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Les Bonnes Femmes (DVD)
The dull lives and lofty bourgeois aspirations of four Parisian shop girls serves as the point of departure for Claude Chabrol`s haunting French New Wave classic, LES BONNES FEMMES. As the girls count the minutes until their working shift ends, they gossip and contemplate their prospects for happiness. Jane just wants to have fun, Ginette secretly dreams of being a dance-hall singer, Rita longs to get married, and Jacqueline pines after her one true love. The film`s luscious black and white quasi-documentary mise-en-scene follows each girl through the treacherous world of early 1960s Paris. Their lives are filled with lecherous men, seedy smoke-filled nightclubs, boring jobs, and uncertain futures. An underlying atmosphere of sadness and foreboding permeates the film as the girls bounce haplessly between work and pleasure, never forming real trusting relations and always frantically searching for the elusive happiness that each of them so desperately needs. When shy, self-effacing, and loveless Jacqueline becomes obsessed with a mysterious man on a motorcycle who follows her everywhere she goes, it seems she will be the one delivered from her terminal ennui. This strange yet affectionate portrait of young lives in struggle is filled with the hopes and fears of a whole generation and ends in a shocking yet compelling climax, true to Chabrol`s uniquely dark vision.NR"
Director: Claude Chabrol
ACTORS: Stiphane Audran, Bernadette Lafont
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (DVD)
Michael Gielen conducts the Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra and Lubomir Matl directs the Prague Philharmonic Choir in this performance of Beethoven`s MISSA SOLEMNIS IN D MAJOR, OP. 123. Though Beethoven is traditionally most associated with fairly bombastic (but spectacular) symphonies, this composition shows a completely different side to the composer. It is often considered his most spiritual work, an assertion that is hard to argue with. As beautiful a piece of music as this is not likely to be written or performed for a long time, and its stunning greatness is in full evidence in this performance by the Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra and Prague Philharmonic Choir.NR"
Director: Lubomir Matl
JFK Assassination Files: The Case for Conspiracy (DVD)
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy dealt a blow to the nation from which it may never recover. The conspiracy theory that evolved after his murder helps many people to try to make sense of the tragedy, and to work toward a full accounting of the event. Here, expert Robert J. Gordon (technical advisor to Oliver Stone`s film JFK) presents original materials that allow viewers to form their own opinions about the horrible sequence of events, including the famous Zapruder films.NR"
Brigitte Bardot Collection Box Set (DVD) 5-DVD Boxed Set A collection of classic early films starring one of the sexiest stars the cinema has ever known, Brigitte Bardot. Includes: COME DANCE WITH ME (Color, 1959); LES FEMMES (Color, 1969); NAUGHTY GIRL (Color, 1958); PLEASE ...
A collection of classic early films starring one of the sexiest stars the cinema has ever known, Brigitte Bardot. Includes: COME DANCE WITH ME (Color, 1959); LES FEMMES (Color, 1969); NAUGHTY GIRL (Color, 1958); PLEASE NOT NOW! (B&W, 1961); and the exclusive bonus documentary, BRIGITTE BARDOT... TAKE ONE (only available in the box set) narrated by Julie Delpy. See individual titles for further details.
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ACTORS: Brigitte Bardot
Magnificent Warriors (DVD) Import Michelle Yeoh stars as a daring aviatrix and mercenary soldier who intervenes to oust the Japanese Army from a tiny Mongolian village during World War II. The film`s charming blend of humor and action warrants comparisons to RAI...
Michelle Yeoh stars as a daring aviatrix and mercenary soldier who intervenes to oust the Japanese Army from a tiny Mongolian village during World War II. The film`s charming blend of humor and action warrants comparisons to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
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Director: David Chung
ACTORS: Michelle Khan, Lowell Lo, Richard Ng, Derek Yee, Wu Ma
