Yıl 2000 - 419

The pupil of Rubens, Anthony van Dyck followed his master's example by traveling to Italy as part of his artistic training. Like Rubens, he found inspiration in the Venetian Renaissance masters Titian and Giorgione. An enthusiasm for rich colors and a remarkable ability to depict the texture of fabric characterized Van Dyck's best work. But even more than Rubens, Van Dyck focused his attention on the art of the portraiture. Appointed Court Painter to the English King Charles in 1632, the portraits he produced provide an unrivaled visual insight into the noble men and women of the day, as well as displaying his technical mastery of the genre.

Always a soothing broth, the Chicken Soup video series offers hope through entertaining and touching vignettes about ordinary people. This series of joy-filled stories illustrates the many ways to express love -- through romantic intimacy, bonds of friendship or strengthening family connections. Celebrities Renee Olstead, William Atherton, Edward Asner and Andrew Dice Clay join Emmy Award-winning host Michael Tucker in this uplifting family series.

A documentary about the miners' strike in Kiruna, Sweden, 1969.

Geared toward youngsters, this engrossing documentary provides an ideal introduction to daily life during Victorian times in England. Archival footage from the end of Queen Victoria's reign, dramatized readings, authoritative commentary and paintings shed light on the era's history and the details of everyday existence. Topics include medical, transportation and educational advances and the harsh working conditions that prevailed.

Film starring Brahmanandam, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Srikanth

Glasgow, May bank holiday Friday. After closing a big deal, young London businessman Charlie Grant puts his credit cards, and his briefcase in the trunk of his car. In celebration he gets wildly drunk. In the morning, he wakes up on a girl's sofa, then discovers that his car has been towed away to the city pound.

Romantic river banks and unspoilt nature - wherever the Danube flows these types of landscapes dominate. This comprehensive cinematic portrait of Europe's second longest river presents numerous scenes of heavenly beauty along the banks of the Danube, as well as the tension between humans and nature and civilisation and wilderness.

Values, Victory and Peace of Mind presents the greatest coach of the 20th Century Coach John Wooden teaching his powerful values based philosophy of how to achieve competitive greatness in sports, business and life. John Wooden's UCLA basketball dynasty won an incredible ten national championships, seven of them in consecutive years producing perfect season after perfect season. Yet for John Robert Wooden winning was never his standard for success. How you win or lose is the ultimate test.

An early meditation on the relationship between celebrity presence and audience response, which belongs to a trilogy of three short films (the other two, also accessible via Vimeo, zoom in on Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson). According to Nicholas Bourriaud,“The storyline and the contextual backdrop of the original feature film vanish along with the secondary actors, all now relegated to the mute realm of the proverbial cutting room floor. The result is an unusually direct and somewhat violent relationship between the secluded actor and the viewer, who is granted an almost obscene access to the star. Composed of a series of film clips isolated and chronologically strung together, the new films crudely distill every grunt and murmur of the designated star.”

Low-budget docudrama about rap music in the year 2000.

As director of the institute that bears his famous family name, Robert Pritikin knows that how we eat determines how we feel. In this filmed lecture, Pritikin reveals how making small, simple adjustments in our diets can translate into better health. He also debunks myths about food and dieting, illustrates how salt, carbohydrates and other no-nos specifically affect the organs, and discusses new findings in diabetes and heart disease research.

A former keyboardist with British rock groups the Small Faces and the Faces, Ian McLagan presents a rousing set of music, including songs like "Can't Be Still," "I Will Follow," "You're So Rude," "You're My Girl," "Big Love" and "Hope Street." Recorded live for broadcast on German television, this energetic performance finds McLagan jamming with his Bump Band, a talented group of road-tested musicians.

Committing a crime and bungling the job out of sheer stupidity does have its positive side: Brainless criminals and their half-baked schemes give the precious gift of laughter to a world in need of a good giggle. This program reveals a variety of dim-witted criminals and features testimonials from law officers, real footage and reenactments of some of the stupidest criminals in the United States trying to perpetrate ill-planned crimes.

Known for delivering blues-infused rock with an American soul, the British band Foghat topped 1970s charts with classic hits such as "Slow Ride," "Stone Blue," "Sweet Home Chicago" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You." This 1999 performance, filmed live during front man Dave Peverett's final tour before his premature death in 2000, also includes rare interviews with band members and backstage footage.

Theater play "L'école des maris" played by the "Comédie française" in 2000.

To millions worldwide the name Joey Dunlop conjures up magical images of dominant motorcycle race victories, but also of a humble, hardworking, compassionate and family man. His career statistics are stunning. This is a story of dedication, determination, humility and humanity.

While the spot of water soaked into the tablecloth has disappeared holly -7min 30sec-, the spot repeats contracting and expanding like a surf. Technically, I recomposed the arrangement of time by editing, and piled scenes several times. In this film, the physical and real time of evaporation coexists with the operated time in the film, The aftertaste and the blank are also important matters for this film.

Fluorescerend Bloed is the bleak story of Henk Johan Kwackel, a misunderstood and neglected young musician who leaves his hometown in the country to - followed by a camera crew - seek his recognition and success in the big city. Once he arrives there, his life and career does not get started because of his introverted character. Henk Johan sinks deeper in his mental swamp. Disillusioned he returns to his home base.

Queens for a Night offers an uncensored peek into the inner sanctum of drag, showcasing the everyday activities and psyches of a variety of real-life female impersonators in Texas and Florida. From recollections of life in drag in the 1960s to a more recent late-in-life coming out, Queens provides amusing and enlightening insight into the drag world.