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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 18, 1972
Page
14
Douglas MacDonald reviews a surreal satire that lampoons mass car culture. The piece notes the film’s humor stems from exposing human frustration and urges viewers to laugh with awareness of the underlying critique.
A vivid critique of modern traffic through Jacques Tati’s Traffic. M Hulot travels to the Amsterdam Motor Show with a faulty exhibit as a parade of mechanical mishaps unfolds. The film’s humor is pure sight gag and choreography, balancing eccentric characters with a gadget obsessed world.
The American Embassy and Arts Council of Australia present a graphic arts exhibition and a book collection at Theatre Centre Gallery through May 28. The show surveys engraving etching lithography and silk screen from centuries of philosophy, featuring Warhol Campbell's Soup references Krushenik Lichenstein Pond works Chevreul color theory and pieces like Falling Man and Passage. It praises the strong display of form and color in this concise yet diverse graphic arts collection.
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