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Signs of the Times (1986 Video)

Producer

Anne Diack

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Umberto Eco talks about his novel ‘The Name of the Rose’, the history of semiotics, and how we ‘read’ the world by understanding all the signs within it. Shows Eco in his country home, in an art...

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Baldi: Sick Rose (2001 Radio)

aka: Sick Rose

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Mark Lambert

In this episode of the Irish murder-mystery series created by Barry Devlin, priest-turned-sleuth Paolo Baldi digs around in the murderous world of gardening. The plot is loosely based on King Lear, with...

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Basics of Filmmaking: The Language of Film

Date

9 Jun 2015, 08:38

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Basics of Filmmaking: The Language of Film by John Marland, Robert Edgar-Hunt and Steven Rawle (AVA Academia, 2010), pages ISBN: 978-2940411276 (paperback), £19.95 About the reviewer:  Eddie McMillan is...

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Julia Kristseva and Terry Eagleton (1992 Video)

Director

Alex Marengo

Producer

Patricia Llewellyn

Subject

Philosophy

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., 1995 sale: £23.50 (inclusive)

Two 40-minute interviews by philosopher Johnathan Ree looking at the interviewees’ work in relationship to human rights issues. Julia Kristeva discusses semiotics, as applied to linguistics and literature,...

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Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier (1997)

aka: Race: The Floating Signifier

Director

Sut Jhally

Producer

Sut Jhally

Subject

Philosophy; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 62 minutes), $195.00

Stuart Hall offers an accessible and clarifying analysis of the social construction of race and racial difference. He explores how variations in people’s appearances come to be mistaken for essential...

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Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set

Date

27 Jan 2016, 16:14

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set by Tony Bill (Workman Publishing, June 2009), 216 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7611-4359-8 (paperback), £6.99 About the Reviewer: Dr Sheldon Hall is a Senior...

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The Riddles of the Sphinx

Date

2 Jan 2014, 10:20

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Riddles of the Sphinx (1977/2013). GB. 2013. DVD. BFI home video. 92 minutes + 115 minutes extras. £15.99 About the reviewer: Dr Patti Gaal-Holmes is an artist/filmmaker and historian. Her...

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Science Communication

Date

16 Jan 2012, 17:24

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Turning scientists into journalists: It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it and Nicholas Russell outlines the aims and objectives of the Science Communication Group at Imperial College. About the...

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Spaces of TV: Production, Site and Style

Date

22 Sep 2015, 09:29

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Until the 1990s, the majority of British TV was shot on video in the studio, with film used only for exterior sequences. What impact did physical space have on both changing modes of production and...

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NEW WORK NEWCASTLE: art/film crossovers, Part 2

Date

11 Aug 2014, 16:42

Author

bufvclinda

Post Type

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The Artist's Cut  On 12th October Northern Film & Media & Channel 4 previewed the first fruits of the Artist's Cut initiative (see Part 1 of this article) - two new shorts by contemporary visual...

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