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Essential art house, 50 years of Janus Films

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Essential art house

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50 years of Janus Films

Book accompanies a collection of 50 DVDs. Begins with a tribute to Janus films and then details the legacy of the corporation. Each accompanying film is detailed including credits, cast list, and a description of the film

A tribute to Janus films / by Martin Scorsese -- Janus and the art-house legacy / Peter Cowie -- A note on the films -- Alexander Nevsky (1938) -- Ashes and diamonds (1958) -- L'avventura (1960) -- Ballad of a soldier (1959) -- Beauty and the beast (1946) -- Black Orpheus (1959) -- Brief encounter (1945) -- The fallen idol (1948) -- Fires on the plain (1959) -- Fists in the pocket (1965) -- Floating weeds (1959) -- Forbidden games (1952) -- The 400 blows (1959) -- Grand illusion (1937) -- Häxan (1922) -- Ikiru (1952) -- the importance of being Earnest (1952) -- Ivan the terrible. Part II (1958) -- Le jour se lève (1939) -- Jules and Jim (1962) -- Kind hearts and coronets (1949) -- Knife in the water (1962) -- The lady vanishes (1938) -- The life and death of Colonel Blimp (1943) -- Loves of a blonde (1965) -- M (1931) -- M. Hulot's holiday (1953) -- Miss Julie (1951) -- Pandora's box (1929) -- Pépé le Moko (1937) -- Il posto (1961) -- Pygmalion (1938) -- Rashomon (1950) -- Richard III (1955) -- The rules of the game (1939) -- Seven samurai (1954) -- The seventh seal (1957) -- The spirit of the beehive (1973) -- La strada (1954) -- Summertime (1955) -- The third man (1949) -- The 39 steps (1935) -- Ugetsu (1953) -- Umberto D. (1952) -- The virgin spring (1960) -- Viridiana (1961) -- The wages of fear (1953) -- The white sheik (1952) -- Wild strawberries (1957) -- Three documentaries. Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979) ; The love goddesses (1965) ; The great chase (1962)

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