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Before moving to Morocco and finding fame as an author, Paul Bowles had a successful career as an avant-garde composer. NIGHT WALTZ: THE MUSIC OF PAUL BOWLES, a documentary by first-time filmmaker Owsley Brown, attempts to uncover this lesser-known side of the enigmatic Bowles. Filmed in the years just before his death in 1999, NIGHT WALTZ features interviews with Bowles at his home in Tangier. While physically frail, he discusses at length his experiences as a young composer and his feelings toward his music, which--in contrast to the often lavish brutality of his writing--is full of charm, as the film reflects in every way. Interspersed throughout are a series of visual essays set to Bowles' music, made from footage of noted avant-garde filmmakers Rudy Burckhardt and Nathaniel Dorsky, among others. Using images of New York, Mexico, and Morocco, as well as pure abstraction, they brilliantly complement the music, much of which was written not as concert music, but as incidental music for dance, theater, and film. As Bowles himself notes, his music might have been forgotten had he not become a famous author; NIGHT WALTZ succeeds not only in remembering, but in bringing the music vividly to life.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Jonathan Sheffer - Artistic Director, Eos Orchestra Bonus Short - 1. 145 W. 21 - Rudy Burckhardt featuring Paul Bowles& Aaron CoplandDVD-ROM Features: Web Resource Guides
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Leonard Bernstein's chamber opera satirizing America's'comfortable' suburbia of the 1950's is featured in a new production by Tom Cairns and features a young, vibrant cast. It's a unique musical comedy inspired by American comedy and jazz, mixing old and new forms to create a popular entertainment of a rare breed.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Introduction to TROUBLE IN TAHITI Featurettes - 1. NOT PARTICULARLY ROMANTIC - Comments on composer Leonard Bernstein's life and the background on TROUBLE IN TAHITI









2. A VERY TESTING PIECE -
Conductor Paul Davis talks about the background and the performances.Additional Products: Illustrated booklet written in English, French and German featuring biographies.
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In FUNNY GIRL, the highly fictionalized musical biopic, Barbara Streisand makes her film debut in a reprisal of her Broadway role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side, rose to fame and won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she had far less success in her personal life, and the film focuses on her doomed romance with her first husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.0- English Dolby Digital 2.0- FrenchAdditional Release Materials: Trailers Featurettes- 1. Barbara in Movieland








2. This is StreisandSong HighlighsInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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Kiri Te Kanawa and Vladimir Atlantov star in this version of Verdi`s OTELLO. Based on the Shakespeare play, Verdi`s version has been performed by many of the biggest stars in the opera world, but in this production, Te Kanawa and Atlantov make the respective roles of Desdemona and Otello their own. Conductor Zoltan Pesko guides the Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona through the musical score.
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Celebrity for male ballet dancers has never been in easier reach, and the four superstars profiled in BORN TO BE WILD illustrate how the perfect mix of dedication, talent, and charisma can create a phenom. This program provides exclusive interviews with and footage of four extremely talented members of the prestigious American Ballet Theatre: Jose Manuel Carreno, Angel Corella, Vladimir Malakhov, and Ethan Stiefel, and features a special performance by the dancers choreographed by the legendary Mark Morris.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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