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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, - ·MAY 18, 1969.

FROM A TORY MP - A NEW (AND SURPRISING) LOOK AT FESTIVAL IN KUALA LUMPUR ★✰✰

THE MAN WHOSE DECISION TODAY IS PAGE ONE NEWS

Don't write off Butler in the

No. 10 stakes

THE

BY LORD LAMBTON

TONY MP FOR BAWIOKONTWINTI

THE other day a Conservative Member of Parliament said to me quite casually: "Of course, Butler will never be Prime Minister,"

front of him.

iwo years way, he

I

THE JURY'S VERDICT

The second of four articles; by JOHN LUFF on the Asian Film Festival held at Kuala Lumpur.

WANT to make it perfectly clear that as I pronounce upon the films submitted to the Where could be found a more Film Festival, I speak in no official capacity what- convenient forgot than Mir

I cannot even claim to associate myself mortal personal blow which with any other juror. What I say, and for what without doubt clouded his judg-it is worth, I say as a private individual.

Butler still suffering from ever..

ment and political instinct,

The winning film was "The Kingdom and the Beauty," produced by Mr Run Run Shaw for the Southern Co. Ltd. of Hongkong.

All along he had been against the Suez plon, and now that ho was proved right, the obvious

Ave major awards. This seems to me to be a curious conclusion to jump thing was to make the most of

This film contradicted all aim wen to, and those who have done so may find that later on it, and so it was whispered here,

How can a there, ever growing I said in an interview about The question is one that, every

reader must ask: they have a surprise coming to them for at 56 years of repeated age he would seem to have many active political years in and magnifying, that Mr But-Asia's uninteresting attempt aim win so many awards, and

its not take supreme honours? ler had threatened to resign, to make films from

Неге is the answer. Re- Butler had split the legendary and historical

it s my personal During the past

loyally stood by Sir that Mr

Anthony characters. I was wrong in member he has probably proved him- Anthony Eden in the Cabinet. Cabinet against

on, all without my opinion as this Festival opinion and take it for what it

is worth, self to be the best Home Nor should it be forgotten that Etten, and so

serving

taught me; I was right in were foundation, Bruinents which

"The Precipice" is adapted, Secretary for decades, while the

so far that the treatment of

from the Japanese novel, venienec, not facts.

Adaptation of this the subject is of paramount Hyoneki."

kind of novel is always difficult, | importance.

for it is psychological in theme, and calling the psychological films of the Western world into mind, I recall fop after fop

In association with the clelent Anally to decide the Govern- Mr Heath, many of the Conser- ment to abandon the operation vative Party's Parliamentary were not put forword by him. triumphs ron be attributed to

his skill and political sagacity.

Why, taking at this into con- sideration, is there such a wide- spread belief that the mantle of Mr Macmillan wh) never upon him?

The answer

to this without The answer much doubt can be summed up And the It one word: Suez. widely held view that the at- fide of Mr Butler was molaty responsible for our withdrawal,

It would seem to me in fair ncs to Mr Buller that the part he played in those momentous events should be put in proper perspective.

There is no doubt at all that he was never enamoured of the Suez plan and that he openly,

ex and perhaps Indiscreetly, pressed these doubts,

There is also little doubt that when the crisis was at its height he rather sank into the role of Cassandra and did not attempt to rally publle rupport to the neither 1 Government, but

there the slightest doubt that these are the only genuine criti- cisms which can be made of his conduet,

Throughout the crisis, and was under once the operation

Still held

Nevertheless, there is no doubt

at all that two and a half years. ago nine Conservatives out of 10 were privately convinced that,

Str

con-

axalust Mr Tala campaign

"effer Butler was singularly- tive. It wAS also the most MANOEUVTO qualld political that I tave ever been aware of, and one which went to an inch of shocking me out of politics.

However, that all belongs to the past. Nevertheless it seems these facts should

understood.

Mr Butler had been the nigger to me of the utmost importance in the woodpile. So great was that his unpopularity and the Com- valive Party regarded him with sach distrust that it would terally nut have accepted him ns Prime Minister. The pity Is that this misunderstanding of his Suez role is still held by many people.

Very It has seemed to me.

Mr Butler's credit greatly to that not onee has he ever at- tempted to defend himself or bothered to contradle! rumours which he knows to be unfound-

with Father,

quiet rú. dignity has he gone about his political business.

