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1) Siddhartha
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man's spiritual odyssey, filmed on location in Rishikesh and Bharatpur, and based on Hesse's novella.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 p.)
Description
This hypnotic tone poem confirms Sissako's talent for capturing the essence of a place through evocative imagery, Tatiesque comedy, and close observation of everyday life. Abdallah returns to his homeland, a seaside town of Nouadhibou in Mauritania, for an indeterminate amount of time. Now a stranger to his own community and language, the young man tries to absorb as much local color (literally and figuratively) before embarking for Europe.
4) Man of Aran
Publisher
Home Vision HVE Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the life of a family in a small fishing village in the Aran Islands, Ireland, as it struggles to win the daily battle against its magnificent opponent--the sea.
Series
Publisher
Razor Digital Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"China in the 1920's. After her fathers death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privileges. Each night Chen must decide which wife to spend the night with and a red lantern is lit in front...
6) Fire
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2000, c1996
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country.
Formats
Description
Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
Series
Criterion collection volume 216
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in. + 2 pamphlets (18 x 13 cm.)
Description
Includes 2 pamphlets in pocket: pam. 1: 24 pages featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske; pam. 2: List of films in the Criterion Collection with issue nos.
A comedy drama set on the eve of World War II. It contrasts the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party. Masters and their servants are involved in an immoral erotic...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Novelist Joe and his actress wife Sally throw a party to celebrate the sixth anniversary of their turbulent marriage. At the party both guests and hosts start telling each other the truth-- something rarely heard in Hollywood.
11) The quiet man
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
12) Emma
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about Emma Woodhouse, a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with Mr. Knightly.
13) The insult
Formats
Description
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
14) Hard times
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Excerpts are culled from interviews with hundreds of ordinary Americans and placed in the mouths of a wide variety of animated animals to produce humourous, charming and insightful commentaries on life.
16) Hidden Turkey
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents the culture of Turkey as it is mirrored in its ancient cuisine and explores the traditional Turkish folk arts of carpet weaving, coppersmithing, and the Whirling Dervishes.
Publisher
Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c1983
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a wave casually laps onto the Cornwall beach, the Ramsay family and friends settle in for an enjoyable warm Edwardian summer. Presided over by the gentle power and irresistible charisma of their mother, their story evolves with the textures, romance and conflicting dreams that draw a family together and simultaneously pull it apart.
Publisher
Subversive Cinema
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet.
Description
A moving look at life in Jamaica and one of its most famous inhabitants, Bob Marley. Includes footage of his family, friends, and fellow musicians, as well as his funeral. Bonus features include commentary, interview with the director, and more.
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