Hi Check out www.films.com (Films Media Group). I notice there's a DVD on Blake and Songs of Innocence. If your instructor is brave, there's also a wild and wooly video of Allen Ginsberg singing (well, sort of) Songs of Innocence. (http://www.thinairvideo.com/210_Ginsberg-Blake.html)
Films.com also has a sci fi doc which might work: Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon Gary Handman > Greetings all, > > I'm not a film librarian (if I can't find anything on Google, I'm stuck) > and > could use the assistance of your knowledge and expertise to identify films > that might meet these criteria (5 different requests in all). > > #1 Is there a film about Blake's "Song's of Innocence and Experience" that > might include discussion, analysis, dramatic readings and also discuss the > importance of the illuminated marginalia as well as display it? > > #2 Is there a film that discusses science fiction and speculative fiction > in > terms of history of the genre, the connection to myth? Something that > would > be a sort of capstone type of lecture. > > #3 Is there a US-distributed version of "We" by Yvegeni Zamyatin? We found > Wir (made for TV in 1981) and it's undoubtedly in German. The professor > prefers English, with subtitles as a second choice. > > #4 Crime & Punishment - the Complete Miniseries (1980) (WEA 2003?) is > currently available on Amazon as a download. I found a physical copy on > buy.com, but it's also sold out. Suggestions for obtaining a used physical > copy? > > #5. I'll include the instructor's request below for your consideration. > > I'd also like to show a movie to my [junior-level English] class > (Dostoevsky > and Tolstoy). I'd like it to be interesting and educational, but also low > stress and more celebratory than challenging. > > The class is about the moral aspects, or the moral imperative in these > authors. Do you or any of your film librarian friends know of any film > that > would be a nice closing act for the end of the class? > > It could talk about the relevance of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky to today's > world > issues, or popular expressions of their works and ideas, something for the > "and now what" factor that's always lingering after an intensive class. > > It could also be nice to see if there were some discussions of their > contribution to moral philosophy or social consciousness. Maybe it's > another > case of, "I need to make the movie..." but it's worth investigation > surely, > since these are established authors with a worldwide following. > > This was a lot to ask and on behalf of my professor and myself, we are > most > grateful for any assistance you may be able to render. > �� > Marynelle > �� > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > Marynelle Chew > Head, Technical Services > Joseph F. Smith Library > Brigham Young University-Hawaii > 55-220 Kulanui St. #1966 > Laie, HI�� 96762 > �� > Ph: (808) 675-3863�� > Fax: (808) 675-3877 > [email protected] > > > > 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 [email protected] 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.
