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New dvds from Amazon now at Library

by Maxine

Following are descriptions of four dvds that are new releases on Amazon and that are now either in our collection or on order. Get your name on the hold list now!

Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith. Smith, director of Clerks I & II is back, telling all as he reveals the hilarious true stories behind the making of Clerks II and Live Free or Die Hard.

Flight of the Red Balloon. Inspired by the classic 1956 Academy Award®-Winning short, The Red Balloon, Flight of the Red Balloon, like the original, is a tale of a boy, Simon and his increasingly fragile mother played by Juliette Binoche. When a Taiwanese film student, Song, is hired to help care for Simon, they form an extended family but each is locked in their separate dreams symbolized by the red balloon.

Six in Paris. Six acclaimed French directors each contribute a short film about a different Paris neighborhood. In Eric Rohmer's Place de L'Etoile, a salesclerk fears he is a murderer. Jean-Luc Goddard's film is about a mix up of letters. In Claude Chabrol's La Muette, a boy finds a way to ignore his obnoxious parents. Each film adds color to the noisy, vibrant life of a famous city.

Love for Sale. After two years in Sao Paulo, Hermila returns to her village in northeastern Brazil with her newborn son, awaiting the arrival of her husband. She soon learns she's been abandoned. To raise enough money to begin a new life for herself, she comes up with a plan that involves raffling herself off for one night of pleasure.

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