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New Acquisitions - July 2007

All the parts from Simon and Garfunkel's 1984 Central Park performance where Garfunkel sings with his hands in his pockets 2004

Performer Note: Paul Simon, Art GarfunkelArcangel brings a willfully lo-fi aesthetic to bear in manipulating a consumer video document of a twenty-year-old Simon and Garfunkel concert.

1 videocassette (ca. 7 min.)

MEDIA 2-7737

Angels in America 2004

Contents: Pt. 1. Millennium approaches -- pt. 2. Perestroika Performer Note: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justine Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, Brian Markinson, James Cromwell Added Title: Millenium approaches Added Title: PerestroikaSet in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York.

2 videodiscs (ca. 352 min.)

DANA 329

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Elevator to the gallows 2006

Performer Note: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura, Ivan Petrovich, Félix Marten, Elga Andersen, Gérard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Charles Denner, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Claude Brialy Contents: Disc 1. Film -- Disc 2. Special features: Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide.

2 videodiscs (ca. 92 min.)

MEDIA 10-871

Les bas-fonds The lower depths 2004

Performer Note: Les bas-fonds: Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt, Junie Astor, Vladimir Sokoloff Performer Note: Donzoko: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki Added Title: DonzokoLes bas-fonds (93 min.): A Baron, forced by circumstances, gives up his life of luxury and to takes up residence in the slums of Paris. The Baron observes the frustrated romance between Wasska Pepel and Natacha, the thwarted dreams of an actor, and the oppressive cruelties of landlord Kostileff. Donzoko (125 min.): Sutekichi, a vulgar, comical thief takes up residence in a slum flophouse inhabited by many eccentric, destitute people. Osugi, the cruel landlady, and her sister, Okayo, both desire him, and fight each other over him. Set in Edo-period Japan.

2 videodiscs (218 min.)

MEDIA 10-864

Beach Boys Geto Boys 2004

Performer Note: Beach Boys, Geto BoysArcangel explores the "mash-up," in which music fans digitally merge two songs to create unexpected hybrids. Original live performance footage of the Beach Boys with a contemporary music video by the rap group Geto Boys.

1 videocassette (ca. 4 min.)

MEDIA 2-7738

Bleak house 2006

Performer Note: Gillian Anderson, Lilo Baur, Pauline Collins, Charlie Brooks The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man.

3 videodiscs (ca. 465 min.)

MEDIA 10-867

Blutclip 1993

This video clip, performed by Pipliotti Rist, is a celebration of the female body and its reproductive function.

1 videocassette (ca. 3 min.)

MEDIA 2-7742

Candyman 2004

Performer Note: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons A search for dissertation material leads a graduate student to an old tale about a slave spirit said to haunt a notorious housing project.

1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.)

MEDIA 10-873

The childhood of Maxim Gorky 2002

Performer Note: Alexei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyansky, J. Alexeyeva
Added Title: Moscow clad in snowMaxim Gorkly's poor childhood under the care of his grandparents.

1 videodisc (99 min.)

MEDIA 10-878

Dam/age a film with Arundhati Roy 2002

Performer Note: Arundhati Roy ; interviewer, Shuddhabrata Sengupta The story of the events that led to the arrest of author Arundhati Roy in India for contempt of court.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7724

The dead weight of a quarrel hangs a three part project 1999

This lyrical three-part video project investigates the possibilities and limits of writing a history of the Lebanese Civil Wars (1975-1991).

1 videocassette (17 min.)

MEDIA 2-7727

Duke Ellington's Washington 2004

Performer Note: Correspondent, Hedrick Smith Profiles the Uptown area of Washington, D.C., which was the cultural capital of black America in the early years of the 20th century. Centered around U Street, it nurtured many dynamic leaders, including Duke Ellington. Combines archival footage and photographs with interviews that describe the community's heyday, decline, and renewal.

1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-861

Emma 1996

Performer Note: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Northam, Greta Scacchi, Juliet Stevenson, Polly Walker
Event Note: Filmed on location in Dorset and London. Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.

1 videodisc (121 min.)

MEDIA 10-869

Four songs 1977

Contents: Junkyard levitation -- Songs of innocence -- The space between the teeth -- Truth through mass individuation. In referring to his tapes as "songs", Viola emphasizes the relationship of musical structures to his work.

1 videocassette (33 min.)

