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Hallelujah the Hills (1963)

Director

Adolfas Mekas

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 82 minutes), £19.99

A highpoint from the ‘innocent’ years of American underground cinema, and something of an enduring delight for film buffs. Mekas’ comedy starts from an enthusiastic parody of French ‘new wave’...

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Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (1973)

Director

Rene Vienet

Subject

Film studies; Philosophy; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 95 minutes), $14.99

"Directed" by the French situationist Rene Vienet, this film is an exercise in intellectual absurdity: A Hong Kong martial arts movie overdubbed with French political diatribes and philosophies which is...

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Classic Educational Shorts (4 Parts) (2011)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 183, 195, 202, 213 minutes), $149 each or

Four volumes of vintage US educational films compiled from the A/V Geeks Film Library collection. Vol 1: HOW TO BE A MAN - films made between 1951 - 1970 on sexual development and social guidance, covering...

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Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (1911)

Director

Alice Guy-Blache; Lois Weber

Subject

Film studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 1320 minutes), $59.96

In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued...

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Georges Méliès: Le Premier Magicien du Cinéma (2010)

aka: Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema

Director

Georges Méliès; Georges Franju

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 896 minutes), 65.95 Euros

Geoges Méliès built the world’s first movie studio in 1896 near Paris, from where he produced his films of fantasy, dream, historical reconstructions, imaginary journeys, melodramas, slapstick comedies;...

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Retour de Flamme: The Fabulous Days of the Early Cinema (6 Vols) (2006)

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150, 125, 135, 165, 150 minutes), £19.99 each

Each volume consists of a compilation of early, short films. Originally shot on inflammable nitrate stock the films have now been restored and made generally available. Vol 1 includes: ‘Leaving The...

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