2017 Ligonier Valley Library Donations and Reviews
January: FAHRENHEIT 451 Director: Francois Truffaut an English-language film
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GEORGES MÉLIÈS COLLECTION short live action silent trick films from
the French director featured in HUGO (Click Here) for review
EXCUSE MY FRENCH from Egypt black comedy Director: Amr Salama
in Arabic with English subtitles 99 minutes (Click Here) for review.
February: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD from Peru Director: Werner Herzog
subtitled drama, but dialogue is minimal Spanish conquistadors speaking in German!
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BALL OF FIRE from the United States Director: Howard Hawks a live action screwball comedy based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
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THE LEARNING TREE from the United States Director: Gordon Parks
a National Film Registry of the Library of Congress inductee live action feature coming-of-age drama
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March: CAREFUL, HE MIGHT HEAR YOU from Australia Director: Carl Schultz live action feature drama Winner of nine Australian Academy Film Awards including Best Picture. (Click Here) for review
BLISS from Turkey Director: Abdullah Oguz 2007 color subtitled live action feature drama (Click Here) for review
April: THE KID WITH A BIKE Belgium 2011 color subtitled
Co-Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne live action feature drama Criterion dvd
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BLANCANIEVES (SNOW WHITE) Spain 2011 a black-and-white silent musical Director: Pablo Berger 105 minutes winner of ten Goya Awards (Spain’s Oscars) Cohen Media Group dvd
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May: AL-MIDAN (THE SQUARE) Egypt 2011-2013 color subtitled live action
feature documentary about Egypt’s Arab Spring Revolution Director: Jehane Noujainwnner of Emmy Awards for Cinematography, Editing and Direction Academy Award Nominee: Best Documentary Feature
June: NANOOK OF THE NORTH Canada 1919-1922 black-and-white silent semi-documentary with English intertitles Director: Robert Flaherty 79 minutes a Criterion dvd (Click Here) for review
July: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY United States 1941 Director: John Ford
live action feature drama with Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, and Roddy McDowall black-and-white 118 minutes 1941 Oscar®, Best Picture
August: DIVORCE, ITALIAN STYLE from Italy 1962 black-and-white subtitled
live action feature black comedy Director: Pietro Germi with Marcello Mastroianni and Stefania Sandrelli 1962 Oscar®, Best Original Screenplay a two-disc Criterion dvd set
WHITE MANE from France 1953 40 minutes black-and-white
Director: Albert Lamorisse (THE RED BALLOON) live action short fantasy drama Winner, Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (Click Here) for review
September: ODD MAN OUT Northern Ireland 1947 116 minutes black-and-white live action feature drama Director: Carol Reed starring James Mason Criterion Collection dvd
October: THE LAST WAVE Australia 1977 106 minutes Director: Peter Weir
live action feature horror drama starring Richard Chamberlain Criterion dvd (Click Here) for review
FANTASTIC PLANET Czechoslovakia / France 1973 color subtitled feature animation drama Director: Rene Laloux 72 minutes dvd includes short film THE SNAILS (Click Here) for review
November: IVAN’S CHILDHOOD from the Soviet Union black-and-white
subtitled live action feature war drama 95 minutes Director: Andrei Tarkovsky starring Nikolay Burlyaev Criterion dvd includes interviews with Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusev (Click Here) for review
December: SABAH, A LOVE STORY from French Canada subtitled live action feature romance 2005 color 90 minutes Director: Ruba Nadda
YEELEN (BRIGHTNESS) from Mali 1987 color 105 minutes Director: Souleymane Cisse
a magic realism African-style live action feature drama