Re: [Videolib] Film studies inc. odd holiday films
Re: I’m collecting ‘odd’ holiday films or films that are good for the holiday season, suggestions? I’m especially trying to not look so Christian, no offense to the Christians out there in movie land. ** ** Two of my favorites that aren't already well-worn cinematic holiday traditions are the funny/bizarre Norman René film Recklesshttp://image.xyface.com/image/r/movie-reckless/reckless-142729.jpg from 1995 and the wacky 1941 film The Man Who Came to Dinnerhttp://www.filmsgraded.com/posters/00/3/3/8/74a.jpg, with an all-star cast. Well, maybe more like an all-co-star cast, aside from Bette Davis. Happy Holidays, Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Wochna, Lorraine woc...@ohio.edu wrote: Dennis, I always forget that you went here! I wonder who your prof was? You know, I like the theory stuff and I think it has its place, but wow, some theorists are really intense. I agree the gaze is a real thing and Mulvey has a place, but sometimes I feel like I’m trying to understand particle physics. Btw, we have faculty that give those innocents first years Kristeva and Mulvey! Wow, I’d probably be working at Wendy’s now if that happened to me. ** ** lorraine @ ohiou ** ** ** ** All, I’m collecting ‘odd’ holiday films or films that are good for the holiday season, suggestions? I’m especially trying to not look so Christian, no offense to the Christians out there in movie land. ** ** thanks ** ** VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie
Along with Singin' In the Rain it might be interesting to show The Hollywood Revue of 1929, available from Warner Archives here: http://www.wbshop.com/Hollywood-Revue-of-1929/1000179896,default,pd.html?cgid= The film was made to showcase MGM's roster of silent stars, introducing them as stars of the new talkies. Some in the film went on to become even bigger stars in the sound era. But many in the film are not well known today, since they failed to make a successful transition to sound. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 actually ends with a big, all-star Singin' In the Rain finale in Technicolor. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: I suspect Singin in the Rain is far better than The Artist for the subject. It is by far the fiction film which covers the subject as its main plot and in some detail and was made by people who actually remember when it happened even if they were not directly involved. Also one the greatest movies ever made. I can actually recite most of the dialogue and lyrics by heart. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Karsten, Eileen kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu wrote: Dear CW, ** ** I have a patron who wanted to use the new film The Artist as the basis for a paper. The paper was about the transition in Hollywood from silent film to talkies. Of course, the film is not opening in the US until Nov. 23rd as a limited run. I suggested Singin in the Rain as an alternative. Does anybody have any suggestions for other films? ** ** ** ** Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu kars...@lakeforest.edu 847-735-5066 ** ** VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early...
I'm with you on The Blair Witch project, I found it terrifying and really unnerving. But then I'm not a very confident camper to begin with, always figuring I'll be the first camper dragged out of the tent to be devoured by beasts or hacked to bits by hillbillies. Also agree that The Birds and Alien are some of the very best... and a few other good ones came to mind last night: The Spiral Staircasehttp://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/196846.1020.A.jpg (1945) The House of the Devilhttp://seriousmovielover.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/house_of_the_devil_500.jpg (2009) and speaking of scary made-for-TV movies (I just recently saw the bizarre Bad Ronald, it's been released on DVD for the Warner Archiveshttp://www.wbshop.com/Bad-Ronald/1000179737,default,pd.html?cgid=!), has anyone seen Dark Night of the Scarecrowhttp://adamantiumbullet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dark_night_scarecrow.jpg (1981)? My sister and I watched in on TV—alone—when we were kids and it totally freaked us out. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Logan, Michael mlo...@co.humboldt.ca.uswrote: I'm one of the few that thinks The Blair Witch Project is possibly the scariest movie ever--for some reason, it pushed my buttons and scared the bejeebus out of me. Paranormal Activity also had its effective moments. The found footage genre is a guilty pleasure for me. As for older films, some of my favorite scary movies would include (in no particular order): The Haunting (1963) Psycho The Wolf Man (1941) Nosferatu (both Murnau and Herzog versions) An American Werewolf in London Alien The Uninvited (1944) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Fly (1986) The Wicker Man (1973) Night of the Living Dead (1968) The Changeling (1980) And in the guilty pleasure category: The Legend of Boggy Creek Plan 9 from Outer Space The Tingler Michael Logan Acquisitions and Technical Services Humboldt County Library (707) 269-1962 -- *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [ videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Ball, James (jmb4aw) [ jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu] *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:13 PM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... Hi All, Here’s a Friday fun question (but with a bit of a head start): what are your favorite scary movies? Gary, you probably have a videography, don’t you? Broken down by genre, country of origin, director… J Cheers, Matt VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Fashions of 1934 on DVD
