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Anatomy Lesson, The (1968 Film)

Director

Joes Odufré

Producer

Margaret Dale

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Members of the Netherlands Dance Theatre perform the ballet ‘The Anatomy Lesson’, which was inspired by Rembrandt’s famous painting.

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Modern Life (2009)

Director

Raymond Depardon

Subject

Agriculture; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

The Cévennes region in southern France is a region of hilly passes, lonely farms and lonelier farmers. There we are introduced to aged bachelor brothers Marcel and Raymond Privat, whose old-fashioned...

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Yves Klein: Traces of the Blue Period (2006)

aka: Anthropometrie de L’Epoque Bleu

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £19.99

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Sense of Loss, A (1972 Film)

Director

Marcel Ophuls

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Ophuls’ portrait of the people of Northern Ireland relies on what is said in interviews and on what happens when the camera catches some act of violence as it is actually occurring. Politicians, soldiers,...

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Belle et la BÍte, La (1946 Video)

aka: Beauty and the Beast

Director

Jean Cocteau

Producer

André Paulvé

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

A remastered version of Jean Cocteau’s lavish production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

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Pierre Bonnard: The Mimetic Mimosa (2006)

Director

Alain Jaubert

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £19.99

Between 1939 and 1946, Bonnard worked on the apparently simple ‘L’Atelier au Mimosa’, yet the distribution of space, the amazing range of colours and the clues left here and there on the canvas...

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Pagnol (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

CD-ROM

An exploration of the life and work of the film-maker Marrcel Pagnol, containing a biography; textual and illustrated documents concerning his films and books; a presentation of his style as a writer; his...

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Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon (1983 Video)

Director

Luc de Heusch

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Presents the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule, establishing the original expedition in the context of French anthropology at the time. Jean Rouch,...

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Dada (1976 Video)

Director

Serge Lovrix

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

The history and nature of the Dadaist movements in modern art and literature are explained by the words and works of various artists, including Max Ernst, Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Gabriele...

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Entr’Acte (1924 Film)

Director

René Clair

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The famous surrealist film made by a team of leading French intellectuals of the 1920s to fill an intermission between the two acts of the Francis Picabia’s Dada ballet ‘Rel ache’, performed by the...

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