Wim Wenders
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
In intimate conversations Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war Germany. The film follows him on a journey into the past that takes him to Paris, where he lived as a young painter and made his decision to become a filmmaker. He recounts his experiences, successes and failures as a film student on the way to becoming a director. He also conveys the attitudes and the euphoric mood among the first intake of students at Munich's...
2) Submergence
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling film from visionary director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire), James (James McAvoy) is a British agent and Danny (Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander) is a scientist working on a deep-sea diving project. A wild love affair develops even though their jobs, and their individual dangerous missions, are destined to separate them.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A personal documentary about the iconic actor in his intimate moments, with clips from some of his 250 films and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs. The film explores the actor's enigmatic outlook on his life, his unexploited talents as a musician, and includes scenes with David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson and Debbie Harry. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and the **Venice Film Festival**....
Publisher
Distributed by Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
©2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : (DVD video) sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Language
Français
Description
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus.
Series
Criterion collection volume 644
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages)
Language
Deutsch
Description
A tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
6) Perfect days
Series
Criterion collection volume 1226
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 111 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women.
8) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Director-approved special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After having been missing for four years and presumed dead, Travis emerges from the desert near the Texas-Mexico border and collapses at a gas station. His younger brother, Walt, a billboard artist, takes him to Walt's Los Angeles home where Travis' son, Hunter, has lived with Walt and Walt's wife, Anne, since Travis and his wife, Jane, disappeared. Travis reestablishes a relationship with Hunter, finds Jane and brings about a reunion between Jane...
Series
Criterion collection volume 490
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages).
Language
Deutsch
Description
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus.
11) Perfect days
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through...
Author
Language
English
Description
Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guzmán, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane...
15) Submergence
Author
Language
English
Description
James (James McAvoy) is a British agent under the cover of a water engineer, while Danny (Alicia Vikander) is a bio-mathematician working on a deep-sea diving project to explore the origin of life on our planet. On a chance encounter in a remote resort in Normandy where they both prepare for their respective missions, they fall rapidly, and unexpectedly, into each other's arms and a deliriously wild love affair develops, even though their jobs are...