Month: August 2007

Selected New Acquisitions This Week

The pursuit of happyness – DVD 3075Bigger than life – DVD 3074 (PAL Region 2 DVD)Night on Earth – DVD 3073Playtime – DVD 3072Das leben der anderen = The lives of others – DVD 3070Lola la trailera = Lola the truck driver – DVD 3069

The pursuit of happyness – DVD 3075
Bigger than life – DVD 3074 (PAL Region 2 DVD)
Night on Earth – DVD 3073
Playtime – DVD 3072
Das leben der anderen = The lives of others – DVD 3070
Lola la trailera = Lola the truck driver – DVD 3069

More Cool Streaming Video: This from the Paley Center for Media

They have clips of events they’ve hosted in their New York and Los Angeles locations. Fun stuff like panel discussions with: the “whacked Sopranos”; the writing staff for “Late Night with Conan O’Brian”; the cast of “30 Rock”. Take a look. link

They have clips of events they’ve hosted in their New York and Los Angeles locations. Fun stuff like panel discussions with: the “whacked Sopranos”; the writing staff for “Late Night with Conan O’Brian”; the cast of “30 Rock”. Take a look.

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Mind Online: Streaming video of lectures at the University of Chicago

Errol Morris is among the few Film Studies lecturers in this rich electronic archive of video and audio recordings. In their words, this is “a collection of thought-provoking samples from the University’s intellectual life, both past and present.” link

Errol Morris is among the few Film Studies lecturers in this rich electronic archive of video and audio recordings. In their words, this is “a collection of thought-provoking samples from the University’s intellectual life, both past and present.”

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Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life

Gorgeously presented by the British Film Institute, Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life has just arrived on region 2 DVD and is now available in Media Services. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3074 Released in 1956, less than a year after Rebel Without a Cause, Bigger Than Life stands next to Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows … Continue reading “Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life”

Gorgeously presented by the British Film Institute, Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life has just arrived on region 2 DVD and is now available in Media Services.

HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3074

Released in 1956, less than a year after Rebel Without a Cause, Bigger Than Life stands next to Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows (1955) as monumental Technicolor/CinemaScope American suburban melodrama with a subversive twist, including the most awkward PTA meeting ever projected on the screen!

http://www.bfi.org.uk/booksvideo/video/details/biggerthanlife/

Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Undeclared: the complete series – DVD 3065-3068The Killers (1946, 1964) – DVD 3064Das Fräulein – DVD 3058Viva Cuba – DVD 3055Madeinusa – DVD 3052Iraq in fragments – DVD 3049

Undeclared: the complete series – DVD 3065-3068
The Killers (1946, 1964) – DVD 3064
Das Fräulein – DVD 3058
Viva Cuba – DVD 3055
Madeinusa – DVD 3052
Iraq in fragments – DVD 3049

Streaming video find: The Charlie Rose Archive

Over 4000 hours of interviews. Searchable and categorized for browsing too. This is an amazing archive of contemporary culture covering some of the most remarkable people from the arts and sciences as well as business, government, sports, and journalism. link

Over 4000 hours of interviews. Searchable and categorized for browsing too. This is an amazing archive of contemporary culture covering some of the most remarkable people from the arts and sciences as well as business, government, sports, and journalism.

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Cool find: Animator Sally Cruikshank’s films on YouTube

I’d seen a few of these, Quasi at the Quackadero and Face like a frog, and didn’t realize she done so many others. Cruikshank made her name in the late seventies with an animation style that was heavily influenced by early animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer. I’d wondered what became of her and am … Continue reading “Cool find: Animator Sally Cruikshank’s films on YouTube”

I’d seen a few of these, Quasi at the Quackadero and Face like a frog, and didn’t realize she done so many others. Cruikshank made her name in the late seventies with an animation style that was heavily influenced by early animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer. I’d wondered what became of her and am glad to see she’s alive and well. She even has a blog, fun on mars. Credit BoingBoing for uncovering the YouTube page.

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? – DVD 3017Coeurs = Private fears in public places – DVD 3016Leonard Berstein’s young people’s concerts – DVD 3001-3009Performance – DVD 3000

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? – DVD 3017
Coeurs = Private fears in public places – DVD 3016
Leonard Berstein’s young people’s concerts – DVD 3001-3009
Performance – DVD 3000

Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Sílení = Lunacy – DVD 2999Amarcord – DVD 2996Extras: season 2 – DVD 2992Extras: season 1 – DVD 2991Jackie Brown – DVD2988Renaissance: Paris 2054 – DVD 2986Shakespeare retold – DVD 2985

Sílení = Lunacy – DVD 2999
Amarcord – DVD 2996
Extras: season 2 – DVD 2992
Extras: season 1 – DVD 2991
Jackie Brown – DVD2988
Renaissance: Paris 2054 – DVD 2986
Shakespeare retold – DVD 2985