Jessica
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>From: Susan Albrecht <albrechs@wabash.edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: Re: El Topo &/or Border Town
>Date: Wed, Nov 3, 1999, 6:50 PM
>
>Okay, I hate to beat this one into the ground, but I'm getting arguments
>from people here
>that we SHOULD be able to convert the PAL into NTSC and then be able to use the
>conversion--actually add it to our collection--as long as we destroy the
>original PAL
>version. Kosher or no??
>
>Susan
>
>> Thanks, Jessica. Turns out we *do* have such a player in our modern
>languages building.
>> So we're all set!
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> > you can not make a copy but it would be a good idea to have a multi-system
>> > player for this type of situation. I realize that academics find it
>> > inconvenient to have to roll in a special player but it is not THAT
>> > difficult.
>> >
>> > Jessica
>> > ----------
>> > >From: Susan Albrecht <albrechs@wabash.edu>
>> > >To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
>> > >Subject: Re: El Topo &/or Border Town
>> > >Date: Wed, Nov 3, 1999, 5:31 PM
>> > >
>> >
>> > >Wow, thanks. I had done a search of your website and didn't find a match
>> > >for this. I think
>> > >I'm correct, though, that even if the PAL version is the only one
>> > >available, we CAN'T just
>> > >make a copy which is playable on VHS machines? Am I right?
>> > >
>> > >Susan
>> > >
>> > >> Facets carries a PAL version of "El Topo" for $79.95. Please feel free to
>> > >> contact me if you have any questions.
>> > >>
>> > >> Sincerely,
>> > >>
>> > >> Brian McCaskill
>> > >> Facets Video
>> > >> <brian@facets.org>
>> > >> phone: 800-331-6197
>> > >> fax: 773-929-5437
>> > >>
>> > >> At 07:36 AM 11/03/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>> > >> >Hello, all.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >I have been asked by a prof to try to track down two videos and am not
>> > >> having much luck.
>> > >> >The first is Alexandro (Alejandro) Jodorowsky's El Topo. The prof says he
>> > >> actually
>> > >> >watched this video and that the box said, "Distributed by Luminous Works."
>> > >> I haven't had
>> > >> >any luck finding this company or this video.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >The second is Archie Mayo's Border Town, originally produced in 1934. OCLC
>> > >> shows a
>> > >> >record of sorts, but I'm not sure a video version actually exists. Does
>> > >> anyone know??
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Susan
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Susan Albrecht
>> > >> >Library Acquisitions/Media Center Asst.
>> > >> >Wabash College Lilly Library
>> > >> >Crawfordsville, IN
>> > >> >albrechs@wabash.edu
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>> > >Susan Albrecht
>> > >Library Acquisitions/Media Center Asst.
>> > >Wabash College Lilly Library
>> > >Crawfordsville, IN
>> > >albrechs@wabash.edu
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>>
>>
>> Susan Albrecht
>> Library Acquisitions/Media Center Asst.
>> Wabash College Lilly Library
>> Crawfordsville, IN
>> albrechs@wabash.edu
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>
>Susan Albrecht
>Library Acquisitions/Media Center Asst.
>Wabash College Lilly Library
>Crawfordsville, IN
>albrechs@wabash.edu
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