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  1. Useful Life, A (2014)

    Director
    Federico Veiroj
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 67 minutes), £9.99

    Fiction film about a film-programmer who is forced to change his way of life when the cinémathèque where he works is closed down. The character of Jorge is played by real-life film critic Jorge Jellinek.

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  2. Tess (2013)

    Director
    Roman Polanski
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

    Restoration of Roman Polanski’s acclaimed 1979 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. This is the first time that TESS has been available in High Definition. Nastassja Kinski...

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  3. Touch of Evil (2011)

    Director
    Orson Welles
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD, £22.99

    Five versions of Orson Welles’ film noir classic: the 1998 reconstruction (111 min); the 1958 preview version rediscovered in the mid-1970s (109 min); and the 1958 theatrical version (96 min) - each...

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  4. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)

    Director
    Werner Herzog
    Subject
    Archaeology; Art; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

    In 1994, one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the decade came to light in a cave in Southern France, known as the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc: etchings estimated at around 30,000 years old. The...

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  5. Hireling, The (2009)

    Director
    Alan Bridges
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £12.99

    A recently widowed aristocrat Lady Helen Franklin (Sarah Miles), shattered by her husband’s death, takes to a sanatorium to get her feet again. On her discharge she strikes up a hesitant relationship with...

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  6. Hollywood Librarian, The: a Look at Librarians Through Film (2009)

    Director
    Ann Seidl
    Producer
    Ann Seidl
    Subject
    Film studies; Librarianship
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 96 minutes), $275.00

    A blend of factual documentary, feature film, and storytelling, the film reveals the history and realities of librarianship as depicted in American movies. Interviews with actual librarians, intercut with...

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  7. Tess of the d’Urbervilles (2008)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £24.99

    Gemma Arterton stars as Tess, the spirited heroine of Thomas Hardy’s immortal work; Hans Matheson plays Alec, who seduces her; Eddie Redmayne is Angel, with whom she falls in love, and Jodie Whittaker...

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  8. Teaching Trailers 5 (2007)

    Subject
    Film Studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD (DVD-ROM), free

    A compilation of 16 trailers for films released in 2007. Intended to help GCSE students of Media or Film Studies to consider issues of audience, narrative image and the film promotion process in general.

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  9. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2007)

    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    A documentary of one of the first pay cable stations in America, which gained a cult following for showing only the very best films, often in previously unseen, uncut form. This documentary features...

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  10. Dialogue, The: Learning from the Masters Series (2007)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes each), £13.95 each or £29.95 for compilations

    THE DIALOGUE is a series of in-depth interviews with some of today’s most successful Hollywood writers. Host Mike De Luca, president of production at New Line Cinema, gets writers to share their work...

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