There are many new arrivals on the DVD shelf in Arts that include the following.

These & other audiovisual material can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual equipment in Arts during opening hours.

Julie Gough : we walked on a carpet of stars

Creative Cowboy Films, c2007

Creative Cowboy Films, c2007

A series of visual arts documentaries from local award winning film company, Creative Cowboy Films include:- Julie Gough : we walked on a carpet of stars, and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott : a potters film.

 

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott : a potters film

Creative Cowboy Films, 2008

Creative Cowboy Films, 2008

Hamlet by William Shakespeare:  David Tennant, Patrick Stewart ; Royal Shakespeare Company

BBC, 2010

BBC, 2010

The Bard himself, William Shakespeare, features on two titles – Hamlet with David Tennant, Patrick Stewart and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Richard III with Laurence Olivier.

Richard III by William Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson

 

Criterion Collection, 2004 Criterion Collection, 2004

Cole Porter’s Anything Goes: Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra

Entertainment One, 2011

Entertainment One, 2011

One of the all-time great musicals Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, features Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra making their television debuts.  The stage version was last produced in Melbourne by The Production Company in 2011.

More favourites, Volume 2 : selected highlights from the world’s best-loved operas: Opera Australia.

ABC, c2007

ABC, c2007

Several releases from Opera Australia include a second volume of More Favourites and La Stupenda herself, Dame Joan Sutherland, in starring roles such as Lakme.

Lakme: Joan Sutherland & Opera Australia

ABC, c2006

ABC, c2006

The Endless Summer: Bruce Brown Films

Monterey Video, c2010

Monterey Video, c2010

There is also the well known and much shown surf movie classic – The Endless Summer, to remind us that we’re passing through some very warm autumn days.

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