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Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend

2002 • 52 min

Examine Marilyn through an in-depth investigation of her private life. From her turbulent childhood...to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. This program lifts the veil of intrigue and depicts the essence of the legendary Norma Jean, who we grew to love as Marilyn Monroe.

Len's Lens

2002 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Amateur astronomer Len is over the moon when he discovers a new comet. But, a disdainful colleage is not so sure this heavenly body is all it appears to be...

Gag Manga Biyori: Jump Festa 2002 Special

2002 • 12 min • Japan

When Saki, an up-and-coming idol, holds an autograph session and not a single soul turns up, her hapless editor is at a loss as to what to do. In his infinite wisdom the young man decides that threatening a nearby elementary school kid is then best way to go! However, when that fails it seems that his only choice is to hold an autograph showdown between Saki and the psychotic idol wannabe, Bururu. Then, when a reckless teenager makes a bungled attempt to summon Satan, he and his friends must try and send the devil back to the underworld, but with their attempts just making him all the more infuriated will they emerge from the experience unscathed?

Untitled

2002 • 7 min

Made for Underground Zero: Independent Filmmakers Respond to 9/11 This short video is made up of portraits taken from the fliers posted on the streets of New York following 9/11.

Attack and Capture: The Story of U-Boat 505

2002 • 47 min

On June 4, 1944 Captain Daniel Gallery and his men of the U.S. Naval Task Force 22.3 did the nearly impossible - they captured a German U-boat. It was the first enemy vessel-of-war captured in battle on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815. Climb aboard the historic U-505 and relive its journey from a powerhouse of the German fleet to a display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Witness archival footage and rare interviews with both German and American crew members involved in the capture of the U-505. And view even rarer footage of Captains Daniel Gallery and Harold Lange, captain of the 505 at the time of its capture..

Attack From the Far East 2

2002 • 43 min • Japan

Cinexpérimentaux #5 : Rose Lowder

2002 • 24 min • France

Rose Lowder is an artisan of cinema. Her 16mm camera takes the place of a loom for the weaving of images. She has consecrated her life to these tapestries, these embroideries whose motifs have for many years come from nature, in a state of incessant becoming. Like her elders, the Impressionist painters, she renders her bouquets stroke by stroke, image by image, color after color, to give life to her pointillist compositions in motion.

Mystic Iran: The Unseen World

2002 • 52 min

Mystical practices in Iran. Shoreh Aghadashloo narrated this documentary. Explores practices rarely if ever seen on film before.

The Swan

2002 • 60 min

Video portrait by James Fotopoulos.

Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder

2002 • 55 min • United States of America

Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Anatomy of a Prison Murder examines the culture of institutional violence through the events that led to one burtal prison murder. Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real-life account of the vicious stabbing of black inmate Lonnie Blackmon by convicted murderer, white supremacist Troy Kell and his accomplice Eric Daniels.

Destiny: Vampire Mermaid #2

2002 • 25 min • United States of America

The Roaring 20's: Destiny ends up in a 1920's speakeasy where she's captured by a mob boss and threatened with death! But the mob boss doesn't know of Destiny's unique physiology. The Inquisition: Destiny is befriended by a beautiful young witch after she's wounded by a hunter's arrow. But the young girl and Destiny are captured by witch hunters who torture and then burn the young with alive! Will Destiny survive or duffer a similar fate?

Railroad of Hope

2002 • 56 min

Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migrant agricultural workers traveling from Sichuan in China's interior, to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China's northwest frontier.[1] Through informal interviews aboard the cramped rail cars, Ning Ying explores the hopes and dreams of the workers, many of whom have never left their homes before.

Cold War: Submarines In Enemy Depths

2002 • 52 min

The Cold War was a deadly game in the depths of the oceans. More than 20 collisions between American and Soviet submarines are only the tip of the iceberg as far as these secret operations are concerned. The underwater interface was perhaps the most merciless frontier between East and West. This documentary reveals previously unknown information from the military apparatus of both sides, and shows that submarines continue to be an important weapon in the espionage war even today.

Inside the Rhapsody

2002 • 45 min

A mini documentary about the making of Bohemian Rhapsody - Taken from the 'Greatest Video Hits 1' bonus DVD of 2002.

Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes

2002 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about the making of Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions.

Frank Reyes: Let Me Into You

2002 • 44 min • Dominican Republic

This disc features a collection of songs performed by Latin singing sensation Frank Reyes. Consisting of songs that appeared on his Dejame Entrar album. Songs include "Nada De Nada", "Adolecente", "No Te Olvides De Mi", and a half-dozen others.

Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars

2002 • 4 min

We're all familiar with the story: a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, on a planet called Tattooine, a boy named Luke Skywalker is adopted by the only remaining Jedi knight and helps the Rebellion destroy the Death Star after learning the ways of the force. However, what if "Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino had directed George Lucas' script, using Kenner action figures and stop computer animation?

Tati Story

2002 • 21 min • France

This is a brief bio of the life of Tati through his works. Begins with his silent period, then feature films, and shows many examples from the short films on this disc. For someone with such a limited output of work, his reach and genius was limitless.

Hotel Tubu

2002 • 5 min

Hotel Tubu (2002) is a good introduction to the Buharov’s cinema. A relatively early work, its slapstick playfulness and improvised fancy dress party aesthetic might at first suggest a wilful exercise in absurdity for its own sake. Yet this is tempered by a rather wistful lyricism, which combines with the haunting elusiveness that accompanies the first viewing of many Buharov films, an unease not dissimilar to trying to recall a dream that only presents itself in fragments. This stems largely from trying to process the complex layers of impressions that it offers within a very condensed running time. It shows the struggle between three “cosmos workers,” beings whose task is to wait for ideas too big to be conceived by human brains to be channelled from the universe.

The Silent Holy Stone

2002 • 30 min

Mighty Lady NEW EPISODE: Transfer Student From The Stars

2002 • 35 min

An entry in the Mighty Lady tokusatsu series

Behind the Mask: The Unauthorized DVD

2002 • 42 min

Behind the Mask: The Unauthorized DVD is a 2002 unauthorized documentary film about the American heavy metal band Slipknot. The documentary looks at the band's early days and their rise to fame. Due to licensing restrictions, the film features no music or performances by Slipknot.

Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey

2002 • 56 min

A look at the acclaimed pianist's 1957 trip to the Soviet Union, when he became - at age 24 - the first North American to perform behind the Iron Curtain. The film features previously unheard recordings of Gould's concerts in Moscow and Leningrad, including his recital and lecture at the Leningrad Conservatory.

Creep

2002 • 3 min

It's Halloween night and death has come knocking at your door in this masterly crafted film. Will Jill's sharp instincts keep her one step ahead of the Grim Reaper?