Lately I feel as if I’m doing a daily post about another person who died—and for me, they’re all connected—by that war we’ve been fighting since the time of Vietnam—the one close to home—the war against cancer. In my twenties, when I made a documentary about breast cancer—I was sure I would see the end of this […]
Leave them laughing
With the death of Larry Gelbart— whose brilliant words and comic genius spanned more than 60 years in TV, movies and theater— the world lost an enormous talent. And I lost another link to my past life—the life I inherited when I got married and moved to California. Along with Mel Brooks, Larry was one of my […]
Movie mix-up: double trouble
It was a tough week on several fronts and I needed some escapism: going to the movies. Violence is not my thing; and I haven’t seen a Quentin Tarantino film since Pulp Fiction. Even so, I wanted to see Inglorious Basterds, though I didn’t feel ready to take it on yet. So two nights ago V […]
Close Encounters of 3 kinds–with Woody Allen
When I was in college, way before he was linked with Mia Farrow or Soon-Yi, I thought Woody Allen was a genius. He wrote erudite essays, did stand-up, and had made his first few movies. It was common knowledge that every Monday night in Manhattan, he played the clarinet at Michael’s Pub. So one night […]
faces
I was sure yesterday would be my last Michael Jackson post. But more news broke, and I was scrutinizing faces. Not Jackson’s face– so closely scrutinized for so long; I was looking at his children’s faces for traces of another face. Dr. Arnold Klein, suddenly a household word, was a very familiar face to me—and mine was closely scrutinized by […]
We'll always have Paris
First I complained. And then I watched. Once I started I couldn’t stop. And now I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m not thinking about what I was thinking while I watched. After watching for more than 2 hours, I’m left with 20 seconds–now seared into the world’s collective memory. We’re all left with the image […]
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