Mourned: Luciano Pavarotti

The world mourns the loss of Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti. His voice has touch millions around the world. He was a superstar on stage and in concert. Starring with everyone from Jose Carreras to the Spice Girls, his range of talent was extraordinary.

The Multimedia Library has two programs featuring this beloved opera star.

La Boheme Catalog #DVD-0109

Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert Mehta Catalog # VHS-1994

Mourned: Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman

The death of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman on Monday, July 30 was another great loss to the film community. One of the masters of modern cinema. this Swedish film director's talents are reflected in his 62 films. His artistry was in exploring the human condition - culling out the despair, the infallibility, the humor and the hope in bleak settings. Ingmar Bergman was also a phenomenal stage director and is widely quoted as saying "theatre is my wife, film is my mistress."
His many films include: Seventh Seal, Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries, Winter Light, Through a Glass Darkly and Fanny and Alexander.

Mourned: Italian Filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni

Italian Filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni passed away on Monday, July30.

The Multimedia Library has two of his films:

Blow-up DVD-0865

Notte DVD-0341

Streaming Video Available

The Multimedia Library has access to over 100 Annenberg/CPB video streaming titles. These titles, covering a multitude of topics, are available through the Annenberg website. All of the titles are catalogued and in the Libraries' online catalog. For hints on searching for streaming titles click on http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/media/streaming.pdf for more information.

The Multimedia Library also has a list of links to other free streaming video resources that are available online from a variety of sources including Frontline, National Geographic and the American Memory Collection through the Library of Congress. This list is available at http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/media/streaming.html

Cool New Website - Blinkx.com

With over seven million hours of video on the Internet, it is a daunting task to search for something specific. The Blinkx.com website does a good job of helping with that. Blinkx allows you to search through videos on the web by utilizing a unique searching strategy that looks through the words spoke in the videos as well as subject matter and any titles assigned. In the future, maybe someone can figure out how to search through those videos that have no conversations or sound. For more information see their website at http://www.blinkx.com/

Multimedia Staff Picks

Our staff has picked some of their favorite titles from the Multimedia Library.

City of God DVD-1759

American History X DVD-0019

Mulholland Drive DVD-1155

My Neighbor Totoro DVD-1803

Fargo VHS-5612

Tokyo Story DVD-0371-2

Almost Famous DVD-1638

Merchants of Cool DVD-0686

Pretty Woman VHS-5501

Crash DVD-1313

Rosemary's Baby DVD-1102

Amelie DVD-1723

Fight Club VHS-5583

Clockwork Orange DVD-1512

Fast Times at Ridgemont High DVD-1693

Count of Monte Cristo DVD-1718-9

National Women's History Month

The Multimedia Library has some excellent videos for Women's History Month.



Brandon and Rachel VHS-4440

Clara Lemlich: A Strike Leader's Diary DVD-1488

Days of Waiting: The Life and Art of Estelle Ishigo VHS-1906

If Women Ruled the World VHS-4908

Killing Us Softly 3 VHS-4106

Leona's Sister Gerri VHS-3524

Life and Times of Sara Baartman: The Hottentot Venus VHS-4308

Men and Women Working Together VHS-2890

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She DVD-1459

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony DVD-0211

Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders VHS-5025

Twilight Los Angeles VHS-4608

Veiled Revolution (Women in the Middle East Series) VHS-1080

Venus Boyz VHS-4796

We Dig Coal VHS-1777

Woman Called Moses VHS-5425-6

Women with Open Eyes VHS-3466