European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 197b the stars and stripes Pago 19 Bronson twin Fly and modern living Fassbinder a German name to Pryor manic brilliance in any a hip snide to modern movies Spielberg the 8yearolds have by Vincent Canby new York tires several years ago it would have been Possi ble to maintain an air of hipness about contemporary movies if you were familiar with the films of Godard and if you knew what a froze Frame was and if you either subscribed to auteur risk or sniffed haughtily at the merest mention of the today that not who once threw now Are the Godard continues to though we see the results Ozu has been As widely distributed in the As is probably possible in a country that no japanese while Andy Warhol appears to have Given up More or to concentrate on the sen Ous business of the chances Are that your film references and your vocabulary Are out Date unless youve been paying Atten if you the following lexicon is offered As a kind of temporary remedy though i As any Lon term solution to self imposed an easy familiarity with these words and general subjects will see you through several cocktail parties or one Long sit Down after youre on your own Tinto an italian director Madame Kitty of absolutely no proven talents to Date but who will be represented in the later this year As the director of Gore Vidoje a movie that Vidal has already publicly disowned in print while making a play on the directors last Charles an american actor real Charles Budzinski like Clint was not taken seriously at Home until he became one of the hottest stars in Europe and he has a craggy presence that gives weight to silly films and is occasionally encased in movies of More than Rou Tine interest hard from Ham till threes Points can be scored by holding that Bra sons two greatest performances were in hour wot 1353 and Twinky close encounters of the third kind Steven Spielberg Sci i smash that really deserves King but May be More important As the first movie to cause a permanent ideological split among Are As the rest of us like to All one Kabool of held by those whole seen Star three or More says that close is Nice at the beginning and the end but Boring in be the other school of those who read new drink soybean cola and say their Reli Tous convictions Are their find that Star won is jul close they a a religious quoting a child preferably ones own on this controversy frequently shuts other people Gerard a French actor going la the last thai the who makes so Many movies that its usually Safe to if you must lie when asked whether youve seen Suchan such a French or italian that you thought hat Depardieu was very impress a Fine very though he seems to be put Ting an which he usually Sally an american television and film actress the flying Smokey and the who often appears to be better than her a which May be one of her with enough bad she could become today tuesday Milos the czechoslovak director the firemen Ball loves 01 a blonde who hit the Jackpot in Hollywood As the director of the phenomenally successful one flew Over the cuckoos nest ii is currently fashionable to say that formans Talent is not what it used to be and that he has sold his soul to the but dont be caught the pendulum will swing be the first one on your Block to Point out that Many of Hollywood greatest directors were emigres for one reason or worked outside their homelands As adults Curt German Cinema the Best names to drop Are those of Fassbinder and but it youre with a fairly knowing say that the Best German film youve Ever seen is Hertogs heart of an incomparably Beautiful but completely incomprehensible parable about a medieval town in search of a lost formula for a particular kind of red talk about Hertogs methodology in having used actors who were hypnotized before facing the by terrible someone else has seen the him and can Call your make up a name for the director of your keep Claude a Swiss director the invite that wonderful the  with a great humor and none of whose films has yet been a huge Success in the but who May one Day be a household his films Are Worth an invest ment of Money More nose in scene still one of the most popular words in anyone Classy critical in can refer to the general look of a directors encompassing Cam emotional or it May simply be a physical if pressed to define your took new directors movies have been Art Long theres a Velum to appreciating movies As pop entertainment of the sort that Hollywood has always done George Lucas Slor wow and Steven Spielberg close encounter Are the most successful of the directors of this but Treyve been so successful its hardly fair to Call them the truly new directors whose names you should remember Are Jonathan of Mac handle with John dad Ham saturday night fewer and Michael Ritchie i neither one is All that new but each is n Persona another old critical but there apparently remains a lot of mileage in ii can tone up a conversation in which people Are simply hitting each other Over the Heads with their if youre holding Forth about Sally Field and hear yourself about to say some thing about her say Persona it Marks you immediately As someone who responds to film on a level far More profound than anyone Richard an american actor car which Way it up whose manic brilliance May never be successfully captured in any one he often goes too he ascends into  of dewy and he gives the impression of wanting to de stroy himself along with his see him in any Neil one of the most successful franchise businesses in the world he is to writing what cult Nel Sanders is to Fried space this is a comparatively new word in the critics vocabulary and like any Good critical tool can mean just about anything you want it in can refer to some thing measurable As Well As to a metaphysical you might say that John Travolta Energy lights up the space of saturday night or that the space be tween Bernardo Berto Luccis camera and his subject is strangely considering the hundreds of extras he has or that the space created when Henry it nil or leaves the screen is As moving As the space he occupies when Hes play around with structuralism this is the auteur theory of the a spinoff of a critical approach i is preparing us for in Stead of responding to films with gut feelings Well Chart them by prearranged International codes agreed upon at since its rather difficult to the safest Way to Deal with whenever someone mentions the is to sigh and forgive but no More Ive been talking about structuralism writing about structuralism All 1 cant argue any More try to pronounce it