| Series | Title | Time | Year_Copyrighted | Call_Cat | Producer | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY | 139 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.T86 1993 VCV | KUBRICK, STANLEY | Science fiction film moves from the prehistoric birth of intelligence to the emergence of man as pure thought, somewhere in the future. | |
| A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | 120 | 1966 | MEDIA PN1997.M35 1987 VCV | HIGHLAND FILMS/COLUMBIA | Only Sir Thomas More has the courage and conviction to oppose King Henry VIII, who wants to divorce his wife in order to marry Anne Boleyn. A campaign is begun to discredit More, and eventually his refusal to abandon his principles leads to More's... | |
| A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES | 1994 | MEDIA PN1998.3.S39A5 2000 DVD |
Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema. | |||
| ADAM'S RIB | 101 | 1987 | MEDIA PN1997.A35 1987 VCV | MGM | Adam Bonner (Tracy), assigned as prosecutor in a case against a woman (Holliday) who attempted to murder her deceiving husband (Ewell), is aghast to learn that his lawyer wife (Hepburn) has taken on the woman's defense. Bitterness develops... | |
| Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre: The Wrath of God) | 94 | 1972 | Media PN1997.A359 2000 DVD |
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but his megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip. | ||
| ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT | 132 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.A365 1995 VCV | MCA HOME VIDEO | Based on Erich Maria Remarque's timeless anti-war novel, this film (the original) follows a group of German recruits during World War I as they go from patriotism to disillusionment. | |
| ALL THE KING'S MEN | 109 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.A37 1985 VCV | COLUMBIA | A dynamic backwoods lawyer batters his way into the governor's mansion, where he uses his unprincipled charm to become a brutal dictator. | |
| AMERICAN CINEMA | 1995 | |||||
| AMERICAN CINEMA. ROMANTIC COMEDY. THE COMBAT FILM PT 5 & 6 | 120 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1993.5.U6A54 1995 VCV PT | NEW YORK CENTER FOR VISUAL HISTORY/KCET | "Romantic comedy" considers both sides of the genre--the surface humor and the real questions about gender and sexuality that are lurking below the surface. In "The combat film", historians, directors, and military leaders describe the... | |
| ARISTOPHANES' LYSISTRATA | 97 | 1987 | MEDIA PA3877.L8 1987 VCV | GREEK VIDEO, RECORDS & TAPES | The Athenian women, no longer able to endure the hardship of the Peloponnesian War, wage a "sex strike" to force the men to stop fighting. In modern Greek with English subtitles. | |
| ART BLAKEY & THELONIOUS MONK | 1999 | Media M1366.B53 A78 1999 CD |
NESUHI ERTEGUN | |||
| AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS | 103 | 1987 | MEDIA PN1997.A813 1989 VCV | NOUVELLES EDITIONS DE FILMS/ORION | Set in a Catholic boarding school during the German occupation of France, this is the story of twelve-year-old Julien Quentin who befriends Jean Bonnet, the new student in his class. Then one day, by accident, Julien makes a frightening discovery... | |
| AY, CARMELA! | 105 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.A96 1991 VCV | PRESTIGE/HOB VIDEO | ||
| AZUCAR AMARGA (BITTER SUGAR) | 102 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.A97 1996 | First Look Pictures | ||
| BARN BURNING | 41 | 1980 | MEDIA PS3511.A86B27 1980 VCV | CORONET | Based on the story of the same title by William Faulkner, about the son of a tenant farmer who must choose between his aversion to playing his father's accomplice in violent acts against their landowners and his desire to win his father's... | |
| BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE, THE | 120 | MEDIA PN1997.C51173B37 2000 VCV |
LENNON AND EPSTEIN | Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to surpress the 1941 film Citizen Kane and destroy Welles. | ||
| Belle Epoque (THE AGE OF BEAUTY) | 109 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1997.B44 1994 VCV | Facets Video | ||
| BELLE EPOQUE - THE AGE OF BEAUTYSUBTITLED | 109 | 1994 | COLUMBIA TRISTAR | Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War deserter who befriends a free-thinking artist, finds himself in a romantic dilemma when the artists four beautiful daughters return to their country home. Which woman should he love? | ||
| BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR | 49 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.B47 1986 VCV | MONTERY HOME VIDEO | A young flapper bobs her hair to gain peer approval, but her plan backfires. | |
| BEST BOY | 104 | 198- | MEDIA HV3004.B4 VCV | IFEX FILMS | Documentary about a 52 year old retarded man, cousin of the filmmaker, whose aging parents are convinced he should have some training so that he could attain some degree of independence. | |
| BILLY LIAR | 94 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.B55 1980Z VCV | JOSEPH JANNI PRODUCTION | In an imaginary country in postwar times, Billy Fisher tries to escape his drab working-class life, enters show-business, and finds more escape in freewheeling Liz. | |
| BODAS DE SANGRE (BLOOD WEDDING) | 71 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.B6413 1986 VCV | MEDIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT | A young bride runs off from her wedding with a married lover. Her jilted husband tracks them down and fights a duel to the death with the lover. Dialogue in Spanish, English subtitles. | |
| BOUDU SAUV' DES EAUX (BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING) | 85 | 1932 | MEDIA PN1997.B6813 1990 VCV | Boudu the tramp defies rehabilitation. Saved from suicide by drowning, he is invited into the home of his savior, who imposes himself as Boudu's benefactor. Boudu achieves respectability but not for long. (In French with English subtitles.) | ||
| BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME | 106 | 1974 | MEDIA E806.B76 VCV | VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | A compilation of documentary film footage from the 1930's including Hollywood in its heyday, Dillinger vs. the G-men, bread liners, and other memorabilia. | |
| BURN! | 113 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.B87 1991 VCV | PEA PRODUZIONI EUROPEE ASSOC./MGM\UA | Political drama of egomaniacal Sir William Walker whois sent by the British to investigate a slave revolt on a Portuguese-controlled, sugar-producing Caribbean Island. | |
| CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI | 90 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.C32 VCV | CROWN VIDEO | Psychological horror film in which a madman's nightmare may be real-life murder. | |
| CASA de los BABYS | 96 | 2003 | Media PN1997.C37 2004 DVD |
Six women -- dreamy Eileen, abrasive Nan, athletic Skipper, brusque Leslie, vivacious Jennifer and patient Gayle -- are staying at a hotel in South America. The film's focus is the turbulent emotions these American women face surrounding the adoption of foreign babies. The six women are fed up with the long delays of the adoption system in the United States and have the common desire to adopt a child. Includes a Latina mother who is certain that her baby will enjoy a better life with adoptive American parents, but still struggling with the anguish of her sacrifice. | ||
| CASABLANCA AND THE MALTESE FALCON | MEDIA PN1991.77.C37 2001CD | Two episodes from the Hollywood playhouse series of radio plays adapted from popular films of the day with members of the original casts reprising their film | ||||
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.1 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 1 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Five of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1914-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.10 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 10 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP. | Two of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.2 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 2 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Four of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.3 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 3 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.4 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 4 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.5 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 5 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.6 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 6 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.7 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 7 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP. | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.8 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 8 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP. | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. V.9 | 60 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C42 1993 PT. 9 VCV | MADACY MUSIC GROUP. | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1916-1920. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. VOLUME 1 | 40 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.C422 1997 PT. 1 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1914-1918. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. VOLUME 2 | 51 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.C422 1997 PT. 2 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1914-1915. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. VOLUME 3 | 44 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.C422 1997 PT. 3 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1914-1915. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. VOLUME 4 | 57 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.C422 1997 PT. 4 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Three of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1914 and 1919. | |
