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  1. In Search of Mozart (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £40.00

    Feature-length documentary of Mozart and his music dispelling popular myths and revealing a character very different from that portrayed in Forman’s ‘Amadeus’. Over 80 of the composer’s works are...

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  2. Doll’s House, A (1992)

    Director
    David Thacker
    Producer
    Simon Curtis
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 145 MINUTES), £125.00

    A television version of Ibsen’s play. Nora’s (Juliet Stevenson) life has been dominated first by her father and then by her husband (Trevor Eve). Tired of being patronised and bullied, she rebels and...

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  3. Antigone (1986)

    Director
    Don Taylor
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 110 minutes), $7.49 (MediaOutlet)

    A modern translation by Don Taylor of Sophacles’ tragedy depicting the individual conscience in conflict with tyranny. Antigone (Juliet Stevenson), the daughter of Oedipus, defies a royal edict when one of...

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  4. In Search of Beethoven (2009)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 139 minutes), £40.00

    Juliet Stevenson narrates a documentary account of the life of Ludwig von Beethoven, from his birth in 1770 until his death in 1827. Writer-director Phil Grabsky gives an impressionistic approach, building...

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  5. Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky; David Bickerstaff
    Subject
    Environmental science; Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £20.00

    Based on Mario Petrucci’s award-winning book-length poem, the film tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the ‘liquidators’, and...

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  6. Poetry Video, The (1996 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 150 min.

    Over 50 poetry readings by poets and actors. Contemporary poets representing a range of cultures talk about their poetry and perform their own poems, while actors read key 20th century poems. Authors and/or...

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  7. Cider with Rosie (2008)

    Director
    Charles Beeson
    Producer
    Adrian Bate; Jonathan Powell
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £15.99

    Adaptation of Laurie Lee’s account of his childhood in a village in the Cotswolds. Presented and narrated by Lee himself.

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  8. Thinking (1988 Video)

    Producer
    James Burge
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Attempts to reconcile the fact that the material human body is subject to the laws of nature, with the observation that mental processes appear to be governed by other, unknown principles.

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  9. Oedipus at Colonus (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS/NTSC. col. 120 min.

    Tells the story of Oedipus, now old, blind and outcast, wandering through Greece, guided by his daughter Antigone to Colonus, where he knows he will die.

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  10. Russia’s Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2014)

    Director
    Paul Mitchell
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.99

    This documentary, narrated by Stephen Fry, tells the story of America and Europe’s love of Russian literature and introduces audiences to a new generation of Russian writers. With readings by host Stephen...

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