SUGGESTIONS FOR TRENDY MERVEILLESXX

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Oooh! You are so “out”. I pity you so much. Anyway, if you want to be “in trend” and understand what teenagers today are crazy for, you need to see the following DVDs right now. These DVDs are selling like hot cakes at every branch of 7-Eleven. You might have noticed that since the beginning of November, whenever you go to buy something at 7-Eleven, the cashier will ask you, “Would you like to buy a DVD of Alexander Kluge?” That’s one of the reasons why a lot of teenagers have seen Kluge’s films and are totally crazy for Kluge’s films now. So, Merveillesxx, if you want to be trendy and understand what all your friends have seen, you must see all these popular DVDs right now:


1.CLASS RELATIONS (1984, Jean-Marie Straub + Daniele Huillet, 122 mins)

This DVD with English subtitles was released in October 2007.
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2.50 FILMS BY ALEXANDER KLUGE

This DVD collection contains 16 DVDs with English subtitles.
http://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/info/p10_Alexander-Kluge---The-films-for-cinema.html

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3.LOOKING FOR LANGSTON (1989, Isaac Julien)

This DVD was released at 31 July 2007.

Synopsis from http://www.amazon.com/

“Award-winning British filmmaker Isaac Julien`s LOOKING FOR LANGSTON is both critically acclaimed and controversial. The film is a lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Isaac Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, against an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that parallels a Harlem speakeasy of the 1920s with a 1980s London underground nightclub. Extracts from Hughes poetry are interwoven with the work of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including Essex Humphill, Bruce Nugent, and Robert Mapplethorpe, constructing a lyrical and multilayered narrative. Julien explores the ambiguous sexual subtexts of the period of rich artistic expression, and the enduring cultural significance of the pioneer s work. Shot in sumptuous monochrome, the film combines archival footage with the newly staged set pieces, fantasy sequences, and an imagined love story. The result is a beautiful and ultimately celebratory piece about artistic expression and the nature of desire.”

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4.MARGARET TAIT, SELECTED FILMS 1952-1976

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Synopsis from http://www.amazon.co.uk/

“LUX is pleased to announce the release of a new DVD collection of key films by Orcadian poet and filmmaker Margaret Tait, produced from newly restored prints and available for the first time on DVD. Margaret Tait was one of Britain's most unique and individual artist filmmakers. Over the course of 46 years she produced over 30 films including one feature, Blue Black Permanent (1992) and published five books of poetry and short stories, while living between the Island of Orkney and Edinburgh. Margaret described her life's work as consisting of making film-poems. She often quoted Lorca's phrase of 'stalking the image' to define her philosophy and method, the idea that if you look at an object closely enough it will speak its nature. This clarity of vision and purpose with an attention to simple commonplace subjects combined with a rare sense of inner rhythm and pattern give her films a transcendental quality, while still remaining firmly rooted within the everyday. Margaret once said of her films, with characteristic modesty, that they are born of 'of sheer wonder and astonishment at how much can be seen in any place that you choose...if you really look'. DVD contains the following films: Portrait of Ga (1952), Aerial (1974), Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964), Colour Poems (1974), Where I am is Here (1964), Place of Work (1976), Tailpiece (1976), John Macfadyen (1970).”



5.WORKING GIRLS (1986, Lizzie Borden)

The DVD is released on August 21, 2007.

Synopsis from http://www.amazon.com/

“Molly is a lesbian with an Ivy League degree. Gina plans on opening her own beauty salon. Dawn is a law student. Mary answered an ad to be a hostess and decided to try it. Welcome to a typical day in the life of a group of New York City prostitutes. Plying their trade in an expensive, immaculately maintained Manhattan bordello, they deal with everything from the mundane to the profane while servicing men of all shapes, sizes and fetishes. For these working girls, every job may have its price, but every day has its cost. Award winning femininst director Lizzie Borden (Born In Flames) spent six months interviewing real prostitutes for this acclaimed drama, delivering an unflinching look at The World's Oldest Profession filled with rare humor, insight and honesty.”

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So, Merveillesxx, if you want to be “in trend”, go to the nearest 7-Eleven and buy all these DVDs right now!