La Jete / Sans Soleil

April 9, 2015

La Jete / Sans Soleil

Call Number: DVD001316
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2007
Notes: Originally released as motion pictures: “La Jetée” in 1963 and “Sans soleil” in 1983.
“La jetée” was the inspiration for Terry Gilliamś film “Twelve Monkeys” and is almost entirely narrated using black and white stills.
“[La jetée is] One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made, and a mind-bending, free-form travelogue.”–Container.
At head of title: Two films by Chris Marker.
Complete title for “Sans soleil” is “Bez solntsa Sunless Sans soleil.”
Monaural.
Summary: (La jetée – Drama) After Paris is destroyed in a third world war, the surviving humans begin researching time travel, hoping to send someone back to the pre-war world for food, supplies and maybe a solution to their dire position. One man is haunted by a vague childhood memory that will prove fateful. (Sans Soleil – Documentary) A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco
OCLC #: 780028522
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Un Coeur en Hiver

March 23, 2015
Un Coeur en Hiver
Call Number: DVD 001256
Format: DVD
Language: French
Publisher: Port Washington, NY : KOCH Lorber Films : Distributed by KOCH Entertainment, [2006]
Notes: Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: Claude Sautet interview; French TV appearances by Claude Sautet and André Dussollier; excerpt from the documentary “Claude Sautet ou la magie invisible”; original French theatrical trailer; 4 page booklet with essay by film critic Michel Boujut.
Summary: Camille, a concert violinist, becomes intrigued by her lover’s business partner, Stephane. She interprets his distance as a sign of intellectual seduction. The love triangle that develops reveals the complexity and imperfection of the three characters.
Also: See “Week-End at the Waldorf” (VHS00641), an update of Grand Hotel
OCLC #: 74336917
Added: 3/23/2015
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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans
Call Number: DVD001245
by Daniel Day-Lewis; Madeleine Stowe; Jodhi May; Wes Studi; Hunt Lowry; Christopher Crowe; Trevor Jones; Randy Edelman; Michael Mann; James Fenimore Cooper; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : FoxVideo, [1993]
Notes:  Originally released in 1992 (96 min.); Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper; Nominated for one 1993 Academy Award;
Summary: The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.
OCLC #: 27707315
Added: March 23, 2015
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Volver

May 13, 2014

Volver

Call Number: DVD01197

Director/Distributor: by Pedro Almodóvar; Agustin Almodóvar; Esther García; Penélope Cruz; Carmen Maura; Lola Dueñas; Blanca Portillo; Yohana Cobo; Chus Lampreave; Antonio de la Torre; Carlos Blanco; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Spain. Ministerio de Cultura.; Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Consejería de Cultura, Turismo y Artesanía.; Televisión Española.; Canal+ España (Firm); Deseo, S.A.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: Spanish

Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]

Notes: Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz ; Making of “Volver” [featurette] (8 min.); Interview with Pedro Almodóvar [featurette] (10 min.); Interview with Penélope Cruz [featurette] (6 min.) Interview with Carmen Maura [featurette] (9 min.); AFI Fest 2006 Tribute to Penelope Cruz [featurette] (18 min.); Photo gallery [slide show]; Poster gallery [slide show]; Previews (13 min.).

Summary: After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn’t resolve during her life.

OCLC #: 80569943

Added: 5/13/14

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Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring

May 8, 2014

World Films Double Feature: Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring

Call Number: DVD00958

Director/Distributor: by Claude Berri; Gérard Depardieu; Daniel Auteuil; Emmanuelle Béart; Marcel Pagnol; Yves Montand; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: French

Publisher: [United States] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2007.

Notes: Based on the books by Marcel Pagnol

Films:

Jean de Florette: A man inherits a farm from his mother, but his powerful neighbor plots to steal it from him.
 
Manon of the Spring: 10 years after his death, Jean’s daughter finds out about their neighbor’s treachery, and determines to take revenge.

