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Sad news about the death of Nora Ephron at 71.
Here's my interview with her in 1992 on her directing debut, "This Is My Life."
Nora Ephron is after those flashes of truth in movies, when suddenly there's a shock of recognition and you think, "That's me."
"What I really love are those moments that feel so real that it's not a movie at all," the screenwriter-director says.
Appropriately enough, her first film as director is called "This Is My Life." It opens at Connecticut theaters today.
The film, based on the Meg Wolitzer novel, stars Julie Kavner as a working single mother from Queens who moves to Manhattan and tries to make it as a stand-up comic. The film has a split point of view between the Kavner character and that of her two daughters, who must cope with their mother's rapid rise to fame and fortune.
It's a film that Ephron can relate to in several ways.
It's a film about sisters. (Ephron has three, including Delia, with whom she co-wrote the script.) It's about a single working mother. (She has two sons from her former husband, journalist Carl Bernstein.) It's about being the child of celebrity parents. (Ephron's parents, Phoebe and Henry Ephron, were a playwrighting-screenwriting team.) It's about having parts of your childhood appropriated for art by your parents. (Nora's life was the basis of several of her parents' Broadway plays: "Take Her, She's Mine" and "Three's a Family.")
"I picked very carefully the movie that I wanted to make for my first directing job," says Ephron as she nibbles on a Mento candy mint. "I didn't make a movie about the Peloponnesian War or something that I'm not an expert on. I know about being a single mother living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan."
She also knew a great subject for a film. Her instincts, for the most part, have been right on the money in the past.
She wrote the screenplay for Mike Nichols' "Silkwood," for which she received her first Oscar nomination. Nichols also directed "Heartburn," based on Ephron's popular novel, which was a just-barely fictitious account of the break-up of her second marriage, to Bernstein. She had a couple of flops: "My Blue Heaven," starring Steve Martin and directed by Herbert Ross, and
"Cookie," directed by Susan Seidelman. But it was the smash hit "When Harry Met Sally" that gave the 50-year-old Ephron her second Oscar nomination and the clout in Hollywood to direct.
"She's born to direct," says Kavner, who makes her starring debut after many films in which she has had memorable supporting parts ("Awakenings," "Radio Days"). "She's so damned smart. You have immediate confidence in her. And she's open to everyone else's creative input. It's not like this smart person who is afraid to ask if they don't know something."
Says producer Lynda Obst, who is also a close friend of Ephron: "I knew she could be a director several years ago because she is so decisive and so comfortable in authority. Part of being a director is being a general and having a very strong point of view. And Nora is like that in spades."
Ephron would be the first to agree.
"Being a wuss is not part of the job description," Ephron says. "What you do all day long on a movie set is make decisions. You make millions of decisions. Should the character wear a red shirt or a blue shirt? Should this room be 2 feet wider? Blah blah blah. Almost none of those decisions really matter. But you make all of them as if they did, as if people's lives depended on them.
"The biggest surprise is that everyone told me directing was going to be the most arduous, difficult, impossible, ruinous-to-my-health, blah-blah-blah experience that I would ever go through. And nobody told me it was going to be the most fun that I would ever have."
Despite her no-nonsense decisive manner, she says she sought collaboration from others.
"That's what I loved about working with Rob [Reiner] in `When Harry Met Sally.' Previously I was a person who went insane if someone changed my lines. On `Silkwood,' Cher used to come in with these sort of dirty ad libs, and I'd go crazy. But when you make a movie with Billy Crystal and he comes in with an ad lib and it's really better than anything you could ever have dreamed of -- at that moment you go, `It doesn't matter where it came from.' Pride of ownership is a very stupid thing in a movie. Just make it work. Just make it better. That's all that counts."
Take the famous orgasm scene in "When Harry Met Sally," she says.
"It was originally written by me and Rob. But it was Meg's [Ryan] idea to have the orgasm, and it was Billy's idea for that woman to say the line at the end. So who did it? It doesn't matter."
Ephron is apprehensive about how her modest little film, budgeted at about $10 million, will be presented to the public.
"The studio doesn't know what this movie is," she says. "They don't know how to advertise, promote it and open it."
But Ephron is buoyed by the success of smart, personal films such as "Grand Canyon" and "Fried Green Tomatoes."
"These are movies made for people who are literate," she says, "not for people who are subliterate. This movie is not going to play in Third World countries. It's just not. It's not going to be a bang-bang Arnold Schwarzenegger thing that doesn't have to be translated."
And how does smart, cool, controlled, decisive Ephron handle
the pressure of filmmaking and its promotion?
"I do have stress," she says. "In fact, right now I am completely exhausted. I can't think of a time when I was more exhausted except maybe when my marriage fell apart.
"But I have a husband [author and screenwriter Nick Pileggi] that I would like to practically lend out to people when they are going through tough times because he's so great. And he's extremely good at reminding one that almost all of this doesn't matter. In two days it will be a distant memory. It's sort of like the luge. You work and work and work, and it's over in 2 minutes."
But not all memories are distant ones. She says one aspect of the movie that especially hits home was that of a person who exploits friends and family for professional gain. It happened to Ephron by her parents. And she did it to her own family, most notably in "Heartburn."
"You balance the good and the bad," she says. "And sometimes you do it wrong. Sometimes you write something, and you're sorry that you did it for the laugh. Two years later, you think, `I didn't need that joke so badly I had to hurt someone's feelings.'
