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Locals formed vigilante groups to fight it, Police used legal force to repress it, City officials wanted to ban it entirely. This never before released feature length documentary was filmed in the early 80's and exposes the punk rock scene that was going on at the infamous Cuckoo's Nest club owned by Jerry Roach.
Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's "Il trovatore", filmed live at the Australian Opera in 1983. Joan Sutherland stars as Leonora, with Kenneth Collins as Manrico, Jonathan Summers as Count di Luna, and Lauris Elms as Azucena. Richard Bonynge conducts the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra.
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect uses the interviewer/interviewee format in which Todd Rundgren answers numerous questions about his life, his music and his philosophy using his explanations spliced with large portions of his songs.
Rare music documentary chronicling the 80s New Wave scene in Berlin, Germany. Features performances from PVC, Z, Ideal, Insisters and Tempo.
Perry Como takes the Big Apple for Christmas.
With a cast of dangdut singers and dangdut groups, this film also highlights a dangdut music festival. H. Imron forbids his daughter Diana to sing dangdut. Her outdoor activities are watched carefully. Meanwhile, Diana teaches their talented housemaid, Itje, to sing dangdut. Later she takes part in the dangdut music festival.
Live in Japan '89 is an unofficial Duran Duran live DVD, recorded during The Big Live Thing Tour at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on 22 February 1989. Setlist: "God (London)" "Big Thing" "I Don't Want Your Love" "Hungry Like the Wolf" "Do You Believe in Shame?" "Election Day" / "Some Like It Hot" "All She Wants Is" / "Planet Earth" "Palomino" "A View to a Kill" "The Edge of America" / "Lake Shore Driving" "Skin Trade" "Girls on Film" "Notorious" "Is There Something I Should Know?" "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)" "The Wild Boys" "Save A Prayer" "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" "The Reflex" "Rio"
Love and betrayal, set in a nightclub during 1980s.
Parade Tour live at Isstadion, Stockholm on August 22nd 1986.
The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no conclusion, and black girls in search of a role-model tend to look elsewhere. Part of her appeal is her startlingly unique appearance. Simply nobody has ever looked or acted like her. She fits no black stereotype. Nor does she look like any recognizable strain of Afro-American. I'd always heard she was half-white, but it seems that her paternity is unknown, and her contradictory claims on the subject don't do much to enlighten us. (We are tempted to imagine quite an exotic mix.) Her origins in sharply-segregated St. Louis, where she is said to have witnessed a lynching, do not seem to have left her embittered. Perhaps she had too much to give. There is a special innocence about that smile, and when she performs her cross-eyed gag, we are lifted into a strange pixie-world, all its own.
Captured from a spot on the floor. Considering the angle, this isn’t that bad of a recording. There are plenty of great close ups. Unfortunately the audio track is somewhat distorted. Poorly transferred from a low generation source.
A combination of concert footage, television appearances, record company promo clips and new video footage shows the Doors, a top '60s rock band. This film would later become part of The Doors 30th Anniversary Collection (released in 1999 and 2001) which compiles three films previously released by MCA/Universal Home Video: Dance on Fire (1985), Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987) and The Soft Parade: A Retrospective (1991).
Documentary made for Dutch television about Nick Cave in Berlin in 1987.
On Songkran, Bangkok native Kan travels to the far north of Thailand to further his study. There, he meets the beautiful Saimai and they quickly form a bond. Sadly, Saimai is to be married off to a local. Kan does everything in his power to stop the marriage, and to stop a falling out between him and his close friend Tawan.
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88 is the third video release released by Nakayama Miho. It was released on April 5, 1988.
A story derived from the famous Dunhuang Murals.
A classic British pantomime version of the tale of Aladdin and the Lamp. The evil vizier Abanazar tries to manipulate Aladdin and his mother, Widow Twankey, into helping him acquire the magic lamp. But with the help of the Genie of the Ring, Aladdin wins through and captures the heart and hand of the Princess. Music, singing, dancing, and merriment throughout.
Priest...Live! is the second live album (and 12th overall) by Judas Priest, recorded at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia on 15 June 1986 and the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas on 27 June 1986.
Cheryl Ladd's second variety special featuring Jeff Conway, Joyce Dewitt and Charlie Daniels.
