Well technically here the hitch would be that to the best of my knowledge there never was a legal release of the film even in VHS in the US so I am pretty sure you would be copying a bootleg copy even if you don't realize it. Can someone tell me what OCLC says on in terms of original distributor. This may be dancing on the head of a pin in that the DVD could have been released prior to GATT so the copy could presumably be kept but as it is now illegal I doubt you could legally copy it. Fun stuff.
As a more practical matter I would bet this VHS is very poor quality and possibly not complete as there has been a recent restoration. I have no idea why an academic would want to show a poor quality copy. It would be like handing out a novel with torn pages and crossed out words. I should add I find this movie REALLY BORING and left after 30 minutes at a screening at MOMA but I know Oskana loves it. On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Brewer, Michael < brew...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote: > Sounds like a job for Section 108 (borrow a VHS copy, make a VHS copy to > check out and/or a digital copy to use in-library). > mb > On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Shoaf,Judith P wrote: > > > A professor here wanted to show this 1924 film to her class but found > that the library VHS copy had gone missing. She has a copy herself, but it's > French (Secam, presumably) with French title cards, so only the French > majors can enjoy it and then only in the lab, where we have a secam player. > > > > Facets has dvd/vhs copies to rent, apparently, and they announce a DVD > for sale "soon." Does anyone know anything about a DVD release, or a source > for a version with English titles? > > > > Judy Shoaf > > 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. > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com
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