Films
by c2o library | December 12, 2008 | No Comments

La Noire de... | dir. Ousmane Sembene | France/Senegal | 1966 | 59 mins | French w. optional English sub
The film features a young Senegalese maid who wants to go to France. It is, in essence, a simple story, told around a stark fait divers (news short) that appeared in the French press on the Coˆ te d’Azur: ‘‘Une jeune ne´gresse se tranche la gorge dans la salle ...
by c2o library | December 10, 2008 | No Comments

آفساید | dir. Jafar Panahi | 2006 | Iran | 93 mins | Persian with English/Indonesian sub
Inspired by the director's daughter's story, Offside tells the story of a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match 2005 between Iran and Bahrain, an event deemed as too obscene for women and girls to be allowed into. Banned in Iran, the film won the Silver Bear ...
by c2o library | October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

All these movies are available for viewing at our Movie Station on October 21-31. Please ask for the DVD from our friendly staff, Mba Yuli, and return them in the same condition you borrow them. We only have one movie station so please be considerate and limit your viewing to one DVD if others are waiting. Thanks and happy viewing!
Petualangan Penthil & Penthol 2: Hantu Museum
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by c2o library | September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Takhte Siah | Iran | 2000 | 85 mins | Colour | PG | Kurdish with English subs
In Kurdistan, the border between Iran and Iraq, a band of teachers are trudging through a barren area, seemingly without directions, each with a rickety blackboard on their back like useless, clumsy wings. Even though the atmosphere is pessimistic, there are plenty of (black,) deadpanned humour colouring this film.
In the midst ...
by c2o library | September 28, 2008 | No Comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Indonesian.
by c2o library | September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

Ciné lumière France | 1957 | B&W | 90 mins | French with English subtitles
Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud, a.k.a. Lift to the Gallows (U.S.), opens with the famous foggy close-up shot of breathy Jeanne Moreau on the phone, the smoky noir, secret passionate lovers atmosphere established from the very beginning. The diegetic sound is suddenly cut off, the camera zoomed out, and the audience hears Miles Davis' mournful Nuit ...
by c2o library | April 10, 2008 | No Comments

Although replete with gorgeous mise-en-scene characteristics of his later works, The Man from London falls frustratingly short to Tarr’s previous works. Tarr’s usual late bag of tricks — richly-textured, gorgeous long takes, Mihaly Vig’s cyclic music (which is rather annoying this time compared to his previous transcendental scores), along with the dance-in-a-bar, unblinking, silent characters staring into nothingness for 30 seconds or more — feels this time way ...
by c2o library | January 6, 2008 | No Comments

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DVD | Australia | 2005 | 26 minutes | English with subtitle
Set in an imaginary place and time where rickety, steam-powered ships float in the sky (a 19th century sci-fi?), The Mysterious Geographic Exploration of Jasper Morello is a short animation with a quirky mix of CG animation and silhouettes reminiscent of shadow puppets and Lotte Reiniger's works. The multi-layered textures applied to the animation -- rusty cogs, ...