John Getz
Series
Criterion collection volume 893
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
A stirring look at three women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer who finds herself contending with both office sexism and a hostage situation; a wife and mother whose determination to build her dream home puts her at odds with the men in her life; and a young law student who forms an ambiguous bond with a lonely ranch hand. A portrait emerges of flawed, but strong-willed individuals in...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
El "ideal californiano" se convierte en una comica y divertida pesadilla cuando toda la poblacion Latina desaparece misteriosamente del "Estado Dorado".
California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population -- all Latino -- has vanished.
3) Blood simple
Series
Criterion collection volume 834
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet.
Language
English
Description
"Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought ... Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene"--Container.
4) Nanking
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries.
5) The fly II
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Seth Brundle was 'debugged, ' his son, Martin Brundle, born of the human fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The charity event bookstore owner Sam Kinsey is hosting for a once famous rock group turns sour when their promoter is found murdered in his hotel room. Sam and Philby dig up the deadly secrets that bring a whole new meaning to Top Ten hit.
8) Zodiac
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. The four men most affected by the killer are San Francisco PD Homicide detectives David Toschi and William Armstrong, and the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith.
9) Blood simple
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man hires a private investigator to kill his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, and her lover, but the investigator has a plan of his own. A bad situation suddenly gets worse.