"But writers are predators by nature. They really are. And you have to be very careful when you're friends with writers. I'm glad I never had an affair with Philip Roth -- who never asked me, in any case. But I'm sure I certainly would have lept at the opportunity at an earlier point in my life. But it would have been very foolish because you certainly know what you're in for. If you go on a date with someone who continually writes about his love life, you do know what you're getting into."
Ephron knows exactly what she's getting into as director.
Her next film is "a weird little movie" called "The Night Before Xmas," about a group of people at a suicide hotline on Christmas Eve.
In "This Is My Life," one of the characters says the world is divided between Bettys and Veronicas, the two girls in the Archie comic books. Betty is the basically good girl for whom life is not so sweet. Veronica is the privileged girl life has given a kiss.
Ephron says Mike Nichols once told her there are two kinds of people in the world: the people who have wonderful things happen to them in the first half of their lives. And those to whom life is good during the second half.
"But it's hard for a Betty to later become a Veronica because you always have the kind of bad Betty stuff perfuming your Veronica-ness," Ephron says.
And who is Ephron, who was named for the independent character in Ibsen's "A Doll's House"?
"I'm a former Betty," she says. "Now I'm a Nora.


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This over-the-top chocolate torte recipe comes here by way of my friend Rob Kent, who is famous among his friends for showing up at various birthday parties and special events bringing what is affectionately known as "Death by Chocolate".
I can only handle eating a piece of Rob's Chocolate Ganache Torte once every few years. It serves at least 20, so it's a great dessert to make for a gathering. Think giant chocolate truffle, in a chocolate cookie pecan crust, covered with a caramel sauce.
Chocolate Ganache Torte RecipePrint
The Shell
- One box "Nabisco's Famous" chocolate wafers, or your favorite chocolate nut cookies
- 2/3 cup pecans
- Melted butter (1/4 cup or less)
- 9 inch spring-form pan
The Filling
- 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of the best available semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate, well chopped into small pieces (use brick chocolate, not chips)
- More melted butter (up to one stick or 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup (or more) heavy whipping cream
The Sauce
- Melted butter (one stick, a 1/2 cup, or a bit more)
- Cane sugar (a pound or less)
- Heavy whipping cream (1 cup - or more)
1 Prepare the crust. Chop/process the wafers and pecans until fine, add enough melted butter to press this into the spring-form pan (along the bottom and halfway up the sides). Bake in oven at 350°F for 20 minutes, put aside.
2 While the crust is baking, prepare the filling. In double boiler melt the butter and then add the chocolate. When chocolate is swirl-able, slowly add the whipping cream, stirring slowly, until mixture is blended and smooth. Pour mixture into the prepared shell. Refrigerate for at least four hours.
3 Prepare the sauce before serving (the sauce, served warm, should accompany the torte, served cold.) Melt butter over fairly high heat. Add sugar until saturated (the heat must be high enough for the sugar to dissolve; when no more will dissolve, the solution is saturated). Stirring only occasionally, let the mixture "burn" just enough to turn into a rich caramel. Add the cream, stirring briskly until well blended and smooth. Strain if necessary for smoothness.
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Music to Your Ears
A reliable source has reported that local band Fivehundred (formerly Mr. Spectacular and three-fourths of Fatso, not to mention Smoothie) have thrown in the proverbial towel, unfortunately before making a record and without any official farewell show. Just another sad day in an endlessly long line of sad days. ... On a happier note, two local bands who remain active as of this writing appear to be getting better and better. Unit 7 Drain are back with a revamped lineup and a boatload of new songs they plan to record for forthcoming albums. They played two Saturday's ago at the Launchpad with Oktober People, who, presumably as part of their effort to spit-polish their set before heading to South By Southwest next month, sounded tighter and more majestic than usual, which is pretty fucking tight and majestic. ... Black Maria's Gordon Andersen made himself a special guest on Jim Villanucci's afternoon radio program last week on 770 KKOB AM, where the topic happened to be the giant new, $10,000-apeice concrete decorative pots that appeared early last week on the I-40 median just west of Carlisle. While most callers agreed that the artistic additions were pleasing, Andersen, true to form, went a step further, telling Villanucci and his listeners, "I'm pro-pot ... and I also like this public art." Nothing like a little drive-time humor to quell the road rage.
Blue Note
Winter Blues Festival featuring Phil Guy
with Albuquerque Blues Connection, Alex Maryol (Santa Fe only), The Easy Street Blues Band and Paul Brodsky Acoustics, and food by Powdrell's BBQ
Friday, Feb. 25; Willee's Blues Club (Santa Fe, 21 and over, 9 p.m.)/Saturday, Feb. 26; El Rey Theater (21 and over, 9 p.m.): Sometimes, it's difficult to be a brother. My own brother and I both know that from experience. But imagine being "little brother" to Buddy Guy, constantly overshadowed by your elder sibling's brilliance and status as a superstar. On the other hand, it doesn't necessarily hurt to be billed as "brother of Buddy Guy."
