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
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Edifying 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. […]
Continue readingMore 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
Continue readingMind 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
Continue readingStreaming 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
Continue readingCool 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 readingWatch Pull My Daisy (1959) on google video…
Robert Frank’s half-hour, black-and-white short film, Pull my daisy can be seen here. Featuring narration written and performed by author Jack Kerouac, the film presents an affectionate portrait of beat culture at its height through the jazzy retelling of a long, rambling evening filled with literary improvisation, philosophical discussions, and playfully foolish behavior. The fun […]
Continue readingBill Moyers profiles The Yes Men…
In this segment from Bill Moyers Journal, he profiles “The Yes Men” two impersonators who use satire to make serious points about media consolidation, journalism, business ethics, and separating fact from fiction in a world of spin. Watch the whole segment here. We also have the feature film available HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 733. But […]
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