Christina Aguilera: Out of the Bottle (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Christina Aguilera: Out of the Bottle (DVD)
The unauthorized biography of teen pop sensation Christina Aguilera, from her Star Search days to her top single, Genie In a Bottle. With a lots of never before seen footage, the Mickey Mouse Club alumn talks about clawing her way to the top.NR"
ACTORS: Christina Aguilera
House of Fools (DVD)
The residents of a Russian mental institution become unwittingly involved in the Chechen War in this darkly romantic film by Andrei Konchalovsky (TANGO AND CASH). Janna (Julia Vysotsky) is a romantically delusional inmate who thinks she`s engaged to pop star Bryan Adams. When the war comes, the medical staff flees the hospital, leaving her more or less in charge. Chechen soldiers soon invade the grounds and one of them proposes to her as a joke. She thinks he`s sincere though, and finds her affections torn between the soldier and her fantasies of Adams. Through this odd love story, Konchalovsky effectively explores the parallels between the insanity of war and the insanity of the inmates, and he does so without being obvious or didactic. Also effective is the film`s grainy, bleached-out look, which, combined with the realistic lunacy on display, recalls the work of Dogme `95 directors like Lars Von Trier. What sets HOUSE OF FOOLS apart from that pack, however, is the kindness and warmth of its characters, particularly Janna, who soothes the nerves of soldiers and patients alike with her compassion and accordion playing. Vysotksky gives a remarkable performance in the role, couching her character`s raw vulnerability in a protective bed of delusion. As the object of her fantasies, Adams gamely appears as himself, strolling through the bomb-blasted corridors as he lip-syncs Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. HOUSE OF FOOLS was filmed largely at an actual Russian mental institution, with many of the inmates appearing as themselves.R"
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
ACTORS: Julia Vysotsky, A. Kalyagin, Sultan Islamov, Evgeni Mironov, Stanislav Varkki
Robert Johnson Combo Pack (DVD)
A combo pack of the documentaries HELLHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL and CAN`T YOU HEAR THE WIND HOWL? See individual titles for details.NR"
Director: Robert Mugge
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (DVD)
Before moving to Morocco and finding fame as an author, Paul Bowles had a successful career as an avant-garde composer. NIGHT WALTZ: THE MUSIC OF PAUL BOWLES, a documentary by first-time filmmaker Owsley Brown, attempts to uncover this lesser-known side of the enigmatic Bowles. Filmed in the years just before his death in 1999, NIGHT WALTZ features interviews with Bowles at his home in Tangier. While physically frail, he discusses at length his experiences as a young composer and his feelings toward his music, which--in contrast to the often lavish brutality of his writing--is full of charm, as the film reflects in every way. Interspersed throughout are a series of visual essays set to Bowles` music, made from footage of noted avant-garde filmmakers Rudy Burckhardt and Nathaniel Dorsky, among others. Using images of New York, Mexico, and Morocco, as well as pure abstraction, they brilliantly complement the music, much of which was written not as concert music, but as incidental music for dance, theater, and film. As Bowles himself notes, his music might have been forgotten had he not become a famous author; NIGHT WALTZ succeeds not only in remembering, but in bringing the music vividly to life.NR"
Director: Owsley Brown III
The Herzog/Kinski Collection (DVD) Limited to 5,000 Werner Herzog`s collaborations with actor and well documented madman Klaus Kinski produced some of the most exciting and daring movies of the 20th century. Best friends and, at times, bitter enemies, it is hard to tell...
Werner Herzog`s collaborations with actor and well documented madman Klaus Kinski produced some of the most exciting and daring movies of the 20th century. Best friends and, at times, bitter enemies, it is hard to tell how much of the lore surrounding their work together is fact or fiction. Regardless, this collection contains all five feature films Kinski made with Herzog as well as the documentary MY BEST FIEND. Contains: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT, WOYZECK, FITZCARRALDO, COBRA VERDE, and MY BEST FIEND. See individual titles for details.
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Director: Werner Herzog