Music Spotlight
Shooting Star
Former Albuquerquean Jenny Farrell could be country music's next hotshot
To say I grew up with Jenny Farrell wouldn't be altogether accurate. Indeed, we did attend the same elementary, junior and high schools (John Baker, Hoover and Eldorado), and resided in the same basic neighborhood. But, she's a few years younger than I, which makes her my brother's age. So he grew up with her, while I simply grew up in her presence. My good friend, Albuquerque Journal contributor and all-around punk-ass Kevin Hopper even managed to take her to prom. All that matters now, though, is that our fair city is about to be represented by the all-grown-up Ms. Farrell on the third season of USA Network's reality smash, "Nashville Star." And she's got what it takes to win big.
Sonic Reducer
The Decemberists Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
Even for a band whose trademark is its penchant for musical re-enactments of historical events and Victorian literary references, Picaresque is an amazing feat of unapologetic chamber pop so full of hooks the average indie drama queen could easily find him- or herself mortally jigged. Colin Meloy, The Decemberists' Arch Duke, has outdone even his usual borderline overdone lyrical self here, and the rest of his five-piece indie orchestra provide the perfect accompaniment to his archetypal exercises. This is as close as you'll get to musical theater sans shitty acting and with elaborate sets that create themselves in your mind.


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The Best Luxury SUVs: A List of Our Favorites
It can be hard choosing from the many luxury SUVs on the market today. The segment is filled with dozens of different options, ranging from upscale versions of mainstream models to ultra-opulent, 6-figure SUVs and crossovers. So, which models are the best? We've listed nine of our favorites below.
Acura MDX
The newly redesigned Acura MDX is an excellent 3-row luxury crossover. Powered by a standard 290-horsepower V6 and priced from around $43,000, the MDX boasts all the standard equipment you'll ever want, including heated front seats, Bluetooth, a backup camera, leather upholstery and tri-zone automatic climate control. There's also a long list of safety options, from rain-sensing wipers to forward-collision and blind spot monitoring systems. Best of all, fuel economy can reach an excellent 20 miles per gallon in the city and 28 mpg on the highway -- strong numbers for a 3-row SUV.
Acura RDX
Acura's smaller RDX crossover is also a smart choice for shoppers interested in a luxury SUV. While it only has two rows of seats, drivers who don't need a third row will appreciate the RDX's stellar build quality, its reasonable base pricing (it starts around $35,000) and fuel economy of up to 20 mpg city/28 mpg hwy. We also love the crossover's list of standard equipment, which includes high-end items such as automatic headlights, leather upholstery, heated front seats, Bluetooth, a backup camera, a sunroof, dual-zone automatic climate control and keyless entry with push-button ignition.
Audi Q5
The Audi Q5 is an excellent crossover that's enriched by the fact that it truly offers something for everyone. Budget-minded shoppers can get a base-level 4-cylinder that starts around $38,000. Those looking to save fuel can choose between two models: a fuel-efficient hybrid and a fuel-sipping diesel. And for shoppers who want all-out performance, Audi offers a 272-hp supercharged SQ5 model and a truly fast 354-hp model. Our own take: Buy the one that you really like, because each model offers a long list of standard equipment, Audi's impressive build quality, and enough cargo and passenger room for most families.
The newly redesigned BMW X3 is an excellent crossover for SUV shoppers who don't want to spend a fortune on a new BMW. It starts around $41,000 and it's going to get even less expensive for 2015, as BMW is planning to add a new 2-wheel-drive model to the lineup. Base-level versions of today's X3 use a 240-hp 4-cylinder that returns up to 28 mpg on the highway, while sport-minded drivers can opt for a 300-hp 6-cylinder without a significant fuel penalty. No matter which X3 you choose, traditional BMW handling ensures that you'll end up with one of the most enjoyable compact crossovers on the road.
Cadillac SRX
The Cadillac SRX is a popular luxury crossover that offers 2-row seating and a high-end interior. Powered by a muscular 3.6-liter V6 that makes just over 300 hp, the SRX is no slouch off the line, and yet it still manages to return a respectable 17 mpg city/24 mpg hwy. More importantly, the SRX offers reasonable pricing, especially compared to its rivals: It starts around $38,500, and it features a long list of standard equipment ranging from leatherette upholstery and alloy wheels to front and rear parking sensors, Cadillac's CUE infotainment system, a power driver's seat and dual-zone automatic climate control.
Infiniti QX80
The Infiniti QX80 is one of the best full-size models in the upscale-SUV world. Featuring a base price of around $63,500 -- expensive, but a bargain compared to rivals from Land Rover, Cadillac and Lexus -- the QX80 offers standard V8 power and 3-row seating. It also offers especially bold styling, designed to appeal to shoppers interested in a full-size luxury SUV that will help them stand out from the crowd. But we're especially impressed by the QX80's list of standard features: It boasts a power lift gate, front and rear parking sensors, leather upholstery, tri-zone automatic climate control, Bluetooth, a navigation system and Infiniti's Around View camera system.
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Lexus RX
The Lexus RX has routinely been one of the most popular luxury crossovers since its debut in the late 1990s, and it's easy to see why. For one thing, the RX boasts a standard 3.5-liter V6 with adequate power -- 270 horses -- and reasonable fuel economy figures of 19 mpg city/25 mpg hwy. Drivers who want more power and better gas mileage can upgrade to the RX 450h, which boasts 295 horses and Environmental Protection Agency ratings of 32 mpg city/28 mpg hwy. Best of all, the RX is reasonably priced compared to rivals: Base models start around $41,000, while the fuel-efficient hybrid can be had for $47,500 with shipping. We're also fond of Lexus build quality and reliability, which few automakers can match.