Mr Butler has almost un- political judgment, he canny

as

Why then did this Bim win against strong competition from Jupani and China? The answer is easy. It is because the film has artistle coherence. It is a precis in beauty; I resists the temptation to linger over its more exquisite moments.

rich tints. Eastman Ali's Colour is soft, given to pastel tints so that the eye is never gorged and the senses never bloated, The sets rival the finest ever erected upon any

YU MING in her prize winning role as a Hongkong schoolgirl from the film "Her

Tender Heart."

fourth and sometimes a fifth punched him about the fROB. To enter ruch alms which

sweet as she is,

the destruction of human beings Incidentally, the role by which was unworthy of an artistic ple; a false portrayal of Yu Ming won her trophy was

betrayal of their country and created by another clover girl,

know that tells me I wrote down Chin Yumation is the sincerest form even the United States is not au long ago ag 1834 when she faltered to find its anil-social as a girl of considerable ability of flattery, but I am sure that was at the University. Sa I was classes imitated on the Philip- right!

pine screen,

Miss Chin Yu, My scrap book its religious ideals. more politieal experience

Cabinet Including Mr of every sort than any member of the Macmillian, and he has recover- cd his health and spirits to a remarkable extent,

Ruled out

But over- of Mr

There are many in the Tory Party who would rule out Me

the Buller should

leadership again become vacant. people How this misconception grew these

now accepted as enthusiastic supporters ཐཱ་lhut iས to history makes no very pleasant Duncan Sandys or Mr Iain Mac-

and concerns the cod. write, fiercest days of the Suez debate.

arc

It would seem to me to be To begin with when things absolute folly to rule out Mr appeared to be going well, the Bulier, by far the ablest mem- Front Bench was as popular aber of the Cabinet, on account.

a musical chair, then

petion which he never suddenly as unpopular as a bed of nuits, and everyone was look ing round for someone to blame.

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stund stage, the gaudy is avold- ed; the sensational ignored. My phrase for it sounds rather

recious,

dubbed The

It the

They were

and versatile. They know far, world. And upon this condition. I could better judge had I mare and are capable of per- That she accepts with modesty

every type their this success which has come so, The producer showed ane artistle appreciation in selecting an English translation of the forming Eastman Colour to portray the novel before me. Unfortunately traditional stage performance early, and that she stays as reduced art to an abattoir for

it has not yet been translated, calls for. but it is the duty of the Japanese This too is their undoing to make both novel and Alm Rarely does any actor. sind out avilable to the Western world from among his fellows. It And I hope that no notisense would lead me to suppose that such as quota versus counter to a certain extent, the schools personal characteristics on actor quota robs the English speaking of. acting might destroy any public of this masterpiece.

I asked my Japanese friend, possesses. Mr Yoshio Nakano,

Turning to Korea. I should femme fatal theme had much

Imagine that the Koreans hail place in Japanese literature.

the beat ideas for films. He said "no." and immediately went into a learned lecture from

It seems to me that an all were challenging, they the following

I should have thought It round high standard is demond- fearless. They dealt with the which I derived

That Japan, lucking a

But it is changing order around them: possiblo to find an Englishman

Boldly challenged the somewhere around to look. paints. religious dogma of the virgin ed and obtained.

regimented; stereotyped; and as they

sub-illes of the goddess, the femme fetal theme such none breaks, through the threat of Marxism, and showed through the has not entered its terary

others. Yet in spite of this, the that only by a principled address Ohms. The grammatical errors plentiful, and many fradition

wiching beauty of Fujiko to the affairs or our fellowmen were

to us grafis, mamolb breaks through the can we drive of the threat of unintended laughs were served

material atheism.

The actors are good, intelli- --A--glance at my - card upon

gent, and inspiring. What then is which I copied the Jurors the trouble? Money, I should Andings tells me that Jurong tinagine, I could be wrong, but were almost unanimous in It seemed to me the producer placing Miss Yu Ming above

was working on a shoe string all other ladies as the actress, I could particularise. I wont of the year.

I wish them luck and congratu• Tate them upon the successer they obtained.

I mentally Kingdom and the Beauty," a sonnet in pastel pink. The Blm ruoves apace because the director selected a kind of Greek Chorus to sing and comment upon the misfortunes of the peasant gir deceived by the young emperor of China.

I know it sounds a bit Irish to tolk of a Greek Chorus in a Chinese film, but you know what I mean.

The story is the oldest in the world. The girl who loves too much, and the man who forgets too easily.

The music is a delight; the female voices blend beautifully; the photography is superb,

07

But you say, surely upon the pronouncements

terning other fims, this Almi did not possess these qualities in True. exclusion to all others. But The Kingdom and the Beauty!" possesses them different way.

in a

It Y not question of quality alone, it is a question of degree. The film is like a Hawless. Diamond where every facet is equally perfect. It must have been this esadly scared balance of beauty that ipped the scales in favour of "The Kingdom and the Beauty."

Nevertheless, "The Precipice" Is upon such a theme, and I have never seen it done better. The lady in the case is Fujiko She has a tremen- Yamamoto, dously difficult role which calls for her to do little save look And as nature has beautiful, anticipated her In this case, and gifted her with all the beauty Japan possesses, as I say, Miss Fujiko is left with little to do.

