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Professor’s New Clothes, The (1991 Video)

Director

Stephen Ramsey

Producer

Janet Bell

Subject

Geology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

Professor John Talent, an Australian gelogist, accuses the eminent Indian palaeontologist, Professor V J Gupta, of producing fraudulent papers and spreading a corrupt corpus of disinformation through the...

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Life and Times of Life and Time, The (1998 Video)

Director

Jean-Francois Brunet; Peter Friedman

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Examines the nature of ageing and why the body’s cells die. Asks if ageing can be ‘cured’. With ‘Methuselah’ flies and mutant worms, scientists are beginning to understand the cells and genes that...

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John Berger: The Art of Looking (2016)

aka: John Berger or the Art of Looking

Subject

Art

Distribution

Out of distribution

Film exploring the life and work of the late writer and art critic John Berger. The film is an intimate portrait of a man who has shaped our understanding of the concept of seeing.

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John Cage (1984)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Documentary on the avant-garde composer John Cage. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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Duchess of Malfi, The (2004)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 46 minutes), £45.00

Dr Katharine Worth discusses with Malcolm Edwards his production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, performed by a student cast. Includes extracts from the production.

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Secret Country, The (1986 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

John Pilger’s account of the colonisation of Australia and the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in the past and present.

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Way of the World, The (5 Parts) (1975 Video)

Producer

Peter Duguid

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 52 min, 1 x 106 min.

Five Restoration comedies adapted for television. 1: By Sir John Vanbrugh. 2: By Thomas Shadwell. 3: By Sir John Vanbrugh. 4: By Sir Charles Sedley. 5: By William Congreve, adapted by Robin Chapman. With...

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Chaotic Universe, The (1992 Video)

Subject

Philosophy

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION IN UK, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

Discussion of a way of thinking about the nature and organisation of all living systems, of the creativity inherent in chaos, and of a non-linear world that contains multiple views. John Cage discusses his...

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Duchess of Malfi, The (1970 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 49 min.

Act I Scene 1, Act II Scene 5, Act III Scene 2, Act IV Scene 2.

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Rondo (1972 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

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

Ballet by John Neumeier. Five complete different musical pieces are put together in the classical form of the rondo and find their expression in different styles of choreography. No commentary.

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