[Videolib] Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters
A story to brighten up the day, from the AP. best, Nan Rubin * * * * * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/29/entertainmen t/e120344D81.DTL Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters By JOHN FLESHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press Writers Thursday, July 29, 2010 (07-29) 12:09 PDT Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -- For generations, Americans viewed films http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Film in stately, single-screen theaters that were pillars of city business districts - an experience that faded with the rise of suburban multiplexes and the decline of downtowns. Michael Moore http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Michael_Moore wants to bring those theaters back. The Academy Award http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Academy_Award -winning documentary filmmaker has a plan to refurbish or prop up downtown movie houses in his home state of Michigan http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Michigan - and eventually nationwide. Such efforts have been made before. But Moore's approach has a twist, modeled on the successful resurrection of the State Theatre in Traverse City http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Traverse_City,_Michigan , his adopted hometown in northern Michigan. The way to rescue downtown movie houses, Moore says, is to run them as nonprofit ventures staffed mostly with volunteers. That slashes costs and gives the community a stake in the theater's survival, he says. Moore plans to provide grants and training to theater operators who use those methods. The money would come from a fund he's creating with his rebate from a state film tax credit earned by producing his documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Capitalism:_A_Love_Story , in Michigan. He expects the refund to total about $1 million. One of our goals is to create an economic boost, particularly in struggling downtown areas, he told The Associated Press http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Associated_Press this week during the annual Traverse City Film Festival, which he and others established six years ago. Another is to save the art of cinema and encourage great films to be made. The Flint native moved to the Traverse City area in 2003 and took an interest in the State Theatre on the resort town's main street. Opened in 1916, it had become a shuttered relic. I just felt bad every time I passed it, Moore said. His team made the State the primary venue for the initial film fest. Moore eventually convinced the owner to hand over the $1.2 million facility for free so it could operate full-time as a nonprofit. It began doing so in November 2007, after a dramatic facelift. Its high, blackened ceiling sparkles with tiny lights resembling a starry sky. Thick draperies adorn the walls. The 534 seats are wide and comfortable; the sound system is state-of-the-art; the screen is 50 feet wide. There's even an old-style organ. The theater has paid employees, but volunteers handle the box office, concessions and ushering. An adult ticket for the typical movie costs $8; a large popcorn and soft drink combo is $7. Because of a contractual hitch, the State can't show many first-run movies. Its screenings consist largely of art-house fare: documentaries, foreign films, classics, along with second releases of newer films. Yet it's one of the nation's top-grossing theaters and something of a community center, with opera broadcasts and sporting events. The State Theatre, with its bright lights on the marquee, acts as a sort of beacon for the downtown area, said Steve Fairbanks, manager of Red Ginger, a restaurant next to the theater. There's buzz and energy coming off that building. Skeptics might question how aging, single-screen theaters can compete with glitzy multiplexes where audiences watch the Transformers and Twilight Saga films in stadium-style seating. But Moore says the State Theatre experience shows there's a hunger for high-quality films viewed in pleasant surroundings with reasonable prices for admission and popcorn. The multiplexes, he says, put style over substance. This attitude that some in Hollywood have, that people in the flyover states don't want to see documentaries, they don't want to read subtitles, we're proving untrue, Moore said. 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' is the State Theatre's top-grossing film for the first half of the year, despite being a foreign film, despite having a complicated plot and subtitles. Michigan's film industry tax credit is one of the nation's most generous, refunding up to 42 percent of a company's qualified expenditures. Moore said the $1 million he expects to receive will become seed money for his grant fund and he hopes other filmmakers who shoot in Michigan will contribute. During the festival this week, he announced $5,000 grants to operators of theaters in two nearby communities. Michael Jahr, a commentator with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Mackinac_Center_for_Public_Policy , a free-market
[Videolib] Out of the office
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Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 77
I will be on vacation as of July 26 and returning August 16. Interlibrary loan services will not be available during this time. If you need immediate assistance, please call 416-675-6622 ext. 4421 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] VintageFilmBuff
My guess is that the copy they're selling is bootlegged. It's a Paramount film...if it's not on amazon, it most likely ain't nowhere available legally. gary handman Hello all, Has anyone dealt with VintageFilmBuff (http://www.vintagefilmbuff.com/)? They have a film on DVD that I can't find available even on vhs, College Humor (1933). We want it, but not if it's bootleg. Thanks either way, Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
No offense to Carol, but this vacation is beginning to feel like it will never end... -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Hutchinson Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] A Producer's Guide to Digital Rights Management
