Essential Art House: Vol II
May 2, 2014Essential Art House: Vol II
Call Number: DVD00822-DVD00827
Director/Distributor:
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, ©2009.
Films:
Black Orpheus
Call Number: DVD00822
by Marcel Camus; Sacha Gordine; Jacques Viot; Breno Mello; Marpessa Dawn; Vinícius de Moraes; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Language: Portuguese
Notes: Originally released 1959 (107 mins). Inspired by the play Orfeu da Conc̦eicão by Vinicius de Moraes; Nominated for One 1960 Academy Award;
Summary: The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
OCLC #: 300300558
The 400 Blows
Call Number: DVD00823 Copy 2
by Jean-Pierre Léaud; Claire Maurier; Albert Rémy; François Truffaut; Marcel Moussy; Jean Constantin;
Language: French with English subtitles
Notes: Originally released in 1959 (99 mins.); edition includes the short film Antoine and Colette (1962, 30 mins.),Copy 1: audio commentaries, audition footage, newsreel footage of the Cannes Film Festival, excerpt of television interviews of François Truffaut and theatrical trailer; Nominated for one 1960 Academy Award;
Summary: The semi-autobiographical story of fourteen-year-old Antoine Doinel, portraying his aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. Also includes the short film, Antoine and Colette, which originally appeared as part of the film L’amour à vingt ans, picking up Antoine’s story a few years later, when he is living on his own and pursuing his first love affair, initiating a lifelong career of quixotic dreams and amorous restlessness.
Also: Included in The Adventures of Antoine Doinel box set; also included: Stolen Kisses (DVD00020); Bed and Board (DVD00021); Love on the Run (DVD00022) and Les Salades de L’Amour: The Supplements (DVD00023);
OCLC #: 276784022
La Strada
Call Number: DVD00824
by Federico Fellini; Tullio Pinelli; Anthony Quinn; Giulietta Masina; Richard Basehart; Produzione Ponti-de Laurentiis.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Language: Italian
Notes: Originally released 1954 (108 mins Black & White); Nominated for two 1955 Academy Awards;
Summary: Directed by Federico Fellini, the story of a fragile girl who falls in love with a brute circus performer she was sold to by her mother.
OCLC #: 300301026
Also: available on VHS at VHS00785
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Call Number: DVD00825
by Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger; Roger Livesey; Deborah Kerr; Anton Walbrook; J Arthur Rank; Georges Périnal; Allan Gray; Roland Culver; Harry Welchman; Arthur Wontner; Archers (Firm); Carlton International Media Limited.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Language: English
Notes: Originally released 1943 (163 mins).
Summary: British soldier Clive Candy battles to maintain his honor and proud gentlemanly conduct through romance, three wars, and a changing world.
OCLC #: 300301025
Pygmalion
Call Number: DVD00826
by Anthony Asquith; Leslie Howard; Wendy Hiller; Wilfrid Lawson; Marie Lohr; Bernard Shaw;
Language: English
Notes: Originally released 1938 (90 mins Black & White); Based on the stage play by George Bernard Shaw; Nominated for four 1939 Academy Awards;
Summary: A phonetics professor bets his friend that he can transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady within three months.
OCLC #: 658148591
Ikiru
Call Number: DVD00827
by Sojiro Motoki; Shinobu Hashimoto; Hideo Oguni; Akira Kurosawa; Takashi Shimura; Miki Odagiri; Nobuo Kaneko; Kyōko Seki; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Language: Japanese
Notes: Originally released 1952 (143 mins Black & white).
Summary: A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.
OCLC #: 300300559
Added: 5/2/14
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
