Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?

2015-11-03 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
We would also pass on the purchase. Not a fan of these limited streaming license periods. If I’m going to spend $250-350 on a video, I want a physical copy of it. We do have a subscription to Alexander Street Video, which is great, but that’s it on the streaming for us so far. Rick [Descrip

Re: [Videolib] Le Roi Danse / The King is Dancing on DVD

2014-08-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
ed in the US and asking the rights holder to sell one DVD with English titles in NTSC on a film they failed to sell in the US is not likely to work and not worth tracking them down. Keep in mind well over 90% of films made outside the US are not released here. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:34

Re: [Videolib] Le Roi Danse / The King is Dancing on DVD

2014-08-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
a film they failed to sell in the US is not likely to work and not worth tracking them down. Keep in mind well over 90% of films made outside the US are not released here. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sayre, J. Richard mailto:rsa...@monmouthcollege.edu>> wrote: Anyone have any suggestions

Re: [Videolib] Le Roi Danse / The King is Dancing on DVD

2014-08-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
not worth tracking them down. Keep in mind well over 90% of films made outside the US are not released here. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sayre, J. Richard mailto:rsa...@monmouthcollege.edu>> wrote: Anyone have any suggestions for acquiring a DVD copy of the French film: Le Roi Danse / T

[Videolib] Le Roi Danse / The King is Dancing on DVD

2014-08-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Anyone have any suggestions for acquiring a DVD copy of the French film: Le Roi Danse / The King Is Dancing (2000) / Director Gérard Corbiau? Thanks, Rick [cid:image001.png@01CD844B.D2A191B0] J. Richard Sa

Re: [Videolib] Mission London (2010) - Bulgarian film

2014-07-18 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
bol...@temple.edu> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Sayre, J. Richard mailto:rsa...@monmouthcollege.edu>> wrote: Hi all, One of our faculty members is interested in our acquiring a DVD copy of a Bulgarian film -- Mission London (2010). All I’ve found are opportunities to download from d

[Videolib] Mission London (2010) - Bulgarian film

2014-07-17 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Hi all, One of our faculty members is interested in our acquiring a DVD copy of a Bulgarian film -- Mission London (2010). All I've found are opportunities to download from dubious sites. Thanks for any help. Cheers, Rick [cid:image001.png@01CD844B.D2A191B0] J. Richard Sayre Library Director

[Videolib] Barriers Burned Away (Silent, 1925)

2012-10-17 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
We have a faculty member interested in locating a copy of the silent film Barriers Burned Away (1925). It's based on a book by the same title and set in Chicago during the Great Fire of 1871. The film is not found in OCLC WorldCat at all...just the book (in various forms). It's listed on IMDB

Re: [Videolib] Looking for Rum Stories

2012-03-02 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
It’s also streamed through Alexander Street Press’s Filmakers Library collection…if you’re looking for other options. Cheers, Rick J. Richard Sayre Library Director Hewes Library Monmouth College 309-457-2192 URL: http://library.monmouthcollege.edu From: vi

Re: [Videolib] Title suggestion for 'African diaspora in Europe'

2012-03-01 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Inch'alla Dimanche http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=8 Rick Sayre Monmouth College (IL) From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:08 PM To: videolib@lists.be

Re: [Videolib] A Season of Giants (1991)

2012-01-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Peter Sayre, J. Richard schrieb: > Do anyone of you know if */A Season of Giants/*, the 1991 television > mini-series, has ever made it to video? It was an Italian-American > coproduction about Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance...but I've > never seen anything but an o

[Videolib] A Season of Giants (1991)

2012-01-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Do anyone of you know if A Season of Giants, the 1991 television mini-series, has ever made it to video? It was an Italian-American coproduction about Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance...but I've never seen anything but an off-air videotaped version of it. Thanks, Rick J. Richard Sayre

Re: [Videolib] Six Feet of the Country

2012-01-11 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Univ of Michigan ( just make sure they loan it as opposed to copying it). I donated my copy there so you should have some cred on it. Should have kept it and rented it out myself. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Sayre, J. Richard wrote: > Yes, this a collection of short films based on Nad

Re: [Videolib] Six Feet of the Country

2012-01-11 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
uld check OCLC for this but keep in mind it has been out of print for over 25 years so the most you could get legally is perhaps to borrow a copy on interlibrary loan. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Sayre, J. Richard wrote: > Anyone know where we might find a VHS or DVD version of S

Re: [Videolib] Six Feet of the Country

2012-01-11 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
90095-1517 office: 310-206-1248 fax: 310-206-5392 rbr...@oid.ucla.edu<mailto:rbr...@oid.ucla.edu> From: "Sayre, J. Richard" mailto:rsa...@monmouthcollege.edu>> Reply-To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>" mailto:videolib

[Videolib] Six Feet of the Country

2012-01-11 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Anyone know where we might find a VHS or DVD version of SIX FEET OF THE COUNTRY (1982)? It's a 30-minute film adaptation of Nadine Gordimer's book by the same title. I'm having a very difficult time finding it available in any form for purchase with the exception of a "free" (for paid subscri

Re: [Videolib] food in/and the movies

2011-11-09 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
-Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Sayre, J. Richard Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 8:38 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] food in/and the movies It's a musical pa

Re: [Videolib] food in/and the movies

2011-11-09 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
It's a musical parody centered around competing falafel fast food stands on the West Bank. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438575/ ...not that you have to add it to your list. But it is a stitch... Rick -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun..

