Page 2 College Station, Texas
Friday, September 25, 1970
THE BATTALION
Making the films with Bob stump
Movies
The story begins in the sprawl
of a desert prison camp, where
one dynamic black man exists
among a horde of fools chained
together in two’s and surrounded
by rattlers, scorpions and dirt.
It ends with the slaughter of a
whole garrison of Mexican troops
who have done their time guard
ing a fortune that wasn’t there.
El Condor is a massive stone
fortress situated deep in the
mountains of old Mexico, and well
protected against attack by can
ons and an elite set of guard
troops. Within its high walls lives
the commanding general and his
blonde mistress, and around them
revolves the life of chivalry that
every military hero from the old
school dreams of.
The fortress El Condor is a
majestic sight when first reveal
ed. The visual composition of El
Condor becomes superb at this
point, and reflects the fine degree
of artistry used in the filming of
the movie.
But even more beautiful in the
minds of those who are looking
upon El Condor for the first time
is the thought of the shimmering
gold madness that lies beneath
her, casting its golden hue in the
torchlight below ground.
facts, a glorification of the com
mon cowboy and his exploits.
This style of overdramatic char
acterization has become an in
tegral part of what American au
diences want to see in a western
show.
In El Condor, Guillermin has
followed this stilted style and ex
ecuted it with such perfection that
the movie cannot help but to fall
into the top of its class.
Guillermin directs several
scenes in the movie that are shot
with the camera physically sup
ported by a cameraman who is
positioned right in the thick of
the action. As such, you get drawn
into the picture as an actual par
ticipant.
The result is an amazingly real
istic involvement with the movie,
making you feel actually inside
the screenplay.
El Condor is saturated with
photographic clarity in each and
every scene, giving it dramatic
visual impact. There is one scene
which particularly strikes you
with its simplistic visual quality.
To be sure, the course of events
in El Condor far exceeds the
boundaries of reality. However,
in American western shows there
has evolved an exageration of
Jim Brown awakens early one.
morning after spending the night
in a small valley that has a shal
low stream running through it.
As he kneels by the stream side
and washes his face in the cool
water, and is illuminated by the
soft early morning light, you feel
an immense involvement into
what is happening, almost to the
point of being able to register the
feel of cool water running over
your own face.
This one incident is typical of
the style of photography that
John Guillermin and Henry Per-
sin have given El Condor. It is
brilliant in color, dynamic in com
position and dramatically able to
involve you in the picture.
The acting of both Lee Van
Cleef and Jim Brown is good,
although the roles they have to
play seem to cramp both their
styles. The movie fails to tax the
full abilities of each, and you
get the feeling they are capable
of coming forth with much more
meaningful performances.
As the audience for the last
showing of El Condor Wednesday
night began to fill the seats of
the Campus Theatre, I noticed
several players from A&M’s foot
ball team sitting near the front
rows.
Then about three rows behind
them a student attempted to sit
down while carrying a large-sized
Coke in each hand. Unfortunately
for him, he managed to spill
some, 10 feet away from one of
the players.
So this player gets up from
his seat, grabs the guy by the
neck, and while muttering some
thing unprintable on these pages,
proceeds to shake the hell out of
this cat who did the spilling.
Then, to top it all, he picks up
one of the Cokes and pours it
out over this poor guy’s head.
Numbers in ( ) denote 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk 7:00 15 (12) What’s New
channels on the cable. 4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows (NET)
TODAY 15 (12) University 7;30 3 (5) Here’s Lucy
3:00 3 (5) Corner Pyle Instructional 15 (12 ) Maggie and the
15 (12) Sesame Street 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched Beautiful Machine
(NET) Repeat of 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 8;()() 3 Mayberry RED
Thursday 15 (12) Misterogers 15 (12) Spectrum (NET)
3:30 3 (5) Town Talk Neighborhood (NET) U ' spectrum (n&L)
4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows 5:30 3 (5) CBS News 8:30 3 (5 > Dons Da y
15 (12) University 15 (12) Sesame Street 9:00 3 (5) Carol Burnett
Instructional (NET) 15 (12) Evening at the
4:30 3 (5) Bewitched 6:00 3 (5) Evening News Pops (NET)
5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 6:30 3 (5) Gunsmoke 10:00 3 (5) Final News
15(12) Miatoog^ 15(12) Campus and 10:30 3 (5) The FBI
Neighborhood (NET) Community Today
5:30 3 (5) CBS News 15 (12) What’s New 11:30 3 (5) The Law and
15 (12) Sesame Street (NET) Mr. Jones
(NET)
6:00 3 (5) Evening Ngjvs -g -m m -m
6:30 15 ( (i 2 fc d a y m P B ura h „d Bu Uetui Bod ra
Community Today
7:00 3 (5) Nanny and the SUNDAY tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Professor Alpha Phi Omega will hold ini- room 3D of the MSC. It will be
15 (12) What’s New tiation for prospective members an introductory and organization-
(NET) a t 7 p.m. in the Birch Room of al meeting, and all those inter-
7:30 3 (5) Headmaster the MSC. Civilians should wear ested in science fiction, fantasy
15 (12) Forsyte Saga coat and tie, cadets summer class or comics are welcome.
( NET ) A unif orm. Army Cadet W i V e S Club will
8:00 3 (5) Movie—McHale’s Alpha Phi Omega will meet at hold a welcoming coffee at 8 p . m .
Navy Joins the Air Force 8 p.m. in room 3D of the MSC at the home of Col and Mrs Jim
8:30 15 (12) A&M-LSU game to discuss selling mums for the McCoy> 27 o 2 Burton Dr., Bryan.
films next four h °™ e ,I 0 ° tba11 * ameS - All wives whose husbands are
10:00 3 (5) Final News MONDAY Army R0TC members or grad
10:30 3 (5) Tom Jones Rugby Club of A&M will meet students with con t rac ts are urged
11:30 3 (5) Alfred Hitchcock at 6:30 p.m. in the Art Room of , tt 1
MONDAY the MSC. All members must at-
3:00 3 (5) Corner Pyle tend. Lone Star Beer tourney will WEDNESDAY
15 (12) Sesame Street be discussed. Society for the Advancement of
(NET) Repeat of TUESDAY Management will hold a smoker at
Friday) Cepheid Variable Science Fic- 8 p.m. in the Shilo Club.
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8 :00 & 10 :00 A.M. Worship
9 :00 A.M.—Bible Study
5:15 P.M.—Young People's Class
6 :00 P.M.—Worship
7:15 P.M.—Aggie Cla
9 :30 A.M.—Tues. - Ladies Bible Class
7-9 A.M.—Sun. Breakfast - Stu. Ctr.
9 :45 A.M.—Church School
11 :00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :0O P.M.—Sun. Single Stu. Fellowship
7 :15 P.M.—Wed. Student Fellowship
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9:15 A.M.
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Mornii
Evening Service
rg Worship
Pres. Clinton Phillips
meetings until next September
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6:30 P.M.—Young People’s Service
7:00 P.M. Preaching Service
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10 :55 A.M.-—Morning Worship
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7 :20 PM—Evening Worship
6 :45 PM Choir Practice &
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