An interesting list worth checking out: http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8835/time-outs-50-greatest-animated-films-curated-by-terry-gilliam.html Media Services own 9 out of the top 10 listed: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)DVD 4709 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)DVD 6329 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)VHS 4136 Fantasia (1940)DVD 4691 Toy Story (1995)DVD 7768 Spirited Away (2001)DVD 586 Yellow Submarine (1968)VHS 5100 Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003)DVD […]
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My Favorite Website Discovery of the Summer: The Auteurs
They stream complete and comparatively beautiful versions of classic films. Mostly they’re in the business of pay per view at $2-$5 per viewing bu they do offer ten films at no charge. The free fare includes L’Avventura, Harakiri, Cleo from 5 to 7, and The Cranes are Flying. These films though are readily available on […]
Continue readingCannes Competitors To Receive Online Showcase
Originally posted on imdb: Gilles Jacob, president of the Cannes Film Festival, has offered the festival’s website as a showcase for the first five minutes of each of the 20 films participating in this year’s competition. In a statement, Jacob said that the traditional movie trailer “extinguishes all desire” while it has been suggested that […]
Continue readingPresidential debate schedule and video
This link may be helpful for professors, students and members of the general public. http://www.youdecide2008.com/2007/06/13/full-2008-debate-schedule-from-dnc-and-gop/ is a website that hosts the Presidential debate schedule as well as video of these debates. Since Media Services has to delete off-air recording of programs after 45 days, this is a great resource for anyone who wants to watch […]
Continue readingOrigins of American Animation @ Library of Congress American Memory site
This is pretty cool. Streaming video of 21 shorts from 1900 to 1921. From a variety of producers including Edison, Gaumont, Essanay, and International Film Service. link
Continue readingNew York Public Library: Webcasts
Webcasts of many of the public events the NYPL has hosted in the past few years. Speakers include Umberto Eco, Werner Herzog, Ken Burns, Robert and Aline Crumb, Jan Morris, Bill Moyers, and E. O. Wilson, among many others. link
Continue readingBritish Film Institute: Interviews
The British Film Institute regularly hosts public forums and an interview series at the National Film Theatre in London. Here they offer transcripts from many of their choicest interviews. They include conversationswith people such as Robert Altman, Costa-Gavras, Rickey Gervais and Stephen Merchant, andSatyajit Ray. link
Continue readingEdifying and odd streaming video from UC-Berkeley
Stephen Hawking lectures (various years) Malcolm X interview at UCB, 1963 Voices of Black Panther Women Symposium (date unknown) Richard Eakins, biology professor who used to dress up in period costume and act the part of famousscientists (circa 1970s) Lots of other nifty streamed audio and video linked from the same page.
Continue readingCrittercam Exhibit at National Geographic Museum
It’s cute and cuddly for the kids, but it’s also real science.The idea is to attach cameras to animals to see what they do when we aren’t around. New technology is quickly expanding this form of wildlife research. See video shot by animals themselves. August 31, 2007 – January 2, 2008 at the National Geographic. […]
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