

     I have not read W.0. 
     
     Mitchell's M10 Has Seen 
     
     the Wind?, but I am sure 
     
     that the film version of 
     
     the novel does not do. it 
     
     justice. This is 
     
     supposed to be one ofthe 
     
     truly great works of 
     
     Canadian fiction, but the 
     
     film I saw last Friday 
     
     night was'a sorry excuse 
     
     for a great Canadian 
     
     film. True, great 
     
     (anadian films have al- 
     
     ways been in short 
     
     supply, but this one 
     
     should have been the 
     
     cream of the new crop of 
     
     greatly improved 
     
     Canadian motion pictures. 
     
     It wasn't. 
     
    
     First the good news. 
     
     mo Has Seen the Wind?is 
     
     extremely well filmed. 
     
    
     'nne camera moves perfectly. 
     
    
     cutting and thrusting 
     
     through the nebulous plot 
     
     and giving the viewer a 
     
     startineg clear and 
     
     appealing vehicle through 
     
     which to capture the 
     
     flavour of prairie life 
     
     during the depressicn. 
     
     'Ihe use of light and 
     
     colour is precise and 
     
     effective in conveying a 
     
     definite mood here, and 
     
    
     it is during Brian's 
     
    
     (the young protagonist 
     
    
     of the film) brief run- 
     
     away scene that the 
     
     texture of the vast 
     
     prairie and the mood of 
     
     loneliness and despair 
     
     are best portrayed. As 
     
     well, the film manages 
     
    
     to create a lot of silent 
     
     dialogue; there is 
     
    
     little actual conversation 
     
     heard during most scenes, 
     
     but the communication 
     
     taking place is obvious to 
     
     even the most drowsy 
     
     moviegoer (and at this 
     
     film, I'm sure a lot of 
     
     us were more drowsy ‘than 
     
     usual.) 
     
    
     'Ihe plot of Who Has Seen 
     
     the Wind? remains satething 
     
     of a mystery to me. Presu— 
     
     mably, it is about a young 
     
     boy's learning experience 
     
     in a small prairie town, 
     
     but beyond that things 
     
     are a bit muddled. 'lhere 
     
     are several other plots 
     
     buzzing away in the back- 
     
     ground, and the whole 
     
     thing moves slowly and 
     
     silently across in front 
     
     of the viewer's eyes for 
     
     about two hours, then ' 
     
     abruptly stops. We don't 
     
    
     black . 
     
    
     this week. 
     
    
     the March Break. 
     
     this year. 
     
    
     the play—offs . 
     
    
     ready opened. 
     
    
     rIhe Great Blizzard. 
     
    
     year. 
     
    
     HATH 
     
    
     . . . .There is a Student Union election coming soon. 
     
     . . . .Marion Hall raided Bernadine Hall. 
     
     ....Winter Carnival managed to come out in the 
     
    
     . ...'I'here is a new lvaie Club. 
     
     . . . .‘Ihere will be a Photo Club on campus next Fall. 
     
     . . . .Dr. Meincke (President Elect) was on campus 
     
    
     . . . .The Education Society is going to Florida for 
     
    
     . . . .John Neville and Kevin Gauthier are running for 
     
     Executive positions again. _ 
     
     . . . .Vince Mulligan's Intramurals are rurmmg well 
     
    
     . ..David "Moose" Cameron is on the injured list 
     
     for the rest of the season. I 
     
     . . . .Panther Hockey and Basketball teams Wlll make 
     
    
     . . . .Student Union election nominations have al- 
     
    
     ....Iast week's Band, Bop Sho Bop Revue, was 
     
     better than Liverpool. 
     
    
     . .. .Sun photographer, Lee Donnelly took 1,900 
     
     photos during Carnival Week. 
     
    
     ....’Ihe'Ice Box'became the 'Snow Bin' during 
     
     "The Great Blizzard" of Feb.8. 
     
    
     . . ..The Panther Hockey team is on the read this 
     
     weekend against Acadia and St. Marys. 
     
    
      {Blanchard Hall students had to shovel the snow 
     
     banks that were found INSIDE the Building during 
     
    
     ‘. . . .NEtorial Hall may lay ‘idle for yet another 
     
    
      has been challenged by CHIN in next week's 
     
     "Bowl for Millions" for Big Brothers. 
     
    
     .. . ."Rmor Hath it 'Ihat. . . ."is a true column, 
     
     written b students from different 
     
    
     get to know anyone well 
     
    
     IT THAT 
     
    
     of campus. 
     
    
     ‘ 'Ihe UPEI SUN,’I‘hursday,Feb.9,l978,page 7 
     
    
     INEMASCOPE 
     
    
     during those two hours, 
     
     and character portrayal 
     
     as a whole is just awful. 
     
     Some are stereotyped: 
     
     the religious madman 
     
     living alone in the wild, 
     
     the sadistic old school— 
     
     teacher, the young pair of 
     
     star—crossed lovers, the 
     
     bickering old great—aunt 
     
     and uncle. All parts 
     
     are abominably acted, 
     
     Gordon Pinsent and Margo 
     
     Kitter not excluded. 
     
     is some heavy imagery of 
     
     an animal dying and of an 
     
     animal being set free, and 
     
     this does pertain to the 
     
     subplot of Young Ben, but 
     
     its impact is somehow 
     
     deadened by the ungodly 
     
     acting and the vagueness 
     
     of the whole thing. 
     
    
     (he does get the sense 
     
    
     'lhere 
     
    
     by Dave 
     
     Wood 
     
    
     that Mitchell's novel 
     
     dealt with a lot of things 
     
     in considerable more 
     
     depth than the film did, 
     
     and no doubt the movie 
     
     could have been 
     
    
     marvelous in a lot of 
     
     ways. But awareness of 
     
     its potentials does not 
     
     stop one from constantly 
     
     peering at his watch to 
     
     see when he can get out 
     
     of his seat and go some- 
     
     where more enjoyable. It 
     
     is my opinion that Who 
     
     Has Seen the Wind? i—s—a 
     
     poor film, and one which 
     
     does little or nothing to 
     
     improve the status of 
     
     Canadian movies at home 
     
     or abroad” W.O. Mitchell 
     
     has my sincere sympathy, 
     
     for I'm sure his book has 
     
     been slaughtered. 
     
    
     Sunday Night 
     
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     “THE DEEP" ' LOUIS GOSSETT and EU WALLACH 
     
     Based on the novel by Peter Benchley - Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Tracy Keenan Wynn 
     
     Produced by Peter Guber ~ Drrected by Peter Yates ~ Musrc D John Barry 
     
    
     C0 LO R/SCO P E 
     
    
     123 MIN. 
     
    
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