Cinematic Era: 2001 Vintage

Recorded live at Leeds Millennium Square, 25th May, 2001. Joined by special guests " Melanie C " and " Lulu ".

Overnight from Rome Termini to Messina, the train to Siracusa. Celestino is sleeping. From Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Zoo, "branches cut against the sky like paint strokes". Sounds, rhythms, machine landscape, smell of steel... I am obsessed by trains. On a train I am someone else. I am in another language. I am in the land of escape. Accompanied by that particular sound of steel reflected off sheet marble of thirties Roman buildings with the train approaching Roma Termini + a CD of Scanner, "aranciata, birra, coca... aranciata, birra, coca..." - A.T.

It all began when the Beatles landed in America, on February 7, 1964. Their arrival heralded the beginning of the "British Invasion," and rock and roll would never be the same. American teenagers listened to their transistor radios or 45 rpm records, and it seemed as though every young, white high-school-age male wanted to start a band. Soon, new rock and roll groups were coming together, playing in garages, basements and living rooms all around Chicago.

Overview of some of the most important early electronic musical instruments to shape music as we know it.

'Burger Time' is a ski film from the 2000-2001 season produced by Mercon Industries and Directed by Jon Mercon. This film shows you the FREE in freestyle skiing and documents the revolution fully when twin tips came onto the scene. From party to puking to park this film should be rated x for x-tremely f'd up! Featuring Nick Mercon, Greg Tuffelmyer, Omar Otte and pretty much anyone else that threw a trick that season on skis!

In the Greek mythology, Artémis is known as the goddess of the night, the huntress, the goddess of fruitfulness, the Lady of the beasts, the woodland goddess, the guardian of the frontiers... In the movie of Valérie Morignat, she is an ambiguous apparition, constantly emerging from the music of Costin Miereanu as an allegory of desire.

Director of the Film-makers Coop, M.M. Serra, recollects her morning on September 11, 2001. The Coop is a few blocks from the New York Worlds Trade Center. The tape was shot a month after, while we were waiting to have lunch together.

The concept of Spin, the inherent turning momentum of electrons, stands for the passing of time and for time itself. The unceasing transformation of the world is translated into film via the gliding movement of the camera. Bright light and blurring portray the environment of the film’s elderly subject, my mother, as pure atmosphere. Her few calm gestures in the face of diminishing time and energy convey a personal presence undisturbed by specific goals. She sits and breathes quietly. When walking she travels across space. The turning away of a tree full of apples evokes regret, as does a sharp light that narrows and dissolves. In the final image my mother seems to taste a bitterness that eludes comprehension.

One of the premiere R&B balladeers of the past 20 years, Grammy-nominated Freddie Jackson rocks the night away on "Jazz Central." This rousing concert is jam-packed with wild surprises and romance as Jackson performs before a live audience at BET's Studio II in Washington, D.C.

Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli, Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu perform favourites from the great composers, including Verdi, Puccini, and Bizet.

Documentary about a white whale swimming in the river Rhine.

Xiao Jia is a painter; Xiao Yi is a singer. They are a lesbian couple. They live peacefully together and build a world of two people that is pure and beautiful, yet also fragile and self-enclosed.

It was during one of our usual visits to this famous bar, or “Library” as we often call it. Jonas Mekas, Julius Ziz, August Varkalis, Moira Tierney and I were engaging in our daily activity – “reading books”, which lasted from dusk till dawn.

Pasquale Marrazzo directs this understated, gritty look at a trio of young people struggling to make their own lives in the face of terrible odds. Giovanni is a young man from a poor family, eking out a living as a gas station attendant. His twin brother Moreno has Down's syndrome and lives in an institution. Giovanni's girlfriend Betty lives with her dissolute mother and her mom's thuggish, lecherous boyfriend. When he learns that the institution put his brother up for adoption, Giovanni is indignant, vowing to bring him under his family's care. More than willing to escape her mother and the casual pawings of her lover, Betty moves with Giovanni. Giovanni's single-minded struggle to claim legal guardianship over Moreno suddenly gives the two a direction in life and soon a family of sorts forms.

