Anti-War Vets Excluded from Marching in Long Beach Veteran's Parade; The L.A. Zoo's New Gorilla Habitat; Conversations With Woody Allen; FilmWeek Reviews
Anti-War Vets Excluded from Marching in Long Beach Veteran's Parade
Anti-war vets have been banned from marching in the 11th Veterans Day Parade in Long Beach. An application to participate in the parade, filed by Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out, was turned down because organizers want Saturday's parade free from politics. The anti-war groups complained to the City Council this week, but City Attorney Bob Shannon said Wednesday that the parade committee was a private, nonprofit organization that had a right to choose its participants. The city provides the staffing, flags, banners, utilities and police protection, Shannon said, but does not play any role in the approval of parade participants. Larry discusses the controversy with Pat Alviso, of Military Families Speak Out, Long Beach City Councilman Val Lurch, and Robert Shannon, City Attorney of Long Beach.
The L.A. Zoo's New Gorilla Habitat
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Zoo opened its Campo Gorilla Reserve, a brand new habitat which introduces Western lowland gorillas back into the zoo after a 4 1/2-year absence. The new exhibit is part of a larger overhaul of the zoo, which will eventually include a habitat for golden monkeys from China as well as a new elephant exhibit. Larry talks with John Lewis, Director of the L.A. Zoo, about the new gorillas and the continued construction at the zoo.
Conversations With Woody Allen
Eric Lax has been talking with Woody Allen for years. Since 1971 Allen has given the writer complete access to his film sets and editing rooms, as well as his thoughts and observations. Allen has talked with Lax about every facet of his own filmmaking as well as the work of directors he admires. Larry talks with Lax about his new book, Conversations With Woody Allen, which reveal Allen's artistic development from comedian to world-acclaimed filmmaker.
FilmWeek Reviews
Larry and critics Peter Rainer, of the Christian Science Monitor, and Henry Sheehan, of henrysheehan.com, discuss many of the week's new releases including the feature films Fred Claus, Lions for Lambs, No Country for Old Men, Choking Man, Strange Culture, and the documentaries Steal a Pencil for Me, and War/Dance.