Ravi Shankar In Portrait: Between Two Worlds / Live in Concert
Directed by Mark Kidel
Disc 1 Ravi Shankar Between Two Worlds
The definitive account of India's most celebrated musician follows two years of Ravi Shankar's life filmed in India and America against the backdrop of seven decades of innovative collaboration with Western musicians like George Harrison, John Coltrane and Yehudi Menuhin. Archive footage shows key performances filmed from the 1930s to the present day.
Disc 2 Ravi Shankar live in concert
Ravi Shankar performs two ragas (Raga Anandi Kalyan and Raga Rangeela Piloo) in the atmospheric Union Chapel in London, Summer 2002, with his daughter Anoushka and tabla virtuosi Bikram Ghosh and Tanmoy Bose.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #36631 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-24
- Formats: Best of, Live, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 2
- Running time: 181 minutes
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Take
Directed by Charles Oliver
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Ana (Academy Award® nominee Minnie Driver) is the struggling mother of a seven-year-old special needs student. Saddled with night shifts and home-schooling, she s dedicated to preventing her son from being lost in a system ill-equipped to handle him.
Saul (28 Weeks Later s Jeremy Renner) is a hopeless gambling addict, working a dead-end job to care for his ailing father. In a desperate fight against time, and with his options ever narrowing, he s forced to take drastic measures to escape dire consequences.
In the course of two pivotal days one past and one present both will confront their own personal demons and seek in each other the healing powers of forgiveness.
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Parallels and Parallax
TAKE is yet another superb film that suffers from lack of promotion and PR. It is a compelling film, intelligently written and directed by Charles Oliver (his first venture in both roles!), contains some of the most subtle and powerful cinematography (by Tristan Whitman) to partner in the intensity of the story telling, a musical score by Roger Neill that enhances the work without drawing attention to itself, and a cast of absolutely first rate actors offering some of their most brilliant performances to date. For the sophisticated film lover this little treasure will likely echo the question "Why didn't we hear about this fine work?"
Oliver elects to present this story of two disparate characters whose lives of quiet desperation cross at a moment in time that alters the emotional growth of each - an event that is the parallax for the viewer just when the parallel lives of these challenged people have been explored by means of a nonlinear method of storytelling. Ana (Minnie Driver) works at multiple menial jobs to augment the small teacher's salary of her husband Marty (David Derman) in order to support the Special Ed school their challenged son Jesse (Bobby Coleman) requires. Concurrently we meet Saul (Jeremy Renner) whose expenses in caring for his ill father and his gambling debts drive him to performing criminal means of finding money. For much of the film the audience is unaware of the connection between these two people whose pasts have collided and who both must come to grips with a situation that almost defies description. In many ways the drive of the story is a sensitive journey toward understanding the need for forgiveness and the necessity of finding a greater meaning to the absurdity of life with all of its random acts of violence.
Minnie Driver gives a delicately multifaceted performance as the mother, a performance as memorable for her extended moments of frozen silence (captured so exquisitely by cinematographer Whitman) as for her episodes of emotional explosion. 11-year-old Bobby Coleman proves to be one of our finer young actors before the camera today. Jeremy Renner, usually assigned to parts of evil men such as his portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer, his role as the despicable villain in NORTH COUNTRY, THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES..., etc), here manages to hold the viewer's compassion despite the deeds he commits. Adam Rodriguez shines in an important cameo role as the prison chaplain attempting to help Renner's character find meaning, Rocky Marquette stuns as a cashier victim in a brief but sensitively nuanced appearance - the list of credits is long. But the main kudos must go to Charles Oliver for writing and realizing this brilliant little film. If this is his first outing as a writer and as a director, we have in our midst a sleeping giant! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, January 09
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Live in Africa
From Shout Factory
In 1974, when then-heavyweight champion George Forman was preparing to fight former world champion Muhammad Ali for the historic "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire, Africa, another stage was being set, that of concert festival. Considered to be one of his most memorable performances ever, B.B. King shone brightly to the audience of over 80,000. Filmed and directed by Academy Award(r)-winner Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), Live In Africa '74 shows King in top form, performing the songs that made him "The King of the Blues." Look for candid shots of Muhammad Ali in the crowd. B.B. King is one of the greatest bluesmen of all time and influenced countless performers such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others. His Billboard R&B chart hits include "Sweet Sixteen", "The Thrill Is Gone", "I Like To Live The Love", "To Know You Is To Love You" and "Why I Sing The Blues", all of which are performed on this DVD.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #12626 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-24
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Enhanced, Live, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 48 minutes
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Mozart: Idomeneo
Directed by Lautenberg;Dorn;Large
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #23217 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-24
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Formats: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French
- Number of discs: 2
- Running time: 75 minutes
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Fight Quest
From Discovery Channel
Travel the globe with American fighters Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson as they struggle to learn new hand-to-hand combat disciplines from top masters and embrace traditional cultures in each riveting episode of FIGHT QUEST. Jimmy and Doug are given only five days to study the brutal art of stick-fighting in the Philippines (Kali), Israeli military Krav Maga defense techniques and so much more before facing off against local expert fighters in this action-packed, graphic journey to explore the deadliest martial arts on Earth. Episodes: Philippines - Kali China - Kung Fu Japan - Kyokushin karate Korea - Hapkido France - Savate Indonesia - Pencak-Silat Mexico - Mexico Boxing Brazil - Jiu-Jitsu Israel - Krav Maga USA - Kajukenbo Thailand - Muay Thai India - Kalarippayattu Hong Kong - Wing Chung
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #7028 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-24
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Formats: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 3
- Running time: 547 minutes
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Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan
Directed by 0
Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was a political prisoner of the Communist regime in Vietnam for thirteen years, nine of which he spent in solitary confinement. His remarkable faith sustained him during those long years when he would celebrate mass in secret with three drops of wine in the palm of his hand and the host smuggled inside a flashlight by his faithful. His spiritual writings, penned on the back of old calendars, have spread throughout the world inspiring millions.
Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan is an original Salt and Light documentary exploring the man and his message. This powerful film traces the history of Thuan from his privileged upbringing in a powerful political family to decades of war, betrayal and suffering all experiences which helped form his singular conviction that Love Conquers All.
Featuring interviews with those who knew him best, never before seen family videos, and rare archival footage of Thuan sharing his most revealing insights, Road of Hope offers an unprecedented glimpse into the life of a modern day martyr and saint.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #29110 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-27
- Format: NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 60 minutes
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God in China
Directed by 0
This film explores one of China's best kept secrets: religion. China is undergoing a massive resurgence of religious beliefs and the Communist authorities do not know how to deal with it, as believers walk a thin line between toleration and persecution. This documentary offers unprecedented insight and footage of both the official and the underground religious movements. From a rural and underground parish and a claudestine seminary, to the government supported Christian, Buddist, Muslim churches, Chinese from all walks of life candidly tell their stories of faith and what the future holds for them in China.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #32370 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-02-27
- Format: NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 60 minutes
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