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Anthony Powell’s 12-volume epic “A Dance to the Music of Time” is widely regarded as the most formidable single work of British fiction since the war. It is also largely entertaining: its cast of 400 characters ranges from upper-class drawing-rooms to Bohemian London and a violent death in a hippie commune. They have, in their turn, gathered a devoted set of fans among English-speaking readers.Read More »
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Originally named “The Barbara Stanwyck Theatre”, this anthology series starring the four-time Best Actress Oscar nominee made its debut on September 19, 1960, on the NBC television network. Renamed “The Barbara Stanwyck Show”, the series ran for only one season, despite the fact that its host and star received the Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress in a Television Series (Lead). A total of 36 episodes aired, but the show never went into syndication following its initial run; thus, it has been virtually unseen by the general public for almost half a century.Read More »
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‘Written in 1958 but not produced until 1980, Pinter’s play is an eerily prophetic work about a secretive state institution designed to cure social dissidents. With riotous invention, Pinter shows how the staff are borderline insane, and themselves victims of the bureaucratic machine they’re operating.’
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Bernard Pivot hosts Vladimir Nabokov in his TV program Apostrophe no. 21, broadcast on May 30, 1975.
Color, 60 min.
This is a rare televised interview recorded two years before Nabokov’s death.Read More »
Living like a primate walled in solitude, Joseph, the train cleaner, goes home on a rainy night. On a sidewalk, a human form lies in blood and mud. Joseph lifts this injured body like a feather, takes it home, nurses it and “repairs” it with skillful hands. The young woman recovers her strenght and becomes the “shining part” of his poor existence. Until the day where…Read More »
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TV commercials collector Jean Marie Boursicot’s (who might be known to you by his Nights of AdEaters) compilation of advertising films and commercials produced by famous film directors. Featured directors; Vol 1: David Cronenberg, Tim Burton, Luc esson, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Giuseppe Tornatore, Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, Francis Ford Coppola, Tarsem Singh, Jean Jacques Annaud, Ridley Scott, Emir Kusturica, Wong Kar Wai, Michel Gondry, Tony Scott, Jean Luc Godard, Tony Kaye, Jan Kounen; Vol 2: Hugh Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, Carlos Saura, Franco Zeffirelli, Claude Chabrol, Jean Jacques Annaud, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Federico Fellini, Giuseppe Tornatore, Patrice Leconte, Andrei Konchalowski, David Lynch, Helmut Newton, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jean Jacques Beineix, Jean Pierre Jeunet and William Klein.Read More »
A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.Read More »
