DVD Reviews

INDEX 020: Kurt Kren: Which Way to CA? (2006) Austria Contains the following short films: 18/68 Venecia Kaputt (1968), 22/69 Happy-End (1969), 23/69 Underground Explosion (1969), 24/70 Western (1970), 26/71 Zeichenfilm Balzac und das Auge Gottes (1971), 27/71 Auf der Pfaueninsel (1971), 29/73 Ready-Made (1973), 30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam (1973), 33/77 Keine Donau (1977), 34/77 Tschibo (1977), 39/81 Which Way to CA? (1981), 40/81 Breakfast im Grauen (1981), 41/82 Getting Warm (1982), 42/83 No Film (1983), 43/84 1984 (1984), 44/85 Foot'Age Shoot'-Out (1985), 46/90 Falter 2 (1990), 50/96 Snapshots (for Bruce) (1996). Runtime c.56 minutes Produced and Distributed by INDEX/sixpackfilm DVD PAL (no regional code) Extras Hans Scheugl, Keine Donau: Kurt Kren und seine Filme (1988), 55 minutes. Eighteen-page bilingual (German/English) brochure with filmography and notes and the essay, Dokumentarische Aufzeichnung, by Michael Palm.

INDEX 023: As She Likes It: Female Performance Art from Austria (2006) Austria Contains the following short films: Maria Lassnig Kantate (Maria Lassnig and Hubert Sielecki, 1992), Im Leo (Miriam Bajtala, 2003), Strangers (Carola Dertnig, 2003), Byketrouble (Carola Dertnig, 1998), Neurodermitis (Kerstin Cmelka, 1998), SW-N 04 (Barbara Musil and Karo Szmit, 2004), Mock Rock (Ulrike Mller, 2004), Schminki 1, 2 + 3 (Fiona Rukschcio, 1999), Legal Errorist (Mara Mattuschka and Chris Haring, 2004), Der Schlaf der Vernunft (Michaela Pschl, 1999). Runtime 71 minutes Produced and Distributed by INDEX/sixpackfilm DVD PAL (no regional code) Extras Self-presentations of several artists. Eighteen-page bilingual (German/English) brochure with filmography and notes.

La Haine (1995) France Director Mathieu Kassovitz Screenplay Mathieu Kassovitz Producer Christophe Rossignon Director of Photography Pierre Am Art Director Giuseppe Ponturo Costumes Virginie Montel With Vincent Cassel (Vinz), Hubert Kound (Hubert), Sad Taghmaoui (Sad), Mathieu Kassovitz (Young Skinhead) Runtime 97 minutes DVD USA, 2007 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1) Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Sound Mix Stereo 5.1 Extras New restored high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary by Mathieu Kassovitz. Video introduction by Jodie Foster. Theatrical trailers. Ten Years of La Haine, an 84-minute documentary. Video featurette on the film's setting. Behind-the-scenes footage. Deleted and extended scenes. Stills gallery. Booklet with essays by Costa-Gavras and Ginette Vincendeau.

Flag Wars (2003) USA Directors Linda Goode Bryant and Linda Poitras Producers Linda Goode Bryant and Linda Poitras Director of Photography Laura Poitras Runtime 86 minutes DVD USA, 2007 Produced and Distributed by Zeitgeist Films (region 1) Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Extras 16:9 anamorphic transfer. Enhanced for widescreen televisions. Promotional trailer. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. Interview with the film-makers.