RECENT LIBRARY VIDEO ACQUISITIONS by classification number-- December 2012
A - general
B - philosophy, psychology, religion
C - biography
D - history
E - history - United States
F - history - individual states, other North American countries
G - anthropology and geography
H - business and economics
J - political science
K - law
L - education
M - music
N - art
P - literature and film
Q - sciences
R - medicine
S - agriculture
T - engineering and technology
U - military science
V - naval science
W - medicine (NLM classification)
Z - library science
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They call it Myanmar [videorecording] : lifting the curtain / PhotoSynthesis Productions ; Ithaca Filmworks ; directed & filmed by Robert H. Lieberman ; produced by Deborah C. Hoard and Robert H. Lieberman.
Ithaca, N.Y. : Ithaca Filmworks , c2012.
"Shot clandestinely over three years by best-selling novelist and filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman, this film with its stunning footage provides an astonishing and intimate look inside what has been one of the most isolated countries on the planet With an exclusive perspective provided by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, this film brings a human dimension to a country that remains a mystery to much of the world"--Container
DS527.7 .T54 2012.
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Raccoon & Crawfish [videorecording] : an Oneida legend / The Oneida Indian Nation & Four Directions Productions present.
Vernon, NY : Four Directions Productions : Onedia Indian Nation, c2009.
An ancient Oneida legend, in the form of an animated short film about an epic fight between a raccoon and crawfish, focusing on the moral that lying is bad and has consequences
E99.O45 R33 2009B.
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Ishi, the last Yahi [videorecording] / a Rattlesnake Productions film presentation ; produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts ; written by Anne Makepeace.
Newton, N.J. : Shanachie Entertainment Corp., c2002.
Presents a narrated version of the discovery of Ishi, last member of the Yahi Indian tribe, and events in his life after coming into the white man's world
E99.Y23 I82 1994B.
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The island President [videorecording] / Samuel Goldwyn Films ; ITVS ; Afterimage Public Media presents ; an Actual Films production ; in association with Ford Foundation and Impact Partners ; directed by Jon Shenk ; produced by Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen.
[United States] : First Run Features, 2012.
President Mohammed Nasheed of the Maldives is confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced - the survival of his country and everyone in it. Nasheed, who brought democracy to the Maldives after decades of despotic rule, now faces an even greater challenge: as one of the most low- lying countries in the world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives and make them uninhabitable
GC90.M35 I85 2011B.
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Powaqqatsi [videorecording] / a Golan-Globus production ; a Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas ; written by Godfrey Reggio and Ken Richards ; produced by Mel Lawrence, Godfrey Reggio and Lawrence Taub ; directed by Godfrey Reggio.
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2012.
Here, Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry
GF41 .P69 1988.
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Running the Sahara [videorecording] / Nehst Out presents ... in association with Life Media LLC and One X One ; a Liveplanet and Allentown production ; directed by James Moll ; produced by Marc Joubert ... [et al.].
[New York, N.Y.] : Nehst Out, c2008.
Documentary following the attempt of three ultra-marathoners, Charlie Engle, Kevin Lin and Ray Zahab, to run across the Sahara Desert, beginning at the Atlantic coast in Senegal with a goal to reach the Red Sea in Egypt
GV1065 .R86 2008.
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Koyaanisqatsi [videorecording] / an IRE production ; Francis Ford Coppola ; produced and directed by Godfrey Reggio ; produced and recorded by Kurt Munkacsi.
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2012.
This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings, increasing dependence on technology
HC59.7 .K69 1983.
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365 without 377 [videorecording] / by Adele Tulli.
[S.l : s.n., 2012?].
Shows the celebrations for the first anniversary of the repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized any sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex; explores the history of the law since its imposition in 1860, and gay Indians' fight against it
HQ76.8.I4 A13 2011B.
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Fatal promises [videorecording] : a close look at human trafficking / a documentary by Kat Rohrer.
[New York, N.Y.] : GreenKat Productions LLC ; [Montreal, Quebec] : Films Transit [distributor], c2010.
