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JetÉe, La/Sans Soleil (2003 Video)

aka: Pier, The

Director

Chris Marker

Producer

Anatole Dauman

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (126 minutes), £19.99

Two films by Chris Marker combined on one tape/DVD - LA JETEE and SANS SOLEIL.

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The Fighting Merchantmen

Date released

11 Jun 1917

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

649

NoS ID

076728

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

French merchant ship ‘Le Garde’ in dock with shell holes after 2 hour battle with German submarine. SCU Captain and 2 of crew. Officers and crew on deck.

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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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Impressionism - Revenge of the Nice (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

Contemporary art critic Matthew Collings reappraises Impressionism, focussing on Courbet, Manet, Monet and Cezanne and shows that, even though the contemporary art world seemingly despises the movement, they...

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Arvo Part: The Early Years

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 126 minutes), €17.98

Estonian Arvo Pärt is widely regarded as one of today’s most original creators of music. Largely self-taught, he is remote from the mainstream of the contemporary avant-garde. Much of his music is bound...

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The Royal Shakespeare Company (1975 Radio)

Independent local radio programme. Bob Holness interviews RSC Actor-Director David Jones about the Royal Shakespeare Company’s policy not to do repertoire in order to save costs; the centenary celebration...

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Surprised!: The Paintings of Henri Rousseau (1993 Video)

Producer

Jacquie Footer; Joan Lane; Marcus Latham; Karl McClumpha; Carol McFadyen

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

Looks at the life and work of French artist Henri Rousseau, chronicling his evolution from a Paris customs bureau official to a leader of the avant-garde. Rousseau persisted in his work, which includes such...

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Dancing Images, Early and Avant-Garde Dance Films (1997)

Subject

Dance; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £22.99

No. 3 in the series on the history of dance films is a compilation of 9 films made between 1920 and 1989. Includes Opus II, III & IV, by Walter Ruttmann; Emak Bakia by Man Ray; La Marche des Machines by...

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MusÉe d’Orsay (1993 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the manner in which an old disused railway station, the Gare d’Orsay, was converted into an important, fashionable museum, housing modern art from Daumier and Millet to the Impressionists and...

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Gazwrx: The Films of Jeff Keen (2012)

Director

Jeff Keen

Subject

Art; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 585 minutes), £34.99

Compilation of experimental filmmaker Jeff Keen’s work, spanning his forty year career from his beatnik films of the 60s to the multiple screen videos of the 1990s. Keen produced a body of work using...

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