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August 2007
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Forei gn Films
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New to View
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Welcome to another issue of the Foreign Films New to View newsletter, a monthly publication designed to keep you up to date on some of HCPL's latest foreign films on DVD. The selections in this newsletter are just a sample of the rich variety of films available to you through your library. Use the sign-up box to have this newsletter sent directly to your e-mail every month, with new, recommended movies for you to view. See Foreign Films Archive. HCPL is fortunate to be able to acquire DVD versions of classic films, three of which are described below. The mix of contemporary and classic DVDs guarantees a well-rounded collection for film viewers like you.
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M, directed by Fritz Lang
(in German with English subtitles)
Peter Lorre plays his breakthrough role as a child murderer in 1930's Berlin, wending his sinister way through the streets of the city, whistling "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt. When the police start rounding up common criminals in an effort to end the heinous murders, the street people take matters into their own hands and set out to capture and then try the murderer, showing their own form of justice towards one who merits no mercy.
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Olympia, directed by Leni Reifenstahl
(in German with English subtitles)
Reifenstahl filmed the 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, to praise the human body in its athletic prowess, and to highlight the events of those games. First conceived as a propaganda tool for the Nazis, this documentary went beyond to celebrate athletes from many countries, regardless of their ancestry. The beauty and grace, the strength and skill of the competitors is at times breathtaking. Olympia is considered by many to be one of the finest documentaries in film history.
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The Bridesmaid, directed by Claude Chabrol
(in French with English subtitles)
Based on a Ruth Rendell suspence novel, this film explores the relationship of a young man and a bridesmaid at his sister's wedding. Philippe lives a quiet life in a small French town, when he meets the bewitching Senta, attractive, passionate, and demanding. Senta asks that Philippe step over a moral line in order to prove his love for her. Can she be serious? Philippe is not certain, but the choice is his to fulfill her dark request or lose her love.
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The Bad Sleep Well, directed by Akira Kurosawa
(in Japanese with English subtitles)
Toshiro Mifune plays a young executive in post-war Japan, who seeks to avenge his father's death, probably caused by the corrupt industrialist for whom the young man now works. The film begins on his wedding day, when during the celebration, matters start to unfold that prick the conscience of the corrupt officials present and send some of them off to their justly-deserved fate.
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La Moustache, directed by Emmanuel Carrere
(in French with English subtitles)
Marc, who has had a moustache for all of the fifteen years of his marriage, finally on a whim shaves it off. But then his wife, who had originally urged him to keep his moustache, doesn't seem to notice its absence. Neither do his friends or colleagues. When he feels the little joke has gone far enough, Marc finds that his friends and family never knew he even had a moustache. Are they in on some sort of conspiracy? Is this a bad joke? Has he lost his sanity? Or is there even more to question of his identity and knowledge of self? |
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June 2007
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