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...know, calls Godard "the most self-conscious film-maker in the world." In Vent de L'est, a 1969 film which opened at the Festival, Godard passes from self-consciousness to militant solipsism. The movie is, first, about capitalism, colonialism, and exploitation. It is a Western, set at the Alcoa plant just outside of Dodge City. Almost numbingly didactic, the film catalogues the niceties of repression, as Godard's troupe performs a classic ballet; a strike occurs; a delegate to management is chosen; active minorities speak up; an assembly is followed by repression; an active strike marks the onset...
...florid, silver-haired financier was born to rule. His was a celebrated family of bankers who built their capital by lending money to promising ventures and taking ownership interests in return. By the time Richard came of age, his family had dominant holdings in the Mellon National Bank, Gulf, Alcoa, Koppers and Carborundum. Richard, who became head of the family in 1934, later added First Boston Corp. and General Reinsurance Corp. Minority interests gave the Mellons a resonant voice in just about every Pittsburgh-based company except U.S. Steel. The family's policy was to reign rather than command...
Uptight Management. Last week's eruptions were only replays, with minor variations, of earlier confrontations at meetings of American Telephone & Telegraph, United Aircraft, Alcoa, General Electric and Columbia Broadcasting System. The protesters were of varied persuasions-from Marxist-Maoist to Quaker-and they included many affluent young adults and teenagers. Much central guidance was supplied by the Washington-based New Mobilization Committee, which coordinates the activities of many groups opposed to the war in Viet Nam. New Mobe's avowed aims are to 1) end war production, 2) convert factories to peacetime work without layoffs and 3) gain...
Died. Francis C. Frary, 85, pioneer in aluminum research, who as head of Alcoa's labs discovered the electrolytic process of producing super-pure aluminum and held 30 important patents for the company; in Pittsburgh...
Although more than 100 foreign firms have signed investment contracts since the beginning of 1967-including such U.S. firms as Alcoa, Freeport Sulphur, Goodyear Rubber and ITT-others have been frightened...