Directed by : Galal El Sharkawy
One of the earliest Cirque du Soleil releases, filmed during a tour of the troupe's native Canada in 1986 and filled with their trademark costumes, music and extraordinary feats.
Brazilian TV movie featuring the characters of the beloved literaly classic "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo"
Documentary about the punk began in Rio de Janeiro, the first punk band: Coquetel Molotov. The band Coquetel Molotov came in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, in the suburbs, in the neighborhood of Meier, most of the members were students and skaters the Campo Grande rink and Tatu and Lúcio Flávio as members, some time later, both conquer the national and international championships skate. Two other components were Cesar and Omar Nine. The Brazil was at that time a critical political situation and undefined, with many social changes; Punk came as a cry for freedom among young people with no future prospects, the periphery, the suburbs, the megalopolis, against a crushing system with huge social differences, the motto of the youth of that time was the "Do It Yourself".
1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Assesses the contribution made by British avant-garde composer, Cornelius Cardew, to contemporary music. Includes interviews with Stockhausen and other composers, and extracts from Cardew's own works.
Neat Records, the Tyne & Wear based label that gave us many notable Geordie metal acts like Venom and Raven here present a showcase of some of their 1985 roster. Featuring video performances from Venom, Warfare, Saracen and Avenger interspersed with candid and "humorous" skits between.
The mythical Uruguayan version of Saturday Night Fever, directed by J. Eduardo Ribero (yes, the one from Karibe with K), Sábado Disco Sábado Pachanga tells the story of a humble boy with a dream: to win the dance trophy. Faced with this desire, a businessman who will do everything to avoid his triumph takes precedence. With music by Rada, Psiglo and Diane Denoir, Sábado Disco is a film as disconcerting as it is unforgettable.
A 1981 staged production of Harry Partch's hitch-hiker piece, Barstow.
Recorded live at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo on 16 & 17 Sep, 1986.
Freddy wants to be a star. He writes and performs his own songs, but has no record contract yet. He has an idea to form a group of back-up vocalists and recruits four beautiful girls who also happen to be his former lovers. They name themselves "THE FOUR PIN-UPS." But even this doesn't work because Freddy wants the spotlight for himself. However, by chance, the girls find themselves onstage without Freddy; they start singing and capture the audience and sign a contract with a big producer. They seem to be on the road to success with their own sound and a new wave image. Except the dream begins to lose its glow; scandal, conflicts, and disenchantment start affecting the group. They go from number one to...
A animated mixed-media music video of a prisioner who is in a chest of drawers breaks out of his cell.
The Irish band Virgin Prunes perform live The Haçienda on Nov .30, 1983, featuring "Come to Daddy", "Walls of Jericho" and "Pagan Love Song".
Maazel conducts this production from Vienna, starring Jose Carreras and Eva Marton.
Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers of the Decca recording of the opera (with two substitutions of actors standing in for singers) and the lip-synching is generally unobtrusive. The musical performance is superb, conducted by Riccardo Chailly with admirable fire, and sung by some of the leading lights of the opera stages of the 1980s. Shirley Verrett virtually owned the role of Lady Macbeth at the time, and she delivers a terrific performance, the voice equal to the role's wide register leaps and it's suffused with emotion, whether urging her husband on to murder or maddened by guilt in the Sleepwalking Scene. Leo Nucci's resonant Macbeth may lack the ultimate in vocal color and steadiness (his last notes of the great aria Pietà, rispetto, amore are wobbly) but he compensates with intensity in both singing and acting.
Famed folk artists Peter, Paul, and Mary celebrate their 25th anniversary in a live performance at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.
NOICE - one of Sweden's most popular groups, now on video. This film depicts the phenomenon of Noice on tour and at home. Since the start in 1977, a lot has happened. In 1979, they were discovered by the record company Sonet at a rock band competition and, thanks to Ola Håkansson, they got to make their single debut. In March 1980, they appeared on the TV program "Måndagsbörsen" and became famous overnight. Their third LP "Det ljuva livet" was released in November -81 and, like the two previous ones, has become a very big success. The boys have also had time for nationwide tours and a number of TV recordings. On the international side, there has been performances in East Germany, Spain, Italy and Finland. Three of them are still teenagers, they have already defeated Sweden, now the world is waiting...
