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"Professor Schlueter approaches this early comedy as a parody of two types of Renaissance educational fiction: the love-quest story and the test-of-friendship story, which by their combination show high-flown human ideals as incompatible with each other and with human nature. A thoroughly researched, illustrated stage history reveals changing conceptions of the play, which nevertheless often fail to come to terms with its subversive impetus. Since...
5) The outlaw
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"This controversial and legendary western launched the career of sex goddess Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and is infamous due to its violations of the Production Code. The Outlaw follows the friendship of Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel, Rose of Cimarron) and fellow outlaw Doc Holliday (Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), as they both pursue the affections of Holliday's girlfriend, Rio (Russell)."--Container.
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1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Deutsch
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In this sweeping yet intimate romantic drama, which is also Germany's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, acclaimed director Dominik Graf illuminates the lives of two bold young women and one of classical literature's most celebrated figures with charm and contemporary energy. BELOVED SISTERS depicts the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet who took the European literary...
7) Coming home
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.
8) Flor de mayo
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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Es la historia de tres personas unidas por un pasado obscuro, lleno de engaños que los lleva a las puertas de la violencia.
An American fisherman has an affair with the wife of his business partner, entangling all three in a web of violence.
9) Dead man
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young man in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, he finds himself a wanted man running scared until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man."
10) The edge
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A model is accompanied to a photo shoot by her rich, much older husband. When their plane crashes in the middle of nowhere, a strong mind game erupts between her jealous husband and a young photographer as they try to get back to civilization.
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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Candelairo, a drifter, calls on an old friend, Don Lazaro, an owner of a run-down ranch who agrees to board him in exchange for labor. Soon, Candelairo catches the eye of Lazaro's alcoholic wife and they become involved in a passionate affair, leading to a series of unforeseen events.
12) Under Capricorn
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Sam Flusky is a native Briton and is banished to Australia for murder. When a new governor arrives, he brings with him his cousin Adare, an old friend of Henrietta's, who sets out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal. However, is Henrietta going insane, or is someone trying to drive her mad? Is she merely an alcoholic, or is someone trying to poison her?
13) Diabolique
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Criterion collection volume 35
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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The headmaster of a Parisian boarding school is murdered by his wife and mistress.
14) Red knot
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1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A stunningly shot meditation on love and loss, New York newlyweds Peter and Chloe fall into marital crisis while on a research vessel en route to Antarctica. As romantic bliss sours, Chloe takes comfort in the company of the ship's captain, a man who has good reason for setting himself adrift. As they sail towards the end of the Earth, filmmaker Scott Cohen's astonishingly assured, elegantly shot debut passes into troubled, Polanski-indebted waters....
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two friends returning from World War II team up with an old rancher to raise cattle the cowboy way, in conflict with a corporate cattle rancher who employs half the town of Hi-Lo, New Mexico. When one of his friends has an affair with the wife of the corporate rancher's foreman, the conflict increases.
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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Families feud, laughs fly, and cultures clash in this hilarious romantic comedy. Valentina has the perfect life in New York, with the perfect job and a perfect boyfriend, Jason. But when Valentina's scandal-ridden family in Mexico asks Valentina to pretend to be married to her ex-beau, Angel, in order to protect her father's political campaign, Valentina's ordered life turns upside down as she struggles to choose where her heart belongs.
17) The longest week
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and in love.
18) Nathalie
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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When Catherine's husband is unfaithful, she doesn't want revenge, she's curious. She wants to share the experience, but in secret, so hires an elite prostitute to seduce her husband and report back to Catherine. Her desire to remain in control of the situation is soon tested by other desires.
19) The other Zoey
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Zoey Miller, a smart computer major who thinks she has love all figured out, has her life turned upside down when Zach, a popular college soccer player, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend. Before revealing the truth, she meets Zach's cousin, Miles, with whom she has much in common. Pretending to be Zach's girlfriend, she realizes she has feelings for both and is forced to confront her fears to make an impossible decision.
20) Tierra
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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Angel is a pest control specialist (and recently released mental patient) working the soil in Spanish wine country to rid the terrain of destructive grubs. Unexpectedly, Angel finds romance and adventure beyond his wildest imagination when he falls for two of the locals: the earthy and soulful farmer's wife, Angela; and the sensuous, amorous (and much too young) Mari.
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