WILSON!!!

From this cute interview with Tom Hanks:

Maureen Dowd: You once wrote that Gary Cooper’s career could be summed up in one word: “Yup.” Your career can be summed up in one word, too.
Tom Hanks: Ah, Wilson. That’s what people yell at me.

(We got that. Of course.)

Errol Morris explains his motivation and how he created his "Interrotron"

http://www.errolmorris.com/content/eyecontact/interrotron.html

Tim Robbins & James Gandolfini Join The HBO Movie 'Cinema Verite'

Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini are set to co-star opposite Diane Lane in HBO Films’ Cinema Verite. The movie, written by David Seltzer, is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the groundbreaking 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family. The series by Oscar-winning doc filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond centered on Santa Barbara couple Pat Loud (Lane) and Bill Loud (Robbins), who split up during the filming, and their children, the eldest of whom, son Lance, became TV's first openly gay character. For the rest of the story, click here.

Media Services owns the follow-up film to "An American Family," called "American Family Revisited" (VHS 2641) and the very funny Albert Brooks' spoof, "Real Life" (VHS 4876 or DVD 6108). Unfortunately, the original "An American Family" 12 part series has not been released on VHS or DVD. Rest assured, Media Services will purchase it once it does.

Watch episodes of NOW, now.

"Hosted by veteran journalist David Brancaccio, NOW on PBS goes beyond the noisy churn of the news cycle to probe the most important issues facing democracy and give viewers the context to explore their relationship with the larger world." --PBS website.

First started by Bill Moyers back in 2002, this news program gave issues more of a chance to breathe due to its hour length. A couple years ago, PBS cut the program back to a half hour, but the format focuses in on a current issue that most media outlets designate a soundbyte to.

PBS is currently offering streaming episodes of the show here.

As it turns out, Bill Moyer's Journal is also offering streaming video of his program, which can be found here.

Time Out's 50 greatest animated films, with added commentary by Terry Gilliam...

An interesting list worth checking out:

http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8835/time-outs-50-greatest-animated-films-curated-by-terry-gilliam.html

Media Services own 9 out of the top 10 listed:

1. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)DVD 4709
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)DVD 6329
3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)VHS 4136
4. Fantasia (1940)DVD 4691
5. Toy Story (1995)DVD 7768
6. Spirited Away (2001)DVD 586
7. Yellow Submarine (1968)VHS 5100
8. Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003)DVD 1225
9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) DVD 183
10. Robin Hood (1973)Media Services does not own.

Wall Street 2 Becomes a Reality

Wall Street was so dang good, it looks like we’re finally going to get another. Michael Douglas has spoken publicly about the project, saying, “I think it's time to take another hard look at trading and the economy and what went wrong in the last few years.” Ironically, he made this statement at the premiere of his film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Shia LaBeouf might take up the young trader role Charlie Sheen played in the ‘80s, and Oliver Stone is all about directing the film. The story will take place after Gordon Gekko has been released from prison. Will he still think greed is good? Will he give the financial morons who got us into our present economic mess more fuel for the fire? Who knows, but it’s hard not to be pumped about the prospect of this movie getting made.

Found at ew.com.

British Film Institute: Interviews

The British Film Institute regularly hosts public forums and an interview series at the National Film Theatre in London. Here they offer transcripts from many of their choicest interviews. They include conversations
with people such as Robert Altman, Costa-Gavras, Rickey Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and
Satyajit Ray.


link

Edifying and odd streaming video from UC-Berkeley

Stephen Hawking lectures (various years)

Malcolm X interview at UCB, 1963

Voices of Black Panther Women Symposium (date unknown)

Richard Eakins, biology professor who used to dress up in period costume and act the part of famous
scientists (circa 1970s)

Lots of other nifty streamed audio and video linked from the same page.

Streaming video find: The Charlie Rose Archive

Over 4000 hours of interviews. Searchable and categorized for browsing too. This is an amazing archive of contemporary culture covering some of the most remarkable people from the arts and sciences as well as business, government, sports, and journalism.

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Bill Moyers profiles The Yes Men...

In this segment from Bill Moyers Journal, he profiles "The Yes Men" two impersonators who use satire to make serious points about media consolidation, journalism, business ethics, and separating fact from fiction in a world of spin.

Watch the whole segment here.

We also have the feature film available HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 733.

But probably the best link is here an LSU masters thesis on The Yes Men and Activism in The Information Age.