| CHAPLIN, THE COLLECTION. VOLUME 5 | 48 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.C422 1997 PT. 5 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Two of Charlie Chaplin's silent films produced in 1915 and 1919. | |
| CHINA, BEYOND THE CLOUDS PART 1 & 2 | 240 | 1994 | MEDIA DS779.23.C45 1994 VCV | RIVER FILMS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOC. | By focusing on the small town of Lodging in the Incan Province of China, this film presents a candid and in-depth look at Chinese society; a first hand view of daily life. | |
| CHOCOLAT | 105 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.C4613 1989 VCV | CINEMANUEL | A daughter of a French official returns to Cameroon and recalls her childhood there in colonial Africa of the 1950's. For private home use only. | |
| CITIZEN KANE | 119 | 1941 | MEDIA PN1997.C57 1996 VCV | ORSON WELLS | Orson Welles controversial film, hailed as the best American film ever made, is a portrait of Charles Foster Kane, revealing Americas love of power and materialism and the resultant corruption. Includes a documentary on the making of the film, hosted by Robert Osborne, and the original theatrical trailer (22 min.) | |
| CITY LIGHTS | 86 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.C579 VCV | PLAYHOUSE VIDEO | A blind flower girl falls in love with the little tramp and he with her. He helps her out of financial troubles through getting a job and with the aid of a rich friend. He pays for her to have an operation to restore her sight and does not know if... | |
| CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A | 138 | 1971 | MEDIA PN1997.C56 1991 VCV | WARNER BROS. | In the near-future young Alex is conditioned against violence and sex, but also loses his free will. | |
| COMICS: THE 9TH ART | 360 | 1990 | MEDIA PN6710.C65 1990 VCV | EUSKAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL | Series on the history of the comics. Vol. 1 focuses on characters popular from the mid-1800s to the Great Depression. Vol. 2 looks at the first superheros and how events of the '50's and '60's inspired characters for the baby boom generation. Vol... | |
| COMING APART - PICTURE THIS | 42 | 1999 | MEDIA E743.5.C66 1999 VCV | In the late 1940's, while the Soviet Union and the U.S. eyed each other over the Iron Curtain, conservative Americans at all levels of society worried about communist infiltration--especially in the movie industry, since that medium plays a huge role in shaping public perceptions and attitudes. This program reveals a time of McCarthyism and career-ending blacklists, a time when freedom of speech itself became a casualty in the desperate fight to protect democracy from "The red menace." | ||
| COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE=LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE | 105 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1997.C6313 1994 VCV | ARUA FILMS | Tita and Pedro are in love, but cannot marry because of a family tradition. To be near Tita, Pedro marries her sister, and Tita, as the family cook, expresses her passion through preparing delectable dishes. | |
| CONRACK | 111 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1997.C67 1990 VCV | PLAYHOUSE VIDEO | Using creative methods to teach black 5th to 8th graders in a rural S. Carolina school, idealistic teacher Conroy gradually wins over his students. | |
| CONSUMING HUNGER, PT. 2: SHAPING THE IMAGE | 29 | 1987 | MEDIA P96.A37C65 1987 PT. 2 VCV | MARYKNOLL WORLD FILMS | In examining the press coverage of the famine in Ethiopia, a Kenyan diplomat talks about the use of the media to depict his nation as a self-sufficient one with some of the same problems other African countries have. Also looks at the... | |
| CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS | 104 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.C75 1990 VCV | ORION | Entanglements in the lives, loves, perceptions, and ideals of normal people. | |
| CYBERVILLE | 51 | 1996 | MEDIA T14.5.C93 1996 VCV | FFH | Takes a provocative look at the power and role of technology in our lives today, as well as what role it may play in the future. Explores advances in technology across a wide spectrum, their implications for our society, economy and... | |
| CYRANO DE BERGERAC | 138 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1997.C9713 1991 VCV | ORION CLASSICS | The story of the 17th century soldier-adventurer who is secretly in love with the beautiful Roxane. Believing he is too ugly to ever win her, the eloquent Cyrano helps Christian, a tongue-tied soldier, woo her... (In French with English subtitles.) | |
| DANTON | 136 | 1984 | MEDIA DC146.D2D35 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO | Georges Danton returns to Paris at the time Robespierreis setting up his dictatorship. Danton, in opposition to Robespierre and the government, pleads with the people to end the bloodshed. Dialogue in French, subtitled in English. | |
| Danzon | 103 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.D35 1993 VCV | Columbia Tristar Home Video | ||
| DAS BOOT (MOTION PICTURE) THE BOAT | 150 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.B66 1986 VCV | RCA/COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO | The story of U-96, one of Germany's famed U-boats, on patrol during World War II in the Atlantic. In German with English subtitles. | |
| DEADLINE: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING | 51 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4700.D42 1997 VCV | TELEVISION RENAISSANCE | Shows the amazing feat of logistics it takes to put a newspaper together every 24 hours. | |
| DEATH OF A SALESMAN | 135 | 1986 | MEDIA PS3525.I5156D438 1986 VCV | KARL-LORIMAR HOME VIDEO | Arthur Miller's corrosive look at the dark side of the American dream. | |
| DEMONIOS EN EL JARDIN=DEMONS IN THE GARDEN | 100mins | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.D4513 1989 VCV | LUIS MEGINO | A young boy, divided between the possessive love of his mother, his father's wife and his grandmother, is manipulated by the adults, but in the end the spoiled and selfish child turns the tables and manipulates the adults in turn. | |
| DIRECTOR, THE | 23 | 1975 | MEDIA PR1995.9.P7T8 1975 VCU | CORONET FILM AND VIDEO | Presents selections from a variety of films, including The Lady Vanishes, Jules and Jim, Rashomon, and The Magician, in order to illustrate the techniques of different film directors. | |
| DITH PRAN | 1991 | MEDIA DS557.C2D57 1991 VCV | SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Dith Pran presents a lecture on the real-life sources for the motion picture, "The Killing Fields." | ||
| DO THE RIGHT THING | 120 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1997.D6 1990 VCV | UNIVERSAL | Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a twenty-four hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. | |
| DOLLS HOUSE | 99 | 1972 | MEDIA PN1997.D64 VCV | TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT PROD. | Nora, the "model wife", commits forgery and risks destruction in order to save her husband's health, and then closes the door on her husband and children to begin a new life. | |
| Don Segundo Sombra | 110 | 1969 | MEDIA PQ7797.G75D6 1995 VCV | Meridian Video Corp. | The story of Fabio Caceres learning form his mentor. Don Segundo Sombra, the moral snd values of gaucho through his behavior, stories, and advice. | |
| DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE | 82 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.D7 1996 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | Story of idealistic doctor in turn of the century London who is tempted by an older friend to indulge the depraved side of his personality. The doctor mixes a potion that transforms him into a depraved character who indeed indulges his | |
| EAT A BOWL OF TEA | 104 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.E28 1989 VCV | TOM STERNBERG | Set in New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's, this comedy concerns young Ben Loy, fresh out of the service with his whole life ahead of him, including a job, an apartment, and a marriage arranged by his father to the beautiful Mei Oi. But... | |
