Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Flotie review by Michael Hostel Siuk Winnipeg free press. Wednesday. July 23, 1959 pop Star meets a guru in new East West film he guru. Which on Aprl i it the guru which opened recently at the Hyland theatre is a Wistful witty but somewhat error prone look at that Heady moment in history when the cascading Energy of Anglo american Rock music almost but not quite blended with the keening resonance of the Indian sitar. It was Only a couple of autumns ago when mad mod English rockers went out in to the Indian seeking instant 149.50 Walnut desks Fular top Dmit j. To Refl a co. Ltd 231 Princiss Street phone 942-0831 Flash cubes acl and m2 bulbs i everyday Lew Price your Monty Back if you can buy them for less Goodall. Photo Ltd. 321 Carlton St. Opp. Free press fret parking at rear Cabin tent i Wall Craan 01, Drill. Sleepi 4 m s. Screen with flaps. Steel poles and pegs. Weium 58 5 so rec. 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If it is any Consolation to Shankar and the maharishi they Are merely enduring the same Fate that befell drug messiahs Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey before them. Anyway the Fate of the entire East meets West thing was probably sealed when Ringo got tired of eating the spicy food at the maharishi s Indian Retreat and decided to return to goo old England. This film is directed _ James Ivory an Anglo Indian who is by heritage equipped to see both sides of the East West fad and it is a tribute to Ivory s Lively and Independent mind that he does not play favourites when dealing with the weaknesses of the two world views. Ivory satirizes both Eastern and Western idiosyncrasies in the Many and sprightly comic episodes in the guru. But when the film turns serious Ivory obviously opts for the deep and abiding values of Indian tradition. Fan enough but he tends to Short change the far More recent but nevertheless quite powerful and valid moral influence of pop Rock stars like the beatles Lead guitarist George Harrison. It is due mainly to the peace love influence of Harrison and the other three beatles that for the first time a generation has emerged which has largely abandoned As pop idols the Patriot Butcher types person australian sees father honoured Harold m. Black optometrist 323 St. 943-9038 Contact unto always Good toot More Security with false Teeth at any time Don t be so afraid that your false Teeth will come Loose or drop just at the wrong time. For More Security and More Comfort just Sprinkle a Little fas Teeth on your plates. Fas Teeth holds both uppers and Lowers firmer longer. Makes eating easier. Fas Teeth is alkaline. No Foi my pasty taste dentures that fit Are essential to health. See your dentist regularly. Get fas Teeth. We rent apartment and household furniture modern age furniture 222 Mcdermot at Albert phone 942-3279 Lloydminster sask. Australian Farmer whose childhood was made miserable by the Public belief that his father was a charlatan returns to this West Central Saskatchewan Community this week to see his father honoured. William Barr is to attend banquets and parades in this town of the Alberta Saskatchewan Border Hoh Orin g his father Isaac an anglican priest who left Canada for Australia at the beginning of this Century. The reversal of Public opinion wuss brought about the publication of a Book about Isaac Montgomery Barr by Helen Evans Reid head of the medical publications department of the Hospital for sick children in Toronto. The Book is called All silent All damned. A frequent contributor to magazines and an author or. Reid spent her child Good in Western Canada. She said she did t intend to vindicate the Canadian Clergyman who was reputed to be dishonest in his dealings with English settlers he persuaded to Migrate to Canada in 1903. His son William said tuesday in Saskatoon he looked Forward to visiting this Community with maybe a Little Trenida Isaac Barr was a vision Ary who lacked the practicality to carry out his Empire building schemes. The settlement he established Here eventually thrived but he did t live to see it. Automatic transmissions rebuilt like they were built 545.90-- plus or. Warranty easy terms free pickup fast service Courtesy cars phone anytime 786-2437 Ujj cos tic transmissions 957 Portage Upton ouf driving drive to big 4 sales a tits pick yourself a bargain modern window aluminium phone 233-41 74 24 hour Tiu phone service All and kinds of aluminium windows doors i if professional salesmen. Our representatives Are highly skilled tradesmen with authority to offer quotations to conclude All arrangements. 