Mercedes GL-Class
The Mercedes GL-Class is a highly popular full-size luxury crossover that was heavily updated for the 2013 model year with new styling inside and out. For 2014, it offers four appealing versions: a turbodiesel V6 that gets 19 mpg city/26 mpg hwy (the GL350 BlueTEC), two mid-level models (the GL350 and GL550), and the ultra-high-performance GL63 AMG, which boasts a ridiculous 550 hp. Every GL is enticing, especially since its $63,500 base price places the SUV right in the thick of the 3-row-SUV game. Of course, we also appreciate its traditionally strong Mercedes build quality and a surprisingly generous list of standard equipment that includes heated front seats, Bluetooth, a backup camera, air suspension, a power sunroof and dual-zone automatic climate control.
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Range Rover
The Range Rover remains the undisputed king among luxury SUVs. For 2014, two models are offered. Most shoppers will choose the base-level version, which starts around $85,000 and features a 340-hp supercharged V6. But the truly opulent will go for the Range Rover Supercharged, which uses a 510-hp V8 and starts at just over $100,000 with shipping. Either is an excellent choice, given the SUV's superior cabin materials, its truly lavish list of standard equipment, and its unique styling that remains unrivaled in the world of the luxury SUV. Looking for a cheaper option? Try the Range Rover Sport, which offers optional 3-row seating and a more reasonable price tag.


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The Battle for No. 1: Why Bryce Brown
Final five-starsClick MORE: Poll: Who should be No. 1? | The Rivals100 | New No. 1 in final Rivals100 | Here to view this Link.
Rivals.com national scout Barry Every, who spent the past 15 seasons working for football programs at Georgia, Florida State and North Carolina, breaks down the top five recruits in the country and gives a reason why each could have been chosen for the top spot.
Running back Bryce Brown is the No. 1 prospect. Not since Adrian Peterson in 2004 has a running back been at the top in the final rankings.
THE PARTICULARS: 6-0/215, 4.45 in the 40
HIGH SCHOOL: Wichita (Kan.) East
STRENGTHS: Has great overall size, above-average speed, and excellent hands. Add that to great vision and a willingness to block, and you have a five-tool, every-down back.
NEEDS/CONCERNS: Being an every-down back means he has to be in the best possible physical condition at all times in order to withstand the punishment of carrying the ball 20-plus times a game.
PLAYER COMPARISON: He reminds me of Ronnie Brown, the current Miami Dolphins and former Auburn Tigers star.
WHY HE SHOULD BE NO. 1: Because he is so good and he plays running back, a fairly easy position to adjust to in college, no player should have a more immediate impact in college. We also think he could have the most lasting impact. He is the leading rusher in Wichita history (more than Barry Sanders) and was named co-MVP of the U.S. Army All-American Game after rushing for 45 yards and catching two TD passes.
HIGH SCHOOL: Bastrop (La.) High
STRENGTHS: Has good height, great hands, a strong-yet-lanky build and still has enough speed to be a vertical threat. Randle also has terrific hand-eye coordination. He has the ability to adjust to the football like a centerfielder tracking down a baseball hit over his head.
NEEDS/CONCERNS: Randle played quarterback this season and was a tad rusty as a wide receiver in the Army practices. He pulled a hamstring the first day of practice in San Antonio; his legs were probably just not ready for the volume of running required of a receiver.
PLAYER COMPARISON: A slightly smaller version of Julio Jones, the freshman receiver at Alabama.
WHY HE COULD BE NO. 1: There's not a team in the country he couldn't help in his first season on campus. Even injured, he was the leading receiver in the Army game with seven catches for 75 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Foley (Ala.) High
STRENGTHS: He has tremendous overall size, long arms and peach basket-sized hands, which will keep most defensive linemen from reaching the quarterback. He is extremely coachable and is clay just waiting to be molded.
NEEDS/CONCERNS: Needs to work on his flexibility, which will help with his pad level. Needs a ton of reps playing offensive tackle since this season was his first at the position.
PLAYER COMPARISON: I have never met anyone as big and as athletic. An educated guess would be 11-time Pro Bowler Jonathan Ogden.
WHY HE COULD BE NO. 1: Left tackles are at a premium in college and pro football, and Fluker is a special prospect at the position. He has so much natural talent, it is almost scary how good he could be.
HIGH SCHOOL: St. Louis (Mo.) Gateway Tech
STRENGTHS: He has a superior upper- and lower-body structure combined with the athleticism of a much smaller skill-position player. He twice was timed at the University of Missouri camp at sub-4.7 in the 40.
NEEDS/CONCERNS: He needs to work on being more consistent with his pad level at the point of attack. As a possible tight end, he will need to work on his body control and watch his overall weight.
PLAYER COMPARISON: He may not quite have the same body shape as Julius Peppers and Charles Grant, but both were large offensive weapons in high school who converted to full-time defensive players in college.
WHY HE COULD BE NO. 1: Richardson clearly is the best "jumbo athlete" in the nation as well as the most versatile. He would project as the best (or one of the best) in the country at three positions – defensive end, defensive tackle and tight end. In high school, he returned kicks and played slot receiver and defensive end. He recorded 30 catches for 550 yards and five TDs, and had 90 tackles and 19 sacks.
HIGH SCHOOL: Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei
STRENGTHS: He has good height and overall size. Barkley also has a strong arm and a quick release, which makes it hard for defensive backs to react in time.
