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Musica E Pattumiere: Tutto Quanto Fa Rock ' Giovedì 27 agosto 1981 SPETTACOLI l'Unità PAG. 7 - L'uomo scimmia irriconoscibile, Bo Derek no Una rassegna di ritmi arrabbiati riscalda Testate napoletana in • ... • r- • • Strip nella giungla j. ^ ++ , ,*• <^. Musica e pattumiere: Jane si spoglia ma tutto quanto fa rock ' * l'i. Dai Gaznevada ai Kaos, dai Neon ai Confusionali quasi tutti \ nuovi gruppi dell'area Tarzan non abbocca bolognese hanno suonato nella Villa Comunale - Però c'era anche Gianna Nannini- Il film punta tutto Nostro servizio NAITILI — La polemica è sull'erotismo della scoppiata proprio su di lei. Nella sei fittimi della 'Napoli star - La critica: in Rock; curata dal napoleta­ «è noioso», ma no Jazz Club per Estate a Na­ poli, danna Nannini proprio al pubblico piace non c'entrava, insieme ai cin­ que gruppi più arrabbiati dell' Intanto c'è una area bolognese. 1 Neon, i Con- fusional Quartet, i Kaos, e quei grana giudiziaria Gaznevada della penultima sera, i migliori a delta di tutti. La rassegna, organizzata nella Il Tarzan vecchio e quello 81: liberty Villa Comunale, piena Jonnhy WeissmOller. di pannocchie e di famiglie del­ a sinistra, il più classico; l'area dei Quartieri, era la pri­ a destra, la nuova coppia ma del genere, almeno qui a Napoli. Anche se gli organiz­ zatori del Jazz Club rivendica­ Nostro servizio Tarzan non ha nemmeno za, questo giovane attore vano diritti di primogenitura, LOS ANGELES — «Se gli e- una linea di dialogo, ed è solo 27enne del Tennessee sem­ per l'organicità della scelta, redi di Edgar Rice Burrou- sulla base di occhiate langui­ bra perfettamente a suo agio per aver presentato tutti quei ghs (l'inventore dell'uomo de e grugniti che conduce il in questo ruolo. «Non preten­ gruppi che per ora fanno parte scimmia, n.d.r.) avessero suo rapporto amoroso con do né desidero essere un Ro­ di un -pacchetto- semi arti­ cercato di bloccare la versio­ Jane. Il che avrebbe potuto bert De Niro. Voglio fare film gianale, nonostante l'uso dei ne di John e Bo Derek di non essere una mancanza per divertirmi, non voglio sintetizzatori e delle drum ma- "Tarzan l'uomo scimmia" prenderli troppo seriamen­ chines. Rock elettronico ma Gianna Nannini, con il suo gruppo, che ha chiuso le manifestazioni rock a Napoli cruciale nel film, se i Derek nostrano, insomma, che deri­ citandolo per noia, il pubbli» avessero girato (o fosse stato te», ha detto l'attore pochi « • -> co probabilmente non avreb­ giorni fa in un'intervista, va, come affermano gli stessi loro concesso di girare) il Gaznevada, dall'ascolto ine­ be visto il film». Con queste film come un gioco sessuale. rompendo per la prima volta parole la rivista cinemato­ il silenzio cui era stato legato sauribile dì più e più dischi in­ Tuttavia, nota il critico di glesi e americani, dei Devo e grafica «Variety» saluta il «Variety», «le scene di Bo in per contratto nei mesi prece­ film diretto da John Derek, denti l'uscita del film. «Ave­ dei Dors, di Bowie, dei Police e Hollywood: Matthau e Francoforte: riapre la J Derek altri mille e un modo diritti che vennero concessi a topless al bagno, sembrano dei Sex Pistols. Il mercato, al­ uscito poche settimane fa in più purificatrici che eroti­ vo letto la sceneggiatura pri­ meno quello grosso, rimane tutti gli Stati Uniti. per fotografare la moglie Bo patto che la nuova versione che, ed i suoi vezzeggiamenti ma di accettare il ruolo. Era Neil Simon in coppia «Alte Oper» ricostruita - in varie fasi di "strip tease"». rispettasse l'originale. Di qui la storia di Jane nella giun­ monopolio dei grandi trust in­ con Tarzan non raggiungo­ »r Nonostante i primi giorni Classificato «R», cioè vieta­ l'inizio della battaglia legale. gla, e solo in un secondo luo­ dustriali d'oltreoceano, con la di affollamento di pubblico, no mai la proverbiale ricom­ megaorganizzazione pubblici­ HOLLYWOOD — Walter Matthau. Ann Mar- FRANCOFORTE — Per i tedeschi che amano lac to ai minori di 17 anni, «Tar­ Una volta viste alcune scene pensa sullo schermo». Infat­ go quella del suo incontro taria dei maxiconcerto e dei dovuti alla curiosità suscita­ zan l'uomo scimmia» di John del film di Derek, i Burrou­ con Tarzan. Per quanto ri­ gret e Dinar» Manoff sono i protagonisti del lirica, ma più generalmente per quanti hanno q,. ta dalla battaglia legale in­ ti, i due non si scambiano raduni: grande, immenso busi­ nuovo film di Neil Simon, «I ought to be in pictu- cuore arte e cultura, domani è un gran giorno. DereK ha ben poco a che fare ghs hanno accusato la MGM mai neppure un vero e pro­ guarda il mio silenzio, ero d' ness del rock. tentata dai Burroughs con­ con la versione originale del di aver rotto il contratto pro­ accordo con John (Derek) sei ress, la cui lavorazione ò cominciata a Holly­ Riapre la «Alte Oper». il Teatro dell'Opera di- tro la Metro Goldwin Mayer, prio bacio. mesi fa e sono d'accordo a- Qui le cose si fanno alla buo­ wood il 3 agosto. Il film, il primo che Neil Simon Francoforte che venne distrutto dalle bomba,'. 