French Studies

UMD Library Newsletter Fall 2006: The Library Connection: A Newsletter for Friends of the UMD Library.

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I want to just mention a little-known service of the library website: the Citation Linker. This allows you to put in a citation to an article, and the system will attempt to link you directly to that article in one of our databases. Take it for a spin...

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In the last year and a half we have acquired a number of French films. Here is a list:

Bresson, Robert: Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Carne, Marcel: Children of Paradise
Cavalier, Alain: Therese (1987)
Clair, Rene: Under the roofs of Paris
Clair, Rene: A nous la liberte (1931)
Clouzot, Henri-Georges: Le Corbeau (The Raven) - Criterion Collection
Cocteau, Jean: Orphic Trilogy - Criterion Collection
Cocteau, Jean: Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Franju, Georges: Eyes without a face
Godard, Jean-Luc: Masculin feminin
Godard, Jean-Luc: Alphaville
Godard, Jean-Luc: Tout Va Bien - Criterion Collection
Malle, Louis: 3 Films by Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants, Murmer of the Heart, Lacomb Lucien)
Philibert, Nicolas: To Be and To Have
Renoir, Jean: The River (1951)
Renoir, Jean: La bete humaine
Renoir, Jean: Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir (The Golden Coach, French Cancan, Elena and Her Men)
Renoir, Jean: The rules of the game
Resnais, Alain: Night and Fog
Resnais, Alain: Hiroshima mon amour
Rohmer, Eric: Summer (Le Rayon Vert)
Rohmer, Eric: Six Moral Tales (series of films)
Tati, Jacques: Mon Oncle
Truffaut, Francois: Francois Truffaut's Adventures of Antoine Doinel (The 400 Blows / Antoine & Collette / Stolen Kisses / Bed & Board / Love on the Run) - Criterion Collection
Varda, Agnes: Cleo From 5 to 7 - Criterion Collection
Varda, Agnes: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (The Gleaners and I)
Varda, Agnes: Vagabond

These are all DVDs and can be checked out by faculty or students. They can be checked out for one week, and can be renewed. To look them up by title or browse for more, visit the DVD and Video catalog.

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