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Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1974 Batt Movie Review New York junkie featured in Andy Warhol’s ‘Trash’ By TED BORISKIE Andy Warhol’s “Trash” is about as socially redeeming as a kick in the gut. The 1970 film tugs on your nausea-strings as it forces the viewers to consider the (almost) everyday life of a New York junkie. It is not a very pleasant sight. Joe (Joe Dallesandro) is hook ed on heroin. He mumbles a lot. He shakes when he is on the street and sleeps wherever he finds room. He has no money. And the drug has made him im potent. Joe spends most of the film searching for heroin. Although his negative sex life is obviously of great concern to him, it can’t hold a candle to the importance of The Hunt. The drug is his life. WITHOUT MONEY, he has to use other people’s cash to get his fix and he will undergo any de gradation, no matter how low, in order to support his habit. Throughout the film he experi ences various encounters with as sorted weirdos including a girl who has a stage built into her living room, complete with lights and tinsel backdrop, so she can strip for her boyfriends; a rich socialite who gives him $20 for some LSD and doesn’t seem to mind when he brings back a fix for himself; a high school kid looking for marijuana that Joe’s girlfriend convinces to try he- i^s 0E)MS "TaTUITflDFa/YL '[pMVENTS ©N of wi* NEEDS YOU! If you waul to participate, express your views, testify before a committee, or desire information: CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800-292-9600 REMEMBER, THIS IS YOUR CONSTITUTION. roin; a woman who catches him breaking into her apartment and asks him to rape her; and his girlfriend’s pregnant sister who tries to seduce him. The fascinating aspect of the film is that he remains totally oblivious to whatever fantastic turn of events may be occurring and stares blankly into space, obviously thinking of ways to get more heroin. He walks around in a zombie-like state and is un able to carry on anything other than the simplest of conversa tions. If asked a question he can only say, “I don’t remember things so good anymore.” HIS GIRLFRIEND (played by female impersonator Holly Wood- lawn) supports him as best she can but her only means of sup port is her meticulous pilfering of garbage cans. She dreams of “go ing on welfare and becoming re spectable” but can’t qualify be cause of Joe’s habit. “Trash” is probably the best work to come out of the Warhol camp, even though, it is pretty Listen Up Editor: I would like to register a com plaint about the parking situation on campus and also the system which regulates it. I received a ticket on the 29th of January while I was parked in the parking lot just behind Davis-Gary. Hav ing been careful to park in an area which the parking maps des ignate as being freshmen-sopho- more parking, I was not expecting a ticket. I had noticed the sign change in that section of the lot which extends between the end of Davis-Gary and North Gate and thought they had extended the limits of the senior parking area to include that section. The area I parked in is now the park ing for Keithley & Fowler. Read ing in the Thursday Feb. 7 edition of the Batt about this change, I went to move my car the next af- much all the work of Paul Mor rissey (who is rumored to be the brains behind most of War hol’s films). It undoubtedly en joyed the most success at the box office. The film is incredibly graphic in its language and the scenes of sex and shooting up but it falls short of pornography. The scenes can’t appeal to prurient interests simply because they are so frightening in themselves. “Trash” is the American dream gone haywire, chewed up, swal lowed and vomited back on you from your friendly neighborhood movie screen. It demands to be accepted on its own terms as a humorous, terrifying, quasi-real- istic view of a seamier side of the American lifestyle. In its own way it can compare with “Citi zen Kane” and “Myra Brecken- ridge.” “Trash” will be shown at mid night tonight in the Rudder Cen ter Theater courtesy of your wide-awake friends in the Con temporary Arts Committee. ternoon to the Zachry lot. It was at this time that I discovered the ticket. How can you ticket some one for parking in an area without first telling him the parking lot’s status has been changed ? I decided to appeal the ticket but was told that since it was past 72 hours since the ticket was is sued I could not do so and must pay the fine. This 72 hour limit had expired before I ever found the ticket. Since this is my first ticket the fine is not bad. I am still irritated by the fact that I was denied my right to question what I feel is an unwarranted ticket simply because I haven’t been driving all over the country side and didn’t go to my car in time to find the ticket within 72 hours. William Langford Parking situation causes an outcry Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the University administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a University and Community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit such letters and does not guarantee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for xrerification. 