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“All Messed Up: IPG), with Luigi 1)1-herti and Lina Poliio, directed by Lina Wert-mwllcr. Italian with English subtitles, at the Cajnclview theater.tBy MIKE PETBYNI After films like “Love and Anarchy, “Swept Away . . and “Seven Beauties,'' Lina Wertmul-ler probably considers a film like “All Messed Upas a sort of comic relief*in iier career, a sort of purging of the s t a r k demons that dominate her other films.',5 ?l'If ••this is a purge — a lightcning-up. so to speak — then it's much iike Virginia Woolf writing “Orlando’’ after “To the Lighihouse. The demons of black comedy canNecklace lostCHICAGO (AP) - The necklace probably was worth $300 melted down, but the memories were worth far more to actress Eileen Heckart. It had 40 to 50 gold charms commemorating every play she has appeared in during her more than 20years on Broadway.The necklace disappeared from her hotel room while Miss Heckart was appearing in the one-woman play, “Eleanor,based on the life of Elea-«nor Roosevelt.Police said Miss Heckart discovered the necklace missing when she returned to her room early Friday and found someone had gone through her luggage.becomes here a slap of surprise. “Survive: (K), with Pablo Ferrel and Hugo Stiglilz, directed by Rene Cardona, at seven Valley theaters ami drive-ins.“Survive. which lias been released for its explolative value in the United States by Paramount, is a Mexican movie based on the truly tragic iff72 Andes plane crash in which 16 survivors, who were left forwrote and directed, centers on a group of commune members who live in an old tenement amid the towering, glass-walled skyscrapers of modern Milan. The c o m m u n e members are like an innocent blemish that modern urban society has yet to wipe out with its dull, oppressive cosmetology.Miss Wcrtmulicr follows (he characters through their lives picking at their errant hopes and dreams, their frequent failures, with an eye for nuance that strikes like a falcon ripping into rabbits. One is tempted to say that Miss Wertmullcr's style is sadistic glee if it were not for the fact that shlt; sees, and shows, (he pathos aj the foundation of her harsh comedy.One character slaves to have a house of his own so that he can marry the simple country girl heloves. But as the story progresses, she becomes increasingly “sophisticated and ends up material-istiely wanting more than he will ever be able to provide. Another character becomes a thief whose false pride is undercut by h i s desperate running. Another character, who is the poorest of the lot, marries only to have his wife give birth first to twins and then quintuplets.“AH Messed Up has the 5ame rich mixture of politics, economics and human frailty that made Miss Werlmulier's other films such a delight for art film audiences but here there is more subtlety. 11 shows more of her^ RESTAURANTBfltwcon Osborn Thornes Rd, Luncheon Special $1.25 up Sing’s Egg Rolls 50c eaTruly on* of Ariieno'i moil d*1l*ciout CHinti* food Mitouronlf,mifh »urpri*ing low fonvfy pric«t * Friendly Strviet • Ord*r» to Go3317 N. 19th Ave. 274-8738sometimes haunt worse then those of tragedy.“All Messed Up haunts with a hideous grin.The film’s story, whichMiss Wcrtmulicr bothdebt to Federico Fellini, with whom she studied for years, in the delicate way she reveals (he sorrows Ihese people caught in theurban grind. What hasbeen a bludgeon before
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Phoenix Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sat, Jul 31, 1976
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