| EDITED IMAGE, THE | 21 | 1975 | MEDIA TR899.T8 1975 VCU | CORONET FILMS AND VIDEO | Presents excerpts from a variety of films, including Potemkin, Metropolis, and Citizen Kane, in order to illustrate the range of editing techniques. | |
| EL ANGEL EXTERMINADOR | 96 | 197- | MEDIA PN1994.A5 1970Z VCV | GUSTAVO ALATRISTE | High society dinner guests find themselves unable to leave the room, stay there for days and go totally to the bad before the strange spell is broken. When they go to church to give thanks, they find...In Spanish, with English subtitles. | |
| El Mariachi | 81 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.M3879 1993.VCV | Columbia Tri-Star Video | All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse--of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life. | |
| EL NORTE | 139 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1997.N67 1984 VCV | An Indian brother and sister set out to seek a better life in the North after their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother is taken away. In Spanish with English subtitles. | ||
| EL SILENCIO DE NETO (SILENCE OF NETO) | 106 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1997.S5513 1998 VCV | MORNINGSIDE MOVIES, INC. | Tells the politically charged story of a young Guatemala boy striving to follow his dreams while his country struggles to preserve democracy amidst CIA Cold War propaganda. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | ELECTRONIC BATTALIONS, THE: 1975 - 1988 | 47 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.T4 D393 1997 VCV | FILMS FOR THE HUMANTITIES | This program chronicles the golden years of network news and the birth of the satellite age. Television becomes a force in foreign policy as images affect public opinion. Critics accuse the news of promoting sensationalism and violence. |
| EMERALD FOREST | 113 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.J64 1985 VCV | EMBASSY | Bill Markham is an engineer working on the Amazon, whose son disappears in the Amazon jungle. | |
| EMERGING OF CHAPLIN, THE | 29 | 1979 | MEDIA PN1995.9.P7E4 1979 VCU | CORONET FILM & VIDEO | Examines the early years of Chaplin as he masters the creative processes of becoming a performer, director, writer and producer, thus establishing himself as an immortal figure in film history. | |
| ETHNIC NOTIONS | 57 | 1986 | MEDIA E185.61.E74 1987 VCV | KQED | Covering more than one hundred years of United States history, traces the evolution of Black American caricatures and their role in political and social conflicts concerning race. | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA! SEE ALL ABOUT IT! | 49 | 1990 | MEDIA PN4734.E97 1995 VCV | WBZ-TV | Looks at the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald and the faces behind the bylines. Examines the exhilaration and frustrations of the newspaper industry. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | EYES OF THE WORLD: 1919 - 1945 | 48 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.M6 D392 1997 VCV | FILMS FOR THE HUMANTITIES | Hollywoods version of the news was sanitized until a program called March of Time established the standards still used in the industry today. World War 2 became a contest for public opinion between the various news machines. Includes newsreel footage of D-Day. |
| FABLE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PIGEON FANCIER, THE (Fabula de la bella palomera) | 73 | 1988 | MEDIA PQ8180.17.A73F33 1995.VCV | JOAO ALFREDO VIEGAS | Set on a panoramic Brazilian beach, this film confronts the sexual and social tensions between classes in the romantic story of a wealthy aristocrats obsessive desire... | |
| FAHRENHEIT 451 | 112 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.F24 1985 VCV | MCA HOME VIDEO | Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety... | |
| FILM HISTORY | 29 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1993.5.U6.F55 1998 | FFH | ||
| FITZCARRALDO | 150 | 1983 | MEDIA PN1997.F57 VCV | WARNER HOME VIDEO | Fitzcarraldo is a man obsessed with making a fortune in rubber and in having his own personal opera house in the jungle. | |
| FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS | 97 | 1981 | MEDIA PN1997.Q8213 1986 VCV | KEY VIDEO | A youth surviving without much direction from parents or school becomes involved in more and more illegal activities until he ends up in a detention center. In French with English subtitles. | |
| FREE SPEECH FOR SALE | 57 | 1999 | MEDIA JC591 .F74 1999 VCV | PUBLIC AFFAIRS TELEVISION, INC. | This program examines the effect money has on free speech and political debate. In our society large corporations are increasingly able to drown out opposition buy buying large amounts of air time, while their opponents are silenced by their lack of money. The program also investigates the consequences for our democracy as media outlets are increasingly coming under control of only a few corporations... | |
| FRIDA: NATURALEZA VIVA | 108 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.F7513 1992 VCV | MANUEL BARBACHANO PONCE | On her deathbed Frida Kahlo tells a disjointed story of her life, her work and her passions. | |
| FROM HERE TO ETERNITY | 118 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.F76 1989 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION | An indictment of military life, where one walks the line or pays the price. A peacetime army camp in Hawaii where the storm of human emotions culminates in an explosive climax on December 7, 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | GLOBAL EYE, THE: 1989 - 1997 | 48 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.T4 D394 1997 VCV | The Berlin Wall, Tianamen Square, and the Gulf War show how the global nature of television news can shape the events it witnesses. The question of whether network news will remain the watchdog of democracy, or lose its position to other media, is discussed. | |
| GOLD RUSH | 74 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1994.G6 VCV | KARTES VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS | A lone prospector faces hardships and villains in the Alaska gold rush and finally strikes it rich and wins the heart of an originally scornful dance hall girl. | |
| GRAND ILLUSION | 112 | 1937 | MEDIA PN1994.G7 1984 VCV | KARTES VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | During World War I, three captured French officers have an uneasy relationship with their aristocratic German commandant. French dialogue with English subtitles. | |
| GRAPES OF WRATH | 129 | 1984 | MEDIA PS3537.T3234G848 VCV | TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX | Based on the novel by John Steinbeck. The story of the Joad family and their migration to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma in the 1930's. | |
| GREAT CHASE, THE | 25 | 1977 | MEDIA PN1995.9.C55G7 1977 VCU | CORONET FILM & VIDEO | Shows scenes from The great train robbery, Way down east and other films in order to trace the development of the chase scene as an exciting and/or comic element in film making. | |
| GUANTANAMERA | 104 | 1995 | MEDIA PQ7390.A375G8 1998 | Alta Films | ||
| GYCKLARNAS AFTON (SAWDUST AND TINSEL) | 95 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1997.G9213 1984 VCV | EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT | The owner of a traveling circus leaves his mistress for his separated wife, and is challenged to fight by the mistress's new lover. In Swedish, with English subtitles. | |
| HARDER THEY COME, THE | 93 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.H27 1991 VCV | POLYGRAM VIDEO | A poor boy from the country in Jamaica comes to the city where he is exploited by employers and a producer of a hit record he makes, and winds up involved in drug dealing and being wanted...English and Jamaican English with English subtitles. | |
| HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. | 103 | 1980 | MEDIA HD5325.M615H37-VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT | Documents the 1973 Kentucky coal miner's strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the union's national contract with the United Mine Workers of America. | |
| HEARTS AND MINDS | 112 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.H43 VCV | EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT | A documentary on America's involvement in Vietnam. | |
| HEARTS OF DARKNESS--A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE | 96 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.A653C6 1992 VCV | PARAMOUNT | A chronicle of the making of the film Apocalypse Now. | |
| HETS TORMENT | 90 | 199- | MEDIA PN1997.H4713 1990Z VCV | A.B. SVENSK | When a sadistic teacher kills a girl in a fit of sexual rage, the boy with whom she was also involved has the teacher arrested. The teacher is released and arranges to have the student expelled from school. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | HISTORY THROUGH A LENS: 1894 - 1919 | 51 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.M6D39 1997 VCV | FFH | The development of the movie camera in 1895 led quickly to the newsreels shown in theaters every week. Rare footage of very early film images is included. Also shows the competitiveness and tricks used as news reporting got its start. |
