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- Mr. Wilder and me / by Coe, Jonathan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In the summer of 1977, a young woman named Calista finds work on famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder's film set. The filming takes them to Munich, where Wilder grapples with his family history. This tender and intimate novel examines the nature of time and fame, of family, and of the treacherous lure of nostalgia.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002; Motion picture industry; Motion picture producers and directors; Young women;
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- The nightingale [videorecording] / by Claflin, Sam,1986-actor.; Kent, Jennifer(Film director),film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Franciosi, Aisling,1993-actor.; Ganambarr, Baykali,actor.; Herriman, Damon,1970-actor.; Sheasby, Michael,actor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Michael Sheasby, Baykali Ganambarr.Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Revenge; Irish; Rape; Women prisoners; Aboriginal Australians;
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- Mauvaise Graine. by Esway, Alexander,film director.; Wilder, Billy,film director.; Darrieux, Danielle,actor.; Mingand, Pierre,actor.; Flicker Alley (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Danielle Darrieux, Pierre MingandOriginally produced by Flicker Alley in 1934.Henri Pasquier (Pierre Mingand) is a rich playboy who enjoys careening around Paris in his shiny Buick. When his father forces him to sell the car, Henri suffers a class-related existential crisis, and falls in with a local car theft gang in an attempt to get his Buick back. In doing so, he not only learns about the underbelly of working for a living, but also falls for the sweetly seductive Jeannette (Danielle Darrieux).Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion Pictures.; Crime.; Motion pictures--France.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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- The Distance Between You and Me and Her. by Kann, Michael,film director.; Simonides, Jörg,actor.; Block, Kirsten,actor.; Rieger, Sylvia,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jörg Simonides, Kirsten Block, Sylvia RiegerOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1987.Journalist and single mother Marga doesn't hold the music profession in high regard and is not particularly excited when her boss sends her to interview aspiring rock singer Anne. Anne is a trained machinist and lives at East Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg, famous for its artistic alternative communities. Marga is surprised when Anne gives unconventional and provoking answers to routine interview questions. When Robert, an unpublished poet who always has a witty line up his sleeve, and who is also Anne's ex-boyfriend, shows up, Marga becomes way more interested in her interview assignment. A love triangle comedy set in the bohemian East Berlin Prenzlauer Berg atmosphere combined with 1980s punk rock music á la Nina Hagen that comments on East German taboo topics, including environmental issues. The film offers references not only to Konrad Wolf’s Solo Sunny but also to international film history, including Billy Wilder, Woody Allen and Ernst Lubitsch.Scripted by Stefan Kolditz (Burning Life, Dresden), this comedy is inspired by the real story behind the making of Konrad Wolf’s classic Solo Sunny (1978-79). Wolf’s scriptwriter, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, had read an unpublished interview by journalist Jutta Voigt with Sanije Torka, a mechanic apprentice who later studied performance arts and was cast in DEFA films in the 1970s and 1980s.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Musicals.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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