Newsreel has just posted a revised and expanded version of its A Producer's Guide to Digital Rights Management. It provides an admittedly opinionated view of the emerging digital environment. The footnotes, as readers of videolib will not be surprised, manage to be simultaneously scathing (names are named) and abstruse, and are to my mind the most amusing part of the document. The guide itself, however, may prove a marginally useful reference tool for production students and even some novice video librarians. It can be found at http://www.newsreel.org/articles/sffs.htm Sorry for the plug. Larry Lawrence Daressa California Newsreel 500 Third Street, #505 San Francisco, CA 94107 phone: 415.284.7800 x302 fax: 415.284.7801 l...@newsreel.org www.newsreel.org -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 12:02 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 78 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/video...@lists.berkele y.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 77 (Maria Soares) 2. VintageFilmBuff (Brigid Duffy) 3. Re: Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters (Alex O. Williams) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:48:15 -0400 From: Maria Soares maria.soa...@humber.ca Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 77 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: fc.007ea92c086134563b9aca0066e4f290.8613...@humber.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I will be on vacation as of July 26 and returning August 16. Interlibrary loan services will not be available during this time. If you need immediate assistance, please call 416-675-6622 ext. 4421 -- next part -- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:24 -0700 From: Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu Subject: [Videolib] VintageFilmBuff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 839c871d-89aa-4222-98fc-c8ddbdc5a...@sfsu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hello all, Has anyone dealt with VintageFilmBuff (http://www.vintagefilmbuff.com/)? They have a film on DVD that I can't find available even on vhs, College Humor (1933). We want it, but not if it's bootleg. Thanks either way, Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:02:03 -0700 From: Alex O. Williams a...@typecastfilms.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: aanlktinvmlgmytnzggh8z8supoda5taziit2cy68i...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Nice?thanks Nan! Here's a neat photo of the remodeled State Theaterhttp://www.filmfestivalworld.com/fileadmin/tcff_State_Theater.jp gin Traverse City, MI. when I visited the Dakotas last summer, I watched MOON at the restored Fargo Theaterhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9F1kKNUUaeY/SkCYkz-kiNI/BGk/W9 npWgB8Fto/s400/Fargo+theatre.jpg in downtown Fargo. there is hope! _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Rubin, Nan rub...@thirteen.org wrote: A story to brighten up the day, from the AP. best, Nan Rubin * * * * * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/29/entertainmen t/e120344D81 .DTL ** *Moore** wants to bring back downtown movie theaters* By JOHN FLESHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press Writers Thursday, July 29, 2010 (07-29) 12:09 PDT Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -- For generations, Americans viewed filmshttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Filmin stately, single-screen theaters that were pillars of city business districts ? an experience that faded with the rise of suburban multiplexes and the decline of downtowns. Michael Moore http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Michael_Moore wants to bring those theaters back. The Academy Awardhttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Academy_Award-winning documentary filmmaker has a plan to refurbish
Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
August 17 can't come soon enough Karen Karen G. Ketchaver Acquisitions Unit Leader Grasselli Library John Carroll University 20700 North Park Blvd. University Hts., Ohio 44118-4581 U.S.A. (216)397-1622 phone/(216)397-1809 fax Original message Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:33 + From: Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu No offense to Carol, but this vacation is beginning to feel like it will never end... -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Hutchinson Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
Is the list investigating a way to stop her vacation emails? -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Ketchaver Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:47 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. August 17 can't come soon enough Karen Karen G. Ketchaver Acquisitions Unit Leader Grasselli Library John Carroll University 20700 North Park Blvd. University Hts., Ohio 44118-4581 U.S.A. (216)397-1622 phone/(216)397-1809 fax Original message Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:33 + From: Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu No offense to Carol, but this vacation is beginning to feel like it will never end... -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Hutchinson Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
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[Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film Haunting in Connecticut. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Dear Edu Account User Virus Alert
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Re: [Videolib] Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters
Although not on the same scale, and out in the 'burbs, in the Kansas City area there's been an ongoing renaissance of older theaters by the Fine Arts Theatre Group as the chains moved out of those buildings and on to the supposedly greener pastures of the multiplex. http://www.fineartsgroup.com/ Showing a mix of first run and art films, the Fine Arts Theaters give the latter a place to go and live for extended runs, which is how these movies make their real bread and butter. By the way, I don't work for these guys on the side and in the interest of fairness there's a great set of theaters on the Missouri side that does the same thing: http://www.tivolikc.com/ The Tivoli is just a short walk from the hotel where this year's Media Market will take place, in case you want to catch a film or two while you're here. Peter Cartford AV Librarian Johnson County Library 9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS 66212 913-495-2496 cartfo...@jocolibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Alex O. Williams Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:02 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters Nice-thanks Nan! Here's a neat photo of the remodeled State Theaterhttp://www.filmfestivalworld.com/fileadmin/tcff_State_Theater.jpg in Traverse City, MI. when I visited the Dakotas last summer, I watched MOON at the restored Fargo Theaterhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9F1kKNUUaeY/SkCYkz-kiNI/BGk/W9npWgB8Fto/s400/Fargo+theatre.jpg in downtown Fargo. there is hope! _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.comhttp://arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.comhttp://typecastfilms.com On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Rubin, Nan rub...