An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, who speak on the philosophical and cultural purpose of their label, and their associates, who mostly appear frustrated or confused. Rob Gretton, Factory founder and manager of New Order, interviews himself. Also includes three live performances of New Order at the Haçienda.
Rough Cut Screening Copy of the 1987 Atlanta GA concerts. Some footage was used for music videos to promote the A Momentary Lapse of Reason album and tour.
Recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and the other legendary women who made blues music a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.
Pharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames.
A historic 1981 performance in Budokan of Takanaka's entire Rainbow Goblins album. Based upon THE RAINBOW GOBLINS by Ul de Rico.
This BBC 47 minute documentary "Police in Montserrat" was shown on UK television back in the 1980's and it hasn't been broadcast outside of the UK. This version includes several clips that did not make one of the previous broadcasts. There is an extended intro, and additional footage of all three band members being interviewed. Other special features include two live tracks from October 1978's appearance on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" TV show , 'Can't Stand Losing You' and 'Next To You'. This was The Police's big break on UK television and showcases early Police at their best.
No One Here Gets Out Alive, The Doors' tribute to Jim Morrison is a full exploration of the controversial and quixotic singer, delving into his fascination with cinema and psychology, mysticism and sexuality, poetry and power. In addition to clips of the band in action, it features interviews with the surviving members of The Doors and many others who were instrumental in creating and maintaining the legend.
Ken Russell's engrossing examination of the great 20th-century composer tells Williams' story through the eyes of his widow, Ursula, with personal remberances from those who knew him.
Officers Ferrando and Guglielmo are certain that their lovers Dorabella and Fiordiligi are faithful to them, but the cynical Don Alfonso challenges them to a bet that the women will be unfaithful given the chance. The officers thus pretend to go off to war, and return in disguise as Albanian strangers, to woo Dorabella and Fiordiligi incognito. The ladies are initially frosty, but soon warm to their new suitors, spurred on by their maid Despina. Performed at the La Scala Theatre in Milan.
Witness three wonderful ballets performed live on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. "Sylphides" stars legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, "Sylvia" features a lovely duet and "Paquita" is full of energetic Spanish-style choreography. The American Ballet Theatre performers display their incredible talent and amazing versatility through this beautiful collection of memorable ballets.
First documentary about the legendary Argentine band Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, made by Alejandra Ceriani and Rocambole (Ricardo Cohen). It describes what the recitals of Patricio Rey y Sus Redonditos de Ricota were like in their first presentations in La Plata. There are two recitals and everything that happens inside, in the locker rooms, with the public. The medium-length film, which dates back to the late 80s, was made with the help of the Audiovisual Experimental Workshop of the Faculty of Fine Arts, a team that was trying to reopen the film career at the National University of La Plata.
Rossini's opera for La Scala. Considered one of Rossini's most brilliant compositions, The Thieving Magpie stars Ileana Cortrubas and Nucci Condo.
This program traces Rubinstein's career and features excerpts from his performances of works by Frederic Chopin, his favorite composer. There are also effervescent Rubinstein reminiscences told as only he could tell them, as well as interviews with his family and colleagues. A 100th anniversary tribute to the famous virtuoso pianist, Arthur Rubinstein.
A musical about a young girl, Naitou, whose mother is assassinated by a jealous stepmother. The stepmother abuses Naitou and prevents her from taking part in the traditional initiation for all young girls. The stepmother is finally punished by an old lady who symbolizes justice. The film's originality lies in the fact that it is narrated through dance and music by the Ballet National de Guinée.
A TV special documentary made by CBS for the release of Super Trouper.
Young band musicians from the Province of Turin face the idea that they won't ever be famous.
A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung in Italian)
A stimulating study which features concert footage and interviews with the master pianist. Includes many of his favorite pieces.
Vignettes portraying the Rastafarians in Jamaica feature the 1981 funeral of musician Bob Marley.
Live at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England on the 6th of December, 1983. Setlist: 1) Handsome Devil 2) Still Ill 3) This Charming Man 4) Pretty Girls Make Graves 5) Reel Around The Fountain 6) What Difference Does It Make? 7) Miserable Lie 8) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 9) Hand In Glove 10) You've Got Everything Now 11) Back to the Old House 12) These Things Take Time 13) Accept Yourself 14) This Charming Man II