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By Aldo Maggiorotiz
* PETULIA
(W.B.7 Arts) 105 mins. Technicolor — Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Shirley Knight, Joseph Cotten, Kim Hunter, Arthur Hill.
Ever since his filmic entry into world of the weird with the off-beat short RUNNING, JUMPING AND STANDING STILL, Richard Lester has been the director of the daffy and the different. The working title of his first American film was ME AND THE ARCH KOOK PETULIA based on John Haase’s novel of the same name. This would have been more appropriate and self-explaining. However, an audience unwary and unsuspecting of Mr. Lester’s previous bizarre efforts would need more than a film title to unravel the plot and camera twists of this newest entry. Those who relished and revelled in the zany antics of the Beatles’ pictures, will find PETULIA most rewarding. Mr. Lester manages to inject a few social comments and dramatic touches to heighten the actual fascination of not so much what he says but how he says it. The actual on-location shooting in San Francisco and partly in Tijuana, Mexico, lends an air of authenticity to the pixilated plot. Miss Christie was an ideal choice for the pesty, petulant Petulia; Mr. Scott as her Don Juan doctor-lover is more difficult to accept, although his strong personality brings the film down to earth whenever it tries to fly off in all directions; Miss Knight as Mr. Scott’s ex-wife is perhaps too appealing and appetizing to be the cast-aside mate; Richard Chamberlain is completely mis=cast as Julie Christie’s husband. The role remains unsatisfying and unrealized. Joseph Cotten as Chamberlain’s father gives his unsympathetic performance meaningful menace. For anyone interested in the directorial dexterity of a cinematic craftsman, PETULIA should be a treat to sore eyes.
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