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  1. Cinema Dada (2006)

    Director
    Hans Richter; Viking Eggeling; Man Ray; René Clair; Fernand Léger
    Subject
    Art; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £17.99

    Published to coincide with the Pompidou Centre’s major Dada exhibition. Features Rhythmus 21 by Hans Richter, Symphonie Diagonale by Viking Eggeling, La Retour a la Raison by Man Ray, Entr’acte by René...

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  2. The Island of Lost Souls

    Date
    9 Nov 2012, 16:12
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    2012. GB. DVD + Blu-ray. Eureka (Masters of Cinema series). 71 minutes + extras. £19.99 About the Author: Dr Andrew Bartlett, Cesagen, Cardiff University, is a research assistant working on the Genomics...

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  3. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

    Director
    Giles Penso
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £17.99

    Documentary which looks at the life, career and influence of Ray Harryhausen, a man deemed the grandfather of stop-motion animation. Famous for his work on films such as JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) and...

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  4. Transcendent Man (2011)

    Director
    Barry Ptolemy
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), $29.95

    Technology will accelerate exponentially. Within 25 years, computers will have consciousness. Humans will soon be bionic. These predictions make bestselling author Ray Kurzweil a prophetic genius to some and...

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  5. Dreams That Money Can Buy (1946 Video)

    Director
    Hans Richter
    Subject
    Art; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

    Painter, film theorist and film-maker Hans Richter, one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde, assembled some of the century’s liveliest artists as co-creators for this film,...

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  6. Man Ray Films (1940 Video)

    Director
    Man Ray
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 112 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    Four films by Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Dadaist and experimentalist well-known for his photographic work. During the 1920s he made four films that established him as a major figure of avant-garde...

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  7. Wegman: Video and Performance (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 40 min.

    William Wegman’s absurdist performance-based work, including ‘Singing Stomach’, along with cameos featuring the artist’s dog Man Ray.

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  8. Conformist, The (1970)

    aka: Conformista, Il

    Director
    Bernardo Bertolucci
    Subject
    Film studies; Italian studies; Politics & government; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £27.99

    A man named Clerici (Jean-Louis Trintignant) attempts to escape his emotional past by subscribing to totalitarianism in Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece of Italian cinema. But when Clerici is asked to...

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  9. Matthew Bourne’s the Car Man (2017)

    aka: The Car Man

    Director
    Matthew Bourne
    Subject
    Dance; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), £19.99

    Dance show loosely based on Bizet’s classical opera Carmen, and the film adaptations of James M. Cain’s novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. Sexy drifter Luca arrives to Harmony, a small Italian...

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  10. Berenice Abbott: American Photographer (1989 Video)

    Director
    Erwin Leiser
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. /col. 83 min., 1998 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Berenice Abbott started her career in Paris with Man Ray and produced expressive portraits of artists and poets, including James Joyce and Eugene Atget. Interviews with the artist and commentary give a lucid...

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