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Jerzy Kosinski
2) Reds
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.
3) Being there
Pub. Date
1979.
Description
A feeble-minded gardener whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television is sent out into the real world when his employer dies. Equipped with his prize possession, his remote control unit, the gardener encounters a series of hilarious events.
4) Lodz Ghetto
Pub. Date
c2009, c1992, c1989
Description
Chronicles the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Lódź from German occupation beginning on September 8, 1939 to liberation by the Russians on January 17, 1945. Focuses on the forcible move of Jews into the ghetto, the harsh conditions within, deportation to Auschwitz, and the survival of the few Jews who remained behind and hid in the ghetto. Depicts the ghetto's Nazi-appointed Jewish leader, Mordecai Ḥayim Rumkowski. Utilizes historical film footage...
5) Being there
Series
Criterion collection volume 864
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"In one of his most finely tuned performances, Peter Sellers plays the pure-hearted, childlike Chance, a gardener who is forced into the wilds of Washington, D.C., when his wealthy guardian dies. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Melvyn Douglas, in an Oscar-winning performance), who mistakes his protégé's horticultural mumblings...
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