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Albert Lee - Country Legend (DVD)
Albert Lee, one of the greatest hot country guitarists discusses the history and development of country and rockabilly guitar, demonstrates his renowned rhythm guitar style and b-bender licks, discusses his influences and demonstrates the licks and solos that were an early influence on him, and demonstrates his remarkable lead guitar technique with special demonstrations of both his flat picking and hybrid picking techniques.NR"
Chronically Unfeasible (DVD)
Sergio Bianchi`s CHRONICALLY UNFEASIBLE is a manifesto against the corruption and hypocrisy of the Brazilian body politic. It explores the relationships between the staff and customers of an expensive restaurant in Sco Paulo while a professor researches the appalling living conditions in the countryside. Each person tries to either gain or retain power with hilarious and disastrous effect resulting in an absurd tale of the inability of people to connect with one another. In one scene, Professor Alfredo (Umberto Magnani) watches a group of slum kids play the drums for a middle class audience and comments on the tragedy of poverty as a tourist attraction. Characterized by an acerbic wit, Bianchi`s inflammatory style explodes the shallow pretense of its characters unearthing their contradictory natures that are as frightful as they are expected. Influenced by the films of the French New Wave and continuing a tradition which began with the Brazilian film movement known as Cinema Novo, Bianchi`s aesthetic is characterized by jump cuts, the fusion of documentary with fiction, and constantly veers from the main action with commentary and asides. CHRONICALLY UNFEASIBLE drew passionate reactions pro and con from Brazilian critics and was nominated for a Brazilian Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001.
This film screened in March 2002 as part of the retrospective Taking No Prisoners: The Films of Sergio Bianchi organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.NR"
Director: Sergio Bianchi
ACTORS: Daniel Dantas, Betty Gofman, Umberto Magnani, Dira Paes, Dan Stulbach
Gregory Isaacs - Live at The Rocket (DVD)
Reggae legend Gregory Isaacs is captured live in London on this concert recording. Taken from the Here By Appointment tour, Isaacs works his way through a selection of classic material, taken from the (literally!) hundreds of albums he has released in his career. Tracks include Sunshine For Me, Night Nurse, Golden Touch, Thank You, and many more.NR"
ACTORS: Gregory Isaacs
Stella (DVD)
The story of a rebellious young Bouzouki performer named Stella (Mercouri) who abhors marriage, defies the rules of conventional morality, and pays for a freedom denied her by the men who love her. She must must choose between two lifestyles when she finds herself hopelessly in love with a young football player who wishes her to settle down and abandon her reckless ways. Writer and director Cacoyannis` (A GIRL IN BLACK, A MATTER OF DIGNITY) second feature won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1956. Based on the play by Iakovos Kabanellis.NR"
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
ACTORS: Melina Mercouri, George Foundas, Alekos Alexandrakis
Learning Curve (DVD)
Mr. Walmsley is a substitute teacher, but no ordinary one. As an animal trainer and the winner of a Medal of Honor, he has different ideas how to reach the out of control students at Donner High, who have taken over the school and threatened many of the teachers. This time, the students will be lucky if they leave Mr. Walmsley`s class alive.R"
ACTORS: John S. Davies, Marsha Dietlein, Gail Cronauer
