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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A critical analysis of a gay sex scandal that occurred in Boise, Idaho in 1955. Therein, a group of male prostitutes (some as young as 15) began informing to the police on their clients, most of whom were married family men.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Russian émigré countess Natascha becomes a stowaway in the shipboard stateroom of U.S. diplomat Ogden in order to escape her life of forced prostitution in Hong Kong. Her plan is to blackmail her way to freedom in the States but Ogden has a mind of his own and can resist even the charms of a countess.
Series
Criterion collection volume 277
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (57 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Mike, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott, the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire, embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Loosely adapted from William Faulkner's controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
"In this second installment of Stieg Larsson's phenomenal 'Millennium' trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. Mikael Blomkvist, Salander's friend and Millennium's publisher, is alone in his belief...
Series
Criterion collection volume 512
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (39 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Follows Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress, but a downward spiral forces her into prostitution.
Series
Criterion collection volume 827
Language
English
Description
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation,...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What is the profession that has enabled Mrs. Warren to give her daughter all the benefits of 'good society'? Vivie Warren discovers her mother's secrets and embraces her own power as a 'modern' woman"--Container.
In the bonus play, "Mrs. Landfrey and her three children return to England after 18 years abroad, where a chance encounter with their traditionalist husband and father quickly entangles them in a series of comic events"--Container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([10] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
Series
Criterion collection volume 484
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Jeanne Dielman is a young widow who goes through her daily domestic routine including making the bed, cooking for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick.
13) Waterloo Bridge
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of World War II, Roy, a British officer, revisits Waterloo Bridge where he and Myra met and fell in love during an air raid at the beginning of World War I. Heartbroken after Roy was reportedly killed in action, Myra turned to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, was false, and when Roy returns from a POW camp, Myra's shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for happiness.
14) Risky business
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joel's wealthy suburban Chicago parents are going on vacation and leaving him in charge of the house. They trust their college-bound 17-year-old son but they shouldn't. Every kid's dream is every parent's nightmare. No sooner do Joel's parents step on the plane than he raids the liquor cabinet, has a joyride in Dad's Porsche, and has a night of passion with a young call girl named Lana.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A look at the lives and thoughts of some young people in Havana in the 1990's as seen through the making of a film, "The story of Yuliet Ortega & Fabiola Quiroz, as filmed by Carlos Marcovich." Cinematographer Carlos Marcovich first met Yuliet Ortega, a young prostitute from Havana, when he shot a music video starring model Fabiola Quiroz. When he realized that the two women had not seen their respective fathers for many years, he made this documentary...
16) Klute
Series
Criterion collection volume 987
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Bree Daniels [is] a call girl and aspiring actor who becomes the focal point of a missing-person investigation when detective John Klute turns up at her door [...] Klute is a character study thick with dread, capturing the mood of early-1970s New York and the predicament of a woman trying to find her own way on the fringes of society." --
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