NEEDS/CONCERNS: His decision-making needs to catch up with his immense talent. He needs to learn to get rid of the ball instead of forcing passes into tight coverage. Otherwise, his relative lack of mobility is the single biggest issue; he strictly is a pocket passer.
PLAYER COMPARISON: He's similar in size and ability to likely first-round pick Matthew Stafford. But he's not quite as athletic as Stafford.
WHY HE COULD BE NO. 1: There's no doubt Barkley is the top thrower in the country, and a team's quarterbacks usually has the greatest impact in the outcome of a game and season. He had an MVP performance in the Under Amour All-American Game, throwing for 237 yards and two TDs.


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There was also no possibility of making any direct contact with Chelemer Jews, who could have supplied important material. Chelm is annihilated and gone. The houses are empty, without a Jewish soul, and the very streets have become a Jewish cemetery, saturated with the blood of Jewish martyrs, who have bequeathed a silent Will: When we are led to the slaughter, may our souls remain!
On account of all this it was difficult to collect all the necessary materials. Yet, with great effort, it has been possible to bring together a valuable collection of sources and documents, material and descriptions which unfold before us Jewish life in Chelm - its institutions and Societies, its schools and educational systems, organizations and political parties. There have also been published scientific tracts about its literary works and folk-lore. A very important contribution to the book is the material dealing with the destruction of Chelm, which was the main stimulus to issuing this historical monograph.
In the book are published valuable first-hand evidence and documents about the holocaust in Chelm. How the Nazi monster displayed his bestial cruelty in the first few months of the Blitzkrieg on the 1st December, 1939, in the bloody onslaught and death-march of Chelm, Hrubieszow and Sokol. The physiognomy of Hitlerism, red in tooth and claw, came to the fore - the real nature of Hitler, Streicher and Reinhardt Heidrich, Hans Frank and the S.S. General Globoznik, who was the supervisor over the Lublin reservation and established the death camps of Maidanek and Treblinki.
There was no room for self-deception or illusion that the Jews would survive the Nazi regime. The first Chelm slaughter should have served as sufficient warning, not only to the Chelemer Jews, but to Jews throughout the world that one could not take the German torments and murders as merely a sporadic incidental phenomenon of war.
The death-march in Chelm was in fact the beginning - the first part of the great Jewish catastrophe.
Already in the olden days, Chelm was a place of renown and many historic writings speak with praise of the work of the Jewish community of Chelm, which occupied a central position amongst Jewish communities in Poland. Together with the famous Jewish centres such as Krakow, Posen and Lemberg, it was deeply rooted in the proud and creative Jewish settlement in Poland where there was Torah and learning, Chassidism, Messianic romanticism, deeply rooted Jewish tradition and active work in the world of the mind. In the field of Jewish industry, commerce and handicraft, as well as in the world of culture, Chelm played its great part.
There is a legend that when the Jews migrated from the West, an epistle fell from heaven, stating:- Go to Poland! There you will find rest. But in the land of promised rest, Jews have suffered many torments and tribulations, attacks and persecutions.
In various documents we find a catalogue of persecutions and pogroms of Jews in Chelm; including the barbaric holocaust of the Chelemer Cossacks under Chmelnitzki: In the years 1655/1656, was the Jewish population reduced by two-thirds, and in the walls of the ancient synagogue were the graves of a bride and bride-groom who were killed close to the synagogue, during their marriage ceremony.
Danger hovered over Jews in Poland for many generations and I. L. Peretz has commemorated this danger in his Chelemer story: The Shabbas Goy Struck Jankele - a father of a large family - in the teeth, and took away from him the bread which he was carrying for his family. Then a meeting of all the Chelemer people were called by the Rabbi, because they realized that the danger was great.
In the various periods between one danger and another, Jews in Poland, including those of Chelm, found great moral strength to overcome their torture and troubles and struck anew deep roots in the Polish earth. The Chelm community evolved its own individuality, yet reflected in miniature, the most important qualities of the Polish Jewish community.
On the broad highways of Jewish history in Poland, Chelm occupies an important place. Even though little has remained of its pristine glory, we can see from that little the pulsating and creative forces which have during generations given rise to great names, Rabbis and learned men and modern thinkers. Institutions of all sorts grew. Political parties came into being - parties who fought for political and social liberties and kept vigilance to the very last day when the cataclysm raged over the streets of Chelm. Even under the German occupation, -active social work did not stop. Even between one "action" and another it continued. Proof of this can be found in the Minutes of the Conference of Social Self-Help, which took place in 1942. At that Conference representatives of Chelm district participated. The Minutes of the Conference which we publish in this Book are the best witness of the high quality and inexhaustible energy of Chelm. The Conference ranged over a wide held such as the fight against the epidemic of typhoid fever, the feeding of the starving, particularly children etc. Chaie Roze Ochs, delegate at the Conference spoke with great responsibility and deep concern about the fate of Jewish children, fearing that they would not survive the horror conditions of the time.
Definite reports about the Resistance Movement in Chelm have not survived. We only know of heroic revolts on the part of individuals. In
the course of the death-march, the Germans wanted to exempt Dr. Ochs and send him home, but with great dignity he rejected that offer stating: Where the Chelm Jews, my brethren are, there I shall be! He was shot during the death-march. Near the old synagogue, there lived the Lax family. When Mrs. Lax saw in 1940 how the Germans set fire to the Synagogue, she cried out aloud and uttered her protest against their action. As a punishment, the S.S. beat her nearly to death, and while she was still living, threw her into the burning Synagogue.