MEDIA 2-7743

The golden age of comedy 2005

Performer Note: Abbott & Costello, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Harpo Marx, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, Jonathan Winters, Johnny Carson, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Buddy Hackett, Jerry Lewis, Danny Thomas, Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Howard Morris, Milton Berle, Steve Allen Contents: Vol. 1. Colgate comedy hour ; The Bob Hope Chevy show ; The Red Skelton Show ; Legends of stand-up comedy -- vol. 2. Here's Johnny: Timex all star comedy show ; Danny Thomas presents the wonderful world of burlesque ; Jackie Gleason ; Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks -- vol. 3. A really big show: Colgate comedy hour ; Colgate comedy hour -- vol. 4. Hail! Caesar and Uncle Miltie: Caesar's hour ; The Buick Berle showRelive some of the greatest moments in televison comedy with stars such as Abbott & Costello, Milton Berle, Steve Allen, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Red Skelton, Johnny Carson, Mel Brooks, Lucille Ball and many more.

4 videodiscs (423 min.)

MEDIA 10-875

Hostage the Bachar tapes 2001?

"An experimental documentary about the 'Western hostage crisis.' The crisis refers to the abduction and detention in Lebanon in the 80s and early 90s of western men like Terry Anderson and Terry Waite ... The 'Western hostage crisis' is examined through the testimony of Souheil Bachar ... [who] was held hostage in Lebanon between 1982 and 1993 ... Bachar addresses cultural, textual, and sexual aspects of his detention with the Americans"--Publisher info.

1 videocassette (ca. 17 min.)

MEDIA 2-7728

It's a mall world 2001

Performer Note: Narrator: Jim Cissell. An ideal discussion-launcher for sociology courses, this program examines cultural and psychological aspects of what is now an archetypal suburban experience: shopping at the mall.

1 videodisc (47 min.)

MEDIA 10-860

Low level all-stars 2003

Selection of cracker graffiti, modified start-up screens created by hackers, created on Commodore 64 computers in the 1980's.

1 videocassette (ca. 22 min.)

MEDIA 2-7739

Ma mère, mon agresseure My mother, my abuser 2005

Performer Note: English narrator: Dorothee Berryman ; journalist, Helene CourchesneFocuses on mothers who sexually abuse their sons and daughters, often within apparently respectable middle-class families. Victims of maternal incest, both female and male, describe their ordeals in detail and recount the trauma they have suffered.

1 videocassette (42 min.)

MEDIA 2-7725

Maggie growls a documentary 2002

Performer Note: Commentary, Maggie Kuhn. Portrait of Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved at age 65. Her outrage and determination fueled a political chain reaction that forever changed the lives of older Americans, repealing mandatory retirement laws and proving that "old" is not a dirty word.

1 videodisc (56 min.)

MEDIA 10-874

Miranda July videoworks: Volume One 2001?

Contents: Atlanta (1996, 10 min.) -- The amateurist (1998, 14 min.) -- Nest of tens (1999, 27 min.) -- Getting stronger every day (2001, 6 min., 30 sec.)
Added Title: Atlanta
Added Title: Amateurist
Added Title: Nest of tens
Added Title: Getting stronger every day.
Atlanta: Interview of a 12-year-old olympic swimmer and her mother during the athlete's preparation for the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. The amateurist: A video about surveillance, identity, watching and being watched. Nest of tens: Depicts children and adults in unusual scenarios, linked by a lecturer enumerating. Getting stronger everyday: An abstract representation of two boys who have been abducted and then returned to their families and their inability to reintegrate into those families.

1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-862

Mouchette 2007

Performer Note: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini, Suzanne Huguenin, Marine Trichet, Raymonde Chabrun. One of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film, as Mouchette a teenage girl must deal with tragic events and a broken family.

1 videodisc (81 min.)

MEDIA 10-872

No! 2006

"No! provides a comprehensive lens through which to examine the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls -- calling to task in particular the behaviors and attitudes of Black men in reinforcing a cultural assault...No! includes messages from violence prevention advocates as well as testimonials from survivors who defy victimization..." -- Container.

1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-877

Paul Robeson 1994

Performer Note: Narrator, Clairmont J. BarnesExamines the life of Paul Robeson, including his career as a singer and actor and his controversial role in world politics. Includes film clips and interviews.

