Berberova

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In a message dated 00-06-08 13:15:23 EDT, Alina Israeli wrote:
<< Berberova whose centenary is being celebrated in the announced conference,
 in her eighties refused to watch movies. >>

 I must respectfully disagree with Prof. Israeli's assertion about Nina
Berberova.
Ms. Berberova and I very close friends for more than 30 years before her death
in 1993.  When she was younger she was in fact an avid fan of movies, and she
particularly enjoyed French avant-garde films. There used to be a theater on
the outskirts of Princeton which specialized in foreign films, and Ms.
Berberova went there not infrequently.
In the last decade of her life Ms. Berberova slowed down considerably and did
not go to the movies often, in addition to which she lost some interest in
doing
so. This was replaced by TV, and to the end she watched the evening news
and kept abreast of current events. And, yes, sometimes she even watched
films on her TV!
It is true, however, that in an interview for *Vanity Fair* with Joan Buck
she made
a comment about not going to the movies. That must be taken in the context of
her health and ability to move about easily. (She stopped driving several
years
before her death.)
                                       William W. Derbyshire, Seattle, WA

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