André Techiné après la nouvelle vague = André Techiné : after the new wave. Cinema de notre temps: Eclairage. 1995. 1 videocassette (50 min.). "French director André Techiné identifies and discusses the fundamental opposition in his work: his own childhood in southwestern France, and the big city and its disillusions with provincial France.  Techiné choses scenes from two of his films to represent this universe: the exit from the movie theater in Souvenirs d'en France, which the filmmaker calls his period of stylization, and the communion meal in Lieu du crime, where he approaches the life of the actors."--Container.  VHS 4934

Andrzej Wajda portret. 1992? 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.). Direct meeting between the viewer and Andrzej Wajda, the film director, the creative artist, the active politician and an extraordinary man.   VHS 1936

Bellissimo immagini del cinema italiano. 1987. 1 videocassette (110 min.). Explores Italian cinema as an art form and as an industry. Features great personalities in Italian film making from the 1940s to the 1980s with excerpts from many films. VHS 1638

Brakhage. 1999. 1 videocassette (75 min.). Stan Brakhage, possibly the most important film maker of the avant-garde, has consistently redefined the shape of film art. Using excerpts from Brakhage's films, interviews with Brakhage, his friends, family, colleagues and critics, and archival footage of Brakhage spanning the past thirty-five years, this film explores the depth and breadth of the film maker's genius and the influence his work has had on generations of other creators.   VHS 5802

Caméra Afrique ; and, Caméra Arabe 2 two films by Ferid Boughedir. Screen griots . 1995. 1 videocassette (ca. 157 min.). Caméra d'Afrique (1983) is a documentary on black African film production, presenting early pioneers such as Sembene Ousmane, Souleymane Cisse, Oumarou Ganda, Paulin Vieyra and Med Hondo. Boughedir stresses the importance of the two African film festivals -- the Journees Cinematographiques de Carthage in Tunis and Fespaco in Ouagadougou -- as meeting places for filmmakers from accross the continent. Also looks at the work of more recent directors such as Fadika Kramo Lancine and Gaston Kabore. Camera Arabe: Documentary that surveys the realist movement in the history of Arab cinema.  Inspired by the Nasser Revolution, a group of filmmakers set out to produce works to raise social awareness, reunite the family, and "undertake the creation of a new man."  The movement was strong until the Six-Day war.  It continued afterward in a less unified forum.  The story is told using clips from several films and interviews with many Middle Eastern filmmakers including Nouri Bouzid, Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina, Abdelatif Ben Ammar, Michel Khleifi, and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud.   VHS 6157

Ciao Federico! 1994. 1 videocassette (62 min.). A study of the style and techniques of Federico Fellini, a creative international director of motion pictures. Filmed during the shooting of Fellini's Satyricon.   VHS 3390

Cinéma vérité: defining the moment. 1999. 1 videocassette (102 min.). The cinéma vérité (or direct cinema) movement of the 50's and 60's was driven by a group of rebel filmmakers tired of stilted documentaries. They wanted to show life as it really is: raw, gritty, dramatic. Rich in excerpts from vérité classics with commentary by filmmakers, this is the first film to capture all the excitement of a revolution that changed movie-making forever, with its influences on everything from TV news to music videos to Webcams.   VHS 6424

The cinematic jazz of Julie Dash. 1997. 1 videocassette (27 min.). Afro-American filmmaker, producer, writer and director Julie Dash talks about her life and work and the difficulties she has had getting her films distributed and accepted. Interspersed with her comments are clips from three of her films, Daughters of the dust, Illusions, and Diary of an African Nun, and she talks about the making of a fourth film, Four women. One of her principal aims, she says, is "to redefine images of black women on the screen.".   VHS 6679

Claude Chabrol, ou, l'entomologiste = Claude Chabrol, the entomologist. Cinéma de notre temps: Eclairage. 1997? 1 videocassette (52 min.). "In this 1990 interview with Jean Douchet, Claude Chabrol speculates on the fundamental characteristics of his vision: his refusal of romanticism and of emotional manipulation, his taste for classic direction and his interest in the social fabric. During the interview, clips of his films play on a television in the background."--Container. Film clips from: Le boucher (1969); Violette noziere (1978); Les fantômes du chapelier (1982); Masques (1986).  VHS 4933