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Portnoy Hiam 82, of Winni Peg. Raby Frederick of 1 Rudston Avenue Ritchie William 67, of 415 Rosedale Avenue. Rose mrs. Ingoborg Johanna 76, of Truro Street St. James Assiniboia wife of Arthur Rose Sewell mrs. Ellen Grace 59 of 215 Belvidere Street St. James Assiniboia wife of Wil Burt Edmu rid Sewell. Suffron James Roy 81, of 835 Manhattan Avenue for Merly of Minaki ont Zelenko Harry 72, of 836 Pritchard Avenue former Vulcan Iron works Moulder. For further information please see classified death notices by the Canadian press Wilgress 76, a Candia Diplomat for 44 years who held most of the country s major ambassadorial posts Dur ing his career. Bond macintosh owned the Victo Ria daily times from 1915 to 1918 after inheriting it from her step father and her Uncle the late William Templeton. Rapid growth los Angeles a a Semi annual report by the City s planning department estimates los Angeles population at More than that s an in crease of nearly since the last official census in i960. Confronted by the angry complaints of the unhappy settlers he fled and eventually settled in Australia where he died haunted by his failure. Or. Reid wrote a Maga Zine article in 1963 that sharply criticized Isaac Barr. The Book published by Ryerson press of Toronto resulted from further re search and gives a More favourable picture. In the Book she says that or. Barr was a tragic figure whose greatest weak Ness was credulity. He took the word of almost everyone and expected them to live up to their commitments. Fied in the screen image of movie stars like John Wayne except for the Street fighting Man the barricades romanticist in the ads movement the aware members of today s youth View violence even if sanctioned by the state As in inferior and. Degrading human activity. There Are Many Here among us of course who see this development As a very hopeful sign for the future of Mankind. The guru is clearly a Cine Matic comment on and synth Esis of two real events George Harrison s studying the sitar in India and the subsequent involvement of All four beatles in the transcendental movement of the maharishi. Ivory who teamed with r Prawer Jhabvala to write the film s screenplay has created Ravi s h a n k a i k e Sitaris played by Utpal Dutt to represent the Indian Side. The Indian Sitaris agrees to teach the Western world s top Rock Star. Englishman Tom Pickle Michael York How to play the sitar. The Sitaris sees this agreement not Only As merely giving musical lessons nit also As a Chance to infuse he materialistic West with unfortunately Tom Pickle re Gards the sitar As a sort of exotic Banjo and merely wants to master the instrument s techniques without getting involved in the boundless Indian imagination which supplies the sitar with its emotional depth. Pickle comes on like a in hip Rock Star from the pre beatle Era with social deportment and musical tastes that make him seem a Freak survivor from he dismal ranks of Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Pickle As characterized by screenwriters Ivory in Michael inadequate is a shocking figure to repro Indian values through the Awe some communicative Power of a Rock Star. He also sees it As an Opportunity to Stop the increasing westernization of Indian youth by Eastern zing West Ern youth. In Short the Sitaris to become the Rock Star s guru and through him the guru of the Western world. I sent the solid musicianship and questing imagination of today s leading Rock musicians. Due to the screenwriters failure to comprehend the artistic and moral vitality of the Best Rock and its practitioners a false note is struck which lasts through the entire film and the East West encounter is rendered largely meaningless at least to Western eyes and ears. This is too bad since there is much wit visual Beauty and Fine acting in the guru. Utpal Dutt makes the Sitaris guru into wonderfully human bundle of contrasting faults and Virtues. Rita Tushingham is Fine As a wide eyed British Bird suffering from an overdose of Himalayan High mindedness. And there is some marvellous work from the Indian support ing cast including a touching portrayal of an aging guru by Nana Zulsikar. Sunny City Edmonton Gap although Edmonton took the honors As Canada s sunniest City in june with 325.1 hours of Sunshine the Competition hardly seems fair. In this Gateway to the the Sun rises at four in the morning giving an Edge in the race most cities Don t enjoy. The second highest amount of Sunshine on record for the City it was z3.9 hours above Normal total rainfall at one Inch was Only one third of the Normal amount. Two daily temperature re i were set in june. A Jow of i -j2.9 degress was recorded on i june 12 while five Days later the Mercury Rose to 87.1. 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