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1 GIANT LEAP
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This unique multimedia collaboration fuses images, music and words from around the globe in a celebration of creative diversity. Conceived by musicians and video artists Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman, 1 Giant Leap is the end result of their journey around the world to capture the thoughts, performances and work of a varied group of artists from all sorts of cultural disciplines and backgrounds. The incredible array of contributors includes Kurt Vonnegut, Brian Eno, Ram Dass, Tom Robbins, Dennis Hopper, Michael Stipe, Grant Lee Phillips, Neneh Cherry, Robbie Williams, and many, many others.                Jamie Catto/Duncan Bridgeman---2002---150 mins.
11/09/01 - SEPTEMBER 11
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Eleven short films by eleven renowned filmmakers from around the world           comprise this monumental cinematic response to the September 11, 2001            terrorist attacks. Each filmmaker was given eleven minutes, 9 seconds and one    frame to address the tragic situation and the vastly different results         encompass the wide range of views and emotions that the events recall:         political, violent, disturbing, angry, abstract, forgiving, moving and         sympathetic. Contributors include Youssef Chahine (Egypt), Amos Gitai            (Israel), Shohei Imamura (Japan), Claude Lelouch (France), Ken Loach (Great    Britain), Mira Nair (India), Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkino Faso), Sean Penn       (USA), Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Danis Tanovic (Bosnia), and Alejandro         Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico). Winner of the FIBRESCI and UNESCO Awards at the      2002 Venice Interantional Film Festival. In English, French, Japanese, Arabic, Sean Penn/Claude Lelouch/Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu/Ken Loach/Mira Nair/Amos Gitai/Youssef Chahine/Idrissa Ouedraogo/Danis Tanovic/Samira Makhmalbaf/Shohei Imamura---2002---135 mins.
13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS WARHOL
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Released in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Museum, 13 Most Beautiful comprises 13 silent film portraits culled from Andy Warhol's The Thirteen Most Beautiful Girls and The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys. Filmed between 1964 and 1966, these Screen Tests include black-and-white reels of Factory regulars, Warhol superstars, and random guests: Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Dennis Hopper, and so on. The program features newly-commissioned soundtrack by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips.                                  Andy Warhol---USA---1964-1966---60 mins.
14 VIDEO PAINTINGS: BRIAN ENO
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This anthology collects two short works created in the early 1980s by            multimedia artist and magician Brian Eno. Originally designed for exhibition     in a gallery space, "Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan" and "Thursday     Afternoon" are what Eno calls "video paintings"--slowly evolving portraits of  figures and landscapes.  The brilliant soundtrack features selections from     Eno's On Land and Music for Airports, plus unreleased tracks.
2 EVERYTHING, 2 TERRIBLE II: TOKYO DRIFT

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The folks at Everything Is Terrible! return with another hour-long frappuccino of kitschy VHS goodness, this time with something approaching a plot, although I'm laughing too hard to describe it. It involves racist rabbits, perfect killing machines, self-pleasuring beefcakes, and the revelation of a secret Christian plot to zombify the world's children with a religious robot. "Simultaneously enlightening, hilarious, and deeply sad" (The Onion AV Club).

2010---USA---58 mins.
3 = 1: THE FILMS OF JAN SHARP (DVD-R)
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Jan Sharp's circle of friends includes some of the most interesting, creative, and unique people on earth. Her raw, intimate, even intrusive documentaries on their lives have the power to engross the viewer. This release includes a trio of films on three completely different people: the leader of East Timor, fashion designer Rick Owens, and a noted photographer.
4 FILMS BY BADY MINCK
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A collection of experimental works from Luxembourg-born, Austria-based artist    and filmmaker Bady Minck: Im Anfang war der Blick (2002, 45 mins.),        which screened at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes; La Belle est la         Bete (2005, 3 mins.), an Official Selection at the Rotterdam Film Festival; Mecanomagie (1996, 15 mins.), a film about the fluid boundaries between  man and nature; and Der Mensch mit den Modernen Nerven (1988, 8 mins.),  which screened as part of the Critics' Week at Cannes. In German, French, a  nd  English with optional English, French, Italian, and Polish subtitles.          Bady Minck---Austria/Luxembourg---1988-2002---90 mins.
45E SEMAINE INTERNATIONALE
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This set includes five short films selected at the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, plus two from Cannes 2005: Hiroyuki Nakano's Iron (2005, Japan, 15 mins.), Esmir Filho's Something Like That (Brazil, 2006, 15 mins.), Johannes Stjarne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson's Woman and Gramophone (2006, Sweden, 4 mins.), Olivier Ciechelski's L'Ecluse (2006, France, 19 mins.), Gitanjali Rao's Printed Rainbow (2006, India, 15 mins.), Wi Ding Ho's Respire (2005, Taiwan, 15 mins.),  and Mitovski and Kalev's Get the Rabbit Back (2005, Bulgaria, 6 mins.).  In Japanese, Portuguese, French, and Chinese with English and French           2005-2006---72 mins.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
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In this experimental interpretation of life in post-communist Hungary, a writer lives a meager existence with his cat as he struggles to complete a novel.
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS
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Tim Rutilli of the indie rock band Califone directed this underground feature to accompany the band's album of the same name (and vice versa). In the film, Angela Bettis (May) plays a fortune teller who shares a house with a family of ghosts. It's a win-win situation, up until the ghosts mount an escape.
ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE
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An enjoyable exploration of the mythic quality of New Orleans takes us to a      jazz funeral, to a pre-Mardi Gras practice parade, Mardi Gras celebrations,      and a St. Patrick's day parade, as well as Mardi Gras celebrations in the        black community, including a revival of the black Indian traditions.           Les Blank---USA---1978---58 mins.
AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE: AN EXCLUSIVE FACETS 2-PACK
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The life's work of two legends of avant-garde cinema is included in this seven-disc collection, which consists of The Lawrence Jordan Album and The Films of James Broughton.
ANDY MANN: STREET TAPES & CABLE ACCESS
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The late video pioneer Andy Mann explored the boundaries of video equipment during the 1970s and 1980s with a wealth of cinema verite-style footage shot on the streets of New York and later screened on cable access in Houston. This program surveys the artist's varied output, including works like Subway Tape, One-Eyed Bum, Beard Rap, The Night Show, and more.

