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West Orange Chronicle — October 12, 2017 — 13 Fall for the art at the library The fall season is in the full swing and who spent his first 25 years in Paris, where reviews, profiles, fiction and screenplays the days are getting shorter and colder. But LIBRARY MATTERS he studied at the University of and a two-time former chairman of the at the library things are heating up. We Paris and earned his master’s degree in New York Film Critics Circle, Whitty writes BY LANA PEKER have quite a variety of programs for all ages French literature and art history. In 1982, for the New York Daily News, The Star- planned for the rest of the season. Howev- to World War II. Amsellem moved to the United States and Ledger, NJ.com and many other sites, er, I would like to highlight one particular The movie discussion will be led by continued to paint and develop his interest newspapers and national magazines. He program for its perfect combination of art, Janet Mandel, who was a public school in film. As a painter, his work has been has his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the film and intellectual discussions. teacher for 32 years, the last 18 of which exhibited in Paris and locally at the now- Arts and has taught and lectured at NYU, For the past several years the West she spent at Columbia High School in closed GAS Gallery and Studio on Ridge- Rutgers, Baruch, the Metropolitan Muse- Orange Public Library has been a proud Maplewood. Now retired, she gives art his- wood Road, the 1978 Maplewood Arts Cen- um of Art, the Museum of , the host of the West Orange Classic Film Festi- tory talks at local museums, libraries, sen- ter and other galleries. Museum of the Moving Image and the New val and its multipart series called “Art on ior centers and adult schools. She and her Amsellem teaches world film at Liv- York Public Library. He appears regularly Film.” This program includes a screening husband, Ken, live in West Orange, and ingston High School — one of my son’s as a guest on television and radio, and as a of a movie followed by a lovely discussion their two sons, Artie and Tyler, attended favorite classes in high school — and has juror at film festivals; his most recent book, led by local art educators. West Orange public schools. directed several short films. He has been “The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia,” was The first movie, “Woman in Gold,” star- On Nov. 19, we will be showing the film speaking on films in different venues and published in 2016. ring and Ryan Reynolds, will “Pollock.” It’s a 2000 biographical film that he runs his very successful film club, “la The “Art on Film” series provides a great be shown Oct. 22. I remember I couldn’t tells the life story of American painter Cinematheque,” at South Orange Perform- mutually beneficial connection between wait for this movie to come out as I am a Jackson Pollock. It stars Ed Harris, who is ing Art Center. the library and the community. As our huge fan of Gustav Klimt’s works, and also the director, and Marcia Gay Harden. The last movie in the series, shown Dec. library thrives on the support and love we watching the movie based on the true story Harden won the Academy Award for Best 10, will be “The Agony and the Ecstasy.” An feel from the community, you can always related to one of his sounded very Supporting Actress for portraying Pollock’s old 1965 film directed by Carol Reed and rely on us to provide you with some fun and appealing. This true story focuses on Maria wife, and Harris received a nomination for starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harri- inspirational events. You can check them Altmann, an elderly Jewish refugee living Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock. The son, it is partially based on Irving Stone’s all online at www.wopl.org or pick up a in , who, together with her film was a long-term personal project for biographical novel of the same name. This brochure that lists them at the reference young lawyer fought the government of Harris, beginning with his reading of Pol- film deals with the conflicts of Michelange- desk. We can’t wait to see you at our excit- to reclaim Gustav Klimt’s iconic lock’s biography, given to him by his father. lo and Pope Julius II during the painting of ing events. painting of her aunt, “Portrait of Adele The discussion will be led by educator, the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling. Bloch-Bauer I,” which was stolen from her artist and filmmaker Gerard Amsellem. The discussion will be led by Stephen Lana Peker is a reference librarian relatives by the Nazis in just prior Amsellem is a French and American citizen Whitty. An award-winning writer of essays, at the West Orange Public Library. Assault: our country’s gun laws “Guns don’t kill people. People kill peo- that the kind of people who have previous- ple.” This is the common refrain of many POINT OF VIEW There are already ly used them to cause deadly mayhem in “gun rights” proponents. It’s catchy, but it’s places like Aurora, Newtown, San incomplete. What it should say is: “People BY DONALD DABORN governmental limits Bernardino, Orlando and now Las Vegas who have guns kill people.” against the human population cannot be applied to guns for would have been able to obtain them. The following corollaries apply: People controlled? Third point. The fallback position of who have assault weapons kill many peo- Assault weapons were designed and duck hunting. But unlimited access to guns of any type is ple. People who have assault weapons with built for one purpose: assault. They are not somehow assault always the Second Amendment. I wish I high-capacity magazines kill many people hunting rifles. They are not target rifles. could feel confident those who use this in a short period of time. They are not self-defense rifles. rifles with 30-round argument have actually read it and under- Yes, I know, people who have knives They are assault rifles. Weapons of war. magazines being used stand it. also kill people. Same goes for blunt These weapons simply have no place against the human This is what it says: “A well-regulated objects, automobiles, boomerangs and outside of the military, just like RPGs, mor- militia being necessary to the security of a bolos. tars and hand grenades. Their sale should population cannot be free state, the right of the people to keep And yes, most people who have guns be unequivocally banned. controlled? and bear arms shall not be infringed.” don’t kill anybody. Mikhail Kalashnikov developed the There are two parts to this statement, However, any rational member of socie- infamous AK47, the progenitor of this type if a weapon is banned, bad guys can still get and too little consideration is given to the ty should be able to accept that limitations of rifle, “to create a weapon that would their hands on them. That if one weapon is first — and most critical — part, the very must be put on anything that is dangerous. drive the Germans from Russia.” Not to banned, then another will be, and another, reason for the amendment. In 1776 a mili- This is why we have licensing laws for bag a deer. Not to hit a bullseye. Not to pro- and another until all I’ll have left is my tia — and not just any militia, mind you, motor vehicles. This is why we have speed tect a home. The manufacturers of the Bowie knife. but a “well-regulated” one — was necessary limits. This is why vaqueros and aborigines more recent permutations of this gun — First point. Do speed limits always stop to ensure the security of our new “free are not allowed to hunt in public parks. such as the popular AR15, a “civilian” ver- people from driving dangerously? Not state.” It is now 2017. How does anyone in And guns are dangerous. Assault rifles sion of a military weapon, the M16 — have always. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t their right mind accept the notion that this are extremely dangerous, dangerous made claims for it to be other things, but have them. Will a ban on assault rifles still applies the same way in an era with a beyond the justification for their public that is merely trying to put a wolf in sheep’s totally prevent the types of mass shootings professional military? Those paranoid availability. Regulating them is not an clothing. To argue otherwise is insulting. we have seen far too much of in the past enough to worry that an armed citizenry is infringement on rights. It is common A ban on assault rifles is akin to a speed few years? Perhaps not completely, but it a necessary balance to ensure that our mil- sense. limit on a highway. It does not infringe will surely make them far more difficult to itary will not turn against the people of There are already governmental limits upon your right to drive. It is meant to con- accomplish. Any obstacle we can put America are sadly delusional. Those unre- applied to guns on the books. One of these trol dangerous driving. Rational people between people and assault weapons and alistic enough to think that an armed citi- applies to duck hunting. In order to protect accept this concept. thus mass shootings would be beneficial. zenry would be an effective protector of our the wildfowl population, weapons used to The counterarguments by gun-rights Second point. Bad guys sometimes do country against outside forces have hunt them are limited to carrying only zealots are that banning guns won’t pre- manage to get their hands on weapons they watched “Red Dawn” a few too many times three shells. This is to protect the duck vent gun violence from happening — shouldn’t have. But if these particular after a few too many beers. population. But somehow assault rifles though this flies in the face of evidence weapons are unavailable for purchase — by The second part states that the right “to with 30-round magazines being used from other countries. They argue that, even anyone, anywhere — it is highly unlikely See AMERICAN, Page 22

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