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Wholphin No. 1-5: Rare and Unseen Short Films |
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$US 19.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
19.95€/£13.99
CATALOG # MC-826
UPC: 890353001058
Shorts
2006 · 155 min
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Wholphin Issue One
DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films
The
debut issue of Wholphin includes Spike Jonze's revealing, and never
publicly screened, portrait of Al Gore, made during the election
campaign of 1999; an excerpt from David O. Russell's controversial film
on U.S. soldiers in Iraq; Miguel Arteta and Miranda July's beautiful
short Are You The Favorite Person Of Anybody?; a bewildered Selma
Blair's eventful visit to the gynecologist; a Turkish sitcom
resubtitled by several notable writers; some rare 1970s Iranian
animation which was smuggled out of the country; a Dutch artist singing
classic rock backward; and a sudden and unexplained appearance by David
Byrne.
13 films. 155 minutes.
Plus a 40-page magazine, bound into the package, with interviews from the filmmakers.
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$US 19.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
19.95€/£13.99
CATALOG # MC-827
UPC: 890353001003
Shorts
2006 · 157 min
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Wholphin Issue Two
DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films
The
second issue of Wholphin includes Steven Soderbergh's intense sci-fi
homage to Godard; the Japanese "Bewitched" rescripted by Daniel Handler
and writers of the Daily Show; a hallucinogenic tale of murder and
absolution, featuring Boris Karloff's melting head; Donald Trump
channeling Citizen Kane; two Oscar-nominated shorts; a miraculous,
scientific discovery 7000 feet below sea; a gothic horror mystery about
an aeronautical navigator, his plague-ridden home, and the
blood-sucking beast with the antiserum; American Storage, a short that
is soon to become a feature; an instructional video on "poke-poling a
monkey-faced eel"; and a special moment with Andy Ritcher.
This
issue will also include a free bonus disc containing Part One of Adam
Curtis's highly acclaimed documentary, The Power of Nightmares, which
follows the simultaneous rise of Islamic fundamentalism and American
neoconservative thought.
14 films. 157 minutes.
Includes bonus disk! 40 pages of interviews and more.
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$US 19.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
19.95€/£13.99
CATALOG # MC-828
UPC: 890353001010
Shorts
2006 · 162 min
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Wholphin Issue Three
DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films
The
third issue of Wholphin will feature the early, rediscovered work of
Alexander Payne and Dennis Hopper; new-found talent from abroad,
including Jonas Odell and Alice Winocour; the strangest Japanese film
we've ever seen, from the three-man directing team Naisu No Mori; a
documentary about a thirteen-year-old Yemeni girl who refuses to wear
her veil; and "The Popcorn Effect" of trap-jaw ants.
This issue
will also include a bonus disc featuring Part Two: "The Phantom
Victory" of Adam Curtis's powerful documentary, The Power of Nightmares.
12 films. 162 minutes.
Includes bonus disk! 40 pages of interviews and more.
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$US 19.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
19.95€/£13.99
CATALOG # MC-829
UPC: 890353001027
Shorts
2007 · 173 min |
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Wholphin Issue Four
DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films
The
fourth issue of Wholphin is a Double DVD and features Maggie Gyllenhaal
and Peter Sarsgaard lying to one another; the FBI mistaking an artist
for a bioterrorist; Scottish 9-year-olds singing "Satan Rocks" at their
country fair; an episode of the Russian "Married... with Children"
re-scripted; an Academy Award nominated short; nuns; retired
chimpanzees; plaster casters; and films from France, Morocco, New
Zealand and the U.K.
This issue will also include a bonus disc
featuring the final installment of Adam Curtis's The Power of
Nightmares. Part Three: "The Shadows in the Cave."
10 films. 173 minutes.
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$US 19.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
19.95€/£13.99
CATALOG # MC-830
UPC: 890353001034
Shorts
2008 · 155 min |
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Wholphin Issue Five
DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films
The
fifth issue of Wholphin features an adaptation of Michael Chabon's
short story "House Hunting," starring Paul Rudd and Zoey Deschanel; the
world champion, one-handed, blind-folded Rubik's Cube master; the
ancient art of tree-hanging; an Oscar-nominated animated short; an
infuriating expose of the U.S. governments arm twisting, horse thieving
assault on two Shoshone Indian grannies; giant paper airplanes; drunk
bees; meat puppets; and a short film about Darfuri rebels literally
smuggled out of Sudan in the back of a horse cart.
12 films. 155 minutes.
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