OCLC #: 166291715

Added: 5/8/14

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Essential Art House: Vol V

May 5, 2014

Essential Art House: Vol V

Call Number: DVD00828-DVD00833

Director/Distributor: Various

Format: DVD

Publisher:  [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
 
Films:
 
Brief Encounter
Call Number: DVD00828
by Noel Coward; Ronald Neame; Anthony Havelock-Allan; David Lean; Celia Johnson; Trevor Howard; Stanley Holloway; Joyce Carey; Cyril Raymond; Cineguild (Firm); Pinewood Films Ltd.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English.
Notes: Originally released 1945 (86 mins).
Summary: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
OCLC #: 608103943
 
 

8 1/2
Call Number: DVD00829
by Federico Fellini; Angelo Rizzoli; Ennio Flaiano; Marcello Mastroianni; Claudia Cardinale; Anouk Aimée; Sandra Milo; Rossella Falk; Barbara Steele; Nino Rota; Titanus (Firm); Cineriz (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm); Corinth Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Italian.
Notes: Originally released 1963 (138 mins).
Summary: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
OCLC #: 606891485
 
Floating Weeds
Call Number: DVD00830
by Yasujirō Ozu; Masaichi Nagata; Kōgo Noda; Ganjirō Nakamura; Machiko Kyo; Ayako Wakao; Hiroshi Kawaguchi; Haruko Sugimura; Hitomi Nozoe; Chishū Ryū; Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese.
Notes: Originally released 1969 (119 mins).
Summary: A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.
OCLC #: 608101656
 
Jules and Jim
Call Number: DVD00831
by François Truffaut; Jeanne Moreau; Oskar Werner; Henri Serre; Henri Pierre Roché; S.E.D.I.F.; Films du carrosse (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: French.
Notes: Originally released 1962 (105 mins).
Summary: Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
OCLC #: 606910073
 
Kapo
Call Number: DVD00832
by Franco Solinas; Gillo Pontecorvo; Moris Ergas; Susan Strasberg; Laurent Terzieff; Emmanuèle Riva; Carlo Rustichelli; Cristaldifilm (Firm); Vides Cinematográfica.; Francinex (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Italian.
Notes: Originally released 1959 (117 mins).
Summary: A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.
OCLC #: 606927327
 
Loves of a Blonde
Call Number: DVD00833
by Miloš Forman; Jaroslav Papoušek; Ivan Passer; Rudolf Hájek; Jana Brejchová; Josef Šebánek; Vladimír Pucholt; Vladimír Menšík; Miroslava Hajek; Evzen Illin; Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic); Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Czech.
Notes: Originally released 1965 (85 mins).
Summary: A working-class young woman (Andula) in a hick Czech town sleeps with one of the band members of a group from Prague. “You are a Mondrian, not a Picasso,” he tells her. When she doesn’t hear from him again, she packs up and arrives on his doorstep in the big city, throwing his household (he lives with his parents) into chaos.
OCLC #: 607901095
 
Added: 5/5/14
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Essential Art House: Vol II

May 2, 2014

Essential 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
Also: available on VHS at VHS01393 and see the  George Cukor version “My Fair Lady at VHS01385
 
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
 
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Howl’s Moving Castle

September 19, 2013

Howl’s Moving Castle

Call Number: DVD00932

Director/Distributor: Hayao Miyazaki

Format:  DVD video : PAL color broadcast system : Animation : Secondary (senior high) school : English

 Language: Japanese with English subtitles.

Publisher: Japan : Studio Ghibli, 2004.

Notes:

Summary: Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she was literally swept off her feet by handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. After this chance meeting she is turned into a 90-year old woman by the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste. Embarking on an incredible adventure to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl’s magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with Markl, Howl’s apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer. As the true power of Howl’s wizardy is revealed, and his relationship with Sophie deepens, our young grey heroine finds herself fighting to protect them both from a dangerous war of society that threatens their world.

OCLC #: 156376618

Added: 9/19/2013

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Spirited Away

September 11, 2013

Spirited Away “Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi” (original title)

Call Number:  DVD01159

Director/Distributor: Hayao Miyazaki

Format:  DVD video : Animation : Juvenile audience : NTSC color broadcast system : English : Widescreen version (2.0:1 ; 16×9)

Language: English, French, Japanese or Spanish dialogue; Closed-captioned.

Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2003]

Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: special introduction by John Lasseter; the art of “Spirited away”; The Nippon Television special; select storyboard-to-scene comparison; voice talent featurette; original Japanese trailers.

Summary: When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents.

OCLC #: 51916072

Added: 9/11/2013

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La Vie En Rose

October 10, 2012

La Vie En Rose

Call Number: DVD00981

Director/Distributor: Olivier Dahan

Format:  DVD video : French : Extended version

Language: In French, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned in English.

Publisher: [New York] : HBO Video, ©2007.

Notes: Special feature: “Stepping into character”, with behind-the-scenes character development sequences for the film, including interviews with Dahan and Cotillard and footage of Piaf in performance (7 min).