Speaking of Warner Brothers and DVDs, wasn't someone looking for the 1934 Bette Davis/William Powell film Fashions of 1934 awhile back? WB announced this morning that the film is now available on DVD in the Warner Archives Collection, along with 4 other Bette Davis films that haven't been on DVD before, and two of them have never even been on VHS! See here for more info: http://www.wbshop.com/New-Releases/ARCHIVENEW,default,sc.html Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] vhs only
Great! I love these kinds of lists. If anyone feels so inclined, they could also go through the Warner Archiveshttp://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.htmlsite (which now also lists the Columbia Classics releases) to mark any of those that are still on the unavailable list. I made notes for Intruder In the Dust, Greta Garbo's The Kiss, Don't Make Waves, and The White Cliffs of Dover since I recalled seeing those released through the Archives... but I'm sure there are more. The 1956 Doris Day thriller Julie was made available on DVD there this week, but for some reason I don't see it on the DVD most wanted list. ;-) Alex On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Deborah Benrubi benr...@usfca.edu wrote: ** Thank you, Chris and Gary! This is a huge service to the community. Deborah Benrubi Technical Services Librarian University of San Francisco Gleeson Library|Geschke Center 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117 ph. 415.422.5672 fax 415.422.2233 On 8/17/2011 12:17 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: argh! OK...I've merged most of my list and Chris' (thanks again for doing this, Chris) Maybe Chris or someone can tidy up a bit... I found a fair sprinkling of titles on both lists that have subsequently become available. These have been noted on the Wiki. Go at it! Gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566ghandman@library.berkeley.eduhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos
Requesting video circulation data is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna' get. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: FOREST GUMP On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.eduwrote: An interesting bit of data (I think) A couple weeks ago I found myself wondering, for no apparent reason, what our most used videos are. So I asked our head of Access Services (Circulation) to run a list for me. From a list of all the videos in all the locations in ASU Libraries, she generated a list of the top 250 titles by total circulation. The list is all circulation (minus Reserve use) since we changed to a new online system 15 years ago. It does not differentiate between video formats. That could be done but we did not do so in this investigation. The resulting list does not include Reserve use because it’s stored elsewhere in the system and cannot be extracted by title. Titles with multiple copies held in different libraries are not aggregated into a single count. So multiple copies of Still Killing Us Softly (and some other titles) appear twice on the list. But the results are interesting even so. Of 250 titles, more than half (60+%) are feature films - 151 * The most borrowed title is Still Killing us Softly (419 circs if you aggregate the copies, 218 for one copy) * The most borrowed Feature Film: Forest Gump (310) * The lowest circ of the top 250 titles is 95 uses. Anyone else run data like this? deg farrelly Arizona State University VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] VHS ONLY updates?
Cool list! I just did an edit to remove Ken Loach's Kes, which was also recently released by Criterion, and Polanski's Cul-de-Sac, which came out on Criterion today! Been hoping for that one for years. Are you also removing titles from the list if/when they're put on DVD-R ~ in the Warner Archives and Columbia Classics collections, for example? Alex AFD/Typecast Films On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote: All are welcome to join the editing fun. There's anedit this page button at the top. Additionally I can scan changes in the history (and undo any erroneous or spam info if necessary) so there probably isn't a need to duplicate that. I fond it very helpful when contributors add recent release info to titles as well as info about titles available outside of the US. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:26 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: oh yeah: Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is also available Is your Wiki open for group editing? Maybe it should be, with the stipulation that additions or deletions be initialed and dated (or something) gary Just back from vacation but yes I started a wiki called Classics not on DVD. It's far from perfect and hard to keep up to date but here it is: http://classicsnotondvd.wikispaces.com/ On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: In Gary's original message there is this postscript: PS: Chris Lewis...weren't you maintaining a list of titles that had never been released on DVD? If so, could you pls publish the list. Merci! Chris, do you indeed have such a list? I wonder if some enterprising media librarian(s) should compile a master list of these titles in a format that can be accessed by anyone on this listserv so that it can be updated when anything changes, and list members notified? Or has this idea already been floated and shot down? Cheers, Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:16 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] VHS ONLY updates? You're a better librarian than I am, Tyra...couldn't find my original anywhere. I also sent a subsequent listing of literary adaptations and performances that seem to be OP...list attached. gary Here's my copy. Tyra -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:36 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] VHS ONLY updates? Hmmm...not sure where I put this. I'll see if I can dig it up. gary Hey Gary, Do you have a link to your list of VHS ONLY titles?? We've embarked on a VHS -- DVD project here too. Thanks! Chris McN Chris McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY 369 Fairfield Way Unit 2005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-2005 USA PH: 860-486-3842 | FX: 860-486-6493 | EMAIL: chris.mcnev...