Re: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly Restored METROPOLIS

[m.loyer]

I look very favorably on a film that has won an festivals or awards.  That perks my attention and then I look at what the film is about.

Marsha Loyer
Media Services Coordinator
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library
209 Lincoln Way East
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Phone: 574-259-5277
Fax: 574-254-5585
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Subject: Re: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly
Restored METROPOLIS
From: Elizabeth Sheldon <elizab...@kinolorber.com>
Date: Fri, October 22, 2010 3:53 pm
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

You guys are terrific! Second half of this question: do you place
greater value on festival films or does it depend on the film? For
instance, we are releasing THE RED CHAPEL, which won Sundance in 2010.
How relevant is the Sundance award to you or os hte subject alone
compelling enough when you acquire titles?

I look forward to seeing you all in Kansas City.

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

On Oct 22, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Tatar, Becky wrote:

> And of course, Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times.
>
> Becky Tatar
> Periodicals/Audiovisuals
> Aurora Public Library
> 1 E. Benton Street
> Aurora, IL 60505
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Steffen,
> James
> M
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 2:26 PM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly
> Restored METROPOLIS
>
> 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
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> Email: jste...@emory.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:14:17 -0400
> From: Elizabeth Sheldon <elizab...@kinolorber.com>
> Subject: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly Restored
> METROPOLIS
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Message-ID: <5a729d4f-357b-45d8-bd91-2ddffefba...@kinolorber.com>
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> 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=Metr
> opolis&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
>
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:57:30 -0600
> From: Kim Crowley <kcrow...@flathead.mt.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] A.O. Scott's Review of Fritz Lang's Newly
> Restored METROPOLIS
> To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <7a99adde84b14443a78df0cbb44578f34b6c835...@dsmail.flathead>
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>
> 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
> kcrow...@flathead.mt.gov
>
> read our blog @ http://flatheadcountylibrary.blogspot.com/
> ________________________________________
> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
> [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Sheldon
> [elizab...@kinolorber.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:14 AM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> 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=Metr
> opolis&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
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:32 -0700
> From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [Videolib] again: videolib vs videonews
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
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> 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
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> 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.
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> gary
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>
> Gary Handman
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:33 -0700
> From: "Rosen, Rhonda J." <rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] again: videolib vs videonews
> To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>
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> 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: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of
> ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:36 AM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> 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
> 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
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> 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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> acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current
> and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It
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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 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.