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Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003)

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £17.99

Before becoming known for such films as as ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, Spike Jonze had made a name for himself as a music video director, creating innovative works for bands including The Beastie...

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Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992 Video)

Director

Oliver Curtis

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Profiles the life of Italian film-maker Gillo Pontecorvo. David Puttnam and Edward Said discuss his influence on political cinema. Also contains an interview with Pontecorvo.

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Aparna Sen (1990 Video)

Director

Dilip Varma

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Film & television production; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Indian actress Aparna Sen talks from Calcutta about her transition to direction, the inspiration for her films and the funding of her work.

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Millions Like Us (1943 Film)

Director

Frank Launder

Producer

Edward Black

Subject

History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film. The project had its origins in a Ministry of Information commission for a film about life on the home front. The directors chose to concentrate on a woman factory worker and to describe her...

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Little Touch of Harry: The Making of Henry V, A (1989 Television, Video)

Director

Mary Gwatkin

Producer

David Parfitt; Ron Fisher

Documentary on the making of Kenneth Branagh’s HENRY V. Shows the film in production and provides , extracts from the finished film and interviews with actors and crew.

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Don Quixote (1957)

Director

Grigori Kozintsev

Subject

Film studies; Languages; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 102 minutes), £3.99

Adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel by Russian director Grigori Kozintsev. Russian language with English subtitles.

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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

Director

Kevin Brownlow; Dan Carter; David Gill; Michael Winterbottom

Producer

Kevin Brownlow; David Gill

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 120 min., 1998 sale: £44.95 (inclusive) retail (set)

Series telling the story of early film-making in Europe. Narrator: Kenneth Branagh.

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City of Joy (1991 Video)

aka: Phantom of Joy

Director

Dilip Varma

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Concerns the controversy surrounding the Roland Joffe film ‘City of Joy’ which has been beset with charges of racism and media exploitation of poverty. Includes interviews with Joffe and actor Patrick...

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Silent Feminists, The: America’s First Women Directors (1992 Video)

Director

Jeffrey Goodman; Anthony Slide

Producer

Jeffrey Goodman; Anthony Slide

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 45 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A documentary study of the silent movie era concentrating on the pioneering women film-makers. Includes rare film clips, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews with survivors of the era.

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From Eastenders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird (2016)

Subject

Drama; Film studies; Television studies

Documentary about director and producer Antonia Bird whose career spanned theatre, television and film, taking her from the Royal Court Theatre to the BBC and eventually a career in Hollywood. [90 minutes]

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