Through personal stories of victims and interviews with politicians, NGO representatives and activists, Fatal Promises provides a comprehensive look at the realities of human trafficking versus the rhetoric of politicians and pundits who claim to be making significant strides in combating this horrific crime against humanity
HQ281 .F38 2010B.
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Gerhard Richter painting [videorecording] / Zero One Film in koproduktion mit Terz Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in zusammenarbeit mit Arte; ein film von Corrina Belz ; buch und regie, Corrina Belz ; produzent, Thomas Kufus.
New York : Kino Lorber, c2012.
Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company
ND588.R48 A4 2012.
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Perlicky na dne [videorecording] / NFA, Národní filmový archiv uvádi ; Filmové Studio Barrandov, Nositel Rádu práce uvádi ; scénár, Jirí Menzel ... [et al.].
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012].
Anthology of five short films by the greatest directors of the Czech New Wave; based on the stories of legendary Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, the films represent a range of artistic expression and human emotion. NOTE = Smrt pana Baltazara: A group of aimless, nostalgia-inclined folks gather from far and wide to watch a motorcycle race. NOTE = Podvodníci: Two old men in a hospital talk about their younger days, boasting of their professional accomplishments. NOTE = Dum radosti: Two life and funeral insurance salesmen vist an outsider artist. NOTE = Automat svet: Centers on a wedding celebration in a café where surreal happenings occur. NOTE = Romance: Focuses on a flirtation between a handsome young Czechoslovakian plumber and a Gypsy teenager
PG5039.18.R2 A62 1966B.
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Cinderella [videorecording] / a Walt Disney production ; story, William Peed ... [et al.] ; directors, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi ; production supervisor, Ben Sharpsteen.
Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2012.
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending
PN1997 .C56 2012.
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Following [videorecording] / director, Christopher Nolan.
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
Is the fragmented tale of an unemployed young writer who trails strangers through London, hoping that they will provide inspiration for his first novel. He gets more than he bargained for with one of his unwitting subjects, who leads him down a dark, criminal path. Special features included
PN1997 .F65 2012.
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The dark knight rises [videorecording] / directed by Christopher Nolan ; screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan ; produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven ; a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation ; in association with Legendary Pictures ; a Syncopy production ; a film by Christopher Nolan.
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, c2012.
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act
PN1997.2 .D374 2012B.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini's trilogy of life [videorecording].
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2012.
The Decameron, transposed to Naples from Boccaccio's Florence, is a cutting takedown of the pieties surrounding religion and sex. NOTE = The Arabian nights follows the adventures of a slave girl as she rises to power over a great city. Around her revolve the stories of magic and lust, mystery and fantasy that derive from three cultures (Persia, Egypt and India) and range from the ninth century to the Renaissance. NOTE = In the Canterbury tales, Pasolini's startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust
PN1997 .P546 2012.
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Babo 73 [videorecording] : Chafed elbows ; No more excuses / produced, written and directed by Robert Downey, Sr.
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
Babo 73: Taylor Mead plays the President of the United States, who, when he isn't at the White House, conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beach. NOTE = Chafed elbows: Follows a shiftless downtown Manhattanite having his "annual November breakdown" as he wanders from one odd job to the next. NOTE = No more excuses: Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan's singles scene of the late sixties
PN1997 .B3333 1964B.
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The X from outer space [videorecording] / produced by Kazui Nihonmatsu ; screenplay, Eibu Motomochi, Moriyoshi Ishida, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu.
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2012.
When a crew of scientists return from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, they inadvertently bring about a nightmarish Earth invasion
PN1997 .U254 1967B.
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High heels [videorecording] / El Deseo S.A. presenta un film de Pedro Almodóvar ; una coproducción el Deseo S.A. [e] Ciby 2000.
[S.l.] : Miramax ; Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2011?].
The husband of a TV anchorwoman, ex-lover of her long-estranged singer- actress mother, is mysteriously killed, and both mother and daughter come under suspicion in a frenzied investigation filled with romantic mix-ups and mistaken identities
PN1997 .H538 1991.
