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1) Wingtips
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (15 min.).
Description
In this 1940s noir-style surreal thriller, our hero (Alex Boling) seems fixated on wingtip shoes. Under loose floorboards in a dark attic he finds a shoebox containing the wingtips of his dreams. After a meticulous shining, he puts them on and embarks on a journey of self-discovery where danger lurks around every corner and imminent disaster grows closer with every step he takes.
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Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (45 min.).
Description
A Wicked Tale refashions the Grimm Brothers' story; a fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood into a darker, overtly erotic, seductive, adult film rated kinda X. Mixing filmic styles from the title cards of the silent era to the surreal visions of the likes of Stanley Kubrick, director Tzang Merwyn Tong unwraps the hidden eroticism layered in a story we all grew up with as children to expose the wolf's true intent and Little Red Riding Hood's own dark desires....
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xxiv, 396 p.
Description
Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins addresses significant areas (and eras) of "transgressive" filmmaking, including many subgenres and styles that have not yet received much critical attention. This collection of essays covers both contemporary films and those produced in the last 50 years to provide a theoretical framework for looking at transgressive cinema and what that means. This volume begins with a number of essays...
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Sonia (Rappaport) is a Slovenian woman who works as a chambermaid in a Turin hotel. There's something going on behind her rather wary expression and hesitant manner, but we assume at first that it may just be shyness, and root for her when she meets Guido (Timi), an awkward, reticent but romantic former policeman, at a speed dating session. The widowed Guido and the lonely Sonia have just begun to connect when he is murdered in front of her during...
6) Memento
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An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
8) Contagion
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a north German village prior to the outbreak of World War I, strange events, accidents, and deaths are occurring. The village people are beside themselves with worry and can't figure out what to do. After the school teacher starts to unravel the mystery, he discovers that the children of the town may be guilty of the crimes and have formed a secret society that the local pastor's daughter appears to be the leader of.
10) Parasite
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
12) Kidnap
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. Karla will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
13) Baby driver
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
14) Titanic
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Deep-sea explorer Brock Lovett has reached the most famous shipwreck of all, the passenger liner, Titanic. Emerging with a safe believed to contain a diamond called 'The Heart of the Ocean,' he finds that the safe does not hold the diamond but a drawing of a beautiful woman wearing it. When Brock is interviewed on TV, he shows the drawing to the cameras. A 100-year-old woman named Rose Calvert recognizes the woman in the drawing - herself! On a visit...
15) Gattaca
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As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
16) The third man
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (19 x 38 cm., folded)
Description
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.
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Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alejandro lives in the center of Mexico City in an enclosed, self-sufficient zone surrounded by ghettos and policed by a powerful private security force. As dawn breaks on his birthday, three teens from the adjacent poorer neighborhood break into one of The Zone's houses. In the confusion, an old lady is killed, but a young housemaid escapes and warns the security guards. The guards shoot two of the robbers, but the third escapes and remains hidden...
18) El norte
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 458
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on...
19) Furious 7
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Deckard Shaw is out for revenge against Dominic Toretto and his crew, following the death of his brother in "Fast & Furious 6." Before Shaw can do that, Dom plans to take him out first with help from Brian, Ronan, Tej, and Letty.
20) Te doy mis ojos
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio's rage in the middle of the night with her young son as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana's house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana's front door is Pilar's husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With Ana's support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio's rage. Yet the very passionate Antonio is far from a one-dimensional...
