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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--
3) 8 1/2
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 p.)
Language
Italiano
Description
A semi-autobiographical film of Fellini about a film director (Mastroianni) who finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. He fantasizes at a resort to get away from the pressures of wife and staff.
4) 24 frames
Series
Criterion collection volume 956
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
None
Description
Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami recreates the final three years of his life through twenty-four short films inspired by a collection of still images.
Author
Language
English
Description
On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father: the legendary, reclusive, cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova -- a man who hasn't been seen...
6) Quentins
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ella Brady, hoping to capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s through the end of the century by filming a documentary on the popular restaurant, Quentins, and its owners, Patrick and Brenda Brennan, begins to wonder if there are some stories that are just too precious to be told.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tracks maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam's madcap mission to film "The man who killed Don Quixote". He struggles to complete his masterpiece, all the while beset by obstacles of such epic proportions that not even Hollywood could have concocted them. Capturing the mayhem on camera, filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are granted unlimited, behind-the-scenes access to Gilliam's frantic but inspired creation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the ’60s and ’70s. Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors. -- from publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and an aristocrat. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her. Her love of the movies turns into a dream to become a screenwriter, and a summer job at a Hollywood studio. There, a famous British filmmaker notices her, and suddenly she can remain invisible no longer. He wants to put her in a movie and make...
12) Room to dream
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced -- sometimes successful, sometimes not -- to bring his projects to fruition. Part-memoir, part-biography, [this book] interweaves Lynch's own reflections...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1979, Wim Wenders traveled to New York City to make a film with legendary director Nicholas Ray. As Ray lays dying of cancer, he reflects on his life and career. The resulting film tells a moving story both about friendship and a life in cinema.
17) Bergman Island
Series
Criterion collection volume 1170
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
Writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve embarks on a luminous summertime odyssey to the home of Ingmar Bergman for her seventh feature, a graceful, shape-shifting tale about the interplay of life and art and the ways in which stories are born. In search of inspiration for their current filmmaking projects, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and her partner (Tim Roth) travel to the remote island of Fårö, Sweden, where Bergman lived and worked for decades. There, the...
19) Faces places
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Français
Description
Film director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist JR set out on a journey across France to meet people and collect images.
Publisher
Media Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three directors discuss their careers and the art of filmmaking. Also included are film clips, guest stars and each director's film biography as well as interesting facts about their careers.
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