Trouble between sexes:

Witty 'Made' is a portrait of self destruction

by Emerson Batdorff "Made for Each Other" is an arena in which two selfdestructives confront the life force.

She finds the life force romantic; he doesn't.

"Only a cuckoo bird like you would think it's romantic," be complains:

It's brilliantly witty. In fact, it is one of the most brilliantly disorganized comedies in years. It goes

growing up but it is sad too. It exposes encounter groups hysterically, going just a little overboard.

Best of all it explores the trouble between men and women with more perception than we have come to expect from the movies. The trouble with men and women seems to be that they just can't get along.

The man in the story is. Italian and Bologna draws

aches I've been having."

The Jewish girl grew up in a family in which the father was a playboy and had no interest in her. Her mother is mad about astrology. Later in life, after the daughter has: had successive disappointments with a Chinese artist, a male homosexual and a man who she caught in bed with two other girls, the mother finds her with the Italian.

resolutely sidewise for upon his background. After She downgrades the ro-

about the first half.

all, he's had experience.

When the authors (who The boy's mother is a relialso star in it) get their gious fanatic but his father sense of direction and cease doesn't want him to study marking time it takes off for the priesthood. "I didn't fairly well and causes peoraise him to be a bum,” says ple in the audience to speed the father. up their listening so as not to miss anything.

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Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna (husband and wife who wrote the stage play “Lovers and Other Strangers" and helped adapt it to the movies) have done the whole works in this one. To boot, they take the principal roles with perceptive performances.

They are shrewd observers of humanity. The movie laughs at the trouble of

The son likes it at school, though, and is able to write home: "I love everything at seminary! That's why I can tolerate these terrific head-

'Made for Each Other'

Directed by Robert 8. Beni, pra duced by Ray Townshend, written by Renee Tayler and Joseph Balogna, who sior in it. 20th Century Fox relense for Matura audiences. Panders.

Glogy.

Renee Taylor Joseph Balogna

Giggy's Father. „Paul Serving Giggy's Mother. Olympia Dukakis Pandora's Meti Helen Verbit Pandora's Father ....................Louis Zorish Dr. Forres............................... Nerman Shelly

mance thus: "I never thought I'd live to see the day when my daughter would take up with a Capricorn!"

The performances are resplendent, the ideas are scintillating. If only the story had been made to build. it is much like a series of vaudeville blackouts.

. There is much that is memorable about it, such as his question: "How can you be so perceptive when it comes to me and so stupid when it comes to you!" Or the Italian father's pronouncement to his son: "You marry her and you'll never go skiing! Jews don't like the cold!"

Co-author Renee Taylor stars as Pandora Gold in film