@thirteen.orgmailto:rub...@thirteen.org wrote: A story to brighten up the day, from the AP. best, Nan Rubin * * * * * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/29/entertainment/e120344D81.DTL Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters By JOHN FLESHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press Writers Thursday, July 29, 2010 (07-29) 12:09 PDT Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -- For generations, Americans viewed filmshttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Film in stately, single-screen theaters that were pillars of city business districts - an experience that faded with the rise of suburban multiplexes and the decline of downtowns. Michael Moorehttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Michael_Moore wants to bring those theaters back. The Academy Awardhttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Academy_Award-winning documentary filmmaker has a plan to refurbish or prop up downtown movie houses in his home state of Michiganhttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Michigan - and eventually nationwide. Such efforts have been made before. But Moore's approach has a twist, modeled on the successful resurrection of the State Theatre in Traverse Cityhttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Traverse_City,_Michigan, his adopted hometown in northern Michigan. The way to rescue downtown movie houses, Moore says, is to run them as nonprofit ventures staffed mostly with volunteers. That slashes costs and gives the community a stake in the theater's survival, he says. Moore plans to provide grants and training to theater operators who use those methods. The money would come from a fund he's creating with his rebate from a state film tax credit earned by producing his documentary, Capitalism: A Love Storyhttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Capitalism:_A_Love_Story, in Michigan. He expects the refund to total about $1 million. One of our goals is to create an economic boost, particularly in struggling downtown areas, he told The Associated Presshttp://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Associated_Press this week during the annual Traverse City Film Festival, which he and others established six years ago. Another is to save the art of cinema and encourage great films to be made. The Flint native moved to the Traverse City area in 2003 and took an interest in the State Theatre on the resort town's main street. Opened in 1916, it had become a shuttered relic. I just felt bad every time I passed it, Moore said. His team made the State the primary venue for the initial film fest. Moore eventually convinced the owner to hand over the $1.2 million facility for free so it could operate full-time as a nonprofit. It began doing so in November 2007, after a dramatic facelift. Its high, blackened ceiling sparkles with tiny lights resembling a starry sky. Thick draperies adorn the walls. The 534 seats are wide and comfortable; the sound system is state-of-the-art; the screen is 50 feet wide. There's even an old-style organ. The theater has paid employees, but volunteers handle the box office, concessions and ushering. An adult ticket for the typical movie costs $8; a large popcorn and soft drink combo is
Re: [Videolib] VintageFilmBuff
It is DEFINATELY a bootleg. FYI Paramount films of that era are in fact owned by Universal but it is still a bootleg. Basically if you don't see a film which is in DVD on Amazon, or in Midwest Tape , BT etc. there is a 99% chance it is a bootleg. The one big exception are WB, RKO MGM titles because the Warners Archive lines puts out many of those and they do not sell to wholesalers but they do sell to libraries so if it is one of those studios check their web site. On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hello all, Has anyone dealt with VintageFilmBuff (http://www.vintagefilmbuff.com/)? They have a film on DVD that I can't find available even on vhs, College Humor (1933). We want it, but not if it's bootleg. Thanks either way, Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Desiree, Too bad the patron only wants feature films, I have a great clip taken from a webcam by my brother in Wisconsin who rented a building with some resident entities, good and bad... LOL Jeanne Little On 7/30/2010 1:55 PM, Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film Haunting in Connecticut. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. attachment: jeanne_little.vcfVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Amityville may be more fiction than fact... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror and there are many doubts about The Haunting in Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Jul 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Patti Berky wrote: Amityville Horror Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film “Haunting in Connecticut.” Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions 126 Paterno Library The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Hi Jeanne, Is the clip online anywhere? Would love to see it. Regards, Jesse On 7/30/10, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Amityville may be more fiction than fact... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror and there are many doubts about The Haunting in Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Jul 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Patti Berky wrote: Amityville Horror Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film “Haunting in Connecticut.” Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions 126 Paterno Library The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jesse Epstein http://www.JesseDocs.com Watch 34x25x36 on P.O.V. Site: http://www.pbs.org/pov/34x25x36/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Amityville Horror Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film Haunting in Connecticut. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions 126 Paterno Library The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] A Producer's Guide to Digital Rights Management
