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Lessons of darkness [videorecording] : Fata morgana / by Berriff, Paul,producer.; Cohen, Leonard,1934-composer.; Herzog, Werner,1942-narrator,screenwriter,producer,director.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340087; Canal+ España (Firm); ITEL (Firm); Popol Vuh (Musical group); Studio Canal+.; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.;
Lessons of darkness (c1992) (54 min.) / a co-production by Canal+ France with Canal+ Spain in cooperation with ITEL ; produced by Paul Berriff and Werner Herzog -- Fata morgana (c1969) (76 min.) / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ; written, produced, and directed by Werner Herzog ; narrated by Lotte Eisner.Lessons of darkness: A documentary of 1992 post-Gulf War Kuwait, focusing on the oil well fires ignited by retreating Iraqi soldiers. Fata Morgana: Herzog brings his cameras to the Sahara desert in order to film mirages. He combines the apocalyptic, often hallucinatory images of the desert with passages from the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh, set to songs of Leonard Cohen.DVD; Dolby Digital mono.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Persian Gulf War, 1991;
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Things I left in Havana = [videorecording] Cosas que deje en La Habana / by Escamilla, Teo.; Granados, Daisy.; Gutierrez Aragon, Manuel,1942-; Hernandez, Broselianda.; Herrero, Gerardo.; Manver, Kiti,1953-; Paz, Senel,1950-; Perugorria, Jorge.; Rodriguez, Violeta.; Santos, Isabel.; Soriano, Charo.; Vitier, Jose Maria.; Canal+ Espana (Firm); Sogepaq (Firm); Sogetel y Tornasol Films, S.A. (Firm); Vanguard International Cinema (Firm);
Director of photography, Teo Escamilla ; music, Jose Maria Vitier.Jorge Perugorria, Violeta Rodriguez, Kiti Manver, Broselianda Hernandez, Isabel Santos, Daisy Granados, Charo Soriano.Three young, charming and beautiful sisters leave Cuba in search for the good life in Spain. Once in Madrid, they move in with their aunt who owns a sweatshop that makes fur coats. Since they lack work permits, their aunt plans to marry them off to suit her own interests. But a friend of their aunt's decides to protect the girls from these manipulations. That is until the friend and one of the sisters ends up falling in love with the same man.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD.Winner, Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fur trade; Man-woman relationships; Sisters;
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Calle 54 [videorecording] / by Trueba, Fernando.; Elias, Eliane.; Camilo, Michel.; Valdés, Chucho.; Cachao.; D'Rivera, Paquito,1948-(CARDINAL)730618; Puente, Tito,1923-2000.(CARDINAL)739784; Gonzalez, Jerry,1949-; Arte France cinéma (Firm)(CARDINAL)340704; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Cinétévé (Firm)(CARDINAL)273271; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Sociedad General de Autores de España.; Studio Canal+.(CARDINAL)528339; Televisión Española.; Vía Digital (Firm);
Director of photography, José Luis Lopez-Linares ; editor, Carmen Frías.Musicians: Eliane Elias, Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdés, Cachao, Paquito D'Rivera, Tito Puente, Jerry Gonzalez.Introduced to Latin jazz in the 1980s, when he was beginning his career as a director, Fernando Trueba has since become a devoted fan of the music. Noted jazz artists have scored for some of his films and he took his love of the music one step further in which he gathered together a number of his favorite Latin jazz artists for a series of interviews and performances.MPAA rating: G.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; Music videos.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Latin jazz.; Jazz musicians.;
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The transporter [videorecording] / by Berleand, François.actor; Besson, Luc.producerwriter(CARDINAL)681540; Chasman, Steven.producer; Clarke, Stanley.(CARDINAL)843268; Kamen, Robert Mark.writer(CARDINAL)813581; Morel, Pierre.; Schulze, Matt.actor; Shu, Qi,1976-actor; Statham, Jason,1972-actor; Tissandier, Hugues.; Trembasiewicz, Nicolas.; Young, Ric.actor; Yuen, Cory.director; Canal+ Espana (Firm); Current Entertainment (Firm); EuropaCorp.(CARDINAL)848862; TF1 Films Production.(CARDINAL)847860; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.(CARDINAL)137420;