After an interruption of thirty years. Christian Ghazi resumes his cinematographic work with the documentary "Coffin of the Memory". The film mixes newly shot interviews with archive images. In the interviews it sheds light on two basic issues, solitude and economic situation. Through images and simple daily situations, Christian Ghazi draws a portrait of the Lebanese society, a society drowning in its contradictions and its search for an empty individualism and the superficiality of daily consumption, that of production, ideas, time and space.

Myth of Father is a video documentary about acceptance. My father, Jodie, is a transsexual woman. She came out to me a few years ago and I've since begun a journey to discover who my father really is. Upon learning of my father's gender dysphoria, I've had to rewind, review, then reposition the puzzle pieces of the past to try to figure out who my father is, not only for myself but for my family as well. In the film I contrast my relationship with my father with the relationship between my father and her own dad. I interview my father, as well as other family members who relate their remembrances of Jodie's youth: "He seemed to live the normal life. He was into cars, he was into rock bands, he went into the Army...married...child..." But no one really knew Jodie, as she explains, "No one knew who I was. I trashed relationships with everyone I knew, including my own son."

The international scientific film project Encyclopaedia Cinematographica has been founded in the 1950s by the Institute for Scientific Film (IWF), Göttingen/Germany, instigated a. o. by the ethologist Konrad Lorenz. The archive comprises several thousand films, mostly of 2 minutes duration and organised in a kind of matrix, which were supposed to document the entire moving world. Christoph Keller pushes the idea of the Encyclopaedia Cinematographica further. He selected 40 entries and isolated their smallest possible sequence of movement, creating new cycles of movements arranged in 40 loops. The videos of the endlessly moving animals are presented on 40 monitors in the exhibition hall of the Kunst-Werke, which thus becomes a kind of walk-in archive. Keller’s work alludes to the idea of the archive as museum.

The 20th century is the first century of moving pictures and in the archive of the Swedish public service, a massive amount of footage is collected. In the fifth and final entry of Jan Bergman's Pentalogy, we see the many different events that would shape Stockholm's next decade, from cleaver heists to an expanding subway system.

An ambitious advertising executive, Peter Collins, wins the biggest account in his company's history. His career seems assured until his boss and CEO decide otherwise. The ongoing rivalry between the two sees Peter sidelined.

Three multi-racial gay couples are interviewed in an attempt to portray Sydney's increasingly multicultural society.

Stone Temple Pilots at Westmoreland Fairgrounds, Latrobe, PA, USA 01 Coma 02 Vasoline 03 Big Empty 04 Sour Girl 05 Creep 06 Days of the Week 07 Interstate Love Song 08 Plush 09 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart 10 Hollywood Bitch 11 Down 12 Sex Type Thing Deftones 13 My Own Summer (Shove It) 14 Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

A chemical Western in 16mm whose primitive processes reveal a profound instability of language within desert landscapes. Made through the hand processing and primitive contact printing of outdated laboratory print stock, The Silver Returns examines the phenomena of "letter mountains" that proliferate the old mining towns of the American Southwest. Much of the silver mined here, became the image-bearing material of photographic film. The silver returns to find the instability of the film's emulsion mirroring the desert's toxic environmental remains.

This video begins with a rare filmed snippet from the 1940's, then includes a range of European performances from the 1960's, showing the breath and variety of Josh's repertoire, from traditional blues and gospel to folk revival standards and cabaret material. It captures the intimate, sophisticated style, swing and power that made Josh the most influential guitarist on the early folk scene and on of America's defining entertainers.

If at first you don’t succeed, scry, scry again. 16mm film.

Persian Series #16 is an even more exaggerated contrast of color and black-and-white patterning.

Camera Edit, with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals. KHz Range: 1000-2000 AM SW.

A man gets confused when he thinks he sees a carrot.