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La Reine Margot [videorecording] / Claude Berri presents ; a film by Patrice Chéreau ; screenplay and adaptation by Danièle Thompson, Patrice Chéreau.
[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005?].
In the midst of France's late 16th century religious wars, Margot is thrown into a political marriage by her ruthlessly power-hungry family. When she finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs, she realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her
PN1997 .R456 1994.
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Company [videorecording] / Stephen Sondheim ; director, Lonny Price.
[United States] : Image Entertainment, 2012.
Set firmly in, and often about, New York, this movie follows five married, once married, or soon to be married couples and their mutual friend, Robert, a 35 year old bachelor who has been unable to connect in a long-term relationship. The relationships are presented in a series of vignettes, primarily through Bobby's eyes, so that we see the less than ideal aspects of commitment. Eventually, Bobby learns that while relationships aren't perfect, they are a necessary part of 'Being Alive.
PN1997.2 .C66 2012.
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Poison [videorecording] / director, Todd Haynes ; producer, Christine Vachon.
[United States] : Zeitgeist Films, c2011.
This film interweaves three tales that build toward a devastating climax. The first tale, Hero, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide. Horror, the second tale, deals with a mad sex experiment that unleashes a disfiguring plague. Lastly is the tale, Homo, which explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two inmates
PN1997 .P65 2011.
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The Bourne legacy [videorecording] / Kennedy/Marshall Company ; Relativity Media ; director, Tony Gilroy ; writers, Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy.
[United States] : Universal, [2012].
Aaron Cross is an agent groomed by the government program that also unleashed Jason Bourne, but with a few new wrinkles. Cross is busy training in Alaska when he's caught in a tsunami of hurt, thus beginning a frantic search for answers to who and what he is
PN1997.2 .B68 2012.
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Unforgivable [videorecording] / Strand Releasing and UGC present ; directed by André Téchiné ; produced by Saïd Ben Saïd for UGC ; screenplay by André Téchiné and Mehdi Ben Attia.
[United States] : Strand Releasing, 2012.
Francis is a successful crime writer who moves to Venice to work on his next novel. When he meets model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island but Francis' newfound happiness hinders his writing. Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict to investigate. As Judith's sexual past is revealed both men become increasingly fixated on the mysterious woman. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Venice, Unforgivable examines the consequences of unresolved past relationships and their far- reaching effects into the future
PN1997.2 .U54 2012.
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Trouble with the curve [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Malpaso Productions ; director, Robert Lorenz ; writer, Randy Brown ; producers, Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Michele Weisler.
[United States] : Warner Bros., [2012].
Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus-who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat-refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickie, an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm
PN1997.2 .T76 2012.
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Looper [videorecording] / TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict and Endgame Entertainment ; produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern ; written and directed by Rian Johnson.
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2013].
In the year 2074, the mob sends problem people back in time, where a hired gun awaits to eliminate them. Joe is one such hired gun, good at what he does. But problems arise when the mob tries to 'close the loop,' and Joe comes face-to-face with his future self during a hit. When Joe's future self escapes after he hesitates to finish the assignment, Joe must chase himself down and finish the job
PN1997.2 .L66 2013.
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Liberal arts [videorecording] / written and directed by Josh Radnor ; producers, Jesse Hara ... [et al.].
[United States] : IFC Films, [2012].
When Jesse, a 35-year-old New York college admissions adviser, is invited to his Midwestern alma mater to attend his favorite professor's retirement dinner, he quickly falls back in love with the university life. But when he meets 19-year-old student Zibby, the daughter of his professor's friends, he suddenly finds himself caught in a moral dilemma: does he pursue a relationship with this kindred spirit, or does he break her heart and return to the real world
PN1997.2 .L53 2012.
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The words [videorecording] / CBS Films and Beraroya Pictures present in association with Parlay Films and Waterfall Media ; producer, Bradley Cooper ; writers, Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal ; directors, Brian Klugman.
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2012.
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work
PN1997.2 .W67 2012.
