Dear Kino: Other critics that come to mind... Dave Kehr also has a great blog and a regular column in the New York Times. Other critics I like to follow include Michael Sragow, Jonathan Rosenbaum and the terrific, widely read blogger Self-Styled Siren (http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/).
--James -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian Theater, Dance, ILA/IDS and LGBT Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:14:17 -0400 From: Elizabeth Sheldon <[email protected]> Subject: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly Restored METROPOLIS To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Dear Librarians, How relevant do you find reviews, such as the one below by A.O. Scott in today's New York Times, on the newly restored METROPOLIS to your selection of titles? We always promote Video Librarian, but what about film critics like A.O. Scott and others who write for mainstream media outlets? "Fritz Lang?s ?Metropolis,? surely one of the most intensely studied and widely imitated films of the silent era, grows more complex and mysterious as time goes on. This is partly because the movie has not been seen in the form its director intended since 1927. The German studio UFA cut Lang?s ambitious science-fiction allegory shortly after its initial domestic release, and the American version (distributed by Paramount) was trimmed by an hour and effectively rewritten, with title cards that altered Lang?s meaning. Over the years new material has been discovered, and fresh restorations have been offered, so that the further ?Metropolis? recedes into history, the newer it becomes." Read the complete article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/movies/22metropolis.html?scp=1&sq=Metropolis&st=cse Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Kino Lorber, Inc. 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (212) 629-6880 www.kinolorberedu.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:57:30 -0600 From: Kim Crowley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly Restored METROPOLIS To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I always pay attention to Tony's reviews. kc Kim Crowley, Director Flathead County Library System phone: 406.758.5826 247 First Avenue East fax: 406.758.5868 Kalispell, MT. 59901-4598 [email protected] read our blog @ http://flatheadcountylibrary.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Sheldon [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly Restored METROPOLIS Dear Librarians, How relevant do you find reviews, such as the one below by A.O. Scott in today's New York Times, on the newly restored METROPOLIS to your selection of titles? We always promote Video Librarian, but what about film critics like A.O. Scott and others who write for mainstream media outlets? "Fritz Lang?s ?Metropolis,? surely one of the most intensely studied and widely imitated films of the silent era, grows more complex and mysterious as time goes on. This is partly because the movie has not been seen in the form its director intended since 1927. The German studio UFA cut Lang?s ambitious science-fiction allegory shortly after its initial domestic release, and the American version (distributed by Paramount) was trimmed by an hour and effectively rewritten, with title cards that altered Lang?s meaning. Over the years new material has been discovered, and fresh restorations have been offered, so that the further ?Metropolis? recedes into history, the newer it becomes." Read the complete article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/movies/22metropolis.html?scp=1&sq=Metropolis&st=cse Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Kino Lorber, Inc. 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (212) 629-6880 www.kinolorberedu.com 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. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:32 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] again: videolib vs videonews To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Friday...and not a minute too soon. I need (AGAIN) to remind all subscribers to this list about the protocols for posting, and the difference between videolib and videonews. Videolib is a commercial-free discussion forum: as such, unsolicited (and that's an important distinction)notices, reviews, announcements, and general information about commercial product (i.e. DVDs and other video-related stuff)is not appropriate. Now, that said, if someone on the list asks for input about, say, DVDs on kiwi harvesting, distributors and filmmakers who have titles to fit the bill can reply appropriately (and briefly). Videonews is the list for new product and service announcements and publicity. I urge everyone on videolib to also subscribe to videonews: the amount of traffic on the latter is really quite minimal, and, as I've said repeatedly, I find the list a really good way to keep up with new and interesting. Instructions for subscribing to both lists are posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html Let me know if you have questions. gary 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 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:33 -0700 From: "Rosen, Rhonda J." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Videolib] again: videolib vs videonews To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <60b8aeae10079d43aa968514bed9aad3aebcfd4...@exchangedb1.lmumain.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Gary, I am on my way out of the office to go to NMM - can you remind me (and others) how to do the vacation hold? Thanks, rhonda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] again: videolib vs videonews Friday...and not a minute too soon. I need (AGAIN) to remind all subscribers to this list about the protocols for posting, and the difference between videolib and videonews. Videolib is a commercial-free discussion forum: as such, unsolicited (and that's an important distinction)notices, reviews, announcements, and general information about commercial product (i.e. DVDs and other video-related stuff)is not appropriate. Now, that said, if someone on the list asks for input about, say, DVDs on kiwi harvesting, distributors and filmmakers who have titles to fit the bill can reply appropriately (and briefly). Videonews is the list for new product and service announcements and publicity. I urge everyone on videolib to also subscribe to videonews: the amount of traffic on the latter is really quite minimal, and, as I've said repeatedly, I find the list a really good way to keep up with new and interesting. Instructions for subscribing to both lists are posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html Let me know if you have questions. gary 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. 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