1 videocassette (37 minutes)

DANA 1901

Pickelporno 1992

In this visual evocation of sex and sexuality, a man and woman stage an elaborately choreographed courtship ritual, edited with Rist's usual attention to the syntax of mass media.

1 videocassette (ca. 12 min.)

MEDIA 2-7741

Le quai des brumes Port of shadows 2004

Performer Note: Jean Gabin, Michele Morgan, Michel Simon, Pierre BrasseurDown a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good in life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as both acts of revenge and kindness render him front-page news. Portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies.

1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-870

The river 2005

Performer Note: Patricia Walters, Adrienne Corri, Radha, Thomas E. Breen, Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee, Richard Foster Performer Note: Narrator: June Hillman
Added Title: Rumer Godden: an Indian affair. The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold.

1 videodisc (99 min.)

MEDIA 10-863

Romanticism imagining freedom 2005

The rebellious artist, the attraction to the dark side, love and death, and the primacy of nature--all of these are themes that suffused the artistic and ideological revolution known as Romanticism. This program vividly conveys how new ways of thinking and seeing reshaped the humanities in the 18th and 19th centuries.

1 videodisc (53 min.)

MEDIA 10-868

Semiotics of the kitchen 199

A women names kitchen items and demonstrates their use.

1 videocassette (6 min.)

MEDIA 2-7744

Sexy sad I 1987

In this detourned music video, Rist trains her camera on the nude male body, challenging the tropes of the form and of pop culture in general. Her anonymous male subject is more puppet than star player as he flails helplessly, chasing a receding camera, accompanied by a cut-and-paste remix of The Beatles' Sexy Sadie.

1 videocassette (ca. 5 min.)

MEDIA 2-7740

Six contes moraux Six moral tales 2006

Performer Note: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Catherine Sée, Philippe Beuzen, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Bernard Verley, Zouzou Contents: I. La boulang?re de Monceau = The bakery girl of Monceau (23 min.) -- II. La carri?re de Suzanne = Suzanne's career (55 min.) -- III. Ma nuit chez Maud =My night at Maud's (111 min.) -- IV. La collectionneuse (87 min.) -- V. Le genou de Claire = Claire's knee (106 min.) -- VI. L'amour, l'apr?s-midi = Love in the afternoon (98 min.)
Added Title: La boulang?re de Monceau
Added Title: Bakery girl of Monceau
Added Title: Carri?re de Suzanne
Added Title: Suzanne's career
Added Title: Ma nuit chez Maud
Added Title: My night at Maud's
Added Title: Collectionneuse
Added Title: Genou de Clair
Added Title: Claire's knee
Added Title: Amour, l'apr?s-midi
Added Title: Love in the afternoon"A succession of jousts between fragile men and the women who tempt them"--Container.

6 videodiscs (480 min.)

MEDIA 10-876 v.1-6

Social group work with adolescents 1976

Performer Note: Leonard N. Brown and Laraine Cox, social workers ; group of 9th graders from Franklin High School, Somerset, N.J Added Title: About sex.
Shows the 12th and 13th meetings of an adolescent group-encounter series. Includes discussion of the film "About sex" and the examination of a stealing incident using role playing activity.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-24

Sono pazzo di Iris blond [I'm crazy about] Iris Blond 1999

Performer Note: Carlo Verdone, Claudia Gerini. "Desperate for some good news in his life, Romeo consults a tarot card reader who tells him that the woman of his dreams speaks in verse and has the name of a flower. So when after a false start, he stumbles upon the beautiful, poetry-writing Iris, Romeo is convinced that he's just come face-to-face with his destiny."--Container.

1 videodisc (113 min.)

MEDIA 10-838

Stephen Foster 2006

Performer Note: Narrator: Joe Morton. Documentary recounting the life story of Stephen Foster, composer of over 200 popular songs including Camptown races, Beautiful dreamer, and Oh! Susanna. Explores the impact of Foster's music on American popular culture and examines the treatment of African Americans in Foster's songs.

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 10-866

That's black entertainment 2006

Performer Note: Host: Mario Van Pebbles Contents: Disc 1: Actors -- Disc 2: Westerns -- Disc 3: Comedians "That's Black Entertainment" is a fascinating three-part series that showcases the groundbreaking work of African American talent during the early years of Black cinema.

3 videodiscs (ca. 420 min.)

MEDIA 10-865