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  1. Cameraperson (2017)

    Director
    Kirsten Johnson
    Subject
    Film & television production; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £9.99

    This film explores the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their...

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  2. How Silent Movie Special Effects Were Done (2017)

    Subject
    Film studies

    Films have always used special effects. This short video offers a compilation of clips showing some famous tricks in the following titles: -Safety Last! (1923) -Modern Times (1936) -Ella Cinders (1926)...

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  3. Thaddeus O’Sullivan: The Early Films 1974-1985 (2014)

    Director
    Thaddeus O’Sulllivan
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 206 mins), €21.99

    Five early rarely seen films by Irish film director Thaddeus O’Sullivan. The two-disc, digitally re-mastered DVD features FLANAGAN (1974, 11min,) A PINT OF PLAIN (1975, 40min), THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED CLARK...

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  4. 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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  5. Britain in Colour in the 1930s (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £14.99

    This release features a collection of short films and newreels from the Pathé Pictorial archive which were colourised using hand stencilling techniques. The featured films are as follows: A SHROPSHIRE GEM,...

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  6. Secrets of Nature Pioneering Natural History Films, 1922 - 1933 (2010)

    Director
    Percy Smith; Mary Field
    Subject
    Biology; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    A digitally remastered collection of 19 British films made between 1922 and 1933 that used groundbreaking techniques to share the secrets of the natural world with cinema audiences. The pioneering series...

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  7. 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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  8. Thirties in Colour, The (2009)

    Subject
    Anthropology; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £15.65

    Offering powerful, poignant and often surprising insights into the pivotal years of the1930s, this BBC4 documentary series brings to viewers a global treasure trove of rare colour films - many of which have...

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  9. Lost World of Tibet, The: The Director’s Cut (2008)

    Director
    Emma Hindley
    Producer
    Emma Hindley
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

    Dan Cruickshank presents this illuminating documentary about life in Tibet prior to the brutal Chinese occupation of 1950. Colour films dating back to that period have been carefully restored, revealing...

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  10. Ray Harryhausen - The Early Years (2006)

    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 233 minutes), 19.99

    For over half a century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired filmmakers with his innovative special effects and stop-motion animation. This collection brings together a selection of his early and...

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