There has also been published The Martyrology of Zalmele the Beker, who was thrown by the Hitler murderers into boiling tar and was later crucified. He was under suspicion of having hidden some Jews in his bakery.
It is difficult to decipher and properly to interpret the evidence of Joel Ponsczak about the action at Wlodawa on the 26th October, 1942, he writes as follows:- It was twilight. No shooting was heard. Patrols marched up and down the streets. The hiding place was small and there were more than 20 people crowded into it. The heat was overpowering. At last dawn came. The murderers ran amok through the Jewish streets. All the time shots and the explosion of grenades were heard. The action lasted the whole day. Towards evening somebody knocked at our door.
We thought that they were patrols, but it was Mr. Mandel of the Judenrat, who gave us the frightful news of the two days of the action. 800 people were killed and 3,000 were taken away on foot to Wlodawa. About the last "action in Chelm on the 6th November 1942, the same Joel Ponsczak writes: Towards evening my family and 1, including my sister and brother-in-law and children, as well as two Slovak Jews, and a certain Samuel Szwarz and his wife, went to the school-house. We had a room to ourselves. There were also Jews in other rooms. They were all my friends and acquaintances. We visited each other during the night. When day broke, the murderers started their butchery. There was an absolute battle in the streets. The firing of machine-guns and explosion of grenades did not cease until evening, when it became calmer.
The above experience of Joel Ponsczak testifies to the existence of a Resistance Movement amongst the Jews of Chelm. He actually speaks of battles in the streets. There were certain individual cases of heroism, like the resistance of Mietek, son of Hersh Velcher, who fought with a Nazi during the death-march and fled to the forest.
It is a fact that the social activity never stopped in Chelm and the passive resistance was strong amongst the Jews of Chelm as is to be seen also from the Minutes of the Conference.
Hope and optimism were always the characteristic traits of the Jewish community in Chelm. This is evidenced in the treasury of folklore which has made the name of Chelm famous. Even though it is now established that Chelm was in the nature of a fictitious creation of Jewish humour, there is no doubt that Chelm contributed much to Jewish folklore, always a way of consoling the despair and resignation which might have overwhelmed the Jewish mind oppressed by the hardships of Jewish life.
Now Jewish Chelm has been transformed into a mountain of skeletons. As already mentioned the death sentence was passed on the town on the 1st December 1939. The defenseless Jews were driven from their homes at dawn to the market-square surrounded by S.S. formations and local satellites. The community of Chelemer Jews stood overwhelmed in
sorrow and dumb despondency, facing the multitude of murderers and executioners who viewed with hatred and murderous intent the helpless mass. The Jewish old men turned their eyes heavenwards, waiting for a miracle. Perhaps something would happen as is told of former times of woe. But no miracle occurred. The sky was dull and cloudy and they were sealed hermetically in a circle of Nazi and Fascist bayonets and machine-guns. Nor later was there a miracle when the Jews perished from hunger and cold, from epidemic and disease. No salvation appeared and when the deportation came, the children's "action and, at last, the complete annihilation in November 1942, the Germans had done their job thoroughly and had completely liquidated the Jewish population of Chelm.
The published material in this book will demonstrate every stage of the Nazi tactics. The last line had now been written to the chapter of the Jews who had lived in Poland and had been rooted there for hundreds of years.
Over the Jewish ruins, gaunt spectres move in the night; martyred Jews call upon us to remember their tragic end and their glorious past. Until the official historiography is compiled, these Yiskor books with vivid, first-hand information, descriptions and documents will serve the purpose of unfolding the great tragedy of Jewish martyrdom and heroism in the years of the Nazi war against the Jewish people.
With every day and every hour of Jewish life in the clamp of Nazism, they showed the greatest human endurance. After the barbaric holocaust of 1655/1656, the Resolution of the Council of the Four Countries was as follows:- May God take revenge for the innocent blood which was spilled like water, for the bodies which lay in the fields without burial. Everyone, who has but a spark of honesty must mourn for ages to come!
This Resolution of the Council of Four Countries should be recalled at the present time. May the Yiskor Book of Chelm, together with the other Yiskor books which have appeared and will yet appear, remain an imperishable Book of Life and an eternal tomb-stone in memory of the six million Jews who were annihilated in our greatest national holocaust.
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Timing Story To Melody
Here's a small part of an amazing little sequence from an amazing cartoon.
Clampett not only packs in a ton of action, he makes it all completely clear to the audience. You're not confused by it at all, even at the lightening pace.
How does he do it? It's partly the clarity of the great animators and partly Bob's great direction - which is musically structured.
There are assorted ways to time a cartoon:
1) Straight Ahead - one action at a time, with no thought to an underlying structure, not even to a tempo.
2) Timing to a tempo - Friz, Tex, Bill Hanna, Chuck all timed to musical tempos - without always knowing ahead of time, what the music would sound like. Friz and Bill timed their cartoons on musical bar sheets.
Having all your actions built around rhythmic tempos automatically makes the timing feel good. It is an automatic structure that you can build comedy, suspense and whatever moods you want around.
The musician though, is somewhat hampered with this system because although the beats can add up to a sensible tempo, you can't always fit pure melodies to the actions. This makes the musicians tend to write music that isn't melodic. Background music that is more like sound effects that mirror the actions in the cartoons. You can't hum it.
