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Cabaret - 30th Anniversary Special Edition | DVD | (17/04/2019)
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| RRP Cabaret is one of those film musicals whose cultural and stylistic influence extend well beyond the cinema. It confirmed Bob Fosse's status as one of the boldest choreographers of the 20th century and gave Liza Minnelli an early peak in a film career which would never scale such heights again. Minnelli is both the film's strength--on its own merits her performance is an Oscar-winning tour de force--and weakness. The real Sally Bowles was a third-rate performer and just one of a rich gallery of characters; here, the constant allowances for Minnelli's star turns and mannerisms ultimately throw the story off balance. But the source material is impeccable: Kander and Ebb's stage show, based on the autobiographical stories of Christopher Isherwood, has long since been acknowledged a classic. The songs, augmented by some new numbers in the film, are ageless. Joel Grey from the original Broadway production is the Emcee, the master of ceremonies who, with his Kit Kat Klub girls, provides a depraved Greek chorus satirising the rise of the Nazi regime and the lazy complacency of the 1930s Berlin cabaret-goers. The "divine decadence" tag is only part of the story, though. Cabaret still works a sinister, uncomfortable magic which sets it apart as a uniquely powerful film musical. On the DVD: Cabaret's 30th Anniversary Special Edition is packed with extras which include a scratchy "making of" documentary from 1972 and a retrospective from 1997, the latter featuring reminiscences from the cast. Theres also the original theatrical trailer, though in the absence of the late director Fosse the lack of some kind of commentary is a disappointment. The picture itself, presented in widescreen 16:9 letterbox format with a Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack, gleams as sharply, visually and aurally, as it did on its first release. --Piers Ford
Werner Herzog Box Set 2 | DVD | (22/08/2005)
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| RRP Werner Herzog: He has taken his camera to parts of the world no other director would dare to go and told stories in ways no one had ever even considered. These five masterpieces which blur the line between 'fiction' and 'documentary' illustrate why Werner Herzog is the most daring visionary and dangerous filmmaker of our lives. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970): Featuring a cast composed entirely of little people (the first time that had been done since the 1938 western
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Summer Interlude | DVD | (29/03/2004)
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| RRP Talented young ballerina Marie (Nilsson) falls in love with wealthy young college student Henrik Malmsten). After spending the summer together Henrik suffers a tragic accident and as a result his death continues to shape Marie's actions throughout her life...
Janacek - From The House Of The Dead | DVD | (17/03/2008)
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| RRP Leos Janacek: From The House Of The Dead, performed by various performers and conducted by Pierre Bouelz.
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Nowhere In Africa | DVD | (29/09/2003)
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| RRP Based on the autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig this is the story of Walter Redlich a Jewish lawyer living in Germany during the Third Reich. He takes his family away from Germany to live on a farm in Kenya but finds that he is not made welcome by the British settlers who live there....
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Waiting Women | DVD | (23/05/2005)
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| RRP 'Waiting Women' is an episodic work composed of three segments thr third of which represents Bergman's first foray into comedy later honed in the erotic farce 'A Lesson In Love'. Three women (all sisters-in-law) talk about their marital problems while waiting for their husbands at a summer cottage. The first story concerns Rakel (Anita Bjrk) and an adulterous episode that changed her marriage forever. In the next intensely visual segment featuring only limited dialogue Marta (M
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo -- Savall | DVD | (31/10/2002)
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| RRP For this production of L'Orfeo, stage director Gilbert Deflo attempts to recreate the atmosphere of the first performance of Monteverdi's 1607 opera in the plush 19th-century setting of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu. On the whole he's extremely successful: the scenery consists of painted flats which are used imaginatively (Caronte's cavern is a particular coup de theatre) and the delightful costumes look like ancient Hellenic robes viewed through a 17th century lens. What's most remarkable, though, is the sensitive level of recording, for the light orchestral textures and small voices only once, in the Caronte scene, seem to get swamped by the gilt and velvet. Jordi Savall, looking uncannily like Monteverdi himself, conducts with energy and draws some committed, focused playing from the band. Zanasi makes a fine Orfeo, but all the voices have all the graceful and limpid qualities that are standard now in early music, and the whole company gets the stylised acting manner demanded by the production just right without becoming too arch. On the DVD: L'Orfeo is presented in 16:9 anamorphic ratio, with a choice of Dolby Surround Sound or LPCM Stereo. Within the limitations of a live relay from a large theatre, the picture quality is excellent: the colours of the costumes seem particularly vivid. There are subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. Special features include an interview with the stage director, an illustrated synopsis and a gallery of cast photos. --Warwick Thompson
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Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde | DVD | (27/04/2009)
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| RRP Of all operas, perhaps the one that least needs ingenious extramusical assistance is 'Tristan, this aurally erotic work that speaks so vividly to the listener`s inner eye. Wagner`s score is simply more illustrative and sensuously pictorial than any series of stage pictures could be. With Ren� Kollo and Gwyneth Jones in the title roles, this DVD represents a historical milestone and document of highest value in the reception of Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde'.
Franz Lehar - Das Land Des Lachelns (Ebert) | DVD | (19/09/2005)
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| RRP 1974 film version of Franz Lehar's operetta Das Land Des Lachelns famous for the song 'Dein ist mein ganzes Herz'.
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty (Telecast 12 December 1955) | DVD | (24/09/2007)
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| RRP Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty - Ballet in Three Acts.
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Saint John Passion - Bach | DVD | (27/02/2006)
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| RRP J. S. Bach's St John PassionRecorded live at the Suntory Hall Tokyo 28 July 2000
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After Darkness | DVD | (27/08/2002)
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| RRP Lawrence Hunningford (Julian Sands) becomes insane when as a child he witnesses the tragic drowning of his twin brother in the sands. He becomes gradually schizophrenic and is committed to the clinic. His elder brother Peter (John Hurt) accepts an invitation to teach at the University near the clinic. After Lawrence attempts to end his life Peter discharges his brother from the clinic and moves with him into a huge run down apartment and commits to take care of his brother. But the
Beat Club-Best of '68 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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Beat Club-Best of '70 Volume 1 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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Beat Club-Best of '72 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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| RRP ![Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Tokyo 93) [René Kollo, Gwyneth Jones, Robert Lloyd] [Arthaus: 108083] [Blu-ray] [2013]](/pictures/1129790.jpg)
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Tokyo 93) | Blu Ray | (08/07/2013)
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Beat Club-Best of '73 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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Beat Club-Best of '69 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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Beat Club-Best of '70 Volume 2 | DVD | (03/12/2001)
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