destiny in hand—much to the surprise of Trax and Elly. The Media Project Presents “Independent Views’* At the Clinton St. Theatre Every Tuesday in November Tickets at the door Women Film Artists IRTomen Film Artists is a diverse, dynamic and accomplished selection of films by Northwest women filmmakers. We will premiere Aa If By Magic, by Jan Baross, a film about puppets with music by the Portland Opera Association. Creation, a brand new animation by Joan Gratz, pioneers a new animation technique—clay printing— to create a stunning metamorphosis of images. Also included: Some of These Days, by Elaine Velasquez—a quiet, human and; frequently humorous look at four older women andi how they view their lives; and, A Family Affair, by| Susan Shadburne—a powerful drama about guilt and violence in marriage. Up Against The Ropes This program features the work of documentary filmmaker Carl Jones, and the cinematography of Richard Blakeslee. Jones documents American subcultures, be they winos, wrestlers, prison Inmates or fishermen. Jones will be coming from Spokane to talk about how he chooses his subjects and gains their trust. Jones’ films are provocative and sometimes controversial (as in the award winning Nobody Lives Here, where prisoners openly talk about the killer squad they have organized “within the walls”). Included are: The Neighborhood, Savage and some rushes from a new film about Alaskan deep sea fishing. odern Vlews] Auulti-media artist Ken Butler will moderatethisi show of film and video shorts, and will perform one of his much acclaimed hybrid instrument pieces between rworks. Modern Views is a collection of new image Iworks which will include: two New Wave video tapes krom Seattle, Badio Danos and Vaporised; an absurdisd [plxillation, Nermish Gothic; and two experimental animations, Patchwork and Handsong. Gas City Gas City does for the working class what American Graffiti did for the post-high-school middle-class generation. Gas City portrays a subculture that lives on neon- lit Highway 101. The hero, Lyle, is a drifter in his 20’s whose biggest claim to glory is a recycled police oar and a restlessness that keeps him moving. Lyle goes through the motions of taking a job as a gas attendant, forming an attachment (Sherry), finding a computer job with a “future,” and feeling the crush of captivity. Producer/director/star Jeff Meyer will be in Portland to talk about this film and the new feature he has begun shooting in Seattle.__________________ _ “Women Film Artists’* 7:18 Skip Tracer 9:18 Tuesday, November 3 “Up Against The Ropes** 7:18 Skip Tracer 9:18 Tuesday, November 10 “Modern Views” 7:18 Skip Tracer 9:18 Tuesday, November 17 Gas City 7:18 Skip Tracer 9:18 Tuesday, November 84 $2.50 Both Shows $1.50 One Show Skip Tracer, by Zale Dulen, captured audience attention and top honors at the Northwest Film and Video Festival three years ago. The tale of a tough, zealous skip tracer for a large finance company whose Job is to find “deadbeats” who skip out on their bills. David Peterson delivers a stunning performance as he ruthlessly strives to keep his status in a business that permits no regrets. Skip Tracer was “Critic’s Choice” at the Canadian Film Awards and a New York Film Festival selection. 4
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