Director of photography, Pierre Morel ; editor, Nicolas Trembasiewicz ; original score, Stanley Clarke ; production designer, Hugues Tissandier.Jason Statham, Shu Qi, François Berleand, Matt Schulze, Ric Young.Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is the best at what he does -- transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his latest shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Frank must kick into overdrive and fight to save his cargo, and his life.MPAA rating: PG-13, for violent sequences and some sexuality.DVD; letterbox widescreen format; anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1; 5.1 DTS (English); 5.1 Dolby surround (English); Dolby surround (French, Spanish); dual layer; NTSC region 1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cargo handling; Delivery of goods; Man-woman relationships; Transportation;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 27
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The secret in their eyes = El secreto de sus ojos / by Campanella, Juan José,director.; Herrero, Gerardo.; Sacheri, Eduardo A.,(Eduardo Alfredo),1967-author.; Besuievsky, Mariela.; Ragone, Vanessa.; Monti, Félix.; Darín, Ricardo,1957-actor.; Villamil, Soledad,actor.; Rago, Pablo,1972-actor.; Godino, Javier,1978-actor.; Francella, Guillermo,1955-actor.; Quevedo, Carla,1988-actor.; Jusid, Federico,musical director.; Kauderer, Emilio,musical director.; Pont-Vergés, Marcelo.; Monti, Cecilia.; Sacheri, Eduardo A.(Eduardo Alfredo),1967-Pregunta de sus ojos.; Spain.Ministerio de Cultura.; 100 Bares Producciones.; Canal+ España (Firm); Haddock Films.; Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina); Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Televisión Española.; Televisión Federal S.A.; Tornasol Films.;
Music, Federico Jusid, Emilio Kauderer ; art director, Marcelo Pont ; costume designer, Cecilia Monti ; editor, Juan José Campanella ; sound director, José Luis Díaz Ouzande.Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, Mario Alarcón, Mariano Argento, José Luis Gioia, Carla Quevedo.Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamín decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five-year-old unresolved rape and murder case which still haunts him. Sharing his plans with Irene, the beautiful judge and his former colleague, Benjamín's initial involvement with the case is shown through flashbacks as he sets out to identify the murderer. But Benjamín's search for the truth will put him at the center of a judicial nightmare, as the mystery of the heinous crime continues to unfold in the present, testing the limits of a man seeking justice and personal fulfillment at last.MPAA rated R for a rape scene, violent images, some graphic nudity and language.DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Argentina), 2010.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures.; Fiction films.; Motion pictures; Spanish language films.; Thriller films.; Based on the book.; Feature films.; Foreign films.; Sacheri, Eduardo A. (Eduardo Alfredo), 1967-; Murder; Rape; Criminal investigation; Judicial corruption; Man-woman relationships; Asesinato; Investigación (Pesquisas); Corrupción del poder judicial; Relaciones hombre-mujer; Spanish language; Asesinato.; Foreign language films;
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The impossible [videorecording] by Atienza, Belén.; Bayona, J. A.(Juan Antonio); Belón, María.; Etura, Marta,1978-; Holland, Tom,1943-(CARDINAL)809448; Joslin, Samuel.; McGregor, Ewan,1971-(CARDINAL)532509; Pendergast, Oaklee.; Sánchez, Sergio G.; Watts, Naomi,1968-(CARDINAL)346596; Apaches Entertainment (Firm); Mediaset España.; Studio Canal+.(CARDINAL)528339; Summit Entertainment.(CARDINAL)340673; Telecinco (Firm);
Director of photography, Óscar Faura ; film editors, Elena Ruíz, Bernat Vilaplana ; music composed & conducted by Fernando Velázquez.Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura.Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.Rating: PG-13; for intense realistic disaster sequences, including disturbing injury images and brief nudity.Blu-ray disc, region A, 1080p high definition, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
Subjects: Feature films.; Blu-ray discs.; Families; Natural disasters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The impossible [videorecording] / by Atienza, Belén.; Bayona, J. A.(Juan Antonio); Belón, María.; Holland, Tom,1943-(CARDINAL)809448; Holland, Tom,1996-(CARDINAL)343360; McGregor, Ewan,1971-(CARDINAL)532509; Sánchez, Sergio G.; Watts, Naomi,1968-(CARDINAL)346596; Apaches Entertainment (Firm); Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)(CARDINAL)340342; Mediaset España.; Summit Entertainment.(CARDINAL)340673; Telecino Cinema.;
Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura.Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.Rating: PG-13.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD MA.