De bende van Rouch = Rouch's gang. 1998. 1 videocassette (70 min.). Follows the film crew of "Madame l'Eau" and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as director Jean Rouch and his four friends from Niger make their film. This outsider's view of "Madame l'Eau" provides insight into how Rouch approaches his films. In most of his films, Jean Rouch has used his four African friends; Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia and Tallou Mouzourane as actors and Moussa Hamidou as sound man. Rouch has been their friend for more than forty years and this complex bond of friendship serves as the theme for this documentary. Also shows scenes from: Jaguar; Cocorico, Monsieur Poulet.  VHS 5559

Divine trash. 2000. 1 videodisc (95 min.). An in-depth look at the early career of cult filmmaker, John Waters.  DVD 177

The Edge of Hollywood. American Cinema. 1994. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Examines alternative cinema and unconventional film makers, many of whom are from minority communities who play their own game on the fringes of traditional Hollywood. Examples from the works of Spike Lee, Joel and Ethan Coen, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarrantino, and other emerging new talents. VHS 2910

Elia Kazan: a director's journey. 1995. 1 videocassette (75 min.). One of America's greatest -- and most controversial -- directors is expertly portrayed in this revealing film as Kazan discusses his films and his life.  VHS 5206

Fellini: a director's notebook. 199. 1 videocassette (51 min.). Demonstrates Fellini's approach and style as the Italian director conveys his thoughts on the problems involved with story, set, casting, and directing. Includes appearances by guest stars Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, and Caterina Boratto.  VHS 6495

The Film school generation. American Cinema. 1994. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Traces the rise to prominence of a generation of directors who emerged primarily from the film schools of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California and New York University in the 1960s. Examines the financial and cultural forces that made their ascendence possible. Examines such directors as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg by looking at the financial and cultural forces that made their ascendance possible.  VHS 2909

François Truffaut: 25 years, 25 films. 1993. 1 videodisc (90 min.). Documentary look at Francois Truffaut who was once one of the most influential critic of the French New Wave and who went on to become a brilliant, prolific, and uncompromising director, creating 25 films in 25 years.  VDD 176

François Truffaut, ou, l'esprit critique = François Truffaut, the critical spirit. Cinéastes de notre temps: Eclairage. 1997? 1 videocassette (64 min.). "In this 1965 documentary, François Truffaut, shown at home and in the screening room, comments on his films from Les Mistons to La Peau Douce, thus revealing the connection between his opinions as critic and his work as filmmaker. He speaks candidly about his past as movie buff, his collaboration with the Cahiers du Cinéma, those who have influenced him, and his admiration for American cinema"--Container.  VHS 4931

Hearts of darkness: a filmmaker's apocalypse. 1992. 1 videodisc (96 min.). Made by the director's wife, Eleanor Coppola, film is a documentary about the filming of the motion picture, Apocalypse Now. It is the history of a film beset by physical and personal troubles, such as the destruction of the sets by a hurricane and the heart attack that almost cost the life of one of the stars, Martin Sheen. Includes recent interviews with cast and crew.  VDD 34

The Heck with Hollywood. 1992. 1 videocassette (57 min.). Follows three independent filmmakers as they struggle to finish & find distribution for their movies. The case studies include Personal foul, a romantic drama which Ted Lichtenheld made in his hometown of Rockford, Ill. ; the acclaimed documentary, Beirut : the last home movie, by Jennifer Fox ; and Gerry Cook's Only a buck, a comedy which the filmmaker decides to self-distribute via Winnebago.  VHS 3927

Hollywood directors and their craft. Master classes in the media arts. 198. 1 videocassette (80 min.). Explains motion picture directors' roles, their relationship with writers, cinematographers, actors, actresses, and other technical crews. Features directors discussing acting, how to choose a project, how to create a play, a scene or post production matter, how to project a sense of the style and issues of social responsibility in productions.  VHS 2713