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The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Editor Rod Speer Assistant to the Editor Greg Moses Managing Editor Stephen Goble News Editor Will Anderson Photo Editor Gary Baldasari Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Ass’t. Sports Editor Ted Boriskie Get It All Together This Weekend At Or li m. • Fine Italian food: Pizza, Spaghetti, Salads & Po-Boys! • Elegant Dining: Shag Carpet, Stained Glass, Wrought Iron Lamps, Stereo for your selection, exotic plants, and a fireplace! • A Pub with dancing, pinball, foosball, and pong. • Premium Beers: light and dark - on tap. • FASTEST DELIVERY IN TOWN — 846-1713 Editors Notes I don’t believe we’ve been formally introduced. My name is Rod Speer (note column head) and this week the Student Publications Board officially selected me (there were no competitors) to be your Battalion editor for the spring semester. I’ve been associated with this newspaper in several positions for two and a half years. I’m a junior journalism major originally from Washington, D.C. and currently reside in Corpus Christi in the off-season. During my time here I feel I’ve come to recognize some of the problems facing this newspaper and hope to be able to rectify them. A gap exists between The Battalion and the students of this university. Contrary to public opinion, the Batt is not entirely an organ of the administra tion. It can reflect the student mood and be responsive to student input. Part of the gap between this communication medium and its mandatory subscribers is engrained in the system. Students have minimal input into the selection of The Battalion editor. Unlike our popularly-elected Student Government head, the Batt editor is picked by a board of eight, in which only three are students. The board’s recommendation has to be approved by the president of the university. The Batt’s problems are in no way limited to this external situation, as many have come from within. The newspaper has constantly been understaffed and has suffered from a large annual turnover—with only a few upperclassmen remaining with the organization. Currently, I can boast of having a larger staff than I can adequately pay from our limited funds. We have, also, added a couple of upperclassmen with journalistic experience, but the problem is far from licked. Aside from resolving our internal dilemmas, our goal for this semester is to develop a meaningful rapport between the students and their campus newspaper and to increase the coverage of university and College Station topics. That’s nice rhetoric, but I know you want to see results. The “Your Man at Batt” column has been successful in answering student questions and I hope we continue to get letters and phone calls from students with problems. This is your newspaper (you’ve been paying $1.28 per semester in Student Services fees for this) and I hope we can make it work for you. PEA! Let me show you the value differences in diamonds. You should know what you are buying. ^ Carl Bussells "iamono Room (713) 846-4708 Town &. Country Cento | 3731 E. 29th Bryan, Texas 77801 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle THE AGGIE CINEMA presents THE STRENGTH OF MANKIND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ITS WOMEN. CINtAAMA AtUASINC a IOSEF SHAFTEL production KATHARINE HEPBURN VANESSA REDGRAVE GENEVIEVE BU)OLD IRENE PAPAS THE TROIAN WOMEN" MICHAEL CACOVANNIS FILM |GP1<SB> jyrj: 8:00 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Feb. 16 & 17 University Center Theatre Admission 50c EXTRA FREE MOVIE 10 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 M ** WON 8 ACADEMY AWARDS ** jroup!” and I use this sign when I meet four people in a GAMBLERS LET Eve R0 Need I room a i (paid. C pays 8-E Nice I. O -the lomer you waiV - cheaper Vh e^ets // I pool. 0 I paid. 1 ( 693-3828 BA1 ■take your chances on oizes monciav prices are Vi eff monday prices are /z on and conftnue To drop by day ( Ch r OP 505E. 32^d. sovtOWOd 622-2512 TRASH recounts the hilarious misadventures of Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn, a young couple struggling to get by in New York. While Joe travels the city half-heartedly hoping to find money and drugs among the city’s most bizarre inhabitants, Holly indulges her passion for gathering trash. While generally considered the most entertaining of ail the films produced by Andy Warhol’s filmmaking community, TRASH has been hailed as a powerful tragicomic view of life in today’s urban drug culture. “Funny, provocative, affecting and somehow very fine. TRASH is alive.” Vincent Canby, New York Times “A masterpiece. A brilliant, funny moving flim. Best movie of the year.” Rolling Stone “A beautiful, funky movie.” Village Voice “Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, always powerful — a brilliant portrait." Bernard Drew, Gannett News Service “Has a force that is all but overpowering.” New York Post "The most revealing and sensitive film ever about our generation. A fantastic flick.” East Village Other ANDY WARHOL'S TRASH ARTS FILMS SERIES JUMM hkH 4 V UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATER $TX30 FEB 15 (^NUP NITE ^