Elegy is a film about and in memory of a cat. It depicts her nocturnal space as imagined by us. It occurs partly in our ‘garden’, a dank and decaying back yard full of weeds and wildlife, a place that belonged more to her than to us. Various creatures join in the process of mourning, on and off screen.

In Frances Stark's Cat Videos 1999 - 2002, the artist's cats are featured playing and lounging in her apartment. The videos are a result of Stark being inspired by the visual pleasure of watching her cats and the way their movement changed her perception of her domestic surroundings. By utilizing the soundtrack of one diegetic song per video, the life of the domestic cat - which usually involves no plans or action - is framed, and then elevated as a work of art. The videos, produced pre-Youtube in 1999-2002, predict our current extensive consumption and emotional responses to online cat videos, and unintentionally explore the rise of rapid attention span as a response to current technologies.

Evolving out of bleached off-cuts from the 1998 film 'Into The Light', this short abstract sequel overlays super 8 film shot directly into a projector beam.

In October 1991, a storm hit the east coast of North America with rains and waves so intense and deadly that the stories of those who faced it spawned a best-selling book and a blockbuster motion picture. Through exciting real-life footage and interviews, this documentary chronicles the true tales of the daring Coast Guard rescuers who put their lives on the line to save those unlucky enough to be caught in the perfect storm.

Performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra, this skillfully abridged adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's brilliant comic opera is a delightful family treat. Lavish sets and costumes (and a cast adept at playing comedy) complement and complete the Austrian composer's glorious music. English-language narration helps guide viewers through the story, and bonus features include a Mozart biography and a full synopsis of the opera.

A man tries to changes his life after finding christianity.

"On the Wings of the Monarch" is an exciting nature documentary that follows host Libby Graham on an amazing journey into the life of the monarch butterfly. We travel to an incredible monarch over-wintering site in Mexico where we find close to 40 million monarchs. This documentary provides the viewer with an in-depth look at the enigmatic monarch butterfly, tracing its incredible long distance migration and its fantastic life cycle. "On the Wings of the Monarch" will fascinate children and adults alike. Shot on location in Mexico, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Kansas, this documentary uses stunning slow-motion photography and brilliant macro photography to capture the beauty and strength of the monarch. It includes informative interviews with monarch expert, Dr. Lincoln Brower. Host Libby Graham and narrator Bernie Alan, PBS voice-over talent, fill the viewers in on all of the interesting facts about the monarch butterfly.

Marilyne, an African woman in her late thirties, is about to return to her homeland after a life of exclusively dating white men. But she's honor-bound to keep a promise she made to her best friend Vanena to "experience" a black man before she leaves -- in less than a week. A wholly unique film that is unscripted, unrehearsed and completely true.

Using a combination of live action and colorful 3-D animation, this Christian children's series follows the high jinks of a spirited angel named Cherub Wings, who's been commissioned by God to present a variety show that will help kids build their faith. In "Oops! Sorry," Cherub and his friend Chubby learn the true meaning of Jesus' instructions to "forgive from the heart," teaching children the harm of holding on to grudges.

Absorb the rich history and culture of Australia through the eyes of pop stars Sugar Ray, as singer Mark McGrath and the band traverse the continent in this unique hybrid of travelogue and music video. The band performs acoustic sets in front of some of the country's most ravishing exotic locations. The set list includes "Someday," "Just a Little," "Ours," "When It's Over," "Fly," "Falls Apart," "Stay On," "Waiting" and "Every Morning."

This program takes you on an inspiring visual journey through Cannes, Camargue and other destinations in France, accompanied by the music of Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré, Emmanuel Chabrier and other French composers. Musical selections include Fauré's "Sicilienne," Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune" and Benjamin Godard's "Berceuse," performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductors Keith Clark and Ondrej Lenard.

