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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 14. June 13 1977

6th Wellington Film Festival

6th Wellington Film Festival

Brochures with details are available from booksellers, libraries, the theatre etc. Thirty five films this year, with works by major directors Truffaut, Visconti, Herzog, Fassbinder, Wertmuller.

There are eleven documentaries, including Marcel Ophuls' much acclaimed investigation into war crimes from Nuremberg to Vietnam, "The Memory of Justice; Herzog's" masterpiece" on the deaf and blind", Land of Silence and Darkness; a promising film on the contemporary British painter David Hockney, "A Bigger Splash"; and "Volcano," an inquiry into the life of one of the most powerful novelists of the century, Malcolm Lowry. Documentaries will very deservedly provide many of the highlights of this festival.

New Zealand is represented by Paul Maunder's award-winning Landfall, which will be the most significant film of the fortnight.

A number of excellent lesser known directors deserve special mention. Jean-Marie Straub's (Moses and Aaron) work is something of a cross between the minimalism of Warhol and the disciplined aestheticism of Dreyer. His intention has been to reduce cinema to its purest, most beautiful form: movement. Jacques Rivette (Duelle/Twhylight) is the least known and can be the most exhilarating of the New Wave. Spirited improvisation, here featuring Bulle Ogier (La Salamander, etc) and Juliet Berto (Julie in "Celine and Julie.") is the dominant trademark. Bob Rafelson Stay Hungry) is one of the surest of US directors, remembered for' 5 Easy Pieces' and The King of Marvin Gardens."

Bookings will be necessary for many of the features. Celluloid blindness is a great thing to buy with your tax refund.

- Simon Wilson