Intolerance (DVD)
Silent film director D.W. Griffith`s biggest, most ambitious spectacle uses stories from different times and places to illustrate humanitys intolerance of religious differences throughout the ages. The most visually impressive of these chronicles is the fall of Babylon, for which Griffith built the largest sets in Hollywood and filled them with thousands of extras; there`s also Christ`s crucifixion and the massacre of the Heugenots in 15th century France. The most emotionally involving tale is the modern one, about a poor girl (Mae Marsh) whose life is repeatedly ruined by the zealotry of social reformers. The image of a mother (Lillian Gish) rocking her child in a cradle ( the uniter of the here and hereafter ) links the stories. At one point, angels reach down from heaven to stop soldiers in midbattle, making it clear that Griffith intended this follow-up to THE BIRTH OF A NATION as a message of global peace and love (and an answer to his critics accusations of racism). For a nation poised to enter World War I, this was perhaps the wrong message, and INTOLERANCE opened to mixed reviews and poor attendance. It is now rightly recognized as a unique work of cinematic art. The restored version includes color-tinted scenes.NR"
Director: D.W. Griffith
ACTORS: Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Constance Talmadge, Elmo Lincoln, Eugene Pallette
John & Yoko`s Year of Peace (DVD)
JOHN & YOKO`S YEAR OF PEACE takes a look back at the summer of 1969 and the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Instead of going on a secluded honeymoon (which would have been swamped by reporters anyway), they decided to hold a year-long public honeymoon (or bed-in ) in their hotel bed to promote the idea of world peace. Included in this video is footage of John and Yoko in their pajamas meeting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, media expert Marshall McLuhan, and the very antagonistic cartoonist Al Capp.NR"
ACTORS: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
The Tenchi Universe Collection VIII - The Last Battle (DVD)
In the concluding three episodes of TENCHI UNIVERSE, the gang has infiltrated the Jurai kingdom, and the final battle to decide who will be the new emperor of Jurai takes place.NR"
Mi Barrio Cholo (DVD)
`Llaverito` is a young boy who is the only witness to a murder committed by two policemen. Llaverito` seeks the aid of `El Dancing` to help him escape the policemen bent on keeping their crime from being discovered, and together they must help to keep the young boy alive.NR"
Insignificance (DVD)
This unique film takes place in 1953, and explores such themes as fame and emotional detachment. The four disparate main characters -- The Professor, The Actress, The Senator, and The Ballplayer, are thinly-veiled versions of Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio, respectively. When they all wind up in the same hotel room one night, the quartets` interactions with one another reveal fascinating aspects of their personalities, including vulnerability, naivete and guilt. But sadly, one trait is common to all four characters: despair.R"
Director: Nicolas Roeg
ACTORS: Tony Curtis, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell, Michael Emil
