Philip Glass
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Director Matt Wolf's (*Teenage*) critically acclaimed documentary examines the life and work of Arthur Russell, an influential singer, songwriter, cello player and disco auteur who died tragically in 1992. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"A tender, fascinating documentary by Matt Wolf, will delight the cult and instantly convert new members." - Nathan Lee, **The New York Times***
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning variously: crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance, and a state of life that calls for another way of life. Uniting breathtaking imagery with a haunting score, this experimental film contrasts the tranquil beauty of nature with the frenzied hum of contemporary urban society.
Series
Criterion collection volume 641
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind's obsession with technological advancement has wreaked on our world"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 699
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Errol Morris turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse of Hawking's body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For over a thousand years, Tibetan Buddhist psychology has taught techniques for overcoming negative, afflictive emotions, such as anger, greed, jealousy, sloth and ignorance. In the film THE LAST DALAI LAMA, His Holiness explains that Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a "science of the mind"; he also shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering.
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Philip Glass provides an intimate look at the inspiration, development, and production of his third opera, *Akhnaten*. Two productions of the opera premiere almost simultaneously, at the Stuttgart Opera and the Houston Grand Opera. Their dramatically different interpretations of *Akhnaten* make for a fascinating contrast in American and European theatrical values. Filmed at rehearsals and performances in Germany and the United States. In Egypt, where...
8) The Hours
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The story of three women in different times, related only by a parallel in their personal lives. One, present day, throwing a party for a writer friend suffering from AIDS. Another living in 1949 Los Angeles, suffering as a young wife and mother. The last, Virginia Woolf, writing 'Mrs. Dalloway' and contemplating suicide. Based on Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
9) Jane
Publisher
National Geographic Documentary Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An interview with Jane Goodall, who spent several decades studying chimpanzees in their natural habitat in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, and a look back over her life and career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist.
10) Dracula
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
The tale of the Carpathian count who leaves terror in his wake as he travels from his home in eastern Europe to lease Carfax Abbey in London. Based on the hit Broadway stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The opera eschews traditional narrative in favor of a formalist approach based on structured spaces laid out by Wilson in a series of storyboards.The music was written in the spring, summer and fall of 1975.It is Glass's first and longest opera score, taking approximately five hours in full performance without intermission, The work became the first in Glass's thematically related Portrait Trilogy, along with Satyagraha (1979), and Akhnaten (1983)....
Series
Criterion collection volume 432
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
The life of Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima is portrayed in four chapters.
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