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Anthony Caro (2005)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

In the early 1960s Anthony Caro led a revolution in sculpture in Britain. His abstract steel constructions, often painted in bold colours, forged a new and internationally influential sculptural language. In...

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Grass (1925 Film, Video)

aka: Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

Director

Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack

Producer

Jesse L Lasky; Adolph Zukor

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In 1924 filmmakers Cooper and Schoedsack joined forces with journalist and sometime spy Harrison to film the Follows the annual migration of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe of east Persia in search of grass for...

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Legend of the Witches/Secret Rites (1970)

Director

Malcolm Leigh; Derek Ford

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 85 + 47 minutes), £19.99

An eye-opening exploration of the occult, Malcolm Leigh’s X-rated quasi-documentary LEGEND OF THE WITCHES is an imaginative depiction of pagan rituals as they were supposedly practised at the dawn of the...

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Newspaper History Films DVD (2007)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 183 minutes), $9.99

A compilation of 9 archival films on aspects of the newspaper industry in the USA

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People’s Century (Parts 4-6) (1995 Video)

Producer

Daniel Brittain-Catlin; Graham Chedd; Mark J Davis

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 165 min.

A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 4 (producer: Daniel...

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Linking News on Screen to Newsfilm Online

Date

1 Jun 2012, 11:10

Author

bufvclinda

Post Type

Post

One of our current projects is to cross-link all the newsreel films currently available on Newsfilm Online (NfO) with those stories in the News on Screen database. This would include all the Gaumont...

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Dickens Before Sound (2006)

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 171 minutes), £12.99

This collection of films, the majority of which are previously unreleased, shows how early cinema storytelling developed, as practitioners of this new art struggled to transform a tale from page to screen....

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Britain in the Twenties (1936 Video)

Director

Adrian Brunel; Desmond Dickensen; Robert Fairthorne; Len Lye; Ivor Montagu; Hans Richter; Brian Salt

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 82 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of rare short British avant-garde films made in the 1920s, influenced by the ‘art’ cinema of the USSR and Germany. The chosen films represent the many distinct avant-garde styles of the...

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Hyperkino: Classic Russian Cinema

Date

15 Feb 2012, 13:03

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

BUFVC Review

MovieMail has announced the DVD release of six Hyperkino editions of classic Russian films. Four of the titles have never been available in the UK before. The innovative Hyperkino format was created by...

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Die Nibelungen

Date

27 Nov 2012, 16:26

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2012. GB. DVD + Blu-ray. Eureka (Masters of Cinema series). 288 minutes + extras. £19.99 About the author: Dr Paul Cuff is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film and Television at the University of...

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