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Based very loosely on Dostoevsky's short novel, The Double, Partner tries to examine the life of a young drama teacher named Jacob (Pierre Clementi) and his alter ego (also named Jacob, also played by Clementi) whom he meets in an outdoor public urinal after he tries to kill himself. After a while, the first Jacob begins to feel that the second Jacob is taking over his life. Jacob I plots the murder of Jacob II, building an odd sort of guillotine in a small room papered over with Vietnam Liberation posters. He changes his mind about the murder...
During a very few moments of the film, however, Bertolucci's visual style sparkles sufficiently to overshadow the shallowness of the film as a whole. A few shots of books stacked in mounds in Jacob I's room are satisfying in terms of the parallel they make with the Roman ruins outside. The landlord Petrushka (Sergio Tofano) who wants to be treated like a servant, is a fascinating minor character. These are the sort of minor elements with which Bertolucci built his better films, but in Partner they come to no avail...
...clash has been building ever since 1969, when the Rev. Jacob A.O. ("Jack") Preus was elected to a four-year term as president of the Synod. Preus, now 54, came in as a champion of conservative Synod members who believe staunchly in the "inerrancy" of the Bible, including its factual accuracy. Thus Preus and his followers hold that Adam and Eve were historical individuals - a position, they contend, that is vital to such doctrines as original...
...first step, said Beth D. Jacob '74, chairman of the South House Committee, will be ask the CHUL to repeal its resolution--a step Radcliffe representatives to the advisory group will take when CHUL meets in February. It is possible that CHUL could reverse itself because upcoming elections may bring in committee members opposed to the elimination of sex ratios...
...that fails, Jacob said, Radcliffe residents may petition the Houses and in the Yard for support of Radcliffe's 1.18-to-1 male-female ratio, or might take stronger action, such as refusing to sign next year's room contracts and organizing freshmen to do the same...