| HOLLYWOODISM: JEWS, MOVIES, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM | 100 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1993.5.U65H655 1998 VCV | ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS/CBC/A&E | Views the effect of how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by Eastern European Jewish culture through the stories of the major movie moguls including Adolph Zucker, Louis B. Mayer and Carl Laemmle. | |
| HORA DA ESTRELA (HOUR OF THE STAR) | 96 | 1987 | MEDIA PN1997.H6713 1987 VCV | KINO VIDEO | A young woman without family or friends moves from the countryside of northeast Brazil to Sao Paulo, where her life amidst poverty and despair, and her tragic and untimely death, are buffered by the solace and little joys her fantasies provide. | |
| HOUSEKEEPING | 117 | 1987 | MEDIA PN1997.H68 1987 VCV | COLUMBIA | An eccentric free-spirit returns to her hometown, a small mountain community, to care for her two orphaned nieces. | |
| HUD | 112 | 1982 | MEDIA PN1997.H84 1982 VCV | PARAMOUNT | Hud, a young man whose interests are fighting, drinking, hot-rodding his Cadillac and womanizing, is at odds with himself and with his father, an old-line Texas cattle rancher. | |
| HUSTLER, THE | 134 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.H87 1986 VCV | 20TH CENTURY FOX | Paul Newman plays Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts back street pool rooms fleecing anyone who'll pick up a cue. Then he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats played by Jackie Gleason. | |
| IF.... | 111 | 1982 | MEDIA PN1997.I35 VCV | PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO | Film takes a look at a British boarding school and three unruly seniors who fail to conform. | |
| IL POSTINO = THE POSTMAN | 108 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.P6713 1995 VCV | GORI, MARIO & VITTORIO CECCHI | The postman, Mario, enlists the aid of the poet Pablo Neruda to conquer the heart of the beautiful Beatrice. | |
| IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (MOTION PICTURE) | 95 | 1991 | MEDIA PR5818.I4 1991 VCV | JANUS FILMS | Comedy about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest. | |
| IN WHOSE HONOR? | 46 | 1997 | MEDIA E98.P99I5 1997 VCV | NEW DAY FILMS | Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the effect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the... | |
| INDOCHINE | 156 | 1992 | Media PN1997.I53 1999 DVD |
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS | Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner E´liane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference after having a child by French officer Jean-Baptiste, E´liane's past lover. | |
| INFORMER, THE | 91 | 1935 | MEDIA PN1997.I6 1995 VCV | RKO PICTURES | Set in 1922 in Ireland, the story revolves around Gypo Nolan, an Irish rebel who secretly betrays his hunted friend to the British authorities for 20 pounds. | |
| INHERIT THE WIND | 128 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.I64 1991 VCV | UNITED ARTISTS | A biology teacher is arrested for violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution and his trial is the basis for this film. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | INVENTING TELEVISION NEWS: 1946 - 1959 | 47 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.T4 D39 1997 VCV | FFH | |
| IPHIGENIA | 128 | 1989 | MEDIA PA3973.I7 1989 VCV | AXON VIDEO CORP. | Based on Euripides' tragedy of a young girl caught in the midst of political intrigue and corruption. | |
| IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 105 | 1934 | MEDIA PN1997.I7 1993 VCV | COLUMBIA | Ellie Andrews escapes from her millionaire father, who wants to stop her from marrying a playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with Peter Warner, an out-of-work newsman. | |
| JAPANESE VERSION, THE | 56 | 1991 | MEDIA DS822.5.J26 1991 VCV | CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN MEDIA | The film explores Japan's fascination with things American, pointing out that in borrowing from other cultures, there emerges a distinct Japanese slant on such things as American baseball, the 1950's, weddings, and "love hotels". | |
| JESUS DE MONTREAL (JESUS OF MONTREAL) | 119 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.J4713 1991 VCV | ORION | A group of young actors commissioned to stage a modern production of a Passion Play find themselves embroiled in controversy. In French with English subtitles. | |
| JOURNEY TO SPIRIT ISLAND | 93 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.J68 1993 VCV | PAL PRODUCTIONS PRODUCER BRUCE CLARK | Maria and her brother Kjim, young members of the Makah Tribe, have an adventure that will change their lives when two city friends come to visit for the summer. | |
| JOY LUCK CLUB, THE | 139 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1997.J685 1994 VCV | OLIVER STONE | Follows the story of four lifelong friends, whose lives are filled with joy and heartbreak, and shows how their experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children. Both preceded and followed by previews of... | |
| JOY THAT KILLS, THE | 56 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.J69 1988 VCV | FFH | A young bride who has been protected and smothered all her life due to a weak heart, is told her beloved husband is dead and she begins to dream of planning her own life, when she finds her husband is not dead after all. | |
| JU..DOU | 98 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1997.J813 1991 VCV | MIRAMAX/LIVE HOME VIDEO | Set in a small Chinese village in the 1920's, this is the story of a young woman who is purchased by a cruel, impotent old man and is consequently beaten by him when she does not bear him a son. She bears one, nonetheless, with her secret lover... | |
| KEN BURNS | 45 | 2000 | MEDIA PN1998.3.B866K46 2000 VCV | Ken Burns has revolutionized the art of making documentaries, bringing American history to life in a very personal way. In this program, he discusses the painstaking research, hands-on techniques and limitless energy that nave won him fame. Biographical details such as how he got his start, who inspiration offer an illuminating glimpse of this remarkable artist. Film clips from his documentaries underscore the power of his methods and the passion of his vision. | ||
| KING KONG | 100 | 1933 | MEDIA PN1997.K52 1999 VCV | RKO RADIO PICTURES | Adventure story of the giant ape King Kong, discovered on Skull Island, his voyage to New York and his fatal attraction to a young woman leading to death and destruction as he pursues her. | |
| KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN | 119 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.K57 1986 VCV | ISLAND ALIVE RELEASING | Molina and Valentin are in a prison cell together somewhere in Latin America, and to pass the time, Molina entertains Valentin with fanciful narratives from old movies. Previews of other video recordings precede feature. | |
| KOLYA | 105 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1997.K65 1997 VCV | MIRAMAX HOME ENTERTAINMENT | A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires setting off a wild set of circumstances and leaving him with a mischievous five-year-old named Kolya. | |
| LA BETE HUMAINE (THE HUMAN BEAST) | 99 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.B4713 1980Z VCV | PARIS FILM PRODUCTION | Adaptation of Zola's novel of the same title. A train engineer who is subject to fits of madness finds that his love for the wife of a railroad executive involves him in circumstances he cannot control. French dialogue, English subtitles. | |
| LA DOLCE VITA | 174 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.D635 1992 VCV | GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO | A third-rate newspaperman, who pursues a shabby career of scandal mongering, takes an odyssey into the decadent so-called "sweet-life" of the dissolute denizens of high society in modern Rome. | |
| LA HISTORIA OFICIAL (THE OFFICIAL STORY) | 112 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.H5613 1986 VCV | ALMI PICTURES, INC. | Alicia finds herself face to face with a legacy of terror as she begins to discover that her adopted daughter may have been stolen from a family of "los desaparecidos" (the disappeared ones). Dialogue in Spanish, subtitled in English. | |
| LADRI DI SAPONETTE (THE ICICLE THIEF) | 84 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.L2413 1991 VCV | FOX LORBER/ARIES FILM | Comedy which takes a satirical look at Italian commercial television. In Italian with English subtitles. | |
| LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE | 87 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.L32 1991 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION | A seaman becomes involved in the murderous intrigue of a crippled lawyer and his homicidal frustrated wife. The film culminates in a shoot-up in a hall of mirrors. | |
| LADY VANISHES | 97 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.L339 VCV | CRITERION COLLECTION | An old woman's disappearance during a train ride from Switzerland to England leads a young couple into a web of international espionage on this mystery-comedy. | |
| LANCELOT DU LAC LANCELOT OF THE LAKE | 80 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.L3513 1995 VCV | MARA FILMS | Set in the last days of the doomed quest for the Holy Grail, this is a tale of the end of the age of chivalry and the death of a dream. | |
| LANDMARKS OF EARLY FILM, VOLUME 1 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1993.5.A1L35 1996 DVD |
A compilation of the very earliest films from the first projections of moving images to the advent of the feature film, an area of film history often underseen, under appreciated and understudies. Includes films from Pathe Frenes, Vitagraph Co., Biograph Co., and Keystone Film Co. Includes films by Thomas Edison, Louis Lumiere, Edwin s. Porter, George Melies, Charles Pathe Ferdinand Zecca, Max Linder, D.W. Griffith, and Henry Lehrman. | |||
| LAST EMPEROR, THE | 164 | 1999 | MEDIA PN1997.L375 1988 VCV | A JEREMY THOMAS PRODUCTION | Presents the life of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, who at the age of three became emperor, and from emperor to playboy to prisoner and finally an unskilled gardener in the streets of Beijing. | |
| LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE | 118 | 1971 | MEDIA PN1997.L383 1990 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES | Drama of social and sexual mores in a small Texas town in the 1950's. | |
| LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE | 163 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.L385 1989 VCV | UNIVERSAL | A reinterpretation of Jesus as a man wracked with anguish and doubt concerning his appointed role in life. | |
| LAST WAVE, THE | 104 | 1977 | MEDIA PN1997.L389 VCV | HAL MCELROY AND JAMES MCELROY | Lawyer David Burton takes on the defense of a group of Australian aboriginals accused of murder and soon finds himself affected by dreams, premonitions and strange forces that lie just beneath the surface of his accustomed reality. | |
| LAURA | 88 | 1944 | MEDIA PN1997.L395 1993 VCV | 20TH CENT FOX | The story of the love of a man for a woman he has never seen, and how that love became the most fearful thing that ever happened to any woman. | |
| LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) | 195 | 1945 | MEDIA PN1997.E5413 1990Z VCV | SOCIETE NOUVELLE PATHE CINEMA | Story of theatrical society in 19th century Paris and the love between the mime Debureau and the beautiful courtesan Garance who is also loved by an aristocrat, a criminal, and an actor. (In French with English subtitles; 2 tapes.) | |
| LOOKING GLASS: INSIDE TELEVISION NEWS | 60 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4888.T4L66 1997 VCV | FFH | A behind-the-scenes look at how television news coverage is gathered and presented. | |
| LORD OF THE FLIES | 100 | 198- | MEDIA PR6013.O35L6 1980Z VCV | DIAMOND VIDEO | This story documents the chilling descent into savagery of a group of British school boys. | |
| LOTTERY BY SHIRLEY JACKSON | 19 | 198- | MEDIA PS3519.A392L6 1980Z VCV | ENCY. BRIT. EDUCATIONAL CORP. | Presents the short story, The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, about a small town with a tradition of holding a lottery, the participants of which are not eager to win. | |
| LOVE GODDESSES THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE MOVIES | 29 | 1977 | MEDIA PN1995.9.W6L6 1977 VCU | CORONET FILM & VIDEO | Shows how women were portrayed in the movies, from Lillian Gish to Mae West, using scenes from the films. | |
| LUMUMBA |
115 | 2002 | Media PN1997.L848 2002 DVD |
Zeitgeist Video | Dramatizes the life of Congolese revolutionary Patrice Lumumba, who led his country to independence from Belgium in 1960. He served for less than a year as the first elected prime minister until he was brutally assassinated. | |
| M... | 97 | 1931 | MEDIA PN1994.M2 1980Z VCV | KARTES VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS | A psychopathic murderer of children evades the police but is caught by the city's criminals who find that his activities are giving them a bad name. In German with English subtitles. | |
| MACARIO | 91 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.M2213 1989 VCV | CLASA FILMS MUNDIALES | A poor woodcutter who cannot earn enough money to feed his family vows on the Day of the Dead that he will never eat again until he can have a whole turkey to himself. In the forest he meets God, the Devil and Death. Spanish with English subtitles... | |
| MALCOLM X | 201 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.M32 1993 VCV | WARNER BROS | Drama about the life and times of activist Malcolm X. | |
| MALTESE FALCON, THE | 101 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.M33 1989 VCV | WARNER BROS. PICTURES | A private-eye thriller which centers around an unrelenting search for a falcon statuette. | |
| MAN FACING SOUTHEAST | 105 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.M3413 1987 VCV | FILMDALLAS PICTURES | A man named Rantes suddenly appears in a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital expertly playing the organ. He has no recorded identity. The doctors dismiss Rantes' claim of being an alien visitor as a simple case of paranoid delusion, but the... | |
| MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE | 123 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.M367 1996 VCV | PARAMOUNT PICTURES | A western portraying the struggle between cattlemen and homesteaders in the town of Shinbone, telling about the encounter of a young eastern lawyer with the notorious gunman Liberty Valance. | |
| MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE | 126 | 1962 | MEDIA PN1997.M38 1988 VCV | MGM/UA | A U.S. Army soldier, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked away to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug and hypnosis-induced conditioning that transforms him into a human time bomb. | |
| MANON OF THE SPRING | 113 | 1987 | MEDIA PN1997.M38513 1987 VCV | ORION CLASSICS/CLAUDE BERRI | Ten years have passed since the tragic events of Jean De Florette. Jean's daughter, Manon, appears in town to accuse the Soubeyrans of killing her father. A tragedy results that nearly destroys Cesar, the neigh... (French with English subtitles.) | |
| MARK TWAIN | 2001 | MEdia M1527.7.M37 2001 CD |
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| MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN | 120 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.E3643M37 1986 VCV | RCA/COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO | Maria's marriage is haunted by illicit passion and her obsession with power. Dialogue in German, with English subtitles. | |
| "MASTER HAROLD"-- AND THE BOYS | 90 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.M39 1986 VCV | IRIS MARLIS/KARL-LORIMAR HOME VIDEO | Young man whose crippled, alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital, discusses the meaning of life with and vents his frustrations on the two Black men who work in the family owned tea room. Set in South Africa in 1950. | |
| MASTERS OF ANIMATION | 369 | 1986 | MEDIA TR897.5.M27 1986 VCV | EDUCATIONAL FILM CENTRE | Presents a look at the world's leading animation artists and their work. Includes sections on computer animation. | |
| MASTERS OF ILLUSION | 30 | 1991 | MEDIA N7430.5.M27 1991 VCV | NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, HARPER FILMS | A film about how to see, what we see, or what we think we see. Examines the visual revolution of the Renaissance and how the same principles are applied today in motion picture special effects. | |
| MATTER OF HEART | 110 | 1983 | MEDIA BF173.J85M28 1983 VCV | C.G. JUNG INST. OF LOS ANG. | A film portrait of Carl Gustav Jung which includes rare home movies, archival materials and interviews. Presents conversations with Jung's closest friends, patients and associates including Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph Henderson, members of the... | |
| MEMORIAS DE UN MEXICANO | 45 | 1985 | MEDIA F1234.T67 1985 VCV | SALVADOR TOSCANO | An edited version of the historical film, considered to be one of the first produced in Mexico. Toscano pioneered the use of the film camera in Mexico. As a journalist, Toscano used the camera to document the key events and figures of the... | |
| MEMORIAS DEL SUBDESARROLLO (MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT) | 97 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.M4513 1980Z VCV | INST. CUB. ARTE INDUST. CINEMATOGRAFICA | A look at Cuban society before and after the revolution as seen through the eyes of a landlord and self-styled intellectual writer. This was the class of people not sufficiently motivated to leave when Castro came into power, but also did not... | |