Looks like good stuff, but I only had time to scan it, so where should I look for the names being named. One part I did manage to read was about foundations giving huge chunks of money for studies or whatever that would have been much better spent on actually funding films. I was was always amazed at some conference on say How to make films from the Arab World More Available when the same group could have just helped someone BUY 25 Arab films and MAKE them available for half the cost but then were would be the fun in that? On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Lawrence Daressa l...@newsreel.org wrote: Newsreel has just posted a revised and expanded version of its A Producer's Guide to Digital Rights Management. It provides an admittedly opinionated view of the emerging digital environment. The footnotes, as readers of videolib will not be surprised, manage to be simultaneously scathing (names are named) and abstruse, and are to my mind the most amusing part of the document. The guide itself, however, may prove a marginally useful reference tool for production students and even some novice video librarians. It can be found at http://www.newsreel.org/articles/sffs.htm Sorry for the plug. Larry Lawrence Daressa California Newsreel 500 Third Street, #505 San Francisco, CA 94107 phone: 415.284.7800 x302 fax: 415.284.7801 l...@newsreel.org www.newsreel.org -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 12:02 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 78 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/video...@lists.berkele y.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 77 (Maria Soares) 2. VintageFilmBuff (Brigid Duffy) 3. Re: Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters (Alex O. Williams) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:48:15 -0400 From: Maria Soares maria.soa...@humber.ca Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 77 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: fc.007ea92c086134563b9aca0066e4f290.8613...@humber.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I will be on vacation as of July 26 and returning August 16. Interlibrary loan services will not be available during this time. If you need immediate assistance, please call 416-675-6622 ext. 4421 -- next part -- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:24 -0700 From: Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu Subject: [Videolib] VintageFilmBuff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 839c871d-89aa-4222-98fc-c8ddbdc5a...@sfsu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hello all, Has anyone dealt with VintageFilmBuff (http://www.vintagefilmbuff.com/)? They have a film on DVD that I can't find available even on vhs, College Humor (1933). We want it, but not if it's bootleg. Thanks either way, Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:02:03 -0700 From: Alex O. Williams a...@typecastfilms.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] Michael Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: aanlktinvmlgmytnzggh8z8supoda5taziit2cy68i...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Nice?thanks Nan! Here's a neat photo of the remodeled State Theaterhttp://www.filmfestivalworld.com/fileadmin/tcff_State_Theater.jp g http://www.filmfestivalworld.com/fileadmin/tcff_State_Theater.jp%0Ag in Traverse City, MI. when I visited the Dakotas last summer, I watched MOON at the restored Fargo Theaterhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9F1kKNUUaeY/SkCYkz-kiNI/BGk/W9 npWgB8Fto/s400/Fargo+theatre.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9F1kKNUUaeY/SkCYkz-kiNI/BGk/W9%0AnpWgB8Fto/s400/Fargo+theatre.jpg in downtown Fargo. there is hope! _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Rubin, Nan
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Jesse, Not sure, will check and let you know. Jeanne On 7/30/2010 3:43 PM, Jesse Epstein wrote: Hi Jeanne, Is the clip online anywhere? Would love to see it. Regards, Jesse On 7/30/10, Brigid Duffybdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Amityville may be more fiction than fact... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror and there are many doubts about The Haunting in Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Jul 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Patti Berky wrote: Amityville Horror Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film “Haunting in Connecticut.” Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions 126 Paterno Library The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. attachment: jeanne_little.vcfVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature films based on true hauntings
Jesse, Here is a still photo attached. Hope you can see it. Jeanne On 7/30/2010 3:43 PM, Jesse Epstein wrote: Hi Jeanne, Is the clip online anywhere? Would love to see it. Regards, Jesse On 7/30/10, Brigid Duffybdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Amityville may be more fiction than fact... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror and there are many doubts about The Haunting in Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Jul 30, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Patti Berky wrote: Amityville Horror Desiree Bongers wrote: Hi everyone, A patron is interested in watching feature films that are based on true hauntings, such as the film “Haunting in Connecticut.” Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance! Desiree Bongers Library Director Ripon Public Library 120 Jefferson Street Ripon, WI 54971 920-748-6160 http://www.riponlibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions 126 Paterno Library The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. attachment: ghost1.JPGattachment: jeanne_little.vcfVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.
On 7/30/10 12:42 PM, Carol Hutchinson c.hutchin...@saskatoonlibrary.ca sent this: I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th. My god, can't somebody (Gary) stop these posts???!!! Everybody: NEVER use auto-responders while you're on vacation, especially on lists!!! Hth Rick VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Out of the office
Hello, I am currently out of the office until August 4th, 2010.nbsp;If you need immediate assistancenbsp;contact InJoy atnbsp;(303) 447-2082 ext 2. Otherwise, I willnbsp; reply to your message as soon as I return. Thank you, nbsp; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 nbsp; Carlos Descalzo CEO, InJoy Birth amp; Parenting Education 303-447-2082 ext. 115 7107 La Vista Place Longmont CO, 80503 injoyvideos.com nbsp;P Please do not print this e-mail unless necessary nbsp; VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 85
I will be on vacation as of July 26 and returning August 16. Interlibrary loan services will not be available during this time. If you need immediate assistance, please call 416-675-6622 ext. 4421 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
