Sunday, October 14, 2007

Woodstock Film Festival

Most overrated movie: Reservation Road. Nonsensical coincidences killed it.

Recommended: Iron Ladies of Liberia, showing how a government really works--

Constantine's Sword, lacked depth but a gripping documentary--partly about anti-Semitism

Making Trouble: The funny ladies weren't very funny, except for Gilda--but a pleasure to see those old-time Jewish comedians again--where was Fanny Brice's Baby Snooks?

Animated shorts: Needed better writers.

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In a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer: a Jew boasts, while your ancestors werre swinging in trees, mine were forging checks--

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Decided to cancel class reunion--I don't want to see most of those old cranky unpleasant people again--ever

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