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Accompanying DVD of thirty short films offers an instructive mini film festival Shows beginners how to make meaningful films without fancy equipment Great for film students and independent filmmakers Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here's how to create real movies using consumer digital video format-without spending a lot of money or time. Author Jim Piper has taught filmmaking for more than thirty years-and along...
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3 videodiscs (approximately 4.5 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Video release compiling 35 of the artist's memorable and sometimes groundbreaking music videos. Throughout his illustrious career, Michael Jackson not only changed the way music sounded, he changed the way it looked. Breaking through barriers of all kinds--including the preconceived notion of a 'promotional music video', Michael created cinematic short films with universal appeal that brought his songs to life.
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Ironweed Film Club volume no. 21
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two documentaries about alien and harsh environments where nature and industry collide, and the communities of people that live there. Once known as the California Riviera, the man-made Salton Sea is mistakenly portrayed by the media as an ecological disaster. Today, close-knit communities of eclectic and eccentric residents must battle biased media representations and surrounding metropolises threatening to appropriate water sources that keep the...
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Laurel and Hardy collection volume 4
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Be big! (The boys duck out on a vacation with their wives in order to attend a stag party. The lucky dog (silent film): In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him.
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Ironweed film club volume no. 30
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1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three films explore the American democratic system and current threats to it. Call it democracy contains a bi-partisan discussion about problems with the electoral process, including the Electoral College system and electronic voting. Original intent : the battle for America examines the judicial philosophy of "originalism"--interpreting the Constitution according to the original intent of the founding fathers--and its potential to undermine fundamental...
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Ironweed film club volume no. 19
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three short films explore the experience of being gay in America. Small town gay bar is the story of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people struggling to find a safe space and strong community in rural Mississippi. Out in the heartland is the story of gay and lesbian families taking a stand against Kentucky's anti-gay-marriage amendment. Clay pride : being clay in America is an animated film about a man's coming out.
8) Ratcatcher
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Criterion collection volume 162
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland's national garbage strike of the mid-1970's, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him.
10) War made easy : how presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death: The bases are loaded ; Flight
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Ironweed film club volume no. 28
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three films examine modern American war, especially the Iraq War, and the propaganda, political agendas, and deceptions that may underly it. War made easy, based on the bestselling book by Norman Solomon, examines the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war from Vietnam to Iraq, and how propaganda and the media are used to persuade the nation that military aggression has been the appropriate...
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1 videodisc : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rogue of the Rio Grande: Notorious bandit El Malo robs the Sierra Blanca Bank in broad daylight. The outlaw, famed for sharing his 'earnings' with the poor, is insulted when he sees the wanted poster. The reward is a mere $1000 and his strikingly handsome features have been totally misrepresented. Outraged, El Malo is determined to teach the sheriff respect. But his plans are waylaid when he stops at the cantina and is smitten by gorgeous dancer Carmita....
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Ironweed film club volume no. 26
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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three films document efforts by ordinary people to overcome the political status quo. Can Mr. Smith get to Washington anymore? is the story of Jeff Smith, an underdog candidate who seeks to overturn one of Missouri's political dynasties in the race for the U.S. Congressional seat of retiring House Majority Leader, Dick Gephardt. Granny D goes to Washington is the story of 89-year-old Doris Haddock who walked across the entire continental U.S. in order...
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Criterion collection volume 197
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1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
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1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Documentarian Joan Laskoff discovers artists and performers who show that dauntless creativity can exist even in the direst circumstances. The film explores the work of artists who are or have been homeless, giving us a candid look at their lives and the context for the wide range of art, from painting to hip hop, they produce. We also get invaluable insight into the therapeutic, empowering, and political potential of art.
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