Volker Schlöndorff
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, b & and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This series of filmed interviews conducted by filmmaker Volker Schlondörff with acclaimed writer/director Billy Wilder is a lively lesson in filmmaking. Wilder tells hilarious anecdotes and offers keen insights into the craft of moviemaking and frank advice about survival in Hollywood. Filmed over two weeks in 1991.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white, color-tinted and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Using a montage of footage from the highest quality restorations, Suchsland illustrates Siegfried Kracauer's 1947 thesis that the rise of Nazism is anticipated in many themes found throughout Weimar cinema, while situating Kracauer in the philosophy and histories of the time. Looking at films like "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler," "Metropolis," "The Golem," and many others, Suchsland tracks the concept of the charismatic villain bewitching the people.
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Series
Criterion collection volume 763
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
Deutsch
Description
"... the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the conflict, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle....
7) Voyager
Author
Language
English
Description
After surviving a plane crash, engineer Walter Faber (Sam Shepard) reflects on his life while pursuing a relationship with Sabeth (Julie Delpy), who may or may not have a connection to his past.
8) Calm At Sea
Author
Language
Français
Description
Few outside Europe are familiar with Guy Môquet, the symbol of the French Resistance against the Nazi occupation during the second World War, but to the country of France, he is a brave soul that lives forever in their hearts and minds. Calm at Sea, a narrative based on Môquet's final days, is one of the outstanding historical dramas that Corinth is especially proud to distribute. In October of 1941, two German officers are gunned down in broad...