Entertaining and exhaustive study of the estimated number of days Phil Conner repeated to experience all that is shown in the movie. From Obsessedwithfilm.com : Just How Many Days Does Bill Murray REALLY Spend Stuck Reliving Groundhog Day?
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Audio clip: Bob Dylan on Film Noir and Cornell Woolrich
From his satellite radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour, on the topic of night. link
Continue readingNetflix at a crossroads. The costs of mailing DVDs vs. streaming content.
Netflix is offering streaming-only service in Canada and they’re starting to heavily push that option in the US. Whether they can ramp up the selection of streaming titles without raising subscription costs precipitously is a big question. Will instant access trump the loss in quality and occasional network glitches inherent in streaming video? Will a […]
Continue readingAU Classroom favorites available to view online at Snag Films
The American Ruling ClassAnatomy of a SpringrollBetween Midnight and the Rooster’s CrowThe Big Buy: Tom Delay’s Stolen CongressBooks not BarsBuena Vista Social ClubDam/AgeFather Roy: Inside the School of the AssassinsThe Future of FoodThe Life and Times of Allen GinsbergThe Life and Times of Hank GreenbergPrison LullabiesProfit Motive and the Whispering Wind – A Must See […]
Continue readingStreaming Video Alert: Ephemeral Films on Archive.org
From their website:Ephemeral films are non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV Geeks. In addition to these classic collections, you may view guidance films from the post-World War II British government, drive-in movie intermission ads, and […]
Continue readingFilms on Demand is Here! 6500 educational programs available for instant viewing online by AU students and faculty
Films-On-Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that makes it easy for students to instantly view documentaries from Films Media Group (FMG) via the library catalog and for faculty members to incorporate these programs into their Blackboard pages. The database currently contains about 6500 videos and FMG has been adding about 600 new titles per […]
Continue readingVintage Rod Serling interview with author James Gunn, circa 1970
The entire run of Twilight Zone is available in Media Services DVD 2671-2698. Also look for Serling interviewed by a young Mike Wallace from 1959 on “The Treasures of the Twilight Zone” DVD 6478.“>
Continue readingObit: Bruno S. , 78, famed for Werner Herzog’s The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser; Stroszek
Not that I knew he had still been alive as he’d clearly lived a rough life, but it’s still sad news to hear of the passing of Bruno S (proper name: Bruno Schleinstein). His natural and naive demeanor gave him a powerful screen presence. Both of his films are available in Media Services and are […]
Continue readingFilm/Video Citation Guide updated and available on the new library website
Need to cite a film, a TV show, or a YouTube clip for a paper, take a look at our citation guide for examples using MLA 7th, APA 5th, Chicago 15th, and Turabian formats. link
Continue readingGood News! New DMCA exemptions benefit university faculty and students
On Monday, the Copyright Office announced new rules on exemptions from prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Their words, not mine. Ever since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) became law, faculty members and students alike have been legally hindered from using DVDs in the ways they had been […]
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