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November 28, 2006

Robert Altman 1925-2006

Robert Altman, widely viewed as one of the United States' most creative film directors, died on November 20th. The Libraries have DVD or video versions of most of Altman's films. A listing of Altman's films and a selection of books relating to his body of work are listed below.

Films
California Split (DVD) PN1997 .C342 2004
Company (DVD) PN1997.2 .C66 2004
Gosford Park (DVD) PN1997.2 .G67 2002
The Long Goodbye (DVD) PN1997 .L6745 2002
M*A*S*H (DVD) PN1997 .M369 2004
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (DVD) PN1997 .M4232 2002
Nashville (Video) PN1997 .N37 1991
The Player (DVD) PN1997 .P5257 1997

Books

Altman on Altman
David Thompson, ed.
Faber and Faber
2006
Fine Arts PN 1993.3 .A48 A3 2006

The Nashville Chronicles: the Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece
Jan Stuart
Simon & Schuster
2000
Fine Arts PN 1997 N332 S78 2000

Robert Altman, Hollywood Survivor
Daniel O'Brien
Continuum
1995
Fine Arts PN 1998.3 A48 O37 1995

Robert Altman, Interviews
David Sterritt
University Press of Mississippi
2000
Fine Arts PN 1998.3 A48 A5 2000

Robert Altman, Jumping off the Cliff: Biography of a Great American Director
Patrick McGilligan
St. Martin's Press
1989
Fine Arts PN 1998.3.A48 M44 1989

Robert Altman's America
Helene Keyssar
Oxford University Press
1991
Fine Arts PN 1998.3 A48 K49 1991

Robert Altman's Subliminal Reality
Robert T. Self
University of Minnesota Press
2002
Fine Arts PN 1998.3 A48 S45 2002

Posted by chailey

November 13, 2006

New DVDs and Videos

Here are some of the Libraries' latest acquisitions...

Hollywood
The Asphalt Jungle (Huston) PN 1997.A87 2004
A Face in the Crowd (Kazan) PN 1997.F295 2005
Kinsey (Condon) PN 1997.2 K567 2005
Monster (Jenkins) PN 1997.2 M66 2004
Murder My Sweet (Dmytryk) PN 1997.M87 2004

Experimental/Alternative
Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle (Tappeiner) N 6537.B37 B6 2004
Hide and Seek (Friedrich) PN 1995.9.E96 2005
Unfinished (Calle) PN 1995.9.E96 U54 2005

International
Kazoku Gemu (Family Game) (Yoshimitsu) PN 1997.K396 2006
Lacombe Lucien (Malle) PN 1997 .L337 2006
Seven Beauties (Wertmuller) PN 1997 P375 2006
Swept Away (Wertmuller) PN 1997.T738
Tsotis (Thug) (Hood) PN 1997.2 T76875 2006
The Virgin Spring (Bergman) PN 1997.J864 2006

Documentary
Edison: the Invention of the Movies PN 1995.75 E35 2005
Guerilla: the Taking of Patty Hearst (Stone) F866.2 G84 2005
Hybrid (McCollum) SB 191.M2 H927 2005
Life and Times of Harvey Milk (Epstein) PHQ76.8 U5 T56 2004
The Weather Underground (Green) HN 90 R3 W43 2004

Posted by chailey

November 08, 2006

Help! I don't have a VCR!

There are VCR and DVD players available in Bartle Library in the Media Resource Room. This room is located in the East Reading Room, which is to the left of the Bartle Circulation Desk.

Posted by chailey

November 07, 2006

How do I Find Movies in the Libraries?

It is relatively easy to find out whether the Libraries own a particular film. Simply use infoLink, the Libraries' catalog, and type in the title of the film. Film directors, as opposed to screenwriters, are considered to be the "author" of a film. Thus, if you want to see whether the library owns any Kurosawa or Tarantino films, just do an author search under the director's name. You will need the call number to check out a DVD or video from the Circulation Desk. DVDs and videos circulate for two weeks.

Posted by chailey