Re: [Videolib] food in/and the movies

2011-11-07 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Please forgive me if you've moved on to another topic alreadybut I didn't see this on Gary's list... West Bank Story (2005) (Academy Award Best Live Action Short) Included in Academy Award nominated short films, 2006 (DVD) Cheers, Rick J. Rich

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early...

2011-11-04 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
...not to mention, Frederick Wiseman's MEAT ... Rick J. Richard Sayre Library Director Hewes Library Monmouth College 309-457-2192 URL: http://library.monmouthcollege.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu]

Re: [Videolib] For those of you who have open stacks (apologies for cross posting)

2011-10-14 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
We moved all of our media out from the behind the Circulation Desk when we renovated 10 years ago. We have used Demco's SecureCase(tm) System on the DVDs.For Music CDs we use the 3M Tattletape CD overlays. For VHS, we did nothing...since we expected demand would be diminishing for VHS. We

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early...

2011-10-13 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) Silent ...Max Schreck still creeps me out. I show it on 16mm on our porch every Halloween. It's a big hit with the trick-or-treaters and their parents...or maybe it's just seeing a 16mm projector that still works! You can follow Nosferatu up with Shadow of the V

Re: [Videolib] Filmakers Library Online

2011-07-15 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Matt, We just subscribed to a package of several Alexander Street Press collections, including Filmakers Library (Academic Video Online). Several of our faculty were impressed with the titles that they saw in the collection while we were trialing the package. We have had access to their Americ

[Videolib] 89 Seconds at Alcázar

2011-01-21 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
I have a faculty member who is very interested in acquiring a copy of the video 89 Seconds at Alcázar (10 min) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765496/, but has not been able to find it available for purchase. I did find a website that indicated that I could download it, but it required some regis

Re: [Videolib] American Production Company and John H. Williams

2010-09-30 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Gail, One of our faculty members uses True West every semester for his cinema class...and we've looked quite regularly in hopes of replacing the VHS with a DVD. If you find anything helpful on this, we'd be interested as well. Thanks, Rick J. Richard Sayre Library Director Hewes Library Monmouth

Re: [Videolib] FW: Cold War/Atomic History

2010-09-22 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Thank you, Gary, and all others for the suggestions! We do own a copy of Atomic Café which may serve our faculty member's needs. Wish The Cold War and Post-war Hopes, Cold War Fears were available. I did see some DVD purchase options on The Cold War, but I suspect they are all gray-market DV

[Videolib] FW: Cold War/Atomic History

2010-09-21 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Thought I'd pass this one on to the collective wisdom of the video-lib group. I have a faculty member looking for film suggestions on the following topic: Subject: Cold War/Atomic History Is anyone aware of a good 1-2 hour film on early Cold War history and politics? I'd like to give my ILA [i

[Videolib] La Chanson de Roland

2010-08-27 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
I have a faculty member who is desperately trying to find the movie: La Chanson de Roland. She is only finding it available from AMAZON.fr in PAL format. Would anyone have any other information for acquiring this film on DVD or VHS? I've found the following two WorldCat entries for it, but ca

Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed

2010-02-18 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Guetty, You might check your Email's SPAM and/or Quarantine folder. When our network receives a message with my email address via the videolib servers (or from any outside server), it assumes it's SPAM and sends it to a Quarantine folder in my Outlook account where I can still view it. It will

Re: [Videolib] Looking for BBC DVD of Kipling's "Kim"

2010-02-04 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
There is an earlier 1950 Errol Flynn version of Kim, but the 1984 Peter O'Toole version appears to be in color. According to imdb.com, Kim was originally broadcast on CBS in 1984. Perhaps it was shown on BBC at some point, but it doesn't appear to be a BB

[Videolib] Reserve Question

2010-01-24 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Any advice from the "fair use" gurus appreciated... I have a faculty member who had assigned students in his class to view a program called "La forja de un rebelde", a mini-series on Spanish television from the early 90s. He had asked them to view it at the following website: http://www.veoh.c

Re: [Videolib] Universal remote

2010-01-19 Thread Sayre, J. Richard
Jana, This were the only websites that I found with any Sanyo VCR or DVD codes offered... * http://www.hifi-remote.com/ofa/codes-vcr.shtml * http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090331220017AAEc4Wy Hope this helps... Rick J. Richard Sayre Hewes Library Monmouth College M