Michael. Cacoyannis, world-
famed as an interpreter and
Meator of Greek classic plays onto
‘film, once again brings us a truly
@tonishing, memorable work.

©O much cannot be said for his
onus; this time he visually and

SVETLANA TOMA ... in
“een of the Gypsies.

: Hungary, USSR
Qt cinema fest

. Two films from the socialist

Countries—one from Hungary

fae the other from the

hk form part of the lineup of

“Me 17th annual Festival of Inter-

National Films at. the Dunbar
€atre in Vancouver.

The first, winner of the Karlovy
ary Festival and a Hungarian
Titics’ choice is Rain or Shine, a
Comedy depicting the clash of
Culture and character as a
bureaucrat and his family visit the
Country. With it, is a Canadian
| Short, B License, on the con-
troversial salmon licensing pro-
gram. It runs July 16 and 24, 9:30
P.m.

From the USSR comes the
Queen ofthe Gypsies, alive with
the songs, dances and rhythms of
the gypsy culture in the Soviet
Union, It is based on the Molda-
Vian legend of the horse thief

bar and his lover, the proud
dda. It’s on screen July 17 and

» both showings at 7:30 p.m.

- Tickets for all Festival films are

Served and are available at the
5 on Theatre, 881 Granville,

Pen noon till 6 p.m. and the Var-

ay Theatre, 4375 W. 10th Ave.,
Pen 6 p.m. till 10.

if ‘Triumphant’ Cacoyannis film 2
gives new life to Greek legend

politically dramatizes the com-
plicated tragic legend of the conse-
quences to Greece when Paris
steals Helen and takes her to
Troy.

This classic by Euripides is an
eloquent, dramatic poem against
war, against the greed, vanity and

acquisitiveness of the men of his
time. It is the women who come
through as the humanists, the

haters of war and who recognize
its futility.

The plot is complicated but at
all times as clear as the simple,
brilliant poetry, well captured in
the translated titles. It is this:
Paris, having aroused Helen to a
“frenzied passion,”’ has stolen her_
and taken her to Troy. Her hus-
band, Menelaus, brother of the
king, Agamemnon, induces him
to retrieve his honour by attacking
Troy with a thousand ships and a
hundred thousand men.

In order to raise the army, men
are seduced by the promise of ac-
quiring great wealth, limitless gold
in Troy. They leave their families,
disguising the greedy motive,
deluding even themselves into
believing that the war is for the
glory of Greece, for its honor.

Ready to set sail, they are eager
to get on with the battle and the
glorious victory, but the winds die
completely and they cannot leave
the shore. The stillness continues
for days, then a week.

The restlessness of the soldiers,
the lack of decent food, the
lengthy absence from their women
and families turns the men from
impatience to frustration to
rebellion. King Agamemnon is the
target. .

To satisfy their hunger, he turns
them loose on a-herd of cattle,
which they slaughter, and gorge

themselves. In the course of the .

slaughter, they kill a sacred deer,
and the Oracle (High Priest) tells
Agamemnon the wind will never
rise until he makes retribution: it
is written by the gods that he must
sacrifice his first born, his 18-year-
old daughter Iphigenia.

There begins his conflict, which
tears his soul apart. The soldiers
have heard of the Oracle’s word
through Ulysses, Agamemnon’s
rival for power, and force him to
commit this monstrous act. Now
it is his glory as king against the

life of his beloved daughter. The —

position of women in Greek socie-

film memorable.

.Mikis Theodorakis.

IPHIGENIA. Directed and written for
the screen by Michael Cacoyannis.
Music by Mikis Theodorakis. A film
festival feature at the Dunbar Theatre,
July 23 and 25, 7:30 p.m.

ty, their moral and_= ethical
superiority to the men who de-
mand -and achieve their subser-
vience, to the inevitable tragedy, is
a work of wondrous proportions.

Irene Papas, as Clytemnestra,
Agamemnon’s wife and mother of
Iphigenia, is outstanding in her
eloquence and dramatic power,
thrilling beyond description. She

is not merely the mother of |

Iphigenia, she is the mother of all
humanity.

Tatiana .Papamoskou as
Iphigenia was an inspired choice;
the essence of innocence and love
for her father, the stricken soul
when she learns of the betrayal,
her beseeching of her tortured
father are soul-and-heart-searing.

Costa Kazakos or Agamemnon
gives a performance of operatic
proportions in a role that could be
played no other way. The rest of
the supporting cast helps make the

Too much cannot be said in
praise for the direction, the
photography by Georges Arvan-
tis, the setting of Photopoulos,
and the subtle, restrained but
remarkable dramatic score , by
Greece’s most famous composer,

—Lester Cole

TATIANIA PAPAMOSKOU
.. . as Iphigenia. J

te Paxton, Utah Phillips, Si
Bical Dave McLean, Valdy,
mond €th Cotton and John Ham-
hundred among the more than one
aM folk artists who will be
Folk Vancouver’s second annual
cick Usic Festival this weekend at.
i Beach Park.
b Sands are expected to turn
- ae Friday evening to Sunday
saad festival with continuous
10: ainment on five stages from

~~ a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday

VAN.

