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RAYMOND
DEPARDON |
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10ème
Chambre |
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Arte |
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DVD |
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34€ |
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Un document exceptionnel sur la justice au quotidien.
SELECTION OFFICIELLE, Festival de Cannes 2004.
Paris, printemps 2003. Raymond Depardon
obtient l'autorisation exceptionnelle de filmer le déroulement
des audiences de la 10ème Chambre Correctionnelle
de Paris. De la simple convocation pour conduite en état
d'ivresse aux déférés de la nuit, nous
plongeons dans le quotidien d'un tribunal : douze affaires,
douze histoires d'hommes et de femmes qui se sont, un jour,
retrouvés face à la justice.
En les filmant avec
une extrême pudeur, Depardon réussit un chef-d'œuvre
d'observation plein d'humanité.
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Zbig Rybczynski |
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Films and videos: I MEDIA/ II STEPS/ III THE ORCHESTRA |
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Zbigvision |
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3x 1 DVD |
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35 euros each
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Zbig Rybczynski, born 1949 in Poland, has been working as a film director in Europe and the United States since the early 1970s. His work has received many prestigious industry awards in the United States, Japan and Europe. The awards include an Academy Award for "Tango" (1983), an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects for "The Orchestra" (1990), the Prix Italia, the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco and awards at the Electronic Cinema Festival Tokyo/Montreaux. Numerous other awards include MTV, American Video Awards, Monitor Awards and the Billboard Music Video Awards. Zbig runs his own company, Zbig Vision Ltd., and also has an academic career -- he was a teacher at the Film School in Lodz, Poland (cinematography), at Columbia University, NY, (electronic filmmaking), and was a professor of experimental film at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. In 2001, after spending several years in Europe, Rybczynski moved back to Los Angeles, where he now lives and works. |
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DIAL H.I.S.T.O.R.Y directed by Johan Grimonprez DVD + BOOK 30 euros
This thought provoking exposition on the history of aircraft hijacking offers a fascinating glimpse at a terrifying phenomena. Shot pre-9/11, DIAL HISTORY travels back to the 1960s for its first examples of commercial flights being commandeered, mostly as a means to get a political message across. Few of these early demonstrations met with a grizzly demise, as the hijackers usually guided the aircraft to a remote destination, then proceeded to negotiate their radical demands. But as the media increased coverage of the unsavory occurrences, terrorists seized on the chance to gain vital airtime for their messages. Following this, a toning down of terrorist activities swept the media in the 1990s, cutting off the jugular of power that had fed hijackers for years. Director Johan Grimonprez highlights all this and more in this absorbing treatise on the subject.
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THE MAGIC SUN by Phil Nibblock (Atavistic) DVD 20 euros
Sun Ra was no ordinary musician. His "free" approach to jazz was more Thelonious Monk or Ornette Coleman than Glenn Miller or Benny Goodman. His sartorial style was more George Clinton than Miles Davis. Just as Space is the Place, his best known cinematic effort, was no ordinary feature film, Magic Sun is no ordinary performance film. Phill Niblock's 16-minute vision of the late keyboard player/bandleader and 12-piece Arkestra, including John Gilmore and Marshall Allen, is painted in expressionistic shades of black and white--heavy on the black. The pieces are "Celestial Fantasy," "Shadow World," and "Strange Strings." The effect is strange, otherworldly, and disorienting. Magic Sun is accompanied by a 15-minute collection of stills and recitations from the same New York-based period (1963-1967). For the uninitiated, it may not be the best place start, but for the faithful, this previously obscure document is sure to be of great interest. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
ALL regions (zone0)
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