USA---1972-1990---70 mins.
ANIMAL CHARM- GOLDEN DIGEST
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Masterfully remixed by comic cut-ups Jim Fetterley and Rich Bott, these wildly   inventive montages are jam-packed with uncanny juxtapositions, startling         dislocations, and ingenious visual rhymes. By re-editing elements assembled      from the banal detritus of infomercials, corporate videos, and late-night TV,  Fetterley and Bott scramble media codes and create a kind of tic-ridden,       convulsive collage that re-invests conventional forms with subversive          meanings. "Animal Charm use sight and sound to generate a particular type of     laughter: the uncanny kind that overtakes you like a seizure" (San          Jim Fetterley/Rich Bott---USA---1996-2005---86 mins.
ANOTHER TOMORROW
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Young Video Art from the Collection of the Neue Galerie Grazam Landesmuseum Joanneum. Selected by Gunther Holler-Schuster. Featuring works by Martin Kaltner, Thomas Baumann, Josef Dabernig, Ruth Brozek, and roughly 20 other Austrian video and conceptual artists. 159 mins.
ANT FARM VIDEO
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On July 4, 1975, two artists dressed as astronauts barreled their auto into a pyramid of televisions for a spectacular piece of performance art.
ANTON CORBIJN WORK OF DIRECTOR
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Dutch filmmaker and photographer Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the    most iconic images of the past two decades--portraits of musicians and other     celebrities for glossies like Vogue, Rolling Stone, and              Entertainment Weekly. This anthology collects some of Corbijn's most     indelible work, including 30 music videos (by Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Joy       Division, U2, and Metallica), an excerpt from a film about Captain Beefheart   (Some Yo Yo Stuff), and a homemade video with Fran Healy of Travis. A  lso included is NOTNA, a documentary on Corbijn, plus video commentaries     with Bono, Nick Cave, Samantha Morton, and other stars, a making-of segment,   and a 56-page booklet with photographs and other material.                     Anton Corbijn---USA/Holland---2005---240 mins.
ASPECT 1: ARTISTS BOSTON CYBER
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A collection of five mixed media shorts featured at the 2003 Boston Cyberarts    Festival. Includes: Attainment (Christy Georg, 2001, 3:49 mins.), with     commentary by Roland Smart; 3Speed2000 (Ravi Jain, 2000, 12:14 mins.),     with commentary by James Hull; The Memory of Your Touch (Henry Kaufman,  2003, 2:19 mins.), with commentary by Denise Markonish; Irrigation       (Peter Tucker, 2002, 7:19 mins.), with commentary by Bill Arning; Language  Extension #4 (David Webber, 3:29 mins.), with commentary by Dana Moser.
ASPECT 2: ARTISTS WEST COAST
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A collection presented by Aspect Magazine showcasing five mixed media      shorts by West Coast-based artists. Includes: OBJECT 8242600 (Anthony      Discenza, 2001, 9:02 mins.); with commentary by Marisa Olson; Reverse Hous  e Kit (Carole Kim/Jesse Gilbert, 2003, 12:48 mins.), with commentary by Julie Lazar; Deep Walls (Scott Snibbe,2002, 2:09 mins.), with commentary by    George Fifield; E-Motion (Survival Research Laboratory, 2002, 6 mins.),  with commentary by Susan Joyce; Thrift Store Tape #3 (Brent Watanab  e,    2001, 7 mins.), with commentary by Bill Arning.
ASPECT V CHRONICLE NEW MEDIA
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For the fifth installment in their series of new media works, ASPECT magazine focuses on short pieces that embrace humor and levity. Your Harvey at Work (Harvey Loves Harvey, 2003, 4 mins.) cheekily examines the role of the artist as their own corporation, with brand identity and marketable product in tow. Home Made (David Lachman, 2004, 5 mins.) explores the ambiguous region between the familiar and the unfamiliar through depictions of common objects and experiences, like buying and eating ice cream. Robin Red Breast (Toni Latour, 2004, 6 mins.) finds director Toni Latour imitating a robin as a means for linking animal behavior with human socialization.         Bambini (Liz Notziger, 2004, 8 mins.) interrogates religion, politics, and pop-culture using voyeurism and humor. Finally, Making Changes (Lee  Walton, 2004, 8 mins.) questions our ability to "make changes" through an