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December 25, 2014

Flu (2013) Trailer

Gamgi


Death goes viral


Flu (Hangul감기RRGamgi; aka The Flu) is a 2013 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Kim Sung-su about an outbreak of a deadly disease which throws a city into chaos.

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"The Flu" is the first ever South Korean disaster film about a lethal viral pandemic. It has been garnering much attention after being voted first place in "Most Anticipated Film" survey conducted by Nate for August with a whopping 47%. The highly anticipated disaster film tells the story of panic, despair, and desperate struggle for survival of a hopeless city that has been quarantined and essentially left for dead after the outbreak of a deadly virus. With its realistic portrayal of the horror and chaos that follows a national scale disaster, "The Flu" may just be the film that will make history in the South Korean disaster film genre.

November 24, 2014

Barbara (2012) Trailer

Barbara


Barbara is a 2012 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold.

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East Germany, 1980. Barbara is a talented young doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR and, as punishment, has been transferred from her prestigious post in Berlin to a small pediatric hospital in the country. Even though she is constantly aware of the very real shadowy presence of, and overwhelming numbers of, Stasi officers chronicling her every move, every waking hour, she arrives at her new post having already planned a series of dangerous assignations with her lover, with whom she plans to escape to the West, to Poland. 

November 22, 2014

Schweitzer: Jungle Doctor (1952) Insert

Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer



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Pierre Fresnay, Maria Winter, Raymond Rouleau. Fine film rendition of the adventures of Albert Schweitzer. Fresday is good in the title role as he tries to free natives of deadly diseases. 16mm.

November 18, 2014

Falling Leaves (1912)

Falling Leaves


Falling Leaves is a 1912 American film by Alice Guy Blaché

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This autumn, Dr. Earl Headley is eagerly demonstrating what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Yet not far from where he is working, the disease seems ready to claim yet another life, a young woman named Winifred, who is already seriously ill. Winifred's mother and younger sister Trixie are devastated by the news. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away", she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister. Written by Snow Leopard

October 18, 2014

City of Angels (1998) Trailer

City of Angels


She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.


City of Angels is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Brad Silberling.

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Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels.

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