ITEMS Video Descriptions


Singin in the Rain
HON VT0623

With Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds & Donald O'Conner at their liveliest, excellent direction by Kelly & Stanley Donen, unforgettable music & lavish routines, this has just about everything you could ask for in a musical. 1hr 45min


Virdiana
HON VT0624A

Bunuel's outrageous & devastating attack on religion & society. Viridiana, about to take her vows as a nun, takes to pure Christian life by organizing a haven for blind men, leper, cripple & beggar. Full of Freudian symbolism, film ends in a famous orgy of destruction, containing Bunuel's famous scene of Last Supper. Spanish with English subtitles. 90 min


Viridiana
HON VT0624B

Bunuel's outrageous & devastating attack on religion & society. Viridiana, about to take her vows as a nun, takes to pure Christian life by organizing a haven for blind men, leper, cripple & beggar. Full of Freudian symbolism, film ends in a famous orgy of destruction, containing Bunuel's famous scene of Last Supper. Spanish with English subtitles. 90 min


Treasure of Sierra Madre
HON VT0625

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston & Tim Holt play a trio of Americans on bum in 1920s Tampico. Pooling resources they strike off into mountains of Mexico in search of gold. Hounded by Indians, a fortune hunting Texan & cold-blooded banditos they finally must confront most dangerous adversaries of all - themselves. 1948. 2 hr 6 min


Heart in Winter
HON VT0626

A man & woman are locked in a slow sensual game of seduction that threatens to destroy them both in this story of unrequited love & mysterious music of human heart.


Rashomon
HON VT0629

Introduces greatness of masters in Japanese film industry. Illuminates subjectivity of truth through flashbacks. 4 narrators describe brutal act - a woman's rape & her husband's consequent death. Facts elude us because each interprets story to make himself appear in best light. B&W. 83 min


End of the World
HON VT0659

Astronomer Victor Francen announces arrival of a comet which will strike & destroy earth in approximately 30 days. He is both ignored & branded "a traitor" until comet becomes visible & world's population promptly goes nuts. 54 min


Dr. William J. Wilson
HON VT0803

Lecture given by Dr. Wilson, a leader in field of Sociology, regarding issues of race & class in America & its effects on our culture. 11/18/97 1hr 3 min