| MEN WITH GUNS | 128 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1997.M4537 1998 VCV | Columbia/Tristar | Dr. Fuentes is a man in search of his legacy--seven medical students he trained to work in impoverished native villages. But early in his odyssey he begins to suspect that men with guns got there first, and with every step he is confronted by bloody realities he had long ignored. Now, his is an almost desperate quest, but for a mythical village deep in the rainforest--one last refuge of hope called Cerca del Cielo. | |
| MESSAGE, THE | 220 | 1998M | MEDIA PN1997.M47 1996 VCV | The story of Mohammad, The Prophet who founded Islam. | ||
| METROPOLIS | 87 | 198- | MEDIA PN1995.9.S26M4 1980Z VCV | UFA | Fritz Lang's classic film about a totally mechanized society and those who rebel against it. A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, city of the future, to destroy their hedonistic rulers. | |
| MISSING | 122 | 1982 | MEDIA PN1997.M575 1982 VCV | UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND POLYGRAM PICTURES | The story of the search for Charles Horman by his wife and father after his disappearance during a South American military coup. | |
| MISSION, THE | 125 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.M58 1987 VCV | WARNER BROS. | Based on historical events that occurred around the borderlands of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil in the year 1750, the drama concerns two men, a priest and a soldier, who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation... | |
| MOVING PICTURES, MOVING HANDS: THE STORY OF ERNEST MARSHALL | 28 | 1987 | MEDIA HV2534.M27M68 1987 VCV | DAVID JARASHOW/BEYOND SOUND | A profile of Ernest Marshall, a deaf motion picture director who specialized in making movies for the deaf. | |
| MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON | 130 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.M7 1993 VCV | COLOMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION | An idealistic, small town senator heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him. Digitally remastered from newly restored film elements. | |
| MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE "NERVIOS" WOMEN/VERGE/NERV | 88 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.M8513 1989 VCV | ORION CLASSICS | Comedy about Pepa, recently jilted by her lover Ivan, who left the message that he's leaving on an answering machine. Things are further complicated by Ivan's son Carlos who wants to sublet Pepa's apartment, and by Lucia, Ivan's former lover... | |
| NEWVIEW | 300 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1996.9.E96N49 1990 VCV | SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMM. MEDIA ARTS CTR | Selections from over sixty short films and videos, covering a wide range of topics from documentaries to avant-garde. | |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS | 98 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.N68 1992 VCV | NEW FRONT FILMS | Dramatization of hard times for farmers of North Dakota in 1915-16 when foreclosures and attempts to control the grain market led to the formation of a grassroots socialist organization called the Nonpartisan League, which eventually won... | |
| NUIT ET BROUILLARD = NIGHT AND FOG | 34 | 1983 | MEDIA D802.A2N84 1983 VCV | VIDEO IMAGES | Shows the horror of Nazi concentration camps in World War II. | |
| OFELAS (PATHFINDER) | 88 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.O4413 1988 VCV | FOX LORBER/CAROLCO | Based on the Lapp legend of the 12th century, this is the story of a young man who is taken prisoner by an enemy tribe and forced to act as their pathfinder through the treacherous Arctic. He outsmarts his captors by leading them over a cliff... | |
| OLD GRINGO | 120 | 1990 | MEDIA PN1997.O54 1990 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES / FONDA FILMS | Set during the Mexican revolution, the story revolves around three people: Harriet, a frustrated spinster who has left her unrewarding life in America hoping to discover the passion in her soul; Ambrose Bierce, the old gringo who seeks some meaning... | |
| ON THE WATERFRONT | 108 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.O6 1995 VCV | COLOMBIA HORIZON PICTURES | Terry Malloy works as a longshoreman amid corruption on the New Jersey docks while trying to break the hold of a waterfront boss. Proceeded by previews of others from the collection. | |
| ONCE WERE WARRIORS | 102 | 1995 | Media PN1997.063 2003 DVD |
In a poor suburb of Auckland, Jake and Beth Heke live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Jake, a complex man with a rascal's charm, is weighted down by a quick temper, alcoholism, and an evil streak of male entitlement. Beth's beauty has been scarred by broken dreams and Jake's beefy fists. Yet her inner strength and desire to save her family make her the solid center around which this story of tragedy and hope is constructed. | ||
| ORDET (THE WORD) | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.O7413 1980Z VCV | A family struggles with their faith in God in a rural Swedish community. | |||
| ORLANDO | 93 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1997.O77 1994 VCV | SONY PICTURES | Story of Orlando, an English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. | |
| OUR DAILY BREAD | 74 | 1934 | MEDIA PN1997.O87 1994 VCV | UNITED ARTISTS | The story of a young couple during the depression who, unable to find work in the city, take over an old farm in their struggle to survive. Includes an introduction by King Vidor. Also includes two recently discovered phony newsreels concocted... | |
| OUT OF AFRICA | 171 | 1985 | MEDIA DT434.E2B6 CASS | NEWMAN COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | An account of life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. | |
| PAO TA SHUANG TENG "RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER" | 117 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.P2613 1995 VCV | CHAN CHUNKEUNG | At the end of the Ching Dynasty, a Chinese family has no male heirs to run their fireworks factory, so they groom the daughter for the role which includes having her dress like a man and being forbidden to marry. She accepts this until a... | |
| PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC (THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC) | 114 | 1928 | MEDIA PN1997.P2713 1985 VCV | Silent film on the life of Joan of Arc, with special emphasis on her trial and execution. | ||
| PATHER PANCHALI | 113 | 1955 | MEDIA PN1997.P28413 1996 VCV | GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL | A poor Bengali family survives in a village but wider horizons tempt the father. The protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly "aunt", and first confrontations with death contribute to the... | |
| PERFORMANCE, THE | 20 | 1975 | MEDIA PN1995.T8 1975 VCU | CORONET FILM AND VIDEO | Uses excerpts from feature films starring Lawrence Olivier, Katherine Hepburn, Charles Chaplin, Anthony Quinn, and Giulietta Masina in order to illustrate the nature and methods of acting for films. | |
| PLAYER, THE | 124 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.P52 1993 VCV | COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO | Celebrity-studded thriller of murder among Hollywood's elite. | |
| DAWN OF THE EYE | POWERS THAT BE, THE: 1960 - 1975 | 47 | 1997 | MEDIA PN4784.T4 D392 1997 VCV | In the 1960s, television was the dominant source of news in North America. it changed the equations in the democratic process by publicizing the forces of protest and political opposition. Program includes a look at failed government efforts to control television news. | |
| RAINBOW WAR | 20 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1997.R25 1986 VCV | PYRAMID FILM & VIDEO | Tells the story of three imaginary kingdoms, one red, one blue, and one gold, who fight a war using paint. | |
| RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER | 57 | 1980 | MEDIA PS1872.R363 1980 VCV | FRIES HOME VIDEO | Based on the story of the same title by Nathanie lHawthorne, set in 18th-century Italy, about a young man's romantic entanglement with a beautiful, forbidden woman in a poisonous garden. | |
| RASHOMON | 83 | 1986 | MEDIA PN1995.7.R3 1986 VCV | EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT | A priest, a firewood cutter and a man wandering by, sit under a gate in a downpour discussing four fairly different versions of how a man was murdered and his wife raped by abandit. Dialogue in Japanese, English subtitles. | |
| RED BALLOON, THE | 34 | 1956 | MEDIA PN1995.9.C4B3 VCV | NELSON ENTERTAINMENT/FILMS MONTSOURIS | Pascal, a lonely French boy, befriends a wondrous red balloon which follows him everywhere. | |
| REEFER MADNESS | 67 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.R44 1996 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | A drama originally intended to warn about what happens when upstanding, bright, moral youth become involved with marijuana, now popular because of the melodramatic and a campy comedy. | |
