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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Martin Scorsese finally wins Oscar for Best Director


Martin Scorsese finally won his first Oscar for Best Director. His film, Departed also won for Best Picture. Martin Scorsese has produced and directed many films over the years including:

Age of Innocence VHS-1150

Taxi Driver DVD-1144

King of Comedy VHS-5227

Last Waltz DVD-1697

Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies DVD-0632-3

My Voyage to Italy DVD-0348-9

The Blues: A Musical Journey Series
Feel Like Going Home DVD-0271
Godfathers and Sons DVD-0275
Piano Blues DVD-0277
Red, White and Blues DVD-0276
Road to Memphis DVD-0273
Soul of a Man DVD-0272
Warming by the Devils Fire DVD-0274


Cool Website - National Archives Video


The National Archives has a collection of wonderful historic videos available online through Google. These public domain titles were produced by NASA between 1962 and 1981, the United Newsreel between 1942 and 1945 and titles produced between 1916 and 1970 by the Department of the Interior. From the first moon landing to the Marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima, there is a interesting selection. These titles and more are available at http://video.google.com/nara.html#nasa

Friday, February 16, 2007

The Oscars are Coming!


On February 25, 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences will be honoring this years' Oscar winners.
The Multimedia Library collection holds several
past Oscar nominees and winners.

Big Fish DVD-1406
Capturing the Friedmans DVD-1149-50
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind DVD-1153-4
Finding Nemo DVD-1246-7
Hotel Rwanda DVD-0745
I, Robot DVD-1243
Motorcycle Diaries DVD-1699
My Architect DVD-0507
Passion of the Christ DVD-0789
Phantom of the Opera DVD-0711-2
Ray DVD-0606-7
Return of the King DVD-1436-9
Sea Inside DVD-1013
Seabiscuit DVD-1189
Super Size Me DVD-0502
Whale Rider DVD-1505

Mediagraphies Updated

The Multimedia Library Mediagraphies (subject title listings) have been updated. We have added a large number of titles to the collection bringing our total to over 7,500 VHS, DVD and audiobook titles. Paper copies of the mediagraphies are available at the service desk or at http://www.uwm.edu/Library/media/mediagraphy.html

WELCOME




Welcome to the new Multimedia Library blog. We hope to provide a guide to new titles, services and interesting news in the media realm.