Word: alaine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...followers, Charles de Gaulle was nothing less than "twice the savior of his country," and even today the Gaullists are reluctant to entrust the telling of the precious legend to anyone who might tamper with it. Nobody knows this better than French Film Makers Alain de Sédouy and André Harris, who (along with Director Marcel Ophuls) collaborated in 1969 on the superb documentary The Sorrow and the Pity, an exhaustive and exhausting (4½-hour-long) study of a French city under the Nazi Occupation (TIME, March...
...first-round voting. When the results showed the Gaullists and their allies trailing in the popular vote tally by an expected but still humiliating eight percentage points, government spokesmen began sounding unaccustomed notes of understanding and humility. "The vote of the French is like a warning shot," said Alain Peyrefitte, leader of the Gaullist U.D.R. party, shortly before this week's balloting. "We will know how to interpret their wishes...
HARVARD EPWORTH CHURCH. "One Week" by Buster Keaton, "Bondu Saved from Drowning" by Jean Renoir, March 1, 7:30, $1, Far From Vietnam, edited by Chris Marker from footage given to him by Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Renais, Agnes Varda, Joris Iven, and other, March 4, 7:30, free-sponsored by Institute of Politics. "The Boat" by Buster Keaton (1921), "Toni," by Jean Renoir (1935), March...
John Ferris is an excellent organist. If you have not yet heard him (or the big Fish organ in Memorial Church), consider attending the Friday night recital in the Yard. Ferris's taste is more modern than many organist's (such as the Alain piece); and when not modern, he will often present a lesser-known work (the Walther on the program). Be sure to get there a few minutes early for the best acoustical seats in the Church, just in front of the balcony overhang...
MEMORIAL CHURCH. John Ferris, University Organist. Works by Bach, Mozart, Alain, Walther, and Janacek. Free...