I shall not be removed: The life of Marlon Riggs. 1996. 1 videocassette (58 min.). A film biography of Marlon Riggs, the gifted, gay, black filmmaker who produced documentary films addressing issues of identity among Afro-Americans and gays. Clips from his films show how he evolved a unique experimental documentary style, mixing poetry, criticism, the personal and the political. It also documents his long battle against AIDS until his death in 1994 and includes interviews with family, friends, and co-workers.  VHS 4724

Interview and reading, Jonas Mekas. 1991. 1 videocassette (50 min). In interviews intercut with segments of his films, filmmaker, poet and Village Voice avantgarde cinema critic Jonas Mekas discusses his work in film and also the founding of Anthology Film Archives. He reads (and sings) from his poetry in English and Lithuanian and plays the concertina a little. Includes clips of John & Yoko's Bed-In of 1969, Tiny Tim singing solo, circus high-trapeze artists, plus a visit to Lithuania to see Jonas' old-country mother.  VHS 6160

Jean-Pierre Melville portrait en 9 poses. Cinéastes de notre temps: Eclairage. 1997? 1 videocassette (52 min.). "This 1971 interview with Jean-Pierre Melville is composed of nine chapters. Filmed in different lights and different places, including his office, his house and his studio, Melville speaks openly about his work habits, his need for darkness, his collaboration with Jean Cocteau, his studio and his relationship with American film. The interview includes clips from many of his films, including Le silence de la mer, Deux hommes dans Manhattan, and Le Samouraï"--Container.  VHS 4932

JLG/JLG. 1996. 1 videocassette (65 min.). "Godard stars as a fictional character of his own creation, musing about in his actual home in Rolle, Switzerland.  In the dead of winter, he suffers the rude interruption of critics and the cheeky services of a pretty maid, while contemplating the end of western culture, cinema and his own mortality.  A busy day...but still with time for tragedy, tennis and television.".  VHS 4640

John Huston. 1992. 1 videodisc (117 min.). Biographical study of John Huston told through interviews with family and friends. Also discusses his professional life through scenes from his most famous films and interviews with stars who worked with him.  VDD 97

Krzysztof Kie slowski:  I'm so-so-. 1995. 1 videocassette (56 min.). Uses film clips and a candid interview with the Polish filmmaker shortly before his death in 1996 to provide a penetrating look at a complex artist who confronted the anguish of Communism in Poland and helped define "the cinema of moral anxiety." In the interview Kieslowski describes his early life and the political and social events that influenced his filmmaking.  VHS 5680

The lost garden: The life and cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché. 1995. 1 videocassette (53 min.). Explores the life of pioneer film maker Alice Guy-Blaché, who in 1910, while married and with her first child, founded her own production company, Solax.  Includes television interviews from the sixties, excerpts of her films, as well as photographs and film clippings.  VHS 6807

Makhmalbaf bidun-i hijab = Makhmalbaf : unveiling an Islamic filmmaker. 1998. 1 videocassette (66 min.). Iranian filmmaker Makhmalbaf "... claims that the focus in his work is more on the artistic, cultural and humanistic, and not on the religious or political." His critics call his work a "whitewash" that "cleverly veiling the regime's psychotic persecution of women, children, religious minorities and political opponents." Film includes excerpts of interviews with thirteen Iranian artists, writers, critics, and journalists who now live in America. The interviewees comment on Makhmalbaf and his films. Includes clips from Makhmalbaf's films and a brief phone interview with him as they look at question of whether Makhmalbaf "is a fearless hero attacking the Islamic Republic with his films or is, in all actuality, its cultural ambassador." Quotes taken from opening screens of film.  VHS 5758

Midnight ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the story of race movies. 1994. 1 videocassette (56 min.). A documentary recounting the history of the independent film industry that produced close to 500 "race movies" for African-American audiences between 1910 and 1940. Focuses especially on the work of Oscar Micheaux, a controversial filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed over 40 features.  VHS 3008