From his humble origins as the son of sharecroppers, Carl Perkins found success as a pioneering force in rock 'n' roll. This engrossing biography looks back at his life and career via interviews with the singer, guitarist and songwriter. Perkins -- who penned and originally recorded "Blue Suede Shoes," Sun Records' first million-selling platter -- chats about his years at Sun Studio and about working with legends Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison.

This soaring three-part program takes you deep inside America's military air power, with highlights including a trip aboard an aircraft carrier and a look at the inner workings of America's air weapon of choice, the stealth bomber. Featuring interviews with engineers, dramatic footage of Gulf War air strikes and a wealth of information about an array of aircraft, the presentation explores every aspect of America's commitment to air superiority.

This 16mm documentary takes viewers around the world as they follow some of the best snowboarders and skiers ever to face-plant into deep powder. Chris Collins, Johan Olofsson and Micah Black are included among the twelve athletes profiled in this study of winter sport that includes amazing mountain footage from Switzerland, Alaska and Italy.

Filmed on location and featuring real teachers and students, imaginative exercises and memorable original songs, this program is a wonderful tool for parents to help ease their child's fears and anxieties about attending school for the first time. Ideal for toddlers age 2-5, My First Day at Preschool won Parenting Magazine's Video of the Year Award.

Welcome to Patagonia and Chile's pristine Rio Futaleufú, a 100-mile-long cerulean stripe that roars out of the Andes with unbridled fury from Argentina, across the top of Patagonia to the Pacific. For the last two decades, the Fú has been a well-guarded secret among the elite rafters and kayakers of the world, and rightfully so. But the Fú's future might be in jeopardy. Chile has few environmental policies to protect such wild places, and plans for damming the Futaleufú to provide hydroelectric power have been floating around for more than a decade. Viewers join travel writer Rick Montgomery along "the greatest whitewater on earth" to learn not only the true meaning of adventure, but also the threat of America's largest power company and its fight to control the mighty river and how the community has come together to fight back.

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The documentary shows avant-gardist tendencies in contemporary graffiti. Works, mostly workgroups, whose main feature is to go far removed or beyond overcome traditions of their genre in terms of aesthetics, content and ideals.

Great cities in ruins, lost in the jungles of Central America and Mexico. Who would have built these cities? It would take more than a century and two extraordinary people to uncover the secrets of ancient Maya. The american John Lloyd Stephens, together with his english companion Frederick Catherwood, enbarked upon the first of two epic voyages to central america in 1839. Facing many dangers and illnesses, they returned from the mysterious land with extraordinary stories and breath taking images from a once great civilization of native americans. One hundread years later, Mayan archaeology had made enormous advances, although the inscriptions that adorn the Mayan ruins had not been completely decyphered. It would be the extraordinary studies of the russian Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a woman in a world of men, that would reveal the true lives of the Maya to the world.

Eating disorders are about addiction - be it addiction to starvation or to food. Seven years ago, Felicia, weighing 86 lbs., lay in a hospital bed in Rome with tubes in her arms, dying of anorexia. Sixteen years ago, Leslie was bulimic. While clutching a bottle of pills, she thought suicide was her only escape. These two filmmakers recovered. But sadly, they are among the few that do. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any other psychological disease.

Two construction workers take their frustrations out on an effeminate hairdresser. After being found guilty of the assault, they are sentenced to community service at the beauty college. Hilarity ensues.

As a girl in Orlando, Fla., Mandy Moore sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at so many big-time sporting events in the city that she earned the moniker "The National Anthem Girl." Drawing from interviews with the star, her family and her colleagues, this 2000 documentary chronicles Moore's transformation from precocious young trouper at a summer musical-theater camp to voice-over artist for commercials to pop queen to movie actress.

Combat in the Huertgen Forest ranked among the most devastating of World War II, with American and German forces suffering casualties upwards of 60,000 troops. More than a half-century later, soldiers from both sides assemble at the site for an emotional reunion. The intense feelings they experienced as young men are never far from the surface. Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite and John Kenneth Galbraith provide commentary.