| RETRATO DE TERESA (PORTRAIT OF TERESA) | 103 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.R4713 1980Z VCV | ICAC | Story of a woman who works in a factory and is very involved with political and cultural activities which causes strain in her marriage. Her husband expects her to be more devoted to his wants and needs as would a more traditional wife. | |
| REVOLT OF MOTHER, THE | 47 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.R48 1980Z VCV | MONTEREY HOME VIDEO/FRIES | In 1890 New England a woman shows her husband that a new house is more important to their family than a new barn. | |
| ROCKING-HORSE WINNER, THE | 30 | 1976 | MEDIA PR6023.A93R62 1976 VCU | MTI FILM & VIDEO | Presents an adaptation of the novel of the same title by D.H. Lawrence, about a young, sensitive English boy whose rocking horse empowers him to predict winning racehorses at the eventual cost of his life. | |
| ROMA, CITTA APARTA. OPEN CITY | 105 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.C5513 1980Z VCV | EXCELSA FILM | An account of the underground resistance to the German occupation of Rome during World War II. Presents a cross-section of a city under tremendous stress. In Italian with English subtitles. | |
| RUE CASES-NEGRES (SUGAR CANE ALLEY) | 107 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1997.R8413 1985 VCV | MEDIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT | Jose and his grandma live in a shantytown with other black families who work on a sugar plantation. | |
| SALESMAN | 90 | 1968 | MEDIA HF5441.S25 1990 VCV | MAYSLES FILMS | A documentary feature film in cinema verite style which closely follows the activities of four door-to-door Bible salesmen on their routes. | |
| SALVADOR | 122 | 1985 | MEDIA PN1997.S25 1986 VCV | HEMDALE/VESTRON | In 1980, Richard Boyle is sent to capture the bloodshed and brutality of El Salvador on film. | |
| SARAFINA! | 98 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.S27 1993 VCV | MIRAMAX/HOLLYWOOD PICTURES | Based on the musical by the same name, this is the story of Sarafina, a young black South African teenager coming of age during the Soweto uprising. | |
| SATURDAY NIGHT | 60 | 2000 | Media M1505.S66 S28 2000 CD |
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| SCHINDLER'S LIST | 197 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.S34 1994 VCV | MCA/UNIVERSAL | Oskar Schindler, a "good" German, saves the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. | |
| SCREENWRITING | 23 | 1975 | MEDIA PN1996.T8 1975 VCU | CORONET FILM AND VIDEO | Presents excerpts from a number of feature films including Oliver Twist, Pygmalion and Metropolis in order to illustrate the importance of the screenplay. | |
| SEVEN SAMURAI, THE | 197 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1997.S4884 PTS.1 & 2 VCV | EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT | A 16th century Japanese village hires professional warriors to fend off bandits. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. | |
| SEXUAL STEREOTYPES IN MEDIA: SUPERMAN AND THE BRIDE | 37 | 1993 | MEDIA P96.S5S49 1993 VCV | FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES & SCIENCES | Shows how pervasive stereotypes are of man as Superman and women as his slavish bride--on film and TV, in the fiction on which they are based, even in so-called documentaries. Bombarded from all sides by this point of view, women as well as men... | |
| SHOE-SHINE | 90 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.S5413 1980Z VCV | LOPERT FILMS INC. | Two young shoeshine boys become involved in a black market deal in order to raise money for a horse, are caught and sent to prison, and one of them betrays the other. | |
| SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER | 84 | 1962 | MEDIA PN 1997.S56 VCV | ASTOR PICTURES | Film about a barroom piano player hiding from his past as a concert pianist who becomes involved with helping his gangster brothers escape from other gangsters who they have double-crossed. In French with English subtitles. | |
| SKYGGEN OF EMMA (EMMA'S SHADOW) | 93 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.S5913 1991 VCV | METRONOME PRODUCTIONS | An unlikely friendship develops between a lonely eleven year-old girl who has run away from home and an ex-convict sewer worker in this 1930's story. In Danish with English subtitles. | |
| SLIM HOPES: ADVERTISING AND THE OBSESSION WITH THINNESS | 31 | 1995 | MEDIA HF5827.S55 1995 VCV | MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | Explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self images of women and girls. | |
| Slim Hopes - Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness | 30 | 1995 | MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | |||
| SLING SHOT | 102 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1997.S6313 1994 VCV | WALDEMAR BERGENDAHL | Twelve-year-old Roland is the victim of constant bullying and prejudice, but he is also a survivor. When he creates a powerful slingshot out of wire and two of his mother's contraband condoms, he sees a way to turn the tables on his... | |
| SMALL HAPPINESS: WOMEN OF A CHINESE VILLAGE | 58 | 1984 | MEDIA HQ1768.S52 1984 VCV | RICHARD GORDON, KATHY KLINE, DANIEL SIPE | A documentary which investigates the conditions of life for Chinese women today and in the past. Visits the village of Long Bow where inhabitants reveal the strides that have been made for women's equality, despite the seeming oppression when... | |
| SOMMAREN MED MONIKA (SUMMER WITH MONIKA) | 82 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.S65513 1989 VCV | SVENSK FILMINDUSTRI | The story of Monika, a sultry teenager, escapes from her poverty with a sensitive and poetic young man. | |
| STEVEN SPIELBERG: AN EMPIRE OF DREAMS | 90 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1998.3.S65S848 1998 VCV | TRIAGE, INC. | Biography on life and film career of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. Shows footage of many of his great movies. | |
| STORIES OF MAXINE HONG KINGSTON, THE | 56 | 1994 | MEDIA PS3561.I52Z4 1994 VCV | PUBLIC AFFAIRS TELEVISION INC | Bill Moyers talks with Maxine Hong Kingston about her vision of what a writer should try to do with their work. She feels a writer can/should imagine the world as it ought to be so as to create a path others can follow it they choose. She... | |
| STORY OF QIU JU, THE | 100 | 1993 | MEDIA PN1997.C4513 1993 VCV | SONY PICTURES CLASSICS | A stoic peasant woman demands an apology when her husband is kicked by the village Chief. When the Chief refuses to apologize, she sets off on a futile trek through the complicated Chinese court system-- a battle against bureaucracy and... | |
| STREETWISE | 92 | 1986 | MEDIA HV4506.S4S7 1986 VCV | LCA | Documentary about street kids in Seattle who live by begging, stealing, grubbing through restaurant dumpsters, and prostitution. It shows their activities and includes discussions with the teens on their attitudes, hopes, and lifestyles. | |
| SULT HUNGER | 115 | 1992 | MEDIA PN1997.S8413 1992 VCV | BERTIL OHLSSON | "Norway 1890. Pontus (Oscarsson), a penniless and starving writer, unable to keep down food even if he can get it, is thrown out of his lodgings and wanders the streets. Offered money for an article, he struggles to write it by the light of a... | |
| SUNA NO ONNA WOMAN IN THE DUNES | 123 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.S8513 1980Z VCV | TESHIGAHARA | An entomologist on a deserted beach finds an attractive young widow living in a shack at the bottom of a huge sand pit, spends the night with her, can't escape, and when ultimately presented with a chance to escape, decides to stay. | |
| TA HUNG TENG KAO KAO KUA (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) | 125 | 1991 | MEDIA PN1997.T213 1992 VCV | ORION | 19-year-old Songlian becomes the fourth wife of wealthy Chen and learns that she must share him with the other three wives. Each manipulates and cheats to have the red lantern arrive at her house at dusk. This signifies which wife Chen will | |
| Tango | 115 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1997.T243 1999 VCV | Columbia Tri-Star | Set in Buenos Aires with a rich blend of muted light and intoxicating dance, this films tells the story of director Mario Suarezs quest to create the ultimate tango film. Complications develop when Mario falls in love with Elena, a talented young dancer who is the girlfriend of an investor. Marios creative vision is challenged by his investors when he plans a scene that recreates Argentinas dark years of political suppression and disappearances,... | |
| TANGO BAR | 90 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.T25 1989 VCV | BECO FILMS/ZAGA FILMS | Once, Ricardo, Elena and Antonio dazzled nightclub audiences with the magic of the tango. That was before police-state intervention and before Elena dropped Antonio for Ricardo. Now, as the three performers...In Spanish with English subtitles. | |
