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The Kirov production, though title says Bolshoi
For Ballet Newbies!!!!!!!My only gripe is that the movements aren't put into combinations or practiced continously so that you can practice along. An extensive history of ballet is given in between each teaching segment, but there is an interactive menu so you can skip those parts.
If you need to know the basic ballet positions, then this is a good DVD (and the price isn't bad either). They also review arms, eyes, and body alignment. Plies, releves, and arabesques are also reviewed. NO combinations at all.
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'Enemy' plays like extension of TV's golden ageThough "Enemy of the People" aired on National Educational Television (the precursor of PBS) in 1966, Arthur Miller's adaptation of the Ibsen classic feels like an extension of the "golden" era.
In the Norway of the 1880s, an idealistic doctor (James Daly of "Medical Center") discovers that water from a new spring is contaminated with deadly bacteria. Because the spring is expected to bring a solid tourist trade to this small town, his repeated attempts to convince the town's officials and citizens are met with hostility -- most notably by the mayor, who happens to be the doctor's brother (Philip Bosco).
The acting here is uniformly excellent, delivered in normal theatrical style. Daly is ideal in the lead role, never sounding a false note. Kate Reid is solid as his concerned wife, though sometimes encumbered by wild motivational swings in her character, as written.
Bosco is appropriately maddening as the doctor's brother, though viewers may be somewhat amused by his stage mustache, which becomes skewed during one sequence.
A number of very good actors from the period inexplicably go unbilled on the box, and are even absent from the IMDB entry. Among them are George Voskovec as the doctor's scheming father-in-law; James Olson as an unscrupulous newspaper editor; and William Prince as the battle-scarred publisher of the newspaper. Tim Daly, best known for his role on "Wings," plays one of the doctor's young sons; he is the real life son of the late James Daly.
Rue McLanahan appears in a bit role.
In what might have been rather startling for TV viewers of the mid-'60s, the mild profanity of Miller's adaptation is kept intact.
The play was shot on black-and-white videotape, and the print that was used for this DVD is very good. It's always so much better to see the straight video from this period, rather than a kinescoped copy.
"An Enemy of the People" will be rewarding viewing for any lover of classic television.
Excellent Production of Great PlayUnfortunately, this IS produced for public television, and there is no attempt to hide the fact. The play is presented in a series of "Episodes," with "scenes from last time" and an opening of waves on cliffs that can not fail to remind viewers of the series "Dark Shadows." But the score by Maurice Jarre is perfect and evocative throughout the production. There is
also a clinching review/discussion/commentary at the end of each episode by, for some reason, Erich Segal. I avoided this like the plague.
Solid look into independent martial arts shorts!Everything from director commentaries on each film, to photo galleries, outtakes, bloopers, a crazy fighting game, and hidden menues can be found on the dvd. This is a must purchase for fans of independent cinema, and those looking to get into making movies themselves.
The nine movies are DARE, KAELA, GUNG-HO, TEAMWORK 2, PRISON WARZ, COLLECTION AGENCY, CRADLE OF THE BLIND, KUNG-FU LEGENDS: TURBO, and CROUCHING WAITER, HIDDEN CHEF
Every film has something different to offer, some shot on 35mm, some on digital, different lighting, plots etc.., and best not to spoil them here, just buy it and find out!
Great action!!!!!
Lott is absent from most of the disc, which is taken up with two of the 19th century's finest works for chamber orchestra: Wagner's Siegfried-Idyll, probably the most endearing of his compositions, and the relaxed, warmly lyrical Serenade No. 1 of Johannes Brahms. Both have been arranged for this group but retain their attractions. This concert was taped (presumably for French television) in the Maisons Laffitte Castle, an environment visually appropriate for the music, and Armin Jordan conducts performances as elegant as the decor. Some viewers may be distracted by close-up shots of him mouthing the words along with the singer; others will find it charming. Personally, I was charmed, but I would have been more charmed if texts and translations had been supplied. --Joe McLellan
Truth in packaging?
Hedison is great but the play is notBut, the play was difficult for me to follow. It was supposed to be a comedy and a lot of it was, but I couldn't understand all of it except the story premise about a married woman having an affair (with lover Hedison)while still jealous of her husband's possible infidelity.
I'd say all Hedison fans should buy this dvd, as I said he was wonderful, and had quite a flair for comedy, but the story itself tried to hard and just wasn't very good.
Good Work from the Berkeley Theatre ArchiveThe BTA series was originally done for television, so the image quality is not great, but both picture and sound seem to be as good as "new."
Like all the Kultur DVDs of the Broadway Theatre Archive I've seen, this version has no extras to speak of. Aside from the program itself, there is a short of previews of other titles and a scene selection option.