ANNUAL

and Sunday and an evening concert
each night on the main stage.

The day performances are divid-
ed up into workshops focusing on a
wide variety of themes from blues
and country music, to clogging and
stringband music, to labor and
peace songs. ea

Saturday at 11:30 a.m. the
“‘Songs to rock the boat”’
workshop will hear Tom Paxton,
Utah Phillips and Si Kahn, a union
organizer-folk singer who _par-

Paxton, Valdy headline

YCL’s

SALMON

BARBEQUE
Sunday, July 22-12 p.m.

3310 Cardinal Dr., Burnaby
$4.00

dinner at 3 p.m.

swimming

fun for all

festival ©

ticipated in the Brookside Harlan
County miners strike.

Another workshop, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, will hear Phillips, Tom
Scribner, Fred Holstein and Kate
Wolf sing IWW songs, while later
that day at 12:30 p.m., Paxton, Bob
Bossin, Vera Johnson and Don
Lange will lead a workshop titled,
“‘Rinstein said he was scared, and if
Einstein is scared, I’m scared.”

Friday’s evening concert will

feature Vera Johnson, Flying
Mountain, Frankie Armstrong,
Mimi Farina and Sneezy Waters.
Saturday evening, Robin and Linda
Williams, Tom Scribner, Si Kahn,
and Barde will perform and Sunday
evening’s concert will hear
Elizabeth Cotton, Stringband,
Valdy, John Hammond and Tom
Paxton. ‘
_ Throughout the day sessions a
children’s area will be supervised
with puppet, juggling and
children’s concert performances.

Tickets for the festival cost $20
for the full weekend, but tickets are
also available for days only from
the Vancouver ticket centre, Eatons
and Black Swan Records. For more
information about the festival,
phone 879-9271.

x

Kashtan (left) with GDR ambassador Dr. Horst Grunert at a dinner
in Toronto following presentation of the GDR Karl Marx Award.

Kashtan greeted with
honors from world CPs

A flood of greetings and honors
from throughout Canada and
around the world have marked the
seventieth birthday of Communist
Party leader William Kashtan.

Kashtan’s birthday has been
chosen by the CP and other Com-
munist parties as an appropriate
time to honor him for his years of
leadership in both the Canadian
and international Communist
movements. E

-In Toronto, June 30, Kashtan
was honored with the ‘‘Karl Marx
Award’”’ of the German Democratic
Republic. The highest award of the
GDR, it was presented to Kashtan
by GDR ambassador to Canada
and the U.S., Dr. Horst Grunert.
The GDR’s leading journal on in-
ternational affairs, Horizont, also
published a warm tribute to Kash-
tan and Neues Deutschland, news-
paper of the Socialist unity Party

carried a greeting to Kashtan from

GDR president Erich Honecker.

In Moscow this week, where
Kashtan is visiting, the CP leader
was awarded the Soviet Union’s
“Order of Friendship of the Peo-
ples’ award. And on June 27, the
Soviet Communist Party newspaper
Pravda published a greeting to
Kashtan which spoke of him as ‘“‘a
fighter for the interests.of the work-
ing class and all working people, for
democracy, social progress and
peace.”’

Kashtan has received written
greetings from Communist and
Workers’ parties around the world
including the CP’s of Chile, Bul-

garia, Belgium, Italy, Romania,
Hungary, East Germany, Yugo-
slavia, Great Britain, Peru,
Jamaica, South Africa, Israel, Por-
tugal, Greece, Austria, France, In-
dia, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and
West Germany. Other greetings
came from the Mongolian Revolu-
tionary Party, the Peoples
Progressive party of Guyana, the
Youlou Liberation Movement, the
Party of Working People of Cyp-
rus, the Polish Workers Party, and
the Socialist Party of Australia.

In Canada, the central executive
of the CP adopted a special resolu-
tion to honor Kashtan which noted
that he is ‘‘honored and respected
throughout the international move-
ment as a champion of proletarian
internationalism.’’ Kashtan’s
leadership of the CP of Canada
since 1965 have been a ‘“‘testament
to his steadfastness and ability to

uphold and defend the program and:
policies of the CP,’’ the CEC reso-

lution added.

The B.C. executive of the CP also
adopted a special resolution honor-
ing Kashtan which expressed ‘‘deep
appreciation’ for ‘‘many years of
outstanding contributions to the
cause of the working class and
socialism.’’

“Under your leadership the party
in Canada has been able to analyze
the great historical events which
have taken place and to work out
correct theory and tactics to meet
changing Canadian and world con-
Sons the message to Kashtan
said,

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