Former chat-show host Dick Cavett is on hand on Oct. 6, a reminder of the high standards that television can sometimes have. During his time on ABC, Cavett hosted not the flavor of the month so much as figures like Woody Allen, Orson Welles, and S. J. Perelman. Ygroup is titled Singing . If Singing is like its predecessor, Chalk , to some this film will be a slice of raw bleeding life. To others it will be yet another post-Cassavetesian rampage.
Opening night offers two films with a buzz.
Auggie Rose features Jeff Goldblum as an oppressed insurance salesman whose encounter with the randomness of death gives him a new lease on life. Of the nonfiction films, two stand out especially. The Hi De Ho Show on Oct. 7 is an evening with John Goddard, proprietor of that wonderful institution of a record store in downtown Mill Valley. Goddard will show some of his personal collection of music videos. Doug Wolens produced and directed.