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He showed footage of the making of ST IV: The whales were created with high technique and a material which does not show wrinkles as plastics would do. The only life shots of whales are those taken in the open sea. The huge flipper and the small whale (in comparison to a person's size) moved in a way which even fooled seals in a tank... Everybody enjoyed the bloopers of ST IV and the stories Leonard told us about. E.g.: After Kirk and Spock were forced to leave the bus a sound makes the scene unusable. Cameras still rolling Spock goes on: "What does it mean 'correct change'? ... Isn't this your home planet? You should know. Aren't you familiar with your own customs? ..." A Q & A session followed where ST questions were asked. Again Leonard answered everybody very friendly, knowing that each person asks the question for the first time.
Only a short time later the main event began: "Pictures, poems and prose" I know that I was not the only one in the audience having saved all year to pay for a golden seat. Looking around you could see people from Wales, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany a. o., mostly from England of course. Susan Bay Nimoy attended, sitting at the side of the hall. Before Leonard entered the stage a picture of an old camera, the kind he has used, was projected on the screen. He began to share how he had started taking photos when he was 11 years old and how he developed them in the bathroom he had turned into a darkroom. He showed a picture of his grandfather he had taken and some pictures he took in Spain. Referring to the presence of God revealing herself in the flesh, in light or movement, he began to share his view of "Shekhina" (the dwelling of God, the presence) with us. He also talked about his first impression of the blessing when he was a boy and the Kohanim shouted the blessing to the congregation. Then Leonard blessed us by reciting all verses: Lev., 4: 6 ff. in Hebrew and added some other verses to it.
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