1932 del leggendario uomo ducendo un film le cui «scene gira con la «20th Century Fox.», è anche il pri­ e al desiderio di vedere la desso. Pensavamo che Tar­ na, nonostante la pressante incendiarie degli alleati durante la fase conclujc della giungla. Nella nuova specifiche di nudo» e le cui Sebbene la regia di John mo grosso impegno affrontato dal nuovo presi­ nuova stella di Hollywood versione anzi, Tarzan (inter­ variazioni dalla storia origi­ Derek manchi per la mag­ zan avrebbe potuto ripetere sponsorizzazione di immagini siva della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Per rico^j Bo Derek, sempre più svesti­ il fenomeno di Bo Derek, che e magliette, poster, borse e cal­ dente della «Fox Productions», Sherry Lansing. struirla sono occorsi oltre dieci anni e la cifra ' pretato dall'attore Miles O' nale lo rendono un film non gior parte di ispirazione (le dalla sua nomina. 18 mesi fa, e costerà intorno ta nei suoi voli tra una liana Keeffe, scelto all'ultimo mo­ più adatto ad un pubblico in­ poche scene di azione di Tar­ non ricevette nessuna pub­ zoncini. Resta, comunque, il spesa è di circa 160 milioni di marchi, oltre 701°' e l'altra, la critica americana blicità prima dell'uscita di doppio filtro di una fruizione agli undici milioni di dollari (circa 13 miliardi di miliardi di lire, il doppio rispetto alla somma^- mento dopo la bocciatura fantile. zan sono rovinate da riprese difficile, da parte di un pubbli­ lire). non prevede un successo di dell'ex-pugìle Lee Canalito, a rallentatore piuttosto fuori "10", e ne fu sommersa dopo. originariamente fissata. Per riavere la «Alte O- lunga durata per il film. «Un Nonostante ciò, il giudice Era un mistero. Ed è la stés­ co bombardato dal ritmo ne­ • Come in altri suoi precedenti successi cine­ per» la cittadinanza di Francoforte ha versato* troppo grasso per il ruolo) del Distretto di New York, luogo), non Io si può accusa­ vrotico dell'elettronica, forse matografici. «The goodbye girl». «California altro film da spazzatura esti­ mostra il suo volto solo verso re di non aver saputo rende­ sa cosa con Tarzan». ' nella casse municipali, con una sottoscrizione" va», commenta un giornale Henry Werker, ha dato via li­ ancora poco innamorato della Suite» e «I ragazzi irresistibili», che hanno otte­ pubblica, circa quindici milioni di marchi. •-*C di Los Angeles. «Pessima re­ la metà del film ed è sullo bera all'uscita del film di De­ re bene sullo schermo le bel­ Miles O'Keeffee non se rè plastica e della pattumiera, e nuto dodici riconoscimenti accademici e tre citazione, pessimo film», di­ schermo per. un totale di 25 rek. I Burroughs non si sono lezze naturali del Sri Lanka presa nemmeno di fronte al­ di quel grande elettrodomesti­ premi Oscar. Neil Simon ha scerto anche in L'edificio è stato ricostruito come era quan- - j chiara il «Los Angeles Wee- minuti. La storia è quella di dati per vinti e ricorreranno e, ovviamente, del - famoso " la decisione dei coniugi De­ co che è la TV. -La nostra mu­ questo film di collaborare con Herbert Ross. Il do venne inaugurato la prima volta nel lontano* ,r kly». Non sembrano esserci Jane (Bo Derek) alla ricerca alla Corte d'Appello alla fine corpo di Bo, presentato in rek di usare l'immagine di sica è sociale perché è violen­ film, prodotto dallo stesso Simon e da Ross, 1880. La facciata è coperta da una speciali ri- dubbi in proposito. Secondo del padre esploratore (Ri­ di agosto. Per via dell'ancora tutte le angolazioni fino alla Bo seminuda aggrappata ad ta; dicono i Neon della prima che ne è anche H regista, racconta la storia di vernice che dovrebbe preservarla dai danni delu : i «Variety», «questo intermina­ chard Harris) scomparso an­ irrisolta situazione legale nel nausea. una liana come lancio pub­ sera, con quel loro ritmo assor­ uno sfortunato sceneggiatore cinematografico l'inquinamento atmosferico. Nell'interno, la. bile vagabondaggio nella ni prima nella giungla. frattempo John Derek e la E forse, in un certo senso, blicitario del film. «Dopotut­ dante e vibratorio, famosi per (Walter Matthau). della sua ragazza, che fa la «Alte Oper» dispone di una modernissima sala -. giungla, che manca di una La Metro Goldwin Mayer moglie Bo (produttrice del John Derek è riuscito a crea­ to», dice O'Keeffee con un quelle Informazioni di morte truccatrice in uno «studio» (Ann Margret) e* concerti capace di 2.S00 posti che dovrebbe-- ~\ qualunque storia, diverti­ iniziò nel 1970 le prime trat­ film) mantengono un rigoro­ re un nuovo simbolo sessua­ sorriso, «Bo penzola dalla trasmesse col toro primo al­ della figlia di lui (Dinah Manoff).
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