Love that video. Saw him perform this in Cambridge, (uh, that would be
Boston) ca. 1978, at the Cafe Phoenix? Even better is when Allen does
ANY performance with "Aboriginal rhythm sticks." gets out there a bit.
Ginsberg made Blake alive for me -- I'd read and seen his work for years
as a liberal arts "all those kids from NYC read Blake" kind of small
arts college student but WOW -- what a difference when a poet sings a
poet! I walked by William Blake's house in London last year -- it was
near Burberry flagship store -- how strange. Little lambs made into
pocketbooks. :(
Be brave, the times are calling us again.
Gary, thanks for pointing out these performances!! Open voice Berkeley
checks in again. :)
Randal Baier
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
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working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
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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
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