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 readingObits: Swedish Auteur Ingmar Bergman, 89, and late-night TV talk show host Tom Snyder, 71
Not much ties these two together except that they died on the same day. Here a list of the 24 Bergman films we have in Media Services in various formats:Ansiktet = The Magician (1959) HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 283Camera (1975) VHS 1237Cries and whispers (1972) HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 319, VHS 319Djävulens öga = The […]
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Zodiac – DVD 2982An unreasonable man – DVD 2981The lady in question is Charles Busch – DVD 2980Hauru no ugoku shiro = Howl’s moving castle – DVD 2977
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 […]
Continue readingObit: Tammy Faye Bakker, 65
The Eyes of Tammy Faye documents the life of the emotive camp icon from the time she met Jim Bakker until the fall of their ministry. DVD 468
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Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta = Castle in the sky – DVD 2978Ace in the hole – DVD 2976The return of the king – DVD 2973The lord of the rings – DVD 2972The hobbit – DVD 2971
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Twin peaks: season 2 – DVD 2965-2970Twin peaks: season 1 – DVD 2961-2964L’age d’or – DVD 2792Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad – DVD 2791Comic book confidential – VHS 7949
Continue readingA Brief History of Errol Morris – now on YouTube
It may not last long. link
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Peter Greenaway: the early films – DVD 2959-2960A dirty shame – DVD 2957Pecker – DVD 2956Hairspray – DVD 2955Polyester – DVD 2954Desperate living – DVD 2953Female trouble – DVD 2952Pink flamingos – DVD 2951Cronicas – DVD 2950Paper clips – DVD 1528
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La jetée & Sans soleil – DVD 2949Time bandits – DVD 2948Touching the void – DVD 2947À ma soeur! = Fat girl – DVD 2945A fish called Wanda – DVD 2944In debt we trust – DVD 2943Where the truth lies – DVD 2942Baadasssss! – DVD 2941Dare mo shiranai = Nobody knows – DVD 2939La double […]
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