@uconn.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:06 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] VHS ONLY updates? Hi No updates on this end. It may go without saying, but...I'd definitely focus on non-fiction film first (maybe exclusively). When approaching feature (i.e. non-fiction), start with foreign language films first. There are certain distributors that are no longer in business: Films Incorporated Time-Life Film and Video Coronet Films (mostly) Carousel Films CRM Films National Latino Communications Center (NLCC) Drift Distribution International Film Bureau International Media Resource Exchange (IMRE) University of California Center for Media and Independent Learning (note: some titles in this catalog are still distributed by Berkeley Media LLC) Likely to be Out of Distribution PBS Home Video/PBS Video: films with release dates before 2000 Annenberg/CPB Project pre-2000 CPB New Yorker Film and Video (feature films) Anything distributed by a non-profit organizations, or academic institutions (e.g American Mathematical Assn.) pre-2000 Available for re-purchase on VHS only (and therefor not eligible for Section 108 copying) Roland Films on Art (many titles in this catalog only available on VHS) Lannan Foundation Video Library
Re: [Videolib] vhs only list (again)
That might have been me, Gary. I was trying to remove Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station from the list, since we actually put that out on DVD a few years ago... but when I went back to the list it was still there. I like Tyra's idea though of leaving newly available titles on the list for awhile with availability date/info so that people who go to the list will see which long-unavailable titles can now be acquired— like Savage Messiah, Zazie Dans Le Metro, The Moon Is Blue, Cul-de-Sac, Kes, and Cairo Station for example... so I put the things I'd removed back on the list w/ current distributor info. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: ok...I guess we need a protocol for working on Chris' vhs only list...right, Chris? Only one of us can be working on it at a time, I guess...yes? So: Seems that the logical thing to do would be to notify the group via videolib if you're gonna be on. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] vhs only list (again)
yeah, I think you wiped out my initial removal of Cairo Station... but I saw that as a sign and so decided to leave it and add the DVD availability info. :) Alex On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Great! The problem I was talking about was the fact that if, say, I'm working on the list and then someone gets in and out with changes while I'm still working, and then I shoot my changes over--they wipe out the edits that came before. gary That might have been me, Gary. I was trying to remove Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station from the list, since we actually put that out on DVD a few years ago... but when I went back to the list it was still there. I like Tyra's idea though of leaving newly available titles on the list for awhile with availability date/info so that people who go to the list will see which long-unavailable titles can now be acquired— like Savage Messiah, Zazie Dans Le Metro, The Moon Is Blue, Cul-de-Sac, Kes, and Cairo Station for example... so I put the things I'd removed back on the list w/ current distributor info. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: ok...I guess we need a protocol for working on Chris' vhs only list...right, Chris? Only one of us can be working on it at a time, I guess...yes? So: Seems that the logical thing to do would be to notify the group via videolib if you're gonna be on. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] How do you know when you¹ve become an artist?]
We at AFD/Typecast Films are always open to negotiating discounts to help libraries or individuals work within tight budgets—especially when multiple titles are ordered. Just give me a call! Though we do have quite a few titles available only with PPR (more obscure titles that folks aren't clamoring for in the Home Video market), we've also got many titles available without PPR for between $20-$30. These are usually titles that had formally been available only at the higher institutional rate with PPR, but I haven't really seen these $20-$30 non-PPR copies being picked up by college/university libraries at 10-times (or even 5-times) the rate they had been when they were available only with PPR. It would be great if they were though! Happy 4th of July holiday ~ Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: We're all interested, Matt By the way, flexible doesn't mean basing pricing on institutional enrollment or FTE metrics. gary Just got my first offer from a distributor who wants to work on flexible pricing. Who else is interested? Matt __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edumailto:mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Jul 1, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edumailto:jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: If the library community wants to figure out a way to assure distributors they will literally sell 10 times the number of copies if they sell titles at $30 a pop, I guarantee you distributors would jump at the chance. It's not up to the library community to make assurances for the distributors, but together we can figure out a pricing model that's mutually beneficial. It is interesting that you mention Kino because they are one of the few distributors I know of that do follow my suggested pricing model, around $30.00 with no PPR, and I can tell you that I bought a lot more from them last year than I did from the other distributors. As for the 10 times guarantee, I just made that very promise. And I'm even flexible on the price. How about $60.00 with no PPR? Erika's offer looks pretty interesting too. Anybody want to take a test drive? Matt VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] And now for something completely different!
