I remember that evening clearly. I must have been half in the bag, pitching a cause to two philanthropists that had a penchant for Mojitos, at the bar of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. It was obvious that they really had no interest in whatever campaign I was trying to fund as the discussion quickly circled back to the part of my pitch that frequently spurs conversation. “Tell us again about what happened at the Motion Picture Home.”
It was a battle whose successful outcome made everyone happy, and with all of the threats of litigation, oblique references to Nazis and administration meltdowns over my blogs, there stood Harry’s Haven, rising above the contentiousness of the debate over continuum of care. Harry’s Haven was indeed a haven for Alzheimer’s patients, and it existed only because of the generosity of Kirk and Anne Douglas. Named after Kirk’s father Harry Demsky,...
It was a battle whose successful outcome made everyone happy, and with all of the threats of litigation, oblique references to Nazis and administration meltdowns over my blogs, there stood Harry’s Haven, rising above the contentiousness of the debate over continuum of care. Harry’s Haven was indeed a haven for Alzheimer’s patients, and it existed only because of the generosity of Kirk and Anne Douglas. Named after Kirk’s father Harry Demsky,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Richard Stellar
- The Wrap
Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Eastern Plays (top); Kristbjörg Kjeld, Mamma Gogo (bottom) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Mamma Gogo and Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays will have two additional Academy screenings on Dec. 26 at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills. Iceland's entry for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Mamma Gogo will be presented at 5 p.m; Bulgarian entry Eastern Plays will screen at 7 p.m. Starring Kristbjörg Kjeld as Mamma Gogo, an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease and Hilmir Snær Guðnason as a film director, Mamma Gogo is a semi-autobiographical drama (with humorous touches) about how the director copes with his mother's illness. Director Fridriksson's mystical Children of Nature was shortlisted in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 1991. A study in ethnic and nationalistic bigotry, Eastern Plays tells the story of three people — two Bulgarian brothers and a Turkish immigrant — brought together by a brutal xenophobic [...]...
- 12/7/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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