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Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913
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5 editions published in 2009 in Undetermined and held by 147 libraries worldwide This collection looks at three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and Léonce Perret, with both extensive examples of their work, and short biographies (in the cases of Feuillade and Perret).
Guy Debord, oeuvres cinématographiques complètes
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1 edition published in 2005 in French and held by 46 libraries worldwide After being withheld from circulation for 17 years, all of Guy Debord's films were screened at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and it was announced that they would all be made generally available again. Debord's films attempt to account for the spiritually debilitating alienation of both the private and public spheres of everyday life by the forces of market capitalism in Europe after World War II. Hurlements en faveur de Sade is an experimental film consisting mainly of a black or white screen with occasional voice over. Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps and Critique de la séparation are short films. La société du spectacle is a critique of capitalism, and is followed by Debord's response to reactions to the film. In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni is a critique of consumerism. The last title combines a blankly ironic exploration of the spectacle of French television with some personal notes on Debord's life and his friends.
Histoire(s) du cinéma
by Jean Luc Godard
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1 edition published in 2007 in French and held by 44 libraries worldwide Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinema - as TV series/video essay - was made for Canal+, ARTE and Gaumont, from 1988 to 1998. The work subdivides into four chapters of two parts each. A combination of music and images creates Jean-Luc Godard's interpretation of the history of cinema.
Gaumont treasures Vol. 2, 1908-1916
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 39 libraries worldwide Over ten hours of films survey the short works of three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, including Emile Cohl, Jean Durand, and Jacques Feyder.
Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913. Disc 1, Alice Guy
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3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Undetermined and French and held by 39 libraries worldwide This collection looks at pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, with extensive examples of their work. Few individual artists have exerted as profound an influence upon the evolution of cinema as Alice Guy (later known as Guy-Blaché). With this collection of more than 60 films, culled from the world's leading archives and carefully mastered, Guy may no longer be seen as a "woman filmmaker." These films, produced by Guy for Gaumont before she moved to the U.S., reveal her to be an unqualified pioneer of motion pictures.
Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913. Disc 2, Louis Feuillade
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2 editions published in 2009 in Undetermined and held by 38 libraries worldwide This collection looks at pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, with extensive examples of their work. Best remembered today for his espionage serials Les Vampires and Fantômas, Louis Feuillade had a more varied and profound influence upon French cinema than many of his followers realize. For more than a decade, he was the artistic director at Gaumont, encouraging the rise of such filmmakers as Abel Gance and Léonce Perret. This collection of films offers a wider view of Feuillade's directorial efforts -- but, admittedly, it is only a small portion of the nearly 800 films he is believed to have directed.
Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913. Disc 3, Léonce Perret
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1 edition published in 2009 in Undetermined and held by 35 libraries worldwide This collection looks at pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, with extensive examples of their work. Until now, the films of Léonce Perret have been virtually unseen in the United States, yet he was a hugely influential figure in the growth of the French film industry. As an actor, he appeared in more than 100 films from 1909 to 1916, including the long-running series of "Léonce" comedies. But his greater contribution was as a director who set the standard to which other French filmmakers aspired. His films had a technical mastery and aesthetic grace that allowed them to reveal subtleties of character and meaning.
Gaumont treasures. Volume 2, DVD 2, Jean Durand
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide Short films about animals, the wild west and social classes.
Gaumont treasures. Volume 2, dvd 1, Emile Cohl
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide Short films that explore 2 dimensional animation, puppetry, etc. with some occational live action.
Gaumont treasures. Volume 2, DVD 3, Jacques Feyder and the early masters of French cinema
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide Short films by various filmmakers in the early 20th century.
A nos amours
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2 editions published in 2003 in French and held by 15 libraries worldwide A study of a working class girl of fifteen who, looking for the affection she is denied at home, enters a series of casual sexual affairs, eventually marries, then leaves her husband to fly off to America.
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
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1 edition published in 2003 in French and held by 12 libraries worldwide This drama examines the final period of a long and ultimately unhappy affair. Married to Francoise, Jean is an unpleasant and domineering man who has had a connection with Catherine for six years. Distressed Catherine takes refuge with her grandmother.
Je vous trouve très beau
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1 edition published in 2006 in French and held by 11 libraries worldwide Farmer Aymé Pigrenet is looking for a girl to help him out on the farm after his wife dies. He chooses a Romanian young woman from a dating agency.
Le cinéma premier. Volume 1 1897-1913
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1 edition published in 2008 in French and held by 10 libraries worldwide Nearly 100 films; gives an overview of the production of the Gaumont firm before World War I, featuring three pioneering directors: Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade, and Léonce Perret.
Van Gogh
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2 editions published in 2003 in French and held by 9 libraries worldwide A portrait of artist Vincent Van Gogh's final days, revealing his mad genius and dark sensuality.
L'enfance-nue
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1 edition published in 2005 in French and held by 9 libraries worldwide The story of a ten-year old boy who acts out in cruel ways, such as torturing a cat. He is sent to live with an older couple who also take care of a fifteen-year old boy.
La gueule ouverte
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1 edition published in 2005 in French and held by 7 libraries worldwide About a 50 year-old woman dying of cancer.
La pêril jeune
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1 edition published in 2004 in French and held by 7 libraries worldwide Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teens, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... Through the pasts of the five main characters, a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies is revealed.
Le cinéma premier. Volume 2 1907-1916
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1 edition published in 2009 in French and held by 6 libraries worldwide 121 films produced by Gaumont between 1907 and 1916. The booklets describe the careers of Emile Cohl, Jean Durand, and directors from the Buttes Chaumont school of filmmakers.
Désiré
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2 editions published in 2008 in French and held by 6 libraries worldwide "Set in Paris before the dawn of the Jazz Age and centers on the exploits of sexy, womanizing butler Désiré after he begins working for former actress and current mistress of noted local politico Montignac. For the summer, Désiré and the rest of the staff move the entire household to the seaside town of Deauville. Désiré inadvertently provides his colleagues with much mid-night entertainment with his loudly-voiced dreams of having sexual congress with the comely Odette. Unbeknownst to him, Odette has similarly enacted dreams about him, something Montignac finds more disturbing than funny. Both sides begin looking to a book that explains erotic dreams and the more they learn, the more uncomfortable they become in each other's presence until at last they decide to see if dreams can indeed become reality."--Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide. more
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Adultery Alienation (Social psychology) Animals Animated films Capitalism--Social aspects Civilization Cohl, Emile,--1857-1938 Comedy films Comedy films Documentary films Documentary television programs Drama Europe Experimental films Experimental films Farmers Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Feuillade, Louis,--1873-1925 Feyder, Jacques Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films Foster children France France--Paris Gaumont (Firm) Guy, Alice,--1873-1968 History Mail order brides Man-woman relationships Married people Mistresses Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Motion pictures and music Perret, Léonce,--1880-1935 Railroads Short films Short films Silent films Silent films Social classes Spouses Surrealism Video recordings--for the hearing impaired West (U.S.) Widowers
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