-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: "Jane Agee" <Jane_Agee@valhalla.oit.duke.edu> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:37:39 -0800 (PST) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Re: KANDAHARA > > > Yes, it would be wonderful if professors who request films and videos would > have the title and a distributor. However, the reality is that this is > exactly the kind of queries film & video librarians field every day. We > feel fortunate if the prof has the whole title; we frequently are presented > partial titles, sub-titles or a single word within the title. I, too, have > a prof who reads the New York Times and wanted this film for a course next > semester, tho' he understands that it won't be available. > Part of our jobs are these goose-hunts, and I suspect most of us relish the > searching and tracking or we'd not be in this speicalized area of > librarianship. > Lastly, this is one of the wonderful benefits of this listserve, i.e. being > able to tap into our colleagues knowledge. So Jessica, thanks for the web > addresses. And thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. > Best, Jane > Duke University > > > > > > Jessica Rosner <jrosner@kino.com>@library.berkeley.edu on 12/07/2001 > 03:04:33 PM > > Please respond to videolib@library.berkeley.edu > > Sent by: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > > > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > cc: > > Subject: Re: KANDAHARA > > > No way. It is small company called Avitar AND THEY HAVE NOT YET OPENED IN > THEATERS. I must say Rhonda you get the most aggressive professors. Before > they drive you crazy may I suggest that you REQUIRE them to basically PROVE > ( it if is a FEATURE FILM) that film has IN FACT been released in the US > theatrically. In Fact I would make THEM find a NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW of a > film before sending you out to look for it. I realize you are a good > librarian but it is just silly to send someone out to look for films that > either have yet to be released or that have been out for maybe a week and I > notice they seem to do this A LOT. Basically a film SHOULD become available > anywhere from 4 to 12 months AFTER it's release. It is true that some > films > might go straight to video an bypass theatrical but if so , you would find > them at AMAZON, Facets, etc. Too many professors read some article in an > academic journal ( or in the case of KANDAHAR, The New York Times) and > think > they should be able to get in on video next week. I think that onus should > be on them to do SOME amount of research to determine IF the film is > released in US or why they have any reason to believe it is out on video > > Again I am ONLY refering to FEATURE FICTION FILMS, and in most cases > foreign > films. It just drive me nuts that academics think anything ever made has to > be on video > > Good Luck > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Kino International > 333 W 39th St. 503 > NY NY 10018 > jrosner@kino.com > >> From: Rhonda Pancoe <rpancoe@mail.colgate.edu> >> Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:49:17 -0800 (PST) >> To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >> Subject: RE: KANDAHARA >> >> Jessica, >> Sorry for the misspelling but the prof told me it was spelled like that. > Do >> you know if I could rent the film and who distributes it? >> Rhonda >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jessica Rosner [mailto:jrosner@kino.com] >> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:44 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list >> Subject: Re: KANDAHARA >> >> >> It is just titled KANDHAR and will be released in THEATERS SOON >> Video not likely for some time >> -- >> Jessica Rosner >> Kino International >> 333 W 39th St. 503 >> NY NY 10018 >> jrosner@kino.com >> >>> From: Rhonda Pancoe <rpancoe@mail.colgate.edu> >>> Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >>> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:37:59 -0800 (PST) >>> To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >>> Subject: KANDAHARA >>> >>> Has anyone heard of a very new film titled KANDAHARA about Afghanistan? >> If >>> so, who has this film? >>> >>> Rhonda Pancoe >>> Media Acquisitions Coordinator >>> Media & Instructional Technology >>> SB-8 McGregory Hall >>> Colgate University >>> Hamilton, NY 13346 >>> Phone: 315-228-7858 >>> Fax: 315-228-7725 >>> Email: RPancoe@Mail.Colgate.Edu >>> > > > >