RE: [Videolib] Fwd: Video Business Online - MPAA, others call

Steven Harris (SteHar@library.lib.usu.edu)
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:47:58 -0600

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It was all Clinton's fault! :)
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--steve =20
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>>> Gary Handman <ghandman@library.berkeley.edu> 6/19/2007 2:28:23 pm >>>
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to Die
Examines "the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11". This film =
attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on =
President Bush, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the war in Iraq and Kerry's =
20-year tenure in the Senate. Directed by Kevin Knoblock. Washington, D.C. =
: Citizens United, c2004. 71 min.=20

Michael Moore Hates AmericaA controversial documentary that examines the =
filmmaking methods of director Michael Moore. Michael Wilson humorously =
satirizes Moore's own dogged pursuit of GM President Roger Smith in =
Moore's 1989 documentary "Roger & Me." As he travels from Coast to Coast, =
Wilson encounters celebrities, writers, politicians and everyday citizens =
in a candid and often surprising account of the cultural dialogue in =
modern America. Written, produced and directed by Michael Wilson. c2004. =
93 min. At 12:46 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote:"What's wrong with Ken Burns?"

Well, confining my comments to just his baseball documentary, how about =
his
assumption that 90% of what matters in baseball history took place in =
either
Boston or New York?

As to the politics of current documentarians, I tried to think of some
recent documentaries with a conservative political leaning and could think
of none. Is this because there aren't any, or because of a vast left-wing
conspiracy? (There might be other reasons I suppose...)

Mike Tribby
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses

mailto:mike.tribby@quality-books.com

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of =
issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic =
control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in =
libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve =
as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =
communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video =
producers and distributors.=20
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley
ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC

"In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life =
presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles."

--Guy Debord

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It was all Clinton's fault!  :)
 
--steve 
 


>>> Gary Handman <ghandman@library.berkeley.edu>= ; 6/19/2007 2:28:23 pm >>>
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to = Die
Examines "the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11". This = film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on = President Bush, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the war in Iraq and Kerry's = 20-year tenure in the Senate. Directed by Kevin Knoblock. Washington, D.C. = : Citizens United, c2004. 71 min. 


Michael =
Moore Hates America
A controversial documentary that examines the filmmaking methods of
director Michael Moore. Michael Wilson humorously satirizes Moore's own
dogged pursuit of GM President Roger Smith in Moore's 1989 documentary
"Roger & Me." As he travels from Coast to Coast, Wilson
encounters celebrities, writers, politicians and everyday citizens in a
candid and often surprising account of the cultural dialogue in modern
America. Written, produced and directed by Michael Wilson.  c2004.
93 min. =20
At 12:46 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote:
"What's wrong with Ken = Burns?"

Well, confining my comments to just his baseball documentary= , how about his
assumption that 90% of what matters in baseball history = took place in either
Boston or New York?

As to the politics of = current documentarians, I tried to think of some
recent documentaries = with a conservative political leaning and could think
of none. Is this = because there aren't any, or because of a vast left-wing
conspiracy? = (There might be other reasons I suppose...)


Mike Tribby
Senio= r Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent = Presses

mailto:mike.tribby@quality-books.com

VIDEOLIB is = intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating = to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservati= on, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related = institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working = tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between = libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. =

Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt= Library
UC Berkeley
ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu= /MRC

"In societies where modern conditions of production = prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of = spectacles."

--Guy Debord

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