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The Story of English, Programs 1-9 Best Price: $589.99 This is an informative and engaging series that was brilliantly done in 1986. It traces the... | La Strada Best Price: $11.69 Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini's 1954 black and white film La Strada (The Road) is one of... | The Wannsee Conference Best Price: $44.94 This chilling VHS is fantastic. Those who enjoy it are directed to also watch the DVD... | Hobson's Choice Best Price: $65.00 For those who didn't know, and I was one of them, a Hobson's choice is a free choice, but where... | Picnic at Hanging Rock Best Price: $7.39 I saw this film when it first came out. It was such a boring farce. I kept watching the film in... |
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William Tell Best Price: $47.45 This DVD is widely available at a very cheap price, and I thoroughly recommend it to fans of... | Last Holiday Best Price: $39.95 Poignant and meditative story about a failed salesman plans to quietly live the last months of... | Scenes from a Marriage Best Price: $24.98 Leo Tolstoy once opined that all happy families are happy in but a few ways, while those that... | The Red Balloon Best Price: $15.95 I first saw this wonderful movie on TCM several years ago. I taped it along with... | Wild Strawberries Best Price: $11.99 It is certainly fair to say that much of Igmar Bergman's work (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and... |
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The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power Best Price: $300.00 I saw this series on PBS years ago. Does anyone wonder why it has never been put on DVD? At this... | Hermitage: Russian (3pc) Best Price: $49.99 After viewing every video/DVD about the Hermitage that I could get my hands on since Christmas,... | Corridor of Mirrors Best Price: $65.00 The plot itself is somewhat flimsy, but is made up for by Eric Portman's unique and haunting... | Grey Gardens Grey Gardens was initialy intended to be a documentary film on the Bouvier family, the ancestors... | Seance on a Wet Afternoon Best Price: $13.00 This is perhaps the best film of its type, a low-key classic too few have seen.
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L'Avventura Best Price: $19.78 Some films that are labeled classics, or great films, are not even good films. Jean-Luc Godard's... | Soleri's Cities Architecture for Planet Best Price: $44.99 Soleri's city was a hot place for Architecture students to intern back in the 70's when I was in... | Autumn Sonata Ingmar Bergman's almost fated 1978 filmic teaming with Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata... | Ashes and Diamonds Best Price: $29.00 The third in Director Andrej Wadja's war trilogy, Ashes and Diamonds is set in Poland on the... | Walkabout Best Price: $7.74 The combination of Nicolas Roeg's vision, John Barry's resonantly beautiful soundtrack and Jenny... |
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Maedchen In Uniform Best Price: $59.99 I initially found this film while watching Henry & June. It's one of the films they watch... | Portrait of an Artist: Andy Warhol Best Price: $21.50 This video is directed towards people who are not firmiliar with the life and works of Andy... | Mr. Hulot's Holiday Not much dialogue, but you don't need it. Just enjoy the idiosyncrasies of human nature and... | Playtime Best Price: $13.00 Tati's giant spectacle, shot in 70mm, on a fake city, Tativille. built for the movie. For all... | Mozart - Don Giovanni / Muti, Allen, Gruberova, Teatro alla Scalla It seems easy to stage a Mozart's Opera. Well, it is terribly difficult..
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Civilisation Box Set Best Price: $24.75 I saw my first episode of Civilisation - The Hero as the Artist - in the
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Gate of Hell Gate of Hell (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953)
The 1950s in Japan were a great time for costume... | Throne of Blood Best Price: $110.82 Akira Kurosawa's black and white 1957 film Throne of Blood (Kumonosu J?- literally Spider-Web's... | The River (Jean Renoir) Best Price: $49.98 I'm tempted to give this five stars but the storytelling is surprisingly tone deaf. Renoir... | Georgia O'Keeffe Being an elementary art teacher, this video was more than superlative for the classes I have... | Masters of Illusion I enjoyed watching the video and have used portions of it in the university classes that I... |
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Le Jour Se Leve I don't have anything to say about the film, except to say its really good and I agree with the... | Cadillac Desert: A American Nile (Water and the Transformation of Nature) Marc Reisner's book is certainly superior, packed with eye-opening information about the... | Devil & Daniel Webster Best Price: $12.00 This movie is two parts good ol' slice of Americana and one part gripping ghost story, as a man... | Summertime Best Price: $23.56 This is my all-time favorite movie--period!!! So, I was devastated to find that my VCR copy had... | The Buried Mirror - Reflections on Spain and the New World, Vol. 3 - The Age of Gold The New World brought Spain (and ultimately Europe) enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate,... |
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Alphaville Best Price: $8.50 The action in Alphaville is set in a future where everything is run by the big computer Alpha... | Good Morning (AKA Ohayo) Of the Big Three Japanese film directors from last century, who were known in the West, Kenji... | The Invitation Best Price: $28.00 The film came out of switzerland in 1973 and hasn't aged a day, years ahead of its time, a... | The Magician Best Price: $19.99 Ever wondered why the films of Ingmar Bergman are often considered "arty" and don't... | Spirit of the Beehive Best Price: $30.00 Every once in a while I stumble upon a masterpiece. This is a masterpiece of childhood set in... |
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Paul Cadmus - Enfant Terrible At 80 Cadmus created scandal and controversy in the '30s and '40s with his brash, satirical paintings.... | Mozart - The Magic Flute Best Price: $2.27 This is not exactly a movie and not exactly a documentary, but a bit of each blended to create a... | Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) Best Price: $31.99 For my money, this is one of French director Bertrand Tavernier's best and most imaginative... | Georges Seurat: Point Counterpoint Best Price: $89.95 We know that tiny dots of yellow against blue, or yellow opposing violet change a mood or the... | Life of Oharu Best Price: $40.00 In 1952 Kenji Mizoguchi released Life of Oharu one of his most personal films. The film based on... |
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Tokyo Olympiad In his enlightening commentary, Peter Cowie tells us that there are only two truly estimable... | Crude Diplomacy (Program 5) and Power to the Producers (Program 6) (The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power) Wonderfully edited series documenting not only the discovery of oil, but how it has impacted... | Laurence Olivier: A Life Best Price: $44.23 "I start on the outside and work in. Which is the exact opposite of how most actors work... | Happiest Days of Your Life Best Price: $115.00 The other reviewers have already said what a wonderful movie this is. All I am doing is begging... | Table Manners for Kids: Tots to Teens Best Price: $29.95 My poor kids had to sit through this video. I sat there watching it and it was soooo boring.... |
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Crossing Borders: Journey of Carlos Fuentes Best Price: $65.00 | The Seventh Seal Best Price: $24.95 Simple, cutting, to the point; Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" is a movie with a... | The Silence Best Price: $12.00 The title of a dark and erotic final chapter of "faith" trilogy may sum up Bergman's... | | |