OK that explains it.
Think of the French & Germans for whom PD is almost a non existent
concept. Not sure how that effects all the academic use though.
It does ironically make some German & French films, especially silents
available here that are not available there.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 5:58
Janice: vtape is Canadian. Therefore, PPR is required to show the film
in a Canadian classroom. However, since the US did sign the Berne
Copyright Agreement, the American purchaser only has to apply the
law of their country, not the law of the originating country where the
film was made (or sold
Creative Arts Television has a 28 minute show called "Commedia del Arte
Hamlet." It's an old television productionand very funny.
Stephan Chodorov
Creative Arts TelevisionVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to the selection, evaluation, acqu
Jo-An:
Films Media Group has a Peregrine Production DVD called Commedia dell'arte
http://twist.langara.bc.ca/record=b1189797~S1
Susan
On 16/09/2011 11:47 AM, Jo Ann Reynolds wrote:
Hi Collective Mind,
Having discouraged one of our professors from using long clips most
probably not covered
Hi Collective Mind,
Having discouraged one of our professors from using long clips most
probably not covered by section 108 I am looking for alternatives for
her.
She was very interested in a BBC production, All the World's a Stage
with Ron Harwood for examples of Commedia dell'arte.
A
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Friday Fun Day Bibliography: Films that Portray Computers
in a Positive Light...
I'd say this one might be both positive and negative, but definitely an 80s
classic: Electric Dreams!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087197/
Also stumbled upon a Disney Flick with Kur
Aha! That brings to mind:
Batteries Not Included (1987)
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu
On Sep 16, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Rachel Gordon wrote:
> Short Circuit!
>
> Sci-Fi Geek of 80s...
> :)
> Rachel
>
> Rachel Go
Can't think of any positive portrayals of computers, save for some
(not all) humanoid computers, like Commander Data in Star Trek: The
Next Generation, or K.I.T.T., the car in the "Knight Rider" series - a
humanoid car.
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Fran
Short Circuit!
Sci-Fi Geek of 80s...
:)
Rachel
Rachel Gordon
Energized Films
www.energizedfilms.com
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I was thinking of the computers and robots in Woody Allen's Sleepers. There is
a bossy computer in a Prisoner episode, "The General" I think. Benign computers
are harder to come up with. There is that uncanny valley thing that skews
narratives away from it.
Benign computer techs, though, i.e. hu
hey scott
check out:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Scififilm.html#cyborg
Some of favorite bad (or at least annoying) machines
Desk Set (with Katherine Hepburn)
Colossus, The Forbin Project
2001 (my man, HAL!)
Demon Seed (Julie Christie goes on the ultimate bad date with a
supercomputer)
I al
I have not heard of that yet - but it sure would be a great invention for
someone with the talent for such a thing. We do not buy Blu-Ray at our college
because most do not own Blu-Ray machines. So we are sticking to regular DVD's
for right now. But, if a computer comes with Blu-Ray capabilit
Forgot to include Icarus and Zeitgeist, two of my fave competitors!
On Sep 16, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Elizabeth Sheldon wrote:
> Morning,
>
> I like to think that all distributors realize that they have an obligation to
> their filmmakers to promote the films that they acquire to the benefit of th
Morning,
I like to think that all distributors realize that they have an obligation to
their filmmakers to promote the films that they acquire to the benefit of the
filmmaker. I joke that here at Kino Lorber Edu and Alive Mind Cinema we are
running the equivalent of an orphanage for docs: the f
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