Scott Bradley's MGM cartoons really illustrate this method. Listen to a Tom and Jerry cartoon, then try to hum the music afterwards.
3) Timing and writing the story to pre-scored music- The Fleischers did this a lot and were great at it. All classic animation directors would do it when a certain cartoon or sequence was built around a song or classical music. Fantasia. Rabbit Of Seville. Magical Maestro, etc.
This system can severely limit the creative choices you have to write your story around, because you have to fit it to the song. This is probably the hardest way to time a cartoon and takes the most skill, but if the director is good at it, I find it it the most rewarding.
Carl Stalling did both types of rhythmic scoring -pre and post, depending on the directors and the cartoons he was working with - some melodic, some just echoing the visual actions - think of the Road Runner for an extreme example of the music echoing the actions.
Clampett seemed to favor this 3rd most difficult timing method, but then maybe it wasn't difficult to him. He must have been very comfortable with it since he used it so much.
He told me his method of timing a cartoon went something like this:
Clampett liked songs and melodies rather than sound effects style music, so this method worked well for him. Stalling could pull from the huge Warner Bros. publishing library and sometimes they just wrote simple new songs for the cartoons.
The structure of Clampett's cartoons is more like music than it is like straight narrative.
His cartoons are highly emotional and they pull you along in the characters' crazy adventures.
This is a very short scene from a longer sequence, but you can see (and hear) how much action, emotion and fun he crams into his cartoons, partly by using strong melodies to time the action to.
If you watch this clip you can see the overall structure of the actions moving to the melody, but then also, certain key moments are punctuated with strong visual accents and musical stings that fit right into the song.
I'll put up another clip from the sequence next.
18 comments:
- Rick Roberts said...
"Clampett not only packs in a ton of action, he makes it all completely clear to the audience"
I think most people can't even notice how much action goes by. I know I definetly had re-watch a Clampett cartoon more then once to enjoy alot of the drawings and animation.
- Andrew Mortlock said...
in the last frame of bugs as the "toidle" he grins at the audience, you can barely see it!
- Lluis said...
That was fun!
"Hey you guys here comes the turtle..." hehehe, everything is fully exagerated so we understand everything clearly,
and it's pretty crazy how they timed the cartoons and music together, I'm pretty sure not many would be able to do that today...!
great post!
- RAKninja said...
Anytime you post about Loony Tunes I always get to wishing i had them onhand. What's more, timing is a somewhat important skill in the amateur video editing that's my hobby. Sadly, it's rather hit and miss, all of us being amateur. Your description of how it's done in cartoons (so often the source video that we edit) inspires me to try a new method (namely timing and writing the story with pre-made music) to sharpen this skill.
- SoleilSmile said...
Who staged that "peering" scene? That is BRILLIANT!
I totally missed that in the cartoon, but it makes a hilarious still.
I wish cartoons were musically structured today. Animaniacs would do it for many of their episodes, but it seems that productios obstacles ( time, talent and communication) have destroyed the music in the "off episodes". Anything sent to Wang would be "off". Music must be hard to do. Someone should find Bill Hanna's x-sheets and share them with the world. Music is so important.
That's what I felt was missing in the Ripping Friends. The music didn't push the story like it did for the first season of Ren Stimpy. Did you run into difficulties that prevented you from Mickey Mousing the music and characters? Tell us the story sometime, ok?
Oh I love bugs bunny~
And the fact that they painted over the road with grey to try to do that old run into a flat surface trick made me giggle cuz I already knew bugs was either gonna run through the wall itself or run down the road >w<. I didn't get to watch this one yet out of the many bugs bunny episodes, but this gag with bugs would be hilarious :D.
And I can hear how the music follows along with the timing and how the sfx of the startled rabbit with the telescope was funny :).
Ahh geez, Mr. K, now you make me wanna go watch bugs bunny XD.
Thanks for sharing this~
- Trevor Thompson said...
3) Timing and writing the story to pre-scored music-That's also how you did Ren and Stimpy, right? Since all the music is pre-recorded and well catalogued, I would imagine this is how it worked.
- trevor.
- SimonB said...
Thanks John this is great info.
Was Clampett a musician as well?
Do you think it is important for a director to be able to play an instrument?
It seems like now days music is hardly a consideration.
Please sir, may I have some more.
- Amir Avni said...
After reading your posts, Clampett still feels magical, but de-mystified in the sense that it is clear how his cartoons work.
That's the scientific method for ya :)
- Caleb said...
Great info, thanks.
- John A said...
Until Clampett perfected it, the Fleischers' was the only studio that could do gag on top of gag on top of gag and get away with it. Of course it helps to have a good solid story structure holding it all together,something most of the other studios were seriously lacking.
There is so much going on in this cartoon, funny premise, funny characters,great music,and pushing everything along up to the finish line is the lightning fast timing. Most studios couldn't even tell a story like this in under seven minutes. They sure as hell wouldn't fly through it with the confidence that Clampett's team exhibits. The other studios must have felt like they were being left in the dust when they saw what Warners was up to.
Sure,H and B had quick timing, but it was the same from cartoon to cartoon. Same pace for the begining ,same pace for every midsection of their cartoons,all leading up to the same finale. All formula. One thing you could say about Clampett, he may repeat some of his gags, but he would never repeat a formula. He was probably one of the most anti-formula cartoon directors ever.
