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Two films from the Institute of Politics Series, "Interview" with President Salvador Allende" by Saul Landau Haskell Wexler, and Louis Malle's Phantom India (Part I), will be screened free tonight at 7:30 in HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH.
Murmur of the Heart, Louis Malle's sensitive study of incest. Central II, 6, 9:55. With Accident, 8:05, weekend at 4:15.
But writer-director Malle calls his shots a little unfairly at times. His script is contrived to labor an occasional unfunnny joke and, though Benoit Fereux's acting is mostly convincing, the role he has to fill is just a little bit larger than life.
But the real problem lies in the mix of styles Malle has tried to meld into a single film. Lurking beneath the charm of this comedy is a very definite potential for evil that creates tension without every surfacing. We like the Chevaliers because they're so resilient that they...
Without the enticing presence of Malle's understated heresy, Murmur could easily be relegated to the ranks of the pleasant comedies the French have such a reputation for. As it is, (let's be frank) Malle succeeds better with his Gallic charm (Excellent!) than with his tour-deadolescent-psychology. These...