Hey, thanks for pointing that out. My two favorites of the films she starred in are Gentlemen Prefer Blondeshttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B36eowsY2qc/TBmR4137MLI/A-A/Dy5-0Zios1c/s400/gentlemen_prefer_blondes_1953.jpg and The Misfitshttp://pics.filmaffinity.com/The_Misfits-276481496-large.jpg . Quote — Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help? — Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote: Unless I have my dates wrong... today would have been Marilyn Monroe's 85th birthday. Often imitated, never duplicated... she remains an film icon. Spared the horror of ever appearing on Love Boat, Fantasy Island, or a Disney Film... Favorite films? Favorite lines? Why do they always look like hungry rabbits? - All About Eve -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287 480.965.1403 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Fw: DVD R
Yes, the Warner Archive titles are all DVD-R but they've got chapter stops and some of their DVD-Rs include theatrical trailers and other material. The Columbia/Sony DVD-R titles have recently been made available on the Warner Archive site too, which is nice. Also, this week the Warner Archives released two titles from the '60s featuring Herman's Hermits! http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-WB-Site/default/Search-Show?q=Herman%27s+Hermits http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-WB-Site/default/Search-Show?q=Herman%27s+HermitsI love the Warner Archive! Alex On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Kerbel, Michael michael.ker...@yale.eduwrote: Unless I am mistaken, ALL of the DVDs from Warner Archive are DVD-R. The quality seems excellent but it is correct that they do not play in all players – and may not work in all computers. The problem is that one cannot obtain these titles elsewhere, and many of them are really significant. * * VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Tennessee Valley Dam
Hi Farhad, You might be interested in our film A Flood In Baath Country, which offers a critical examination of the effects on a small Syrian village when a shoddy dam collapses nearby. The DVD also includes director Omar Amiralay's 1970 short doc praising the Syrian government's hasty construction of dams in the early 1970s in an effort to modernize the country. More info here: *A Flood In Baath Country* (w/ Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam) . http://www.arabfilm.com/item/544/ Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Is there a documentary on the unforeseen negative results of building the Tennessee Valley Dam? If not, our faculty is looking for a documentary that discusses the unforeseen negative results of big construction projects that were built with good intentions without thinking of adverse results (by the way, we do have the “Unforeseen” DVD!) Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] looking for films about diversity/inclusion BUT
Hi Maureen, These films we distribute might work for what you're doing: *Encounter Point* . http://www.arabfilm.com/item/429/ Documentary about Israelis and Palestinians working together for peaceful, non-violent resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. *The Letter: An American Town and the Somali Invasion* . http://www.arabfilm.com/item/300/ Somali refugee immigrants and longtime residents of Lewiston, Maine work together to combat inflammatory racist remarks of Lewiston mayor. Best, Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.eduwrote: I’d like to find some that deal with diverse individuals or communities coming together in pursuit of a mutual goal or project. I’m open to documentaries or fiction films—this is for a mediagraphy I need to put together for our diversity and inclusion week. If possible, I’d like to list films that show what successful inclusion looks like! Help, listmates! Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Happy Friday!
*What's Up Doc?* calls into question pre-Oedipal guilt through its use of subversive semiotics. spot on, if you ask me. :) On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: ICK!!! . This is what I got when I punched in KISS ME DEADLY ( greatest film of all time) Through the use of the male gaze, *kiss me deadly* launches visual salvos against the fascist aesthetic. Not even close. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:33 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: http://wonder-tonic.com/filmthesis/ Damn! If this thing had been around 40 years ago I would have graduated s much quicker! Cheers! gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Films about saving cultural heritage
How about Avatar? ;) On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: This is probably not what you had in mind, but I really love THE TRAIN the 1966 film starring Burt Lancaster Paul Scofield based on a true story about how a group of French resistance fighters stopped the Nazi's from stealing the treasures of the Louvre and taking them to Germany. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: Greetings Collective Wisdom, Thank you all for your suggestions last week on films that are set in or feature Venice. Here’s one that might be slightly more difficult. I’m looking for films that show how cultures deal with an onslaught from a militarily superior power and how they try to save their memory in history. A couple of examples might be *Agora* and *Alexander*. Any ideas? Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mattb...@virginia.eduhttps://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu| 434-924-3812 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Films about saving cultural heritage
Matt, our film Beat of Distant Hearts about Saharawi refugees in the desert of southwestern Algeria might be something to consider. You can find film info here: http://www.arabfilm.com/item/180/. Best, Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: Greetings Collective Wisdom, Thank you all for your suggestions last week on films that are set in or feature Venice. Here’s one that might be slightly more difficult. I’m looking for films that show how cultures deal with an onslaught from a militarily superior power and how they try to save their memory in history. A couple of examples might be *Agora* and *Alexander*. Any ideas? Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mattb...@virginia.eduhttps://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu| 434-924-3812 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Elia Kazan Collection
I'm pretty sure Wild River (1960), a wonderful film included in the set, has never been available on video or DVD before. That one would also make the set worth getting if the films aren't available separately. _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Anthony Anderson antho...@usc.edu wrote: Yes, I would be interested too. This is a 15 dvd set. Several of the films included within the set have long been available as separate dvds--e.g., *A Streetcar Named Desire*, * On the Waterfront*. But some of the early films, including the sublime *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*, are being released on dvd for the very first time ever. I am so eager to get the dvd of this particular film ( and others like *America, America*) that I am willing to invest in purchasing the whole set but if they were made available for individual purchase, that would be so much better...! Cheers! Anthony Anderson *** Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. Moshiri, Farhad wrote: Does anyone know if individual films from the recently released Elia Kazan Collection would be available soon? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Cool reference question...your assistance?
Watched them quite a while ago, so not sure how well they fit in here, but first to mind were Chris Marker's Sans Solielhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084628/ and Godard's Weekend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062480/ and his Il Nuovo Mondo segment of RoGoPaG http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056171/. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi all An ex-Berkeley faculty friend has posed a very cool reference question...I can use your help: I'm looking for examples of films that do interesting things with words, either written or spoken, or (at the other extreme) try to do without words. I've got lots of silent films with title cards I can use, but I am looking for others. Some that come to mind include The Man with the Movie Camera, My Dinner with Andre, and Koyaanisqatsi. Any further suggestions? I'm interested in credits, subtitles, words on sets, dialogue, voiceover, etc. I've come up with Bob Dylan's lyric cards for Subterranean Homesick Blues in Don't Look Back; the meta credits from the movie Stranger Than Fiction; Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's Film(1965); and--oddly enough--two Steve Martin Films (LA Story's sentient freeway sign and C.D. Bales' [i.e. Cyrano's] hilarious put-down speech: Let's start with... Obvious: 'scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? ) I think Adaptation might have some relevant stuff, but I can't quite remember. What do you say? Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Film archivists find pre-SF earthquake footage
Neat—and what a coincidence! I just watched the terrific 1936 Clark Gable/Jeanette MacDonald film SAN FRANCISCO last night, in which you get to sample about 90 minutes of pre-earthquake living in the historic city before disaster strikes. _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Laura Fu lau...@answersmediainc.comwrote: **Pardon cross-postings** Here’s a great news piece on the power of libraries and newspaper archives. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6966797ntag=related;photovideo Morley Safer reports on a mystery that was solved about a 100-year-old film that we now know was made on San Francisco's Market Street just days before the 1906 earthquake. ~~ *AnswersMedia* Laura Fu Video Assets Manager 400 W. Erie Chicago, IL 60654 P: 312.421.0113 ext.5160 F: 312.421.1457 lau...@answersmediainc.com *www.answersmediainc.com* *www.answerstv.com* P *Before printing, please think about the environment* VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] 3D movies?
In addition to a 3-D television, in order to enjoy most of the recent crop of 3-D film releases I've heard that a lobotomy is helpful. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM, David Folmar keyfram...@gmail.com wrote: You need to have a 3D television if you want the new generation of 3D movies, they are not as simple as the old blue red separation movies and you need a special tv that handles the polarization 3D movies, also the glasses because they only come with one or two and they are usually about 40 a pair. The strange thing is there is not that much out there in 3D yet, I used to work at Best Buy and the big Joke last spring was you could buy a 3D tv and watch Monsters vs. Aliens or Moster vs. Aliens, I am sure there is more now but I wouldn't expect ther to be a lot more -David Folmar On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Rudy Leon rudy.l...@gmail.com wrote: Please pardon the lazyweb question, but it seems so much easier to turn to you than other options. I am not a 3D movie watcher, and am now being asked to purchase 3D films on DVD. I assume I need to make sure we have 3D viewing glasses, but do we need any other special equipment to be able to view the 3D experience? -- Rudy Leon Learning Commons Librarian Undergraduate Library University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-3503 http://www.deepening.wordpress.com AIM: rudibrarian VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