Summary: A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually “rescued” by a crime figure who gives her career a start, she makes her way to international success, despite recurring frailty, illness, wild moods, drug and alcohol problems.

OCLC #: 166931104

Added: 10/10/2012

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Scenes From A Marriage

October 5, 2011
Scenes From A Marriage or Scener ur ett äktenskap (original title)
Call Number: DVD01135
by:  Lars-Owe Carlberg; Ingmar Bergman; Liv Ullmann; Erland Josephson; Bibi Andersson; Jan Malmsjö; Gunnel Lindblom; Sven Nykuist; Siv Lundgren; Inger Pehrsson; Björn Thulin; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Swedish – English subtitles available
Publisher:  New York, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, 2004.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. Features: video interview with the director, interview with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie, essay. Disc 1: Television verion, scenes 1-3 ; Disc 2: Television verion, scenes 4-6 (1973 ; 297 min.); Disc 3: U.S. theatrical version. Nomiated for 2 1975 Golden Globes. Feature Running Time: 167 mins. Total Running Time for all 3 discs: 466 mins.
Summary: Ten years of Marianne and Johan’s relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married – unlike their friends Katarina and Peter who openly fight, especially when under the influence of alcohol – but there is a certain detached aloofness in the way they treat each other. In the next ten years, as they contemplate or embark upon divorce and/or known extramarital affairs, they come to differing understandings at each phase of their relationship of what they truly mean to each other. Regardless of if it’s love or hate – between which there is a fine line – they also come to certain understandings of how they can best relate to each other, whether that be as husband and wife, friends, lovers or none of the above.
OCLC #: 56987169
Added: October 5, 2011
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Nimā-yi nazdīk = Close-Up

April 21, 2011
Close-Up
 
Call Number: DVD00736
 
by Abbas Kiarostami; ʻAlī Rizā Zarrīn; Hussain Sabzīān; Muḥsin Makhmalbāf; Facets Video (Firm);\
 
Format: DVD
 
Language: Farsi dialogue with English subtitles
 
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : [Distributed by] Facets Video, [2001]
 
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1990 (100 min). Special features include: video interview with Abbas Kiraostami (ca. 10 min.) and filmographies of Kiarostami and Makhmalbaf.
 
Summary: True story of Hossain Sabzian, an unemployed movie buff who finds himself mistaken for the enigmatic director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The misunderstanding takes on a life of its own and Sabzian ends up in jail where his trial is filmed by Kiarostami, blurring the lines between documentary and drama. Many of the people involved in the incident play themselves in the film.
 
OCLC #: 49407085
 
Added: April 21, 2011
 
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Nosferatu

March 15, 2011
Nosferatu
Call Number: DVD01072
by:  F W Murnau; Henrik Galeen; Max Schreck; Gustav von Wangenheim; Alexander Granach; Greta Schroeder-Matrey; Ruth Yorck; Fritz Arno Wagner; Albin Grau; Hans Erdmann; Berndt Heller; Luciano Berriatúa; Bram Stoker; Kino International Corporation.; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.; Saarländischer Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester.;
Format: DVD
Language: English (Silent)
Publisher:  Wiesbaden : Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; New York, NY : [Distributed by] Kino International, ©2007.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922. Running Time Aprox 111 min. Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted by Henrik Galeen. “Reconstruction of Hans Erdmann’s original 1921 score by Berndt Heller. Performed by the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra”–Container. Special features (disc 1): Die Sprache der Schatten = The language of shadows (52-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa); Nosferatu : an historic film meets digital restoration (3-minute documentary); lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920), The haunted castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The finances of the grand duke (1924), The last laugh (1924), Tartuffe (1925), Faust (1926) and Tabu (1931); scene comparisons; photo gallery.
Summary: The first film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Count Orlok leaves his castle in the Carpathians and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague rats. Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau’s Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws.
OCLC #: 181912539
Added: March 15, 2011
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Metropolis

March 14, 2011
The Complete Metropolis
Call Number: DVD01036
by: Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou; Gottfried Huppertz; Alfred Abel; Brigitte Helm; Gustav Fröhlich; Rudolf Klein-Rogge; UFA (Firm); Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.; Arte (Firm); Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.; Kino International Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English (Silent)
Publisher: New York : Kino International, 2010.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou. DVD release date: Nov. 16, 2010. Special features: original 1927 score by Gottfried Huppertz, performed by the Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Berlin conducted by Frank Strobel, and presented in 5.1 stereo surround (disc 2): “Voyage to Metropolis,” a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; interview with Paula Felix-Didier, curator of the Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was discovered ; 2010 re-release trailer.
Summary: In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete 16mm copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the film’s premiere in 1927. In restoration, the text of the intertitles was taken from German censorship records and translated into English. Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in co-operation with ZDF and ARTE supported the restoration, and the sci-fi epic was re-released in 2010.
 
Also available on DVD01037
 
OCLC #: 676836409
Added: March 14, 2011
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Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

February 16, 2011
The Princess and the Warrior
Call Number: DVD01110
by: Stefan Arndt; Maria Köpf; Tom Tykwer; Franka Potente; Benno Fürmann; Joachim Król; Lars Rudolph; Melchior Beslon; Ludger Pistor; Sybille Jacqueline Schedwill; Frank Griebe; Mathilde Bonnefoy; Johnny Klimek; Reinhold Heil; Monika Jacobs; Uli Neumann; X Verleih AG.; X Filme Creative Pool.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: German
Publisher:   Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002], ©2000.
Notes: Originally released in 2000 (115 mins.); Special features: optional audio commentary by the director and cast; making-of-featurette; deleted scenes with introduction from the director; filmographies; weblink to the film’s website; theatrical trailers; music video;
Summary: When shy, beautiful Sissi is the victim of a horrible car accident, a handsome small-time criminal comes to the rescue and saves her life. Once she recovers, she sets out to find him and discovers that he is a violent man with a conflicted past and dangerous future. It doesn’t take long for the two to meet again – during a deadly bank robbery. Now it is her turn to save his life.
OCLC #: 48881879
Added: February 16, 2011
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Rashômon

January 12, 2011
Rashomon
Call Number: DVD01119
by  Akira Kurosawa; Toshirō Mifune; Criterion Collection (Firm); Janus Films.; Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese  
Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (88 mins. Black  & White); Nominated for two 1953 Academy Awards;
Summary: The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove, seen from four different perspectives
OCLC #: 246725280
Added: January 12, 2011
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Knife in the Water

November 30, 2010
Knife in the Water
Call Number: DVD00980
by Roman Polanski; Jerzy Skolimowski; Jakub Goldberg; Leon Niemczyk; Jolanta Umecka; Zygmunt Malanowicz; Zespół Filmowy Kamera.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Polish.
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Notes: Originally released 1962 (94 mins).
Summary: On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization.
OCLC #: 246725052
Added: November 30, 2010
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The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress
Call Number: DVD00914
by Akira Kurosawa; Ryūzō Kikushima; Toshirō Mifune; Misa Uehara; Minoru Chiaki; Kamatari Fujiwara; Susumu Fujita; Criterion Collection (Firm); Janus Films.;
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese
Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2009.
Notes: Originally released 1958 (139 mins).
Summary: Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general.
OCLC #: 607315293
Added: November 30, 2010
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Bicycle Thieves

November 29, 2010
Bicycle Thieves
Call Number: DVD00677
by Cesare Zavattini; Oreste Biancoli; Carlo Montuori; Vittorio De Sica; Lamberto Maggiorani; Enzo Staiola; Lianella Carell; Alessandro Cicognini; Luigi Bartolini; Produzioni De Sica S.A.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Italian
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y]. : Criterion Collection : Image Entertainment, ©2007.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1948 (89 mins). “Restored high-definition digital transfer”–Container. Special features: “Working with De Sica” featurette with D’Amico, Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; “Life as it is: The neorealist movement in Italy,” featurette with film scholar Mark Shiel; Documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini. Program notes on container insert include the following essays : “A passionate commitment to the real” by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, “Ode to the common man” by filmmaker Charles Burnett, “Some ideas on the cinema” by neorealist writer Cesare Zavattini, “Bicycle Thieves” by film critic Andre Bazin, and the following remembrances : “My secret” by director De Sica, “But this is Maria” by actor Carell, “We were always on the street” by Luisa Alessandri, “The smallest detail” by Sergio Leone, “Many friends, much noise” by Manuel De Sica, “Money kills the imagination” by Maria Mercader.
Summary: A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
OCLC #: 77216072
Added: November 29, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai
Call Number: DVD01140
Director/Distributor: by Akira Kurosawa; Sojiro Motoki; Shinobu Hashimoto; Hideo Oguni; Toshirō Mifune; Takashi Shimura; Michael Jeck; Janus Films.; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Home Vision (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Japanese
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1998.
Notes: Special features: original U.S. theatrical trailer; audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck.
Summary: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
OCLC #: 48213815
Added: November 29, 2010
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