- Sven Hoek said...
That's a HUGE part of whats missing in cartoons these days. Musical timing and timing in general.
That's what made the older cartoons sparkle. And Ren and Stimpy as well. Putting funny punchlines on musical accents is magic.
- John said...
Heh, this cartoon has one of the best endings ever...
- MLP said...
In a 1969 interview, Clampett said of the early Merrie Melodies, "We'd have a great story going along, but then we'd have to stop and have the singing chorus." Probably gave him a lot of practice animating along to songs...
- Rick Roberts said...
I loved when Bugs was approaching the finish line, hysterical when thought he was going to win. There are just too many things to love about Tortise Wins By a Hare.
- Payo said...
Yeah - the dialog and action in this slays me.
"Ehhhhh. Now he tells us." (and don't they commit group suicide with one bullet?
And I LOVE the way the brown bunny says "Hey youse guys... here comes da toitle."
- smbhax said...
Great, informative post. It's so easy to take what they did with the music back then for granted; it just *works*. It's funny seeing the brown Bugs look-a-like.
- :: smo :: said...
i think in part too it's a testament to how deep the arranger understands the intention of the director, and their overall communication.
the scene in the clip at the bottom is all the same tempo, so it would make it easier for stalling to find a fitting melody and keep to the overall feel. But then too, since Clampett had a knowledge of music, he knew to put the rabbit with the telescope's reaction on an offbeat so it even catches the viewer off guard. i feel like now someone would approach the scene and say "oh that was just where the animator thought it would be a good time for a reaction" something like that, but since this is a clampett cartoon, i'm willing to bet that he had that all thought out. all it would take would be one note on the bar sheet translated on the x-sheet and handed to the animator to pop on the right frame, then cushion accordingly.
musical and visual dissonance working together to create tension.
if anyone out there runs a studio like this i'm currently looking for work...


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However, the West London side Chelsea are also reported to be making big moves to snatch the player off Liverpool's hook while Serie A sides Napoli and Juventus are also linked to the player.
But a bid for the service of the winger by the Italian giants are reported to have been turned down which gives the Reds an advantage to go all out for Federico Chiesa's signature.
Meanwhile, the English Premier League giants are making efforts to add quality to their squad with the manager Jurgen Klopp seeking to win his first title at the Anfield since joining from Borussia Dortmund about three years ago.
The German manager has admitted that finishing second in the Premier League and Champions League will mean no medal for his side, hence there is a need to win something to be able to confirm the club as a big one.
Sergio Ramos reveals the player who is frustrated at Liverpool
Spanish giants Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has unwittingly stated that Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren is frustrated and has exhibited it through what he says.
Sergio Ramous made this claim in reaction to the statement credited to the Liverpool defender which says he makes many more mistakes than he does.
Lovren also made the claim to prove that he is one of the best players in the world having stated that he makes fewer mistakes than the player who is highly rated as one of the best in the world.
The Spanish defender in his reaction stated that he will not give a reply to the Liverpool player as he noted that he was not ready to be in the Newspaper for such reasons as rift and outburst.
He expressed surprise on why his peers made such a damning comment of him, wondering if Lovern could be speaking out of frustration or whatever reason.
According to Ramos, he is more interested in what he wins on the pitch and cares less about what happens afterwards because it will only serve as a distraction to him.
However, Liverpool can boast to be one of the best in the defence having recorded more clean sheets than any other team in Europe this term.
The Overwhelming Favourite Club To Sign Aaron Ramsey Revealed
Bavarian giants Bayern Munich have emerged as overwhelming favourites to sign Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey at the end of his contract in North London.
According to the report from the Independent via the Daily Star, the German champions have made a breakthrough in talks with his representatives and are confident that they have won the race to sign the highly coveted player.
Bayern Munich are among a host of European heavyweights interested in the 27-year-old.
Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan have also been mooted as possible destinations for the Welsh international playmaker.
Aaron Ramsey is the longest serving player in the Arsenal squad after over a decade at the club but his time in North London is almost up following the Gunners' decision to withdraw their contract offer for him in September.
He has made over 300 appearances for Arsenal in all competitions.
Ramsey was a regular under former manager Arsene Wenger but he has seen his playing time reduce drastically under the new managerial regime of Unai Emery who was appointed as the Arsenal manager in the summer.
Despite his reduced game time for the team, Aaron Ramsey has scored once and provided four assists in the new league campaign.
Arsenal Face Italian Battle For £26m-rated Forward
2006 Champions League finalists Arsenal have to see off competition from Italian Serie A giants AS Roma in their bid to sign Real Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez when the transfer window reopens in the New Year.
According to the publication from popular English media platform Daily Star, Arsenal are ready to make a move for the Spanish international player in January.
Lucas Vazquez is said to be frustrated with his lack of playing time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and is open to a move away from the club.
The 27-year-old Real Madrid Academy graduate is behind the quintet of Isco, Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale, Mariano and Karim Benzema for the forward positions at the club.
A bid of around £26m would be enough to prise him away from the Spanish capital club according to the aforementioned publication.
He could be a direct replacement for injured Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck.
England international player Welbeck is almost certain to miss the rest of the season after he broke his ankle last week Thursday.
He sustained the injury during the Europa League home game against Portuguese Super League giants Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates Stadium.
The Group E clash ended in a goalless draw.
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