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Movie Review: 'Six Million and One' | Movies & TV | Arts - Epoch Times
In their father?s footsteps
Created: September 30, 2012 Last Updated: September 30, 2012
World War II veteran Mickey Dorsey (L) and Pat Waters (R) in the documentary 'Six Million and One', a film about a family who discovers the past of their father, a Holocaust survivor. (Courtesy of Nancy Fishman Film Releasing, LLC)
David Fisher chose to drag his siblings to the historic sites of Austria that the country would rather hide away from the world. They would visit the concentration camps that their father survived.
It is a trip that Israeli filmmaker Fisher?s sister and two brothers make quite reluctantly. Nevertheless, they experience family history as a form of therapy they never knew they needed in Fisher?s Six Million and One, (SMAO) which opens this Friday in New York.
Fisher somehow lived through his internment at the Gusen and Gunskirchen camps, but just barely. Among the last camp populations to be liberated, the Fishers? father easily could have been the National Socialists? final victim, the titular six million and first.
He did survive, but he never told the tale, except in the unpublished memoir discovered after his death. While most of the family has no interest in plumbing the depths of their father?s wounded psyche, the documentarian brother obsesses over it, using it as the blueprint for SMAO.
\>");Brother David starts the voyage solo, traveling to Austria, where he meets several townspeople who were slightly surprised to learn they had moved into houses across the street from a concentration camp.
He also journeys to America to interview some of the surviving GIs who liberated the Austrian camps and still suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome decades later. In fact, these might be some of the most eye-opening scenes of the film, arguing for separate documentary treatment in their own right.
Eventually, Fisher cajoles his siblings into returning to Austria with him. They literally retrace their father?s steps on the notorious death march between camps and in the munitions tunnel he dug as a slave laborer. Yet, having not read their father?s chronicle, they are unaware of the significance of each leg of the journey until it is revealed by their filmmaker brother.
David Fisher, director of the documentary 'Six Million and One.' (Courtesy of Nancy Fishman Film Releasing, LLC)
Notwithstanding the humanistic empathy of his visit with America?s Greatest Generation, SMAO revisits some well-traveled documentary roads. For those of us who have covered many thematically related films, it clearly bears close comparison to Jack Fisher?s A Generation Apart (presumably no relation), as well as any number of films documenting survivors? return journeys to their old fateful homelands (such as Inside Hana?s Suitcase or Blinky & Me for instance).
However, the refreshing wit and attitude of the Fishers helps differentiate SMAO from the field. It is clear that they are never reading from a prewritten script, nor are they interested in indulging in cheap-and-easy sentiment.
Yes, there have been a lot of films about this uniquely horrific episode in human history, but SMAO still finds something new to say. Though it displays a bit of inclination toward the discursive, writer-director-producer Fisher and editor Hadas Ayalon ultimately shape it all into a compelling narrative.
Ran Bagno?s ECM-ish blend of chamber strings and experimental music also nicely underscores the dramatic presentations on-screen.
Recommended for thoughtful audiences, Six Million and One opens this Friday (Sept. 28) in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema.
Six Million and One
Director: David Fisher
Running Time: 93 minutes
Joe Bendel writes about independent film and lives in New York. To read his most recent articles, please visit http://jbspins.blogspot.com
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Fight over ?bias? in political polling as numbers show clear edge for Obama (+video)
Most polls give President Obama the lead over Mitt Romney ? some by a margin many find startling. Conservatives say that just proves the polls are rigged to give?Democrats the advantage.
Reshonda Young fills out paperwork to vote early at the election office at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo, Iowa,Thursday. Iowa is one of 32 states that allow early voting.
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EnlargeAs Mitt Romney and Barack Obama prepare to go mano a mano (rhetorically, at least) in their first debate this week, the fight over skewed polling continues to echo among partisans and pundits.
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Monitor political correspondent Liz Marlantes takes a look at one version of the US Electoral College map following the political conventions and how a future map might look as we get closer to November.Most polls give Mr. Obama the lead ? some by a margin many find startling. The latest Rand Corp. snapshot has Obama up by 7 points, Gallup?s by 6 points. The RealClearPolitics average of polls gives Obama a 4.3 percent edge over M. Romney.
But some conservative commentators say that just proves the polls are rigged to give?Democrats?an apparent advantage. And the mainstream media, they charge, is buying into what amounts to a conspiracy by playing up such survey results.
Why do Election 2012 swing states matter? 5 resources to explain.
?A tight presidential contest is fueling a fierce debate over whether the daily stream of polls accurately reflects the dynamics of the presidential race,? blogs Neil King Jr. for the Wall Street Journal.
Michael Barone, senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner (who calls himself a ?recovering pollster?) points out the increasing difficulty in accurately gauging that dynamic.
There?s always a margin of error of 3-4 points, he notes, and the results in one out of 20 polls will be wrong outside the margin of error.
Then there?s the difficulty in getting potential voters to agree to be interviewed by phone (polls used to be conducted face-to-face), especially since many people now use cell phones only. Federal law requires cell phones to be hand-dialed rather than dialed by computers as land lines are.
?In addition, it's getting much harder for pollsters to get people to respond to interviews,? Mr. Barone writes. ?The Pew Research Center reports that it's getting only 9 percent of the people it contacts to respond to its questions. That's compared with 36 percent in 1997.?
?Are those 9 percent representative of the larger population?? Barone asks. ?As that percentage declines, it seems increasingly possible that the sample is unrepresentative of the much larger voting public. One thing a poll can't tell us is the opinion of people who refuse to be polled.?
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Music review: Third Angle opens season with John Luther Adams ...
How does sound evoke a sense of place? If the titles didn't tip you off, would you know that Ottorino Respighi's Roman triptych was about Rome, or that the honks and beeps of George Gershwin's "An American in Paris" were meant to evoke specifically Parisian traffic? Would commentators consistently identify northern imagery in Jean Sibelius' music if they didn't know he was Finnish?
The idea is central to John Luther Adams' "Earth and the Great Weather," with which Third Angle opened its season Friday night at Lewis & Clark College's Agnes Flanagan Chapel. In an epic piece of what he calls "sonic geography," Adams -- the Mississippi-born Alaskan composer, not to be confused with John Adams, the Massachusetts-born Californian composer -- aimed to create a landscape in sound drawn from the real landscape of northeastern Alaska, the location of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Like the place, the music was vast and austere. Forces were relatively few, with four strings (one each of violin, viola, cello and bass), four voices, and four percussionists, plus tape and electronic effects. The taped portion included texts in Inupiaq and Gwich'in with English translation, most of them descriptive of the environment, along with sounds of nature -- water, wind, birdsong. At times, delayed playback created a sort of electronic shimmer throughout the room, like the sonic equivalent of the aurora borealis.
The 10 movements progressed slowly and with a sort of organic grandeur, in long breathing arcs echoing the taped sound of wind that opened the piece. The three treble voices lent attenuated luminous dissonances; strings contributed eerie, glassy harmonics. Shivering bows in "The Circle of Winds" suggested both wind and the relentless mosquitoes of an Alaskan summer. Punctuating the structure were three movements of hard-driving, viscerally gripping percussion, reflecting Adams' early experience as a rock drummer.
In remarks before the concert, Third Angle violinist and artistic director Ron Blessinger said the ensemble liked to stretch itself, and that "Earth and the Great Weather" required a lot of stretching -- "it's musical yoga." For the audience, too, it was a stretch, though not in the way that modern music is often said to be. Extended over an uninterrupted hour and a half, Adams' simple, often atmospheric sonic geography both centered listeners in a sound environment and transported them to a remote place, part real, part imaginary and thoroughly distinct.
-- James McQuillen, Special to The Oregonian
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Boyd, Clemson look to right the ship against Boston College
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd will be without one of his favorite targets today against Boston College, as receiver Sammy Watkins will miss the game with a virus.
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Published: Friday, September 28, 2012 at 9:45 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 28, 2012 at 9:45 p.m.
CLEMSON ? Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd felt hollow when the 17th-ranked Tigers lost at No. 4 Florida State last week. He took major steps to make sure he wouldn?t feel that away again today at Boston College.
Facts
TODAY'S GAME
No. 17 Clemson (3-1, 0-1 ACC) at Boston College (1-2, 0-1)
3:30 p.m., ESPN2, 93.3 FM
Line: Clemson by 9 ?.
Series record: Clemson leads 10-9-2.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
Clemson is seeking to bounce back from last week's 49-37 loss at No. 4 Florida State. The Tigers led 31-21 in the third quarter before the Seminoles put up four touchdowns down the stretch against a tiring defense that has struggled against the run all year long. Boston College is hoping to pull off an ACC surprise as it did in 2010's 16-10 victory over Clemson on Chestnut Hill.
KEY MATCHUP
Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins vs. Boston College's defense. Watkins missed the season's first two games because of suspension, and then tuned up for about a half in a win over Furman before facing Florida State. Watkins has 10 catches for just 76 yards and no touchdowns this season. Boston College has given up just 202 yards passing a game, fourth best in the ACC.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Clemson: QB Tajh Boyd had a record-setting season for the Tigers last year and has largely picked up where he left off in 2011. He's averaged 246 yards a game and has thrown nine touchdown passes, tied for second in the ACC.
Boston College: QB Chase Rettig is the ACC's surprise leader in passing yards per game and total offense. As Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said this week, "It's been a long time since we've seen them lead the league in passing."
FACTS & FIGURES
Clemson has lost two of three meetings in Boston since the Eagles joined the ACC in 2005 ... Boston College linebacker Nick Clancy leads the nation with more than 14 tackles per game. ... Clemson kicker Chandler Catanzaro has made his last 15 straight field goals, surpassing the school record of 14 straight held by former NFL kicker Obed Ariri in 1980. ... The Eagles had last week off after losing at Northwestern, 22-13 on Sept. 15. ... The winner of this game receives the O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy, an award named for Charlie O'Rourke of Boston College and Banks McFadden of Clemson. The two competed against each other in the 1940 Cotton Bowl.
Boyd called a players? only meeting once the team returned from Tallahassee, still stinging from the 49-37 defeat. He told the Tigers he didn?t want them to splinter or point fingers after the loss because there was plenty of time for the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions to deliver on a big season.
For Boyd and the Tigers (3-1, 0-1 ACC), that starts this weekend against the Eagles (1-2, 0-1). The task got a bit harder Thursday when star receiver Sammy Watkins was ruled out because of an abdominal virus. He did not make the trip.
Clemson led Florida State by two touchdowns and was still ahead 31-21 midway through the third quarter when the Seminoles? offense started rolling. Florida State struck for four touchdowns to take control of the early season ACC Atlantic Division showdown.
Boyd said there were plenty of breakdowns on all sides of the ball. Clemson?s defense struggled to keep the Seminoles off the scoreboard and allowed 667 yards, the second-highest total in program history. The offense didn?t answer back during the decisive stretch. And Clemson?s special teams gave up several big plays, including a 90-yard kickoff return to Lamarcus Joyner during Florida State?s rally.
Everyone on the Tigers shares responsibility for the loss, something Boyd wanted to remind the players as they got ready for this week?s game.
?There?s no need for anything to try and divide us,? he said.
Boyd and the Tigers hope to prevent a lingering letdown and avoid last season?s late slide when Clemson opened 8-0. But a 31-17 defeat at Georgia Tech started a 1-3 finish in the regular season.
The Tigers rallied to win their first ACC title in 20 years with a 38-10 victory over Virginia Tech. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said the memories of last year?s rise, fall and title win should help the team keep last week?s defeat in perspective.
?We are the same team that had a really good team on the road down 14 and didn?t finish it,? Swinney said. ?Those guys are still here. We know we are capable of being a good football team. That was one game. We have so much opportunity to have a very, very good season.?
Clemson has certainly had its hands full with Boston College since it joined the league in 2005, including losing two of its three trips to Chestnut Hill. The Eagles? first league win came against the Tigers in 2005. Losses to Boston College in 2006 and 2007 cost those Clemson teams trips to the ACC title games both years. And in 2010, a Clemson team seeking to get its season back on track managed only three points on offense in a 16-10 defeat to the Eagles.
?Any edge we can get against this team will be helpful for us because they have so many weapons,? said Boston College linebacker Nick Clancy, who leads the country with more than 14 tackles a game.
The Eagles have a few weapons, too. Quarterback Chase Rettig leads the ACC with 317 yards per game. He?s also tops in ACC total offense. Wideout Alex Amidon is tops in the league with a 122-yard receiving average.
?It?s been a long time since we?ve seen them lead the league in passing,? Swinney said.
Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120928/wire/120929649
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I Think My Child is Going to College With His Froggy! ? A Mom's ...
When I was a kid I had a blanket.? It was a pastel plaid blanket with fringe that I would twirl in my hands.? I loved this blanket and brought it with me everywhere!
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