Subjects: Feature films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; Natural disasters; Desastres naturales; Familia;
Available copies: 38 / Total copies: 50
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La Celestina [videorecording] / by Azcona, Rafael,1926-2008.; Botto, Juan Diego.; Cruz, Penélope.(CARDINAL)686421; Mollá, Jordi.; Pávez, Terele.; Rico, Francisco.(CARDINAL)512325; Rojas, Fernando de,-1541.Celestina.(CARDINAL)807711; Vera, Gerardo.; Verdú, Maribel,1970-; Vicente Gómez, Andrés.; Canal+ España (Firm); Lola Films (Firm); Sogepaq S.A.; Sogetel (Firm); Studio Latino (Firm); Ventura Distribution, Inc.;
Cinematography, José Luis López-Linares ; editor, Pedro del Rey ; original music, Joaquín Rodrigo.Penélope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Maribel Verdú, Terele Pávez, Jordi Mollà.When beautiful maiden Melibea does not return the love of young knight Calisto, he turns to the sorceress Celestina for help. The maiden and knight are joined, but Calisto's servants begin to feel jealous when he rewards Celestina for her help. Feeling that they also played a part in his winning over Melibea, the servants begin to plot revenge.DVD; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Love; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Witches;
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Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados = [videorecording] Living is easy with eyes closed / by Cámara, Javier,actor.; Colomer, Francesc,1997-actor.; Haden, Charlie,composer (expression); Metheny, Pat,composer (expression); Molina, Natalia de,actor.; Trueba, David,1969-director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)684871; Canal+ España (Firm),production company.; Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas,production company.; Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm),film distributor.; Televisión Española,production company.;
Director of photography, Daniel Vilar ; editor, Marta Velasco ; music, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden.Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè, Rogelio Fernández.In 1966, a teacher embarks on a journey to Almería to meet his idol John Lennon and picks up two young runaways along the way.MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Coming-of-age films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Male teachers; Runaways;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The skin I live in [videorecording] / by Alamo, Roberto.act; Almodóvar, Pedroausdrt; Anaya, Elena.act; Banderas, Antonio.act(CARDINAL)349064; Cornet, Jan,1982-; García, Esther.pro; Iglesias, Alberto.cmp; Jonquet, Thierry.; Paredes, Marisa,1946-act; Canal+ España (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)332237; Deseo, S.A.; Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Spain); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399; Televisión Española.;
Music, Alberto Iglesias ; editor, José Salcedo ; director of photography, José Luis Alcaine.Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Antonio Banderas, Roberto Alamo.Since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has wanted to create a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he cultivates a skin that is a real shield against every assault. Now, besides the years of study and experimentation, the unscrupulous doctor needs to find an accomplice, and a human guinea pig. Marrilia, the woman who looked after him from birth, is his most faithful accomplice. But where will they find the human pig?MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent content including sexual assault, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use, and language.DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Human experimentation in medicine; Plastic surgeons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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