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Fast Scans By Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA - 06/15/2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly . color. 112 min. In French w/English subtitles. Miramax . 2007. DVD $29.99. Rated: PG-13. Drawing on the memoir of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, painter-cum-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) has fashioned a soaring portrait of a bon vivant (indelibly played by Mathieu Amalric) whose stroke leaves him cognizant but only able to blink ...
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Video 06/15/2008
A Potter's Progress with Dennise Buckley . color. 82 min. Slice of Life Prods. & Work in Progress Prods. , 416-535-4844; sales@apottersprogress.com; www.apottersprogress.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-0-9739735-0-1 . $39.95. Potters at Work . rev. ed. color. 30+ min. Marty Gross , Marty Gross Films , 637 Davenport Rd.
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Video 06/01/2008
Anatomy for Artists: The Human Form Revealed . 2d ed. color. 52 min. Larry Withers , On Air Video, Inc. , 8203 Westminster Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027; 215-885-2828; www.onairvideo.com. 2007. DVD $19.95. Art Is an Attitude: The Art of Drawing the Figure . color. 90 min. Bill Buchman , Art Is Poetry Prods.
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Foreign & Indie Films By Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA - 05/15/2008
Blast of Silence . b/w. 77 min. Criterion Collection , dist. by Image Entertainment. 1961. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-029-7 . $29.95. Working with a miniscule budget, Allen Baron directed, wrote, and stars in this hard-bitten film noir of a hired killer who wants out of his latest job. Propelled by voiceover narration right out of a pulp novel, Blast tracks a lonely man tempted by redemption but res...
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Video 05/15/2008
The Grange Fair: An American Tradition . (Minutes of History®). color & b/w. 86 min. Joe Myers for Penn State Public Broadcasting , dist. by Inecom Entertainment, 150 Beta Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2832; 888-258-5164; www.inecom.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-59218-054-7 . $24.95. Closed-captioned.
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Video By Staff - 05/01/2008
Confessions of Chefs and a Restaurateur . 15 min. ISBN 978-1-57175-444-8 . Confessions of a Fashion Designer . 12 min. ISBN 978-1-57175-446-2 . Confessions of an Interior Designer . 13 min. ISBN 978-1-57175-448-6 . ea. vol: color. (Career Day DVD). Chris Jones , Learning ZoneXpress™, PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060; 888-455-7003; www.
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Fast Scans By Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA - 04/15/2008
Breaker Morant . color. 107 min. Image Entertainment . 1979. DVD $19.98. Three Australian soldiers are court-martialed by the British army at the turn of the 19th century for retaliating against renegade Boers in South Africa. Made scapegoats for political purposes, Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant (Edward Woodward) and his comrades face likely execution unless an inexperienced but wily lawyer (Jack...
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