Grand Illusions: Nora Ephron’s Magical Manhattan on Film
Born on the Upper West Side in 1941 then transplanted to the west coast, Nora Ephron dreamed of going back to New York City to “become another Dorothy Parker.” Ephron realized her dream, with a remarkable career as a journalist, essayist, novelist, director, and screenwriter. About her ability to transform the mundane into the magical she wrote: “I can’t understand why anyone would write fiction when what actually happens is so amazing.”
In this multimedia lecture/presentation, Paula Uruburu revisits Ephron’s words of wit and wisdom while touring a city transformed through her unique lens in some of her most iconic New York films. And we will look back on her own love affair with some of the city’s beloved landmarks that make appearances in her films where the Upper West Side is as much a character as its enchanted inhabitants.
“The story of my life isn’t even going to get us out of Chicago, I mean nothing’s happened to me yet. That’s why I’m going to New York.” —Sally Albright in Nora Ephron’s When Harry Met Sally
Speaker Paula Uruburu received her Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook in English with specializations in American literature, film studies and drama. Her last book, American Eve, tells the story of the fame and tragedy of Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit’s fated relationships with architect Stanford White and murderer Harry Thaw. She is currently finishing a book on the infamous Lizzie Borden. Dr. Uruburu has acted as a consultant to A&E, PBS, the History Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel. Of Basque-Irish descent, she is a native New Yorker who lives in her haunted 1890 house on the South Shore of Long Island, and has always liked the fact that her last name is a palindrome.
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Born on the Upper West Side in 1941 then transplanted to the west coast, Nora Ephron dreamed of going back to New York City to “become another Dorothy Parker.” Ephron realized her dream, with a remarkable career as a journalist, essayist, novelist, director, and screenwriter. About her ability to transform the mundane into the magical she wrote: “I can’t understand why anyone would write fiction when what actually happens is so amazing.”
In this multimedia lecture/presentation, Paula Uruburu revisits Ephron’s words of wit and wisdom while touring a city transformed through her unique lens in some of her most iconic New York films. And we will look back on her own love affair with some of the city’s beloved landmarks that make appearances in her films where the Upper West Side is as much a character as its enchanted inhabitants.
“The story of my life isn’t even going to get us out of Chicago, I mean nothing’s happened to me yet. That’s why I’m going to New York.” —Sally Albright in Nora Ephron’s When Harry Met Sally
Speaker Paula Uruburu received her Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook in English with specializations in American literature, film studies and drama. Her last book, American Eve, tells the story of the fame and tragedy of Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit’s fated relationships with architect Stanford White and murderer Harry Thaw. She is currently finishing a book on the infamous Lizzie Borden. Dr. Uruburu has acted as a consultant to A&E, PBS, the History Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel. Of Basque-Irish descent, she is a native New Yorker who lives in her haunted 1890 house on the South Shore of Long Island, and has always liked the fact that her last name is a palindrome.
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