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Allegories Animals, Mythical Fantasy films Production and direction Gender identity in motion pictures Magic in motion pictures Monsters in motion pictures Motion pictures Production and direction Transgender people Identity Transgender people in motion pictures Wizards in motion picturesSummary: A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP
Fischer, Paul
Summary: "A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4 FISBergstrom, Signe
Summary: "Newt, Tina, Queenie, and Jacob, the beloved heroes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, are back! In The Archive of Magic, an exciting full-color companion volume to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, readers are transported behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World for an enchanting, close-up look at Newt Scamander and his colorful trove of cohorts--beasts and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BERSummary: In his unique fiction/documentary hybrid, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. This wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark is expanded 35 years later by its unconventional follow-up, Take 2 1/2. The sequel sees the actors reunited in a more personal,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC SYMBridges, Tilly
Summary: "Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey - from Thomas Anderson, to Neo... to Trinity. Each movie’s allegory is deeply layered, building from movie to movie, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: BearManor Media 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BRIOrlean, Susan.
Summary: Chronicles the rise of the iconic German shepherd character while sharing the stories of the real WWI dog and the canine performer in the 1950s television show, and explores Rin Tin Tin's relevance in the military and popular culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.737 ORLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIN TIN TIN ORLSummary: Here's a place where your students can turn their creativity into a career. This program looks at opportunities to design, produce, exhibit, perform, write, or publish in a variety of media, including theater, film, textiles, newspapers, radio, and television. Real-world insights into this cluster are provided through interviews with a cable TV broadcast engineer, newspaper reporter,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005