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Glory of the Bolshoi (2001 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

A compilation of archive film footage featuring the Bolshoi Ballet on tour in the mid-20th century. Sequences include Swan Lake - White Swan Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker - Pas de Trois, Etude, Spartacus and...

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Congo Belge: Filmé Par Gérard de Boe, André Cauvin et Ernest Genval

aka: Belgisch Congo Gefilmd Door Gérard de Boe, André Cauvin & Ernest Genval

Director

Ernest Genval; Gérard De De Boe; André Cauvin

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 276 minutes), 21 Euros

This 2 DVD set presents the work of the three most prominent Belgian ‘colonial filmmakers’. The pioneer Ernest Genval began filming in the Belgian Congo in around 1925; from 1937 Gérard De Boe took up...

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Marcel Proust (196 Film)

Producer

Roger Stephane

Subject

English language and literature; French studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Mixture of comment on the writer and reminiscences of Proust by François Mauriac, Jean Cocteau, Paul Morand, Daniel Halévy, Jacques de Lacretelle, le Marquis de Lauris, le Duc de Gramont, Phillipe...

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Three by Duato (2002)

Subject

Dance; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 min), £24.99

Three modern works by Spanish master choreographer and director of the Compania Nacional de Danza de Espana, Nacho Duato. Presented are ‘Por Vos Muero’, inspired by Spanish music and dance from the 15th...

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Cosi Fan Tutte (2017)

aka: Così Fan Tutte: W.A. Mozart

Director

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 188 minutes), £21.58

An unconventional ballet production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte for the Opéra National de Paris. Così is an opera of double meanings, plot twists and partner-swapping. Choreographer Anne Teresa De...

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Art of Travel, The (2006)

Director

Thomas Whelan; Brian LaBelle

Subject

Sociology; Travel & tourism

Distribution

Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £19.99

Based on the book of the same name, Alain de Botton investigates why people go on holiday as he considers the philosophical issues surrounding our experiences of travel and vacations. Taking four separate...

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Inside the Actor’s Studio - Leading Men: De Niro / Crowe / Pacino / Penn (2008)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 295 minutes), £19.99

Collection of documentaries from the well respected series in which the likes of Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Al Pacino discuss with James Lipton the methods they employ when creating a performance.

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Burlador de Sevilla, El (1984 Video)

Subject

Drama; Spanish studies

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

A production in Spanish by the staff and students of the University of Sheffield Hispanic Studies Department. Concentrates on five key episodes from Tirso de Molina’s seminal work: the four seduction...

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Electronic World of François de Roubaix, The (1972)

Subject

Film Studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 67 nminutes), £11.99

This audio CD contains a selection of François de Roubaix’s electronic and electronic/acoustic soundtrack work for film and TV in the 1970s. There are tracks from La Scoumoune (the 1972 movie starring...

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Foucault Contre Lui-Même (2014)

Subject

French studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 123 minutes), 14.70 Euros

A collection of interviews with and programmes about French philosopher Michel Foucault. Includes: LES MOTS ET LES CHOSES (14’) interview with Michel Foucault by Pierre Dumayet - 1966; MARX S’INVITE AU...

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