| The Awful Truth | 92 | 1937 | media PN1997.A94 1991 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES | A comedy about the "battling Warriners" who file for divorce with the only hitch being who will get custody of their beloved Fox Terrier. | |
| THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI | 72 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.C32 1997 DVD | A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic. Also featured on this videodisc is an excerpt of "Genuine: a tale of a vampire", a 1920 release which reunited "Caligari's" creative team. | ||
| The Last Supper | 110 | 1976 | Media PN1997U4813L37 1990 VCV |
Set in Havana at the end of the 18th century, a guilt-ridden count invites twelve of his plantation slaves to a "last supper" during which he attempts to teach them what he sees as the crucial elements of Christianity, namely, submissive obedience to their master and joy in suffering. When the count breaks his word, however, and forces the slaves to work the next day (Good Friday), they revolt and the count's punishment is swift and brutal | ||
| THE MAGIC OF MELIES: VOLUME 2 | 1994 | MEDIA PN1993.5.A1 M35 1999 DVD |
A collection of Melies films, which also presents rare photographs and early drawings in an overview of his life and work. | |||
| THERE'LL ALWAYS BE STARS IN THE SKY: THE INDIAN FILM MUSIC | 60 | 1982 | MEDIA M1808.T44 1992 VCV | HARCOURT FILMS | Behind the scenes in India's Hollywood, with actors, singers, musical directors and others. | |
| THIN BLUE LINE, THE | 101 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.T45 1988 VCV | AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTATION | Real-life drama which confronts the evidence in a murder case in which Dallas policeman Robert Wood's routine inspection of a night driver became his last as the man behind the wheel shot him dead. Sixteen-year-old David Harris was... | |
| THIN BLUE LINE, THE | 101 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1197.T45 1988 VCV | MARK LIPSON | Real-life drama which confronts the evidence in a murder case in which Dallas policeman Robert Wood's routine inspection of a night driver became his last as the man behind the wheel shot him dead. Sixteen-year-old David Harris was... | |
| Tin Drum, The (Die Blechtrommel) | 142 | 1996 | MEDIA PT2613.R338B5513 1996 VCV | Miramax Films | A boy resolves to stop growing at the age of three, the same year the Nazis come to power. | |
| TONI | 85MINS | 1934 | MEDIA PN1997.T6513 1980Z VCV | HENWOOD CINEMA SERVICE | Story of a Spaniard who comes to work in France. he lives with one woman as a lover, but is passionate for another woman who has sex with another man, marries him, is the mistress of another man. When her husband becomes abusive she kills him... | |
| TOY ADVERTISING OF THE 60S | 55 | 2000 | MEDIA HF6161.C33 T69 1990Z VCV | LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERSTISING AWARDS | Contains 1960's television commercials advertising toys. | |
| TRIAL, THE | 118 | 1963 | MEDIA PN1997.T75 1994 VCV | ALEXANDER SALKIND | This adaptation of Kafka's novel presents the story of a nameless man accused of a crime without being told what it was. | |
| TRIAL, THE | 118 | 1996 | MEDIA PN1997.T75 1996 VCV | MADACY VIDEO | This adaptation of Kafka's novel presents the story of a nameless man accused of a crime without being informed of what it was. | |
| TUREEL, SAUL J. MUSIC AND SOUND | 20 | 1975 | MEDIA PN1995.7.T8 1975 VOL.4 VCU | CORONET FILM AND VIDEO | Uses selections from wild strawberries, Alexander Nevsky, Dead of night, and Valerie in order to illustrate the aural elements of films. | |
| TURRELL, SAUL J. THE CAMERA | 20 | 1975 | MEDIA TR850.T8 1975 VOL.2 VCU | CORONET FILM AND VIDEO | Presents selections from a variety of feature films, including The lady vanishes, The silence, and Shadows of forgotten ancestors, in order to illustrate camera techniques and lighting methods used in making motion pictures. | |
| TV VIOLENCE AND YOU | 30 | 1997 | MEDIA PN1992.8.V55T8 1997 VCV | FFH | One week of television shows are analyzed to determine their level of violence and the effect of this violence on viewers. | |
| UGETSU MONOGATARI (MOTION PICTURE) UGETSU | 96 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.U4413 1980Z VCV | DAIEI MOTION PICTURE COMPANY LTD. | During a 16th century civil war, two potters find a way of profiteering but their ambitions bring disaster on their families. | |
| UN CHIEN ANDALOU (AN ANDALUSIAN DOG) | 16 | 198- | MEDIA N6494.S8C45 1980Z VCV | MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM LIBRARY | A somewhat related series of incidents, surrealistic in nature which was possibly intended to illustrate aspects of Freudian theories on the symbolic sexual nature of life. In French subtitles. | |
| UNFORGIVEN | 131 | 1998 | MEDIA PN1997.U54 1993 VCV | MALPASO/CLINT EASTWOOD | Western drama about a retired outlaw who picks up a gun one last time to collect a bounty offered by a group of prostitutes out to avenge one of their own. | |
| VANYA ON 42ND STREET | 119 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.V25 1995 VCV | SONY PICTURES | Update of Chekov's play of people trapped between the harsh reality of their lives and the longings of their hearts. | |
| VERTIGO | 128 | 1984 | MEDIA PN1997.V47 1984 VCV | UNIVERSAL/MCA HOME VIDEO | A troubled detective is pathologically afraid of heights and obsessed with a lost love and her look-alike. | |
| VINTAGE HITCHCOCK | 29 | 1977 | MEDIA PN1995.9.P7V5 1977 VCU | CORONET FILMS & VIDEO | An in-depth examination of Alfred Hitchcock's directorial style and its formation during the early years of his British period, from his first film until he leaves for America. Includes sequences from Young and Innocent, The lodger, Blackmail, Rich... | |
| VISIBLE TARGET | 28 | 1986 | MEDIA D769.8.A6V57 1986 | WOMBAT FILM & VIDEO | Uses historical film footage, maps, old photographs, newspaper clippings, comic strips, handbills, and anti-Japanese literature to show the turmoil experienced by Japanese-Americans during World War II. Discusses the use of detention camps... | |
| VIVA ZAPATA! | 112 | 1988 | MEDIA PN1997.V58 1988 VCV | TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX | Emiliano Zapata, an ally of Pancho Villa, leads the Mexican peasants in a bloody revolt against an oppressive government. | |
| VREDENS DAG. DAY OF WRATH | 98 | 198- | MEDIA PN1997.V7413 1980Z VCV | FILM TRADERS, LTD. | Dreyer's classic drama of witch hunt, faith, and human passion. In Danish, with English subtitles. | |
| WEDDING IN GALILEE (or) NOCE EN GALILEE | 113 | 1989 | MEDIA PN1997.N6213 | KINO ON VIDEO | Provides a chapter-by-chapter synopsis in American sign language and voice-over narration of the book "When the Mind Hears", Harlan Lane's history of the education of deaf people in Europe and America. | |
| WILL ROGERS' U.S.A. | 100 | 198- | MEDIA PN1991.77.A1W8 CASS | NEWMAN COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | Selections from well-known radio programs originally done by Will Rogers. | |
| WINDWALKER | 108 | 1980 | MEDIA PN1997.W55 1983 VCV | WINDWALKER PROD/CBSFOX VIDEO | Native American w/ English Subtitles. Windwalker, an old Cheyenne chief, is dying and in the process he shares the memories of his life with his grandchildren. | |
| WORLD OF APU "APUR SANSAR" | 106 | 1959 | MEDIA PN1997.A6813 1996 VCV | SATYAJIT RAY | Tells of Apu, a struggling writer who, visiting the wedding of a friend's sister, finds himself the bridegroom when the husband-to-be is discovered to be insane. Apu's wife soon dies in childbirth and the shattered Apu, refusing to see his... | |
| YIN SHIH NAN NU "EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN" | 124 | 1995 | MEDIA PN1997.Y5513 1995 VCV | LI-KONG HSU | The story of widower and master chef Chu and his problems with his three rebellious daughters. | |
| YOL. | 115 | 1982 | MEDIA JQ1800.Y65 VCV | COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO | Portrays modern Turkey through the experiences of five Turkish prisoners allowed to visit their families on temporary furlough. Rigid social customs and a repressive state are a comment on the nature of...Turkish dialogue, English subtitles. | |
| YOUNG AND THE PASSIONATE (I VITELLONI) | 103 | 1956 | MEDIA PN1997.Y68 1980Z VCV | BALZAC VIDEO | Concerned with rootlessness and lack of direction in people. Deals with five middle class young men in a small town the Adriatic, who drew each in his own way, discontent. In Italian with English subtitles. | |
| ZERO DE CONDUITE (ZERO IN CONDUCT) | 42 | 198- | MEDIA PN1994.Z4 1980 VCV | Story of two boys who return from their school holiday to a sordid little French boarding school. They rebel at the petty dictatorship by creating the anarchy of which only children are capable. French dialogue with English subtitles. | ||
| ZORBA THE GREEK | 142 | 1964 | MEDIA PN1997.Z67 1993 VCV | 20TH CENTURY FOX | Set on the Greek island of Crete, this is the story of an inhibited English writer who is befriended by a boisterous peasant named Zorba and in the process the young man moves from an observer of the world to a participant. |