The New cinema. 1984. 1 videocassette (100 min.). The process of making a film, from original conception to distribution, is explored in interviews with twenty of the world's most adventurous and prolific independent filmmakers. Examines the pain and practicalities of independent filmmaking, how these filmmakers view their work and their place in the world, and how their ideas and thematics give meaning to the term, new cinema. Includes excerpts from their films.  VHS 4043

Oliver Stone, inside out. 1992. 1 videocassette (60 min.). The program intersperses interviews, still photos and home movies of Stone's earlier years and scenes from his major motion pictures to show how Stone's fascination and personal involvement in the major events of the 1960s (including combat experience in Vietnam, experimentation with drugs, rock music and political activism) provided the passion and material for his films.  VHS 3859

Orson Welles. 1997. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Welles was still alive and trying to get his stalled career going again when this 1967 documentary was produced. It traces his life and creativity, with emphasis on his high ideals, the literary influences on his enthusiasms, radio productions like War of the Worlds, his years with the Work Projects Administration and John Houseman, experiments for the theater with colleagues like Peter Brook, and his budget struggles to go his own way in an entertainment business grown steadily more wary of his unconventional methods. With a wealth of photographs, and clips from some of his less well-known films, including A Man for All Seasons, Falstaff, The Trial and Touch of Evil.  VHS 6110

Satyajit Ray: Introspections. Collectors series (Museum of Modern Art). 1998. 1 videocassette (55 min.). An interview with the renowned Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. He discusses his childhood, the influence of Bengal renaissance, his interest in design and typography, his approach to political films and violence in cinema, his interest in period films and children's films, his response to Western films and critics and thoughts on life and death.  VHS 5625

Taking pictures. 1996. 1 videocassette (56 min.). Australian documentary filmmakers explore the issues and pitfalls of filming across cultural boundaries through interviews and samples of their films of Papua New Guinea including Trobriand Cricket, First Contact, The Shark Callers of Kontu, Joe Leah's Neighbors, Black Harvest, Cannibal Tours, and others. It also covers the work of indigenous Papua New Guinea filmmakers and their own experience making sense of film and culture.  VHS 4582

Turning dreams into reality. 1988. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Profiles Fernando Birri, who is considered the father of the new Latin American cinema. Traces his career from the neo-realist influences on his earliest documentary films made in Argentina to his current work at the International Film and TV School in Cuba. Includes comments by Birri and features clips from his films: Tire Dié, Los Inundados, Org, Mi Hijo El Che, Rafael Alberti, and RTE: Nicaragua--Carta Al Mundo. PN199.3791.43092 11.  VHS 1584

Women who made the movies. 1992. 1 videocassette (54 min.). Although women have been making films as long as men, their contribution has been largely ignored. This documentary attempts to correct that oversight by tracing the careers of such filmmakers as Alice Guy Blache, Ida Lupino, Ruth Ann Baldwin, Leni Riefenstahl, Lois Weber, and many more. Included are rare clips from their films, and the film's score was composed and played by a variety of all-women jazz orchestras of the era.  VHS 2754

The Wonderful horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl. 1993. 2 videocassettes (181 min.). Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl, now in her nineties, flash-backs and modern film sequences tell the story of the most famous woman film director of all time.  Known for her films made during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a controversial one.  Best known for "Triumph of the Will," the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress, it proved to be her undoing.  VHS 3019

Working with Orson Welles. 1999. 1 videodisc (94 min.). The story of the Welle's project, the never finished "The other side of the wind," with clips of Welles and interviews with his friends and associates, including many technicians and actors who were eager to be in any project that was attached to Welles. 791.430233 W459 20.  DVD 71

Zero budget. 1996. 1 videocassette (27 min.). Looks at the emergence of lesbian feature filmmakers in the U.S. and how they produce films on a small budget. Interviews with directors Rose Troche (Go Fish); Sharon Pollack (Everything Relative); Kimberley Pierce (Stone); and Alex Sichel (All Over Me) as well as with producer Dolly Hall, executive producer Christine Vachon and writers Sylvia Sichel and Guinevere Turner.  VHS 4784

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