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Sedmikrásky [videorecording] = Dasies / Ústrední pujcovna filmu v praze uvádí film ; scénár, Ester Krumbachová, Vera Chytilová ; rezie, Vera Chytilová ; Filmové studio Barrandov ; tvurci skupina, Bohumil Smida, Ladislav Fikar. O slavnosti a hostech = A report on the party and guests / Ústrední pujcovna filmu v praze uvádí ; scénár, Ester Krumbachová, Jan Nemec ; rezie, Jan Nemec ; Filmové studio Barrandov ; tvurci skupina Erich Svabík, Jan Procházka.
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012].
Sedmikrasky (Dasies): Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. NOTE = O slavnosti a hostech (A report on the party and guests): A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant and formal banquet outdoors. A political thriller that was 'banned forever' from the Czech Republic due to satirizing unquestioning conformity
PN1997 .S3576 1966D.
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Návrat ztraceného syna [videorecording] / Ústrední pujcovna filmu v praze uvádí ; scénár, Sergej Machonin, Evald Schorm ; rezie, Evald Schorm ; Filmové studio Barrandov.
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012].
A psychological drama about a family man, who is an engineer unable to adjust to the world around him after his suicide attempt
PN1997 .N3987 1967B.
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Rozmarné léto [videorecording] / NFA, Narodni filmvy archiv uvádí ; Ústrední pujcovna filmu v Praze uvádí ; scénár, Václav Nývlt, Jirí Menzel ; rezie, Jirí Menzel ; Filmové studio Barrandov. Zert / Ústrední pujcovna filmu v praze uvádí ; scénár napsali, Milan Kundera, Jaromil Jires ; produkce, Milos Stejskal ; rezie, Jaromil Jires ; Filmové studio Barrandov.
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012].
Rozmarné léto: Three middle-aged men have their summer interrupted by the arrival of a circus performer and his beautiful assistant. NOTE = Zert: A man is expelled form the Communist Party due to a joke. After he is released from working the mines and prison, he plots revenge against the person who betrayed him
PN1997 .R75 1968C.
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Putney Swope [videorecording] / a Cinema V release ; produced by Herald Productions, Inc. ; written and directed by Robert Downey. Two tons of turquoise to Taos tonight / a Goosedown production ; produced by Ray Lofaro, Max Raab, Bette Wanderman ; screenplay by L.C. and Robert Downey ; written and directed by Robert Downey.
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012].
Putney Swope: The most popular flim by Robert Downey Sr. is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope, the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman. NOTE = Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight: This dadaist thingamajig is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own. It stars Downey's multitalented wife, Elsie, in an endless succession of off-the -wall roles. This is a never-seen-before re-edited version of Moment to moment
PN1997 .P976 1969.
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Goke, body snatcher from Hell [videorecording] / produced by Akira Inomata ; screenplay by Susumu Takahisa, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; director, Hajime Sato.
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
After an airplane is forced to crash-land in a remote area, its passengers find themselves face to face with an alien force that wants to possess them body and soul
PN1997 .K985 1968B.
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The living skeleton [videorecording] / produced by Akira Inomata ; screenplay, Kikuma Shimoiizaka, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; director, Hiroshi Matsuno.
[United States] : Criterion Collection, 2012.
"In this atmospheric tale of revenge from beyond the watery grave, a pirate-ransacked freighter's violent past comes back to haunt a young woman living in a seaside town. Mixing elements of kaidan (ghost stories), doppelgänger thrillers, and mad-scientist movies, Hiroshi Matsuno's The Living Skeleton is a wild and eerie work"--Container
PN1997 .K986 1968B.
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Genocide [videorecording] / produced by Tsuneo Kosumi ; screenplay, Susumu Takaku ; director, Kazui Nihonmatsu.
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
A group of military personel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane. The answer is more deliriously nihilistic and convoluted that they imagine. Also known as War of the Insects
PN1997 .K665 1968B.
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Naqoyqatsi [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Steven Soderbergh present ; producers, Joe Beirne, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub ; writer and director, Godfrey Reggio.
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
Through a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time- lapse, computer-generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated
T14.5 .N37 1988.
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