But her beauty is a paradox. It In a fatal beauty, a des- traying beauty, as chaste as the snow upon the precipice.

Alm.

The Philippines drew a blank

Let one suffice. Scene; a. tyranrilent parent who has driven

son to suicide. He stands, full face to the camera. His eyes are misty with tears. Ho speaks. " did not sympathise. with my son, I did not give him my Tover,"

stands

Regarding the documentary Alms, Malaya

alone. Good as are the Japanese films, they have not yet acquired the precis form the Malayan Film Unit has achieved.

Theil nima are delightful;

Sitting: in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Jall last Friday oven ing, just before Her Majesty, The Raja Permaisuri Agung presented the awards, I glanced at the young lady who would step forward to receive the A tragedy? Yes, In a way, They accolades actress of the year, hovo actresses of considerable

;, each with a purpose, to teach the public Miss Y has two qualities I ability, and undoubted beauty.

their cameramen are good; and some civic duty or inform of Now do you get the point? admire above all others. Modesty They know the dim business; general,

and ability. She performed in For the two young men who the nlm Her Tender Heart" they are certainly not short of some useful aid the Government destroy themselves are also two dressed as a schoolgirl, She writing talent. Yet they alone can provide.. mountaineers. The mountain is scarcely more than a school were rebuked, and rightly so, destroys them, but so has Fujiko girl, but one of undoubted by the Chairman of the Jurors Yotriemoto.

address to the

Interesi

They hold the whole of Malaya in fee; they notice all and provide for all. The Malayan Film Unit wins 2ợ They did not enter Festival often that it must soon take the Certainly. Alms. Their slimms were full of award for granted. viciousness and horrifying this Government-ananera Unit visioone. They were cheap is go ahead; it iaa be team,

Hollywood copits of

films and in

work, I Ands made by second rate Com- ZUCCES. panies for second raie people,

Why then, with a plot so far ability. The role she plays it in his closing

long, varied, and it calls for public. removed from the ordinary, did startling change of mood, "The Precipice" fail to leap into

This was where Miss Yu first place?

scored. She ban that ability acting can Ho school of provide: the ability to live the role one is afforded.

Answer: because the pro- ducer/director Moni Nagata compromised with two It is the perfect Festivsk

Important arilatie qualities. Bax office with lis mundane Film, and as such it must have been perceived. Other flims appeal creeps in if only in might be better-box-office-minerkezi.two; he fails to

drive home the should imagine they are, but

related

this exquisite entry merited all qualities of the twin beauties -ZNE: Ipnour-it: yuloed meenemaze of the peseiploe, aga la bell, "Readings, rotaitydamo saqa merel, I would vot

the Alm in South East Asia, The capitals of the world should

I be shown this Festival winner,

The entry that ran the winner

to

presume to state that fir la Anito subtleties were lout among the Jurora, but it could have been .

The photograph Anish was

Japanese actors

and

Yat Ming is no glamour girl, She has no need to be. I think we will have none of that publicity stuff from her of lost jewels, sensational dresses, or kidnap throste. She has to need to rely upon such afincar altitudes which are mistaken by- the vulgar for genius.

You can take it from me that she has the ability to go right To shine In the upky high.

Japan's "The Precipice." This actresses are extremely clever sky not only of Asia but of the

ting the Golden Gong Awards for the Sou and, the Beduty bag Back row, left to }:;Yueh+how; “kot íTip Chang:

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Scientists

produce pigmy mice

New York.

GIANT parakeets and pigmy mice have been produced in laboratories here by scientists attempting to penetrate the mysteries of growth processes. Pathologists Barbara Brown and Hans Meier of the Children's Cancer Research Founda- tion of Harvard medical school created the tiny rodents in an attempt to find mice which would accept tissue graftings from other members of their species.

Researchers Brown

and parakbut pituitary tumour issue Meler gové normal new-born into the bodies of healthy young mics Injections: of material birds:

from strains

the spleens of several This tissus lakdown to of mica. The results manufacture the 7 Iparakoot were the Tom Thumbs" of growth promotes. Within thres the rodent world,

months, the birds averaged 4

„In another experiment with 'grams, Body, weight com growth processes, scientists at pared. 1o 'a hormal-22 grams.

A fairly high percentage of. them: Univerally, of Arkansas medical centre created parakeets Ulo parákoste extra weight and nearly half again as big as their bise was made-up-as-body fat. nommat brothers and sisters, as shHowever, normal growth

Gewas very evident. In alii parte- Researchers Harriet Tudolph of the body. Behlumberger and H. G. Bchlumberger of the

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