| Les Miserables |
This program looks at Victor
Hugo’s panoramic novel from a modern perspective, focusing on the
disenfranchised peoples of three of the world’s time-honored
democracies: France, England, and the United States. Eminent scholars
including Princeton University’s Victor Brombert, author of Victor Hugo
and the Visionary Novel, and Hugo biographer Graham Robb explore the
author’s many complexities and eccentricities. In addition, interviews
with homeless people, ex-convicts, and runaway children provide insights
into the character of Jean Valjean, drawing parallels between the
cruelties of the 19th century and life today. A Discovery University
Production. (50 minutes, color) Copyright date: 2000 |
VHS11529
DVD11529 |
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| Madam Bovary |
Madame Bovary
offended 19th-century sensibilities with its acerbic societal observations
and candid depiction of female sexuality. This program examines
Flaubert’s masterpiece in its historical context, deftly interweaving
film excerpts and dramatized scenes of Flaubert at work. Commentary on the
author, Emma Bovary, bourgeois society, the Romantic movement, and marital
discontent—both then and now—is provided by professors from Princeton,
Cornell, and Wesleyan Universities; Erica Jong; and Dalma Heyn, author of Marriage
Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives. A Discovery University
Production. (51 minutes, color) Copyright date: 1999 |
VHS10753
DVD10753 |
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