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Continue readingA History of Banned and Censored Films – courtesy of UCal Berkeley Library
This filmography created by media librarian Gary Handman has many titles that are also available in the AU collection. It’s fun to browse through as it’s loaded with notes on where and why a film was banned. Sample entry: The Last Picture Show(1973) Director, Peter Bagdanovich. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, […]
Continue readingWill Ferrell is Number One – Forbes’ Most Overpaid Actor List
Forbes looked at 100 top actors based on their widely released films over the past five years. It factored in the production costs of those movies against how much boxoffice, DVD and other revenue they generated in order to come up with an operating income for each film, which it then compared with the salaries […]
Continue readingIn case you were wondering: How Clean are the Netflix DVDs and Mailers?
Turns out, they are fairly clear of bacteria and disease… Full article here: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2009/11/how-clean-are-the-netflix-dvds-and-mailers.html
Continue readingSo you want to research a film or filmmaker: A user’s guide to Film Studies research databases at American University
This database user’s guide has been updated with Atom Egoyan used as a sample search. Each entry briefly describes a given database’s value for film studies research. Here’s an example: Academic Search Premier – 237 hits; a majority as full-textThis is a major cross-disciplinary database with a large portion of full-text content. A great resource […]
Continue readingMedia Services has Sound Effects Available for Checkout!
Media Services has thousands of sound effects and hundreds of musical effects available for enhancing student projects, films, and presentations. Up to six CDs at a time can be checked out of the library for three hours for AU student production work. Students can also use them here in the Digital Media Studio. Browse our […]
Continue readingBicycle Film Fest Comes to DC
Cycle-punk, cyclocross, fixee – the gradations of the bicycle subculture are varied. The BFF comes to town December 5 and takes a look at guys, gals and bikes around the world.Saturday December 5Screenings at United States Navy Memorial Theater – 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW5:00 PM | Program 1 – ROAD TO ROUBAIX 7:00 PM | […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use This Week
Star trek the next generation complete series – HU DVD 6401-6449Under the same moon – HU DVD 6388Conspirator – HU DVD 6387American visa – HU DVD 6385Rosario tijeras – HU DVD 6386Germany, pale mother – HU DVD 6380Journey from the fall – HU DVD 6352Lightning over water – HU DVD 6351The Human condition – HU […]
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