[Videolib] Sci Fi films

2011-11-22 Thread Deg Farrelly
That depends on how you define "hard" science fiction, and "futurist of space-related" Certainly several of my favorites come to mind: Blade Runner THX 1138 Perhaps those two are too obvious. Alphaville http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_%28film%29 1984 (1984) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
I've never seen the Russian one, only the George Clooney remake. Which I actually liked. __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:02 AM, "Valerie Gangwer

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
I loved Moon! __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:36 AM, "Folmar David" mailto:keyfram...@gmail.com>> wrote: The recently made Moon, was a great mov

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Hmmm... I'd forgotten all about this movie. It looks kind of intense... __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Nov 22, 2011, at 1:31 PM, "Elizabeth Stanley" wrote: > > Cube (1997) http://www.imdb

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Ah, I hadn't thought of that one. __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Nov 22, 2011, at 1:47 PM, "Troy Davis" wrote: > could be pushing it, but Primer? > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Elizabet

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Haha, good one. __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:34 PM, "Chris McNevins" wrote: > Earth Girls Are Easy > > > > Chris McNevins | ACQU

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Chris McNevins
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Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie

2011-11-22 Thread Oksana Dykyj
It is available on DVD from France. Not subtitled, but available: http://www.amazon.fr/%C3%89toile-sans-lumi%C3%A8re-Mila-Parely/dp/B000ZSX3OC Oksana At 02:07 PM 22/11/2011, you wrote: >A footnote worthy of mention I think is the 1946 >film Etoile sans lumiere - it the same general >story as

Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie

2011-11-22 Thread Chris Lewis
A footnote worthy of mention I think is the 1946 film Etoile sans lumiere - it the same general story as Singin' In the Rain but it's about the transition to sound in France. Edith Piaf in a rare acting role plays the voice behind the star. Alas not on DVD but worth looking for on TCM. On Mon, N

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Troy Davis
could be pushing it, but Primer? On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Elizabeth Stanley wrote: > > Cube (1997)  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ > > Cube2 Hypercube (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285492/ >  (not so much!) > > E. > > -Original Message- > From: videolib-boun...@lists.b

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Elizabeth Stanley
Cube (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ Cube2 Hypercube (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285492/ (not so much!) E. -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) Sent: Monday, N

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 48, Issue 55

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Norris
Hi Carolyn and welcome, Film Ideas does have low res streams on its website that are painful to watch in full screen. We serve a broad constituency, many of whom share limited bandwidth with their colleagues. A high res file would buffer and make reviewing a program difficult. However, should y

Re: [Videolib] Streaming media vendor list

2011-11-22 Thread Carolyn S Faber
Hello, I'm relatively new to this list (been lurking for a couple months) and have have found the discussions on streaming media really useful. I was wondering if some of you would care to comment on the quality of the streamed images. Our library is testing out some of the sites mentioned and I f

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late

2011-11-22 Thread Folmar David
The recently made Moon, was a great movie -David Folmar From: Valerie Gangwer Reply-To: Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:57:16 -0500 To: Subject: Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, late How about: Solara (Russian original) Sticky Fingers of Time Val Gangwer On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:48 PM,