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  1. D W Griffith: Father of Film (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 153 min.

    A study of D W Griffith, the pioneering American film director whom Chaplin called ‘the teacher of us all’. Features interviews with stars of the time, including Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet, family...

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  2. American Cinema: Film Language / Writing and Thinking About Film / Classical Hollywood Style Today (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 90 min.

    Follow-up to the 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema.

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  3. These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make America (2011)

    Director
    Paul Mariano; Kurt Norton
    Subject
    Film studies; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 88 minutes), $24.99

    This documentary tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflect the diversity of film and the American experience itself. It covers the...

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  4. Art of Filmmaking, The (1998)

    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 574 minutes), $59.96

    This box set features 5 documentaries: TALES FROM THE SCRIPT: Screenwriters ranging from newcomers to living legends share their triumphs and hardships in this probing, insightful, and often hilarious...

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  5. Dream in Hanoi, A (2002 Film)

    Director
    Tom Weidlinger
    Producer
    Tom Weidlinger

    Documentary film. Twenty five years after the end of the Vietnam War, two theatre companies, one American and one Vietnamese, collaborate to stage the first production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in...

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  6. American Cinema. Vol 1: The Hollywood Style / The Star (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min., 1997 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)

    A 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema, released in five volumes.

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  7. Birth of a Nation, The (1915)

    Director
    D.W. Griffith
    Producer
    D.W. Griffith
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £17.99

    D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent epic tells the story of the American Civil War from the point of view of two families who find themselves on opposing sides in the conflict. The film’s coarsely racist...

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  8. American Cinema. Vol 4: The Studio System / Film in the Television Age (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min., 1997 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)

    A 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema, released in five volumes.

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  9. Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)

    aka: Arnold Glassman: Visions of Light

    Director
    Arnold Glassman
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    A study in cinematography, the video features interviews with 29 lighting cameramen and directors who acknowledge and illustrate their influences, their mentors, and their inspirations with over 100 film...

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  10. Looking for Richard (1996 Film, Video)

    Director
    Michael Hadge; Al Pacino
    Producer
    Al Pacino

    Documentary. Al Pacino, while in the process of staging a production of Richard III, explores in the film how the play took shape and tries to understand Shakespeare’s intention for it. He canvasses the...

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