African Guitar (VHS)
Renowned cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik, from 1966 to 1993, made visual and audio recordings of African guitarists playing traditional African music from throughout the continent. This sixty-minute presentation provides highlights from those recordings, featuring performers such as, Mwenda Jean Bosco, Faustino Okella, Pierre Gwa, and Daniel Kachamba. An included booklet provides historical and biographical reference.NR"
Balzac: A Life of Passion (DVD)
Gerard Depardieu stars as the title character in this biopic about the great 19th-century French novelist Honore de Balzac, author of 97 novels, of which the most well known is perhaps the classic COUSIN BETTE. The story follows Balzac from his tormented childhood, during which he despaired over the lack of love he received from his demanding mother, Charlotte-Laure (Jeanne Moreau). However, when he meets Madame de Berney (Virna Lisi), Balzac`s life changes. Twenty years his senior, she introduces him to French society and countless women, including Countess Eva Hanska (Fanny Ardant), a married woman with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, though Balzac`s writing career soon takes off, he is shunned by the critics, plagued by debt, and hounded by creditors. An all-star cast and authentic European locations help make this biopic both visually and dramatically fascinating.NR"
Director: Josie Dayan
Transambient 2 - A Fusion of Film and Electronic Music (DVD)
Take a mind-bending journey of computer-enhanced visuals fused with electronic music with the third title in the MOONSHINE MOVIES AV:X SERIES: TRANSAMBIENT 2. With musical styles ranging from drum `n` bass to trance to ambient groove. The vision behind the Moonshine Movies series is to create something that isn`t just music with visuals or visuals with music, but a real synergy of the two.NR"
Farewell China (VHS)
Hong Kong superstars Leung Ka-Fai and Cheung star as a Chinese couple separated by the painful, arduous process of illegal immigration to America. A year after her departure to New York City, he follows, but she has been lost in the crush of poverty, seemingly insurmountable hardship, and urban decay. A gritty and unsentimental portrait of struggle, evenly directed by Law. Nominated for the Best Film accolades at the Hong Kong Film Awards.NR"
Director: Clara Law
ACTORS: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung
Mesa of Lost Women (DVD)
A mad scientist (Jackie Coogan, Uncle Fester from TV`s The Addams Family ) has hidden out in the deadly desert known as Zarpa Mesa in Mexico. Here he develops giant spiders, deadly dwarves, and, through the use of a synthesized derivative of spider venom, a race of killer superwomen that cannot be stopped once they choose their sexual prey. This hugely enjoyable film was made by the legendary Ron Ormond, a director whose biggest claim to fame these days is his close association with Ed Wood. However, his movies demand to be seen in their own right, as Mr. Ormond`s taste for the bizarre is enough to carry a film by itself.NR"
Director: Ron Ormond
ACTORS: Jackie Coogan, Mary Hill, Richard Knapp, Allan Nixon, Dolores Fuller
