The new Sherlock rocks, doesn't it? Watson as a Afghanistan war vet...brilliant!
gary handman > I love Le Samourai for its spare dialog, and all that it is used to tell. > > Also, I just caught a little of the BBC Sherlock series on PBS the other > night. > I liked the way that, as Holmes examines a scene, text appears on screen > sharing > his insights with viewers, but keeping them from other characters. I'll > be > ordering that for my library. > > Brian Looker > > > >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi all >> > >> > An ex-Berkeley faculty friend has posed a very cool reference >> question...I >> > can use your help: >> > >> > I'm looking for examples of films that do interesting >> > things with words, either written or spoken, or (at the other extreme) >> try >> > to do without words. I've got lots of silent films with title cards I >> can >> > use, but I am looking for others. Some that come to mind include The >> Man >> > with the Movie Camera, My Dinner with Andre, and Koyaanisqatsi. Any >> > further suggestions? I'm interested in credits, subtitles, words on >> sets, >> > dialogue, voiceover, etc. >> > >> > >> > I've come up with Bob Dylan's lyric cards for Subterranean Homesick >> Blues >> > in "Don't Look Back"; the "meta" credits from the movie Stranger Than >> > Fiction; Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's "Film"(1965); and--oddly >> > enough--two Steve Martin Films (LA Story's sentient freeway sign and >> C.D. >> > Bales' [i.e. Cyrano's] hilarious put-down speech: "Let's start with... >> > Obvious: 'scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? >> ") >> > >> > I think Adaptation might have some relevant stuff, but I can't quite >> > remember. >> > >> > What do you say? >> > >> > 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. >> > >> >> >>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.
