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English
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The TLA Film, Video & DVD Guide 2002-2003 is the absolutely indispensible guide for the true lover of cinema. By focusing on independent and international films, and avoiding much of the made-for-TV/made-for-cable/made-for-video dreck, this guide offers more comprehensive coverage of the films the reader may actually want to rent and see. The guide includes:
* Reviews of more than 10,000 films
* Four detailed indexes - by star, director, theme,...
3) So You Want to Write a Screenplay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing for Film, Video, and Television
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Series
Language
English
Description
This guide will give you the lowdown on the entire screenwriting process. Knowing the ins and outs of the business will give you a leg up on your competition. In this book, every aspect of the scriptwriting process is covered, from your initial idea to pitching your screenplay to agents and executives.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"More Americans visit art museums annually than attend all major-league sporting events. Yet many come away dissatisfied, because art rarely yields itself to the few seconds most viewers spend on individual works. In a culture of distraction, Slow Art models ways to extend and enrich acts of looking. This study defines a new aesthetic field crossing centuries and mediums, including video, photography, land and installation art, painting, performance,...
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
16mm 1.37:1 color sound, 9:59 minutes; preserved by Academy Film Archive in 1999 at Triage Motion Picture Services from camera original sand magnetic soundtrack archived at Pacific Film Archives; mastered from the 35mm preservation negative; 1080p digital restoration by Bruce Posner at DuArt Video, FilmVideoDigital, and Gustavo Matamoros; courtesy of the filmmaker.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Militainment, Inc. offers a fascinating, disturbing, and timely glimpse into the militarization of American popular culture, examining how U.S. news coverage has come to resemble Hollywood film, video games, and "reality television" in its glamorization of war. Mobilizing an astonishing range of media examples - from news anchors' idolatry of military machinery to the impact of government propaganda on war reporting - the film asks: How has war taken...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen Balikci are shown and discussed: the film takes us from Asen's youth in Istanbul to his career in Canada where he became famous for making the Netsilik Eskimo Series, to filming in Afghanistan and then turning to two other activities of his: as a networker...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
A film by Madsen Minax. Representing the whole lives of transgender and gender variant musicians, each story is one of a journey in progress through a first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance. The feature documentary Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance will allow a venue for a particular niche of trans existence to be revealed and celebrated. The individuals and bands featured...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a loveless political marriage to the dissolute nephew of the ailing Russian Empress Elizabeth, young German princess Sophia Fredericka bides her time, chooses her lovers carefully and plots her path to the throne. Skillfully manipulating the Russian triumvirate of church, army and aristocracy, she adroitly rides the shifting currents of social change and unrest to become one of Russia's most unforgettable and beloved rulers, Catherine the...
14) Winter light
Series
Criterion collection volume 210
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003, c1962
Language
Swedish
Series
Criterion collection volume 174
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Français
Description
Two burglars plan a robbery with a young woman they just met.
Series
Criterion collection volume 209
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003, c1961
Language
Swedish
17) Kiss the bride
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
There's nothing like a wedding to bring out the best - and the worst - in a family! Daddy's little girls are all grown up, but they've also grown apart. Niki is the star of a TV show; Chrissy runs a high-powered company on Wall Street; Toni is a free-spirited singer. Danni is the only one who stayed close to their parents and now she's about to start a new life. Will they take the second chance at closeness as they attept to make Danni's special day...
18) The silence
Series
Criterion collection volume 211
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003, c1963
Language
Swedish
Series
Film Movement volume 4, film 2
Publisher
Komplizen Film
Pub. Date
[2006], c2003
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Bursting with idealism, Melanie Pröschle, a young teacher from the countryside, starts her first job at a high school in the city; however, things don't go quite as she planned. She had hoped to be a 'fresh breeze' to the school, but her colleagues are annoyed by her new teaching methods. Not only that, Melanie hasn't one friend in her new town. Tr ying not to get discouraged, she attempts to form a relationship with her neighbor Tina. As Melanie's...
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
"It's 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will just about make them rich. Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all--he decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use. His efforts bring about unexpected consequences, and the final results...
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