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New York [videorecording] : a city silhouette / TransTel ; a film by Gaby Imhoff-Weber. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], c1999.
Call#: Fine Arts Library Circulation Desk VHS NA735.N5 .N495 1999
Call#: Fine Arts Library Circulation Desk VHS NA735.N5 .N495 1999
This program surveys Manhattan’s post-modern skyscraper architecture ... The proposed renovation of 42nd Street and the rehabilitation of Times Square are also described. In addition, Helmut Jahn gives his views on New York’s architectural rivalry with Chicago and expresses his desire to recapture the spirit of New York’s Art Deco days."--Container.
Chronicles the history of New York from 1946 to 2003, with an emphasis on the construction and destruction of the World Trade Center.
New York, a documentary film. Episode eight: 1946-2003. The center of the world [videorecording] / a Steeplechase Films production for American Experience in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET and the New-York Historical Society ; directed by Ric [0780643143 ] [United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Steeplechase Films, Inc. : PBS Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.
Call#: Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk. DVD F128.3 .N48452 Episode 8 2003
Call#: Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk. DVD F128.3 .N48452 Episode 8 2003
Moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work in New York City. I. They discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art.
Under the guidance of founder Ellen Stewart, La Mama has played a seminal part in fostering Off-Off- Broadway theatre, nuturing and encouraging such important Theatre artists as Tom O'Horgan, Lanford Wilson, Sam Shepard, Philip Glass, Joseph Chaiken, Andrei Serban and Liz Swados. The documentary features exerpts of some of the 18 plays which were revived at the theatre for its anniversay season; These distinguished works include Paul Foster's Hurrah for the Bridge and Leonard Melfi's Birdbath both directed by Tom O'Horgan; Jean Claude Van Italie's Motel directed by Michael Kahn; and Lanford Wilson's production of his own play Rimers of Eldritch. The interviews in the program include recollections by Ellen Stewart and La Mama alumni Paul Foster, Tom O'Horgan, Leonard Melfi, Lanford Wilson, Philip Glass, Joseph Chaiken, Harvey Fierstein and many others.