Cinema Canada (May 1976)

Alone with the radio in L’ amour blessé she hangs up, the phone call adding to her defeat. Her family has heard and she receives threatening phone calls from them. Her solitude turns into terror. Sounds are all around her, but there is no one for her to turn to. She is a model of passivity, a model of what one becomes when emptiness and frustration are constantly fed by the titillations of the yellow press. The spectator feels a rising violence when Lefebvre confronts him with this woman and her radio. The hot-line is authentic; in Quebec, the hot-lines are enormously popular and often abusive in tone and content. Although nothing happens on _ the screen, a lot is happening in the audience. One becomes aware that this sort of radio in itself constitutes an invasion of privacy. It has become dangerous. When our woman finally turns off her radio, the action is one of selfprotection. She cannot, however, turn off her neighbors, and she lives through their lovemaking as_ vicariously as she had fed on the hot-lines before. Lefebvre makes a strong statement about our times and the effect of mass media. He is provocative and interesting. But his films are not for the uninformed, the unprepared. His audiences must be willing to participate; he will not entertain them. An interesting footnote: the film was shot in two evenings, and the total budget was $53,000. The sound recording and editing took two months, and the Canadian Film Development Corp. participated in the post-production costs. Connie Tadros All Canadian Answering Service Offers special rates to actors, musicians, artists and their supportive professionals. all our Customers receive superb service from our intelligent, courteous ladies. (416) 964—6858 ACTION FILM SERVICES LTD The Custom Lab Complete 16mm Service 35mm Rushes Super 8 B& W and Color Processing 535 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1Z6 604-687-2528 CLASSIFIED Classified ads cost 50 cents a word and should be submitted, typewritten, double spaced. The ads must be pre-paid by check or money order made out to Cinema Canada and sent to Box 398, Outremont Station, Montreal H2V 3N3, P.Q. Wanted: One issue of Cinema Canada no. 3. Will pay. Please write to Roland K. Pirker, 195 Clearview Ave., no. 2208, Ottawa, Ont. H1Z 6S1. For Sale: Arriflex 35 mm IIC mint condition $1950 v/s motor, 3 magazines, no lenses, Toronto. (416) 636-6113. For Sale: Eclair ACL 400’ magazines new $1500 each. Contact Bill Schmalz (403) 852-4285 or (604) 324-0395 Cinema Canada Subscribe now! ADVERTISING INDEX Action Film Services 49 Alex L. Clark 4, 21, 47 All Canadian Answering Service 49 Alpha Cine Service 47 Ambassador Film Distributors Ltd. 24 Astral Films Ltd. 17 Bellevue Pathe 19 Braun Electric 5 Canadian Federation of Film Societies 16 Canadian Film Institute 51 Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre 47 Canadian Motion Picture Equipement Rental 4 Canadian Student Film Festival 45 Certified Canadian Content Productions 16 Chris Stone Audio Productions Ltd 11 Cinebooks 21 Cinema Canada 35 CTV Stock Shot Library 4 Film Opticals 16 Editions Art Global 42 Grafilm Productions Inc. 21 Kingsway Film Equipment Ltd. 15 Kodak Canada 2 Mirak Film Services Ltd. 11 M.S. Art Services 16 The Music People 11 Olympic Film Festival 45 Quadrant 20 Quinn and Mirrophonic 52 Sonolab 16 Thunder Sound Recording Studios 16 W. Carsen 7, 43