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Histoire(S) Du Cinema (2008)

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 260 minutes), £34.99

In the this 3-DVD volume HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA, consisting of eight episodes made between 1988 and 1998, Jean-Luc Godard examines many of cinemas most important facets, including its birth, the emergence of...

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The Riddles of the Sphinx

Date

2 Jan 2014, 10:20

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Riddles of the Sphinx (1977/2013). GB. 2013. DVD. BFI home video. 92 minutes + 115 minutes extras. £15.99 About the reviewer: Dr Patti Gaal-Holmes is an artist/filmmaker and historian. Her...

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Two in the Wave (2011)

aka: Deux de la Vague, Les

Director

Emmanuel Laurent

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £15.99

The film uses vintage interview and newsreel footage of two of Europe’s most important filmmakers, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, to illustrate their friendship, their rise to fame, the films and...

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Film Socialisme (2011)

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Subject

Film studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes)

An allegorical , semi-documentary cine-essay that is a meditation on the history, culture, philosophy and economics of modern Europe. Described by Godard as ‘a symphony in three movements’: THINGS SUCH...

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Aria

Director

Robert Altman; Nicolas Roeg; Ken Russell; Jean-Luc Godard; Derek Jarman

Producer

Don Boyd

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

From a body-building Armide, to Tristian and Isolde in modern day Las Vegas and Verdi embroiled in a Californian sex farce, Aria transports the audience through the mediums of classical music and engaging...

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Century of Cinema, The: France, Germany and Scandinavia (1996)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 156 minutes), £15.99

Three separate films looking at the history of cinema in France, Germany and Scandinavia.

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Tempo (2013)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Drama; Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £12.24

ITV’s seminal arts programme, TEMPO ran for eight years through a decade which saw a creative explosion within all aspects of the performing arts. Its fluid style of presentation allowed an almost...

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Impersonation, The: Apropos the Disappearance of Reginald Pepper (1984 Film, Video)

Director

Noel Bürch; Christopher Mason

Producer

Fiz Oliver

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A tongue-in-cheek film about the abortive making of a documentary by film students on the life and work of Swindon’s primitive painter, Reginald Pepper, who has disappeared. The approaches made by the...

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Cinema 16: European Short Films (2004)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 210 minutes (films) + 210 minutes (commentary)), £20.00

A selection of 16 short films, including many unseen early works from some of Europe’s greatest directors. Made between 1957 and 2000. All the films are accompanied by commentaries, many given by the...

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Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western

Date

27 Oct 2015, 12:48

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western by Austin Fisher (IB Tauris, reprint edition, 2014), 320 pages, ISBN: 978-1780767116 (paperback), £17.99 About the Reviewer: Dr Lee Broughton is a Leverhulme...

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