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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“I find it so boring to talk about myself. I don’t remember the last time I did an interview. Somebody came to my house and I thought I’d never get rid of him. That sort of cooled me off.”
—Irene Dunne (1898 – 1990)

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“How does it happen that something that makes so much sense in the moonlight doesn't make any sense at all in the sunlight?” —Lana Turner
“How does it happen that something that makes so much sense in the moonlight doesn’t make any sense at all in the sunlight?”
—Lana Turner

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Scenes From Movies I’d Like To Write

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“Escaping Criticism” 1874, by Pere Borrel del Caso (1835 -1910). A masterful and witty example of trompe-l’oeil where the artist tries to trick our eye by creating a convincing optical illusion. Here we have a boy dressed in rags escaping the confines the frame, his world, perhaps seeking a better life by stepping into the viewer's world.
“Escaping Criticism” 1874, by Pere Borrel del Caso (1835 -1910). A masterful and witty example of trompe-l’oeil where the artist tricks our eye by creating a convincing optical illusion. Here, a barefoot boy is escaping the confines of the frame—his world—perhaps seeking a better life by stepping into the viewer’s universe. Think of this painting as a scene from a time travel movie.

When our children were little, one of our favorite Shabbat activities was leafing through art books. I’d sink into a comfortable chair. One of the children would plop into my lap. We’d look at reproductions of art, and make up stories about various paintings.

The best paintings are like scenes from movies never produced. The characters feel real. They think. They feel. We care about them. We want to know them. Most of all, we yearn to know what happens next.

Here are a few paintings that never failed to capture our imaginations.

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