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Film Montage: The Projection of Modernity (1993)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 60 minutes ), £34.99 (CM)

Dr Briony Fer talks about the political aesthetic of film montage and the different approaches that the influential Soviet film-makers. Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov developed as they invented this new...

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Instruments of the Orchestra (1946 Video)

aka: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Subject

Music

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

Contains the Benjamin Britten composition ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell’ better known as ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’. Through the co-operation of the composer,...

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Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony (2007)

Subject

Physics; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

To mark the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s special theory of relativity and his discovery that E=MC squared, this film mixes drama and documentary to tell the story of how Einstein spent the last years of...

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Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics (2017)

aka: Making Sound, Using Sound

Producer

Suzy Boyles

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 60 minutes), £331.00

BBC documentary series exploring the physics of sound. In the first episode, MAKING SOUND, scientists from the University of Leicester use lasers to reveal how Big Ben vibrates and creates waves at...

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Marcel Duchamp: The Large Glass and Readymades/Film Montage: The Projection of Modernity (2005)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 50 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

MARCEL DUCHAMP: THE LARGE GLASS AND READYMADES looks at details of the work of Marcel Duchamp who was a central figure in 20th century art. Several of his pieces such as ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’,...

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Baraka/Chronos (1985)

Subject

Anthropology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £29.99

Two films from the cinematographer of KOYAANISQUATSI, Ron Fricke. BARAKA (1992) is a visually stunning film shot over 13 months in 24 countries, providing an overwhelming experience that spans the...

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International Women’s Day Concert 2018 (2018)

aka: BBC Concert Orchestra and Jane Glover: International Women’s Day Concert

Subject

Music; Women’s studies

A group of academics spent 12 months tracking down the lost music of five forgotten women composers, who range from an 18th-century Viennese child prodigy to an award-winning African-American symphonist. All...

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Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi (2014)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science; Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 179 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

Two of the three films from the Qatsi trilogy. They are cinematic essays on the impact of technological progress on the earth and its peoples, set to scores by Philip Glass. The photographic effects,...

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Latest additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

Date

21 Mar 2013, 09:16

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments,...

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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Date

28 May 2014, 17:54

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. 2006. GB. DVD (NTSC, Region 0). Opus Arte. 236 minutes (2 discs). Price £29.99. www.opusarte.com About the reviewer: John Riley is a writer, lecturer, curator and broadcaster. He...

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