Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. “Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts” were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the “Roast” specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials

Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won’t date the men she knows are gangsters.

The protagonist of Following is Bill. Bill is an unemployed aspiring writer who lives a solitary and boring life in London, England. Bill has a fascination with people, and with hopes of finding material to write about, begins to pick individuals out of a crowd, and to follow them. Bill establishes rules to keep him out of trouble and to keep his ‘following’ random, but soon enough he breaks one of his rules by following someone more than once. The character he follows on numerous occasions first is Cobb. Cobb a confident and intelligent burglar catches Bill spying on him and soon involves Bill in his peculiar burglaries. Similar to Bill’s interest in following, Cobb has a great interest in the individuals he is stealing from. During the robbery of a residence Bill becomes interested in the woman who owns the flat, so he begins to follow her. Eventually he decides to meet her and they begin seeing each other. This upsets Cobb as he also learns the woman has asked Bill to do a job for her. But things are not as they seem, and soon Bill will find out why.

A surfer and inventor Edison is chosen by his roommates to raise rent with his outrageous (and absurd) inventions. There’s no luck in job interviews until he meets billionaire Armand McMillan, who likes him, and leaves his company after his death to Edison. Edison has a lot of success with his inventions while the company’s competitors do all they can to destroy him.

A best-selling French novel by Alina Reyes is the source for this erotic Italian drama that changes the novel’s heroine from butcher-shop cashier to an art-gallery owner (Italian TV hostess Alba Parietti), married to a famed orchestra conductor (Lorenzo Majnoni). Her husband is away when her doctor tells her to eat more red meat. She visits the butcher (Yugoslav actor Miki Manojlovic), and a wild affair begins — with explicit sex scenes intercutting concert-scene crescendos with orgasmic sighs and rhythms.

Jack Frost is a singer who’s on the road most of the time so he can’t spend a lot of time with his son Charlie, although they love each other very much. When Jack dies in a car accident, Charlie becomes a very sad young man, until… Jack returns as a snowman! Now they can do all the things they’ve missed when Jack was human, but what will people think when they see Charlie talking to a snowman and what will happen when the weather gets warmer?

Lord Conquer is a great and mighty warlord who wants to take over the world. To do so, he must defeat another warrior named Sword Saint; but the battle is prophesized to take place in ten years. Lord Conquer’s servant, Mud Buddah, says that he can make himself invincible by then if he can make two certain children into his disciples. Those children are Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud. But Lord Conquer discovers that if Wind and Cloud were to unite against him, they could overthrow him. He tries to avoid this by marrying his daughter Charity to Wind. Cloud intervines and Lord Conquer accidentally kills Charity. Meanwhile, the time has come for Lord Conquer’s duel with Sword Saint. He shows his true intentions by turning against Cloud and Wind. Now it’s a free-for-all battle between Lord Conquer, Sword Saint, Cloud, and Wind. And only one will emerge the victor!

An episode from the ‘Histoire(s) du cinéma’ series by Jean-Luc Godard.

Histoire(s) du cinéma - as TV series/video essay - was made for Canal+, ARTE and Gaumont, from 1988 to 1998. The work subdivides into four chapters of two parts each.

An extended essay on cinema by means of cinema. A history of the cinema, and history interpreted by the cinema. An hommage and a critique. An anecdotal autobiography, illuminated by Godard’s encyclopaedic wit, extending the idiom established by Jean-Luc Godard par Jean-Luc Godard. An epic – and non-linear – poem. A freely associative essay.

A vast multi-layered musical composition. Histoire(s) du cinéma is all of these. It is above all, a work made by a man who loves and is fascinated by the world of film.

An episode from the ‘Histoire(s) du cinéma’ series by Jean-Luc Godard.

Histoire(s) du cinéma - as TV series/video essay - was made for Canal+, ARTE and Gaumont, from 1988 to 1998. The work subdivides into four chapters of two parts each.

An extended essay on cinema by means of cinema. A history of the cinema, and history interpreted by the cinema. An hommage and a critique. An anecdotal autobiography, illuminated by Godard’s encyclopaedic wit, extending the idiom established by Jean-Luc Godard par Jean-Luc Godard. An epic – and non-linear – poem. A freely associative essay.

A vast multi-layered musical composition. Histoire(s) du cinéma is all of these. It is above all, a work made by a man who loves and is fascinated by the world of film.

Lola is engaged to Masetto, but simply will not commit until they sleep together, because she suspects the only reason he keeps her a virgin is to ensure that she was faithful to him until to wedding. Constantly annoyed by Masetto’s fits of jelous rage, Lola decides to break up with him and soon develops an attraction to